[Kerrigan]

Third World Britain managed to avoid another Iraq-style travesty when police discovered that British Muslim terrorists were planning on kidnapping a soldier, torturing and killing him on the internet.

As I'm sure Doofy would point out, this revelation conveniently distracts people from the Government's loathed casino plans.

Whatever the case, England is starting to seem a bit like the MidEast "Lite".

Sky News: Eight People Arrested In Terror Swoop

[Sky Captain]

Not just any soldier but a muslim soldier.
Anyone want to explain this?

[Millennium]

Originally Posted by Sky Captain 

Not just any soldier but a muslim soldier.
Anyone want to explain this?

The terrorists would pass it off as "punishing an apostate."

And why wouldn't they? Stuff like this keeps the mainstream nice and docile, unwilling and afraid to disown the real apostates in their midst. Mainstream Islam is as much a victim of pseudo-Islamic terrorism as any other community.

[Kerrigan]

Terrorism is certainly not "pseudo-Islamic". It is properly Islamic, in the sense that it involves people with real or imagined tribal/religious links who are determined to conquer opposing tribes/peoples. Domination by any means of opponents, heretics, apostates, and non-believers is key to understanding the development of Islam. This is something Westerners have difficulty grasping.

[moodymonster]

I would look more to Lord Levy's arrest for perverting the course of justice as a reason for distraction

kudos to the police and Sy for stopping them.

they don't want Muslims to integrate into UK society. By scaring people they'll hope to get their state within a state malarkey.

[Kerrigan]

When speaking of integration, one has to wonder why the Indian population have been successfully integrated into British life, while there are constant tensions surrounding Muslims. Is it not possible that the religious differences are insurmountable? This is the case, after all, in N Ireland, where religious tensions have gone on for hundreds of years.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

As I'm sure Doofy would point out, this revelation conveniently distracts people from the Government's loathed casino plans.

Indeed. I've been trying to figure out all day what it is that they're trying to distract us from. Couldn't come up with anything big enough, so maybe this is a pre-emptive action? ID card announcement coming up or something? <shrug>

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

When speaking of integration, one has to wonder why the Indian population have been successfully integrated into British life, while there are constant tensions surrounding Muslims. Is it not possible that the religious differences are insurmountable?

How well can a group of people who don't drink fit into a society where most socialising is done at the pub?

Joking aside... ...yes, certain religions aren't compatible with western democratic society. Never have been, never will be.

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

This is the case, after all, in N Ireland, where religious tensions have gone on for hundreds of years.

Inaccurate. NI is to do with sovereignty, not religion. Religion just happens to make a convenient scapegoat, since the split is roughly parallel. Put it this way, if it were something to do with religion, how come all the Catholics and Protestants aren't fighting each other elsewhere?