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Jonathan Hoffman

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Shame on the Extremist Muslims who are making the East End a No-Go Area

May 28, 2011 21:00
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8543014/The-East-End-villains-w...

So I'll tell you what I never want to hear again. I never want to listen to a politician, living somewhere far, far removed from Bethnal Green, uttering a sentence like: "On the one hand, the Islamic extremists… On the other, the equally offensive English Defence League", as though the two have independent but morally equivalent aetiologies. I don't expect philosophical grandeur from any government. But I do expect its representatives to understand the difference between cause and effect.

The Muslims who attacked Gary Smith are animals:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13566526

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