A spokesman for Scotland Yard said Sir Ian had ordered a rethink of the service's policy to consider special dispensations on moral grounds.
A 'rethink'? When ordered to carry out his job and protect a location within the United Kingdom from unlawful attack, PC Alexander Omar Basha took the view that it would be immoral to protect that place (in other words, he refused to enforce British law regarding possible acts of violence because of who the potential target was). The only 'rethink' needed is why was he not fired on the spot? I wonder... has a Jewish policeman in the UK attached to the Diplomatic Protection Group ever refused to guard the embassy of a Muslim country in Britain? (hat-tip; RF)
Well...we had an Israeli Druze Border Policeman, Madhat Yousef guarding Kever Yosef in Shechem --where he was attacked by Arabs. The IDF decided to let the Palestinian Authority "restore order" so he could be evacuated...yet the PA being the PA...didn't really get it's act together, and Madhat Yousef bled to death.
I wonder in retrospect, if would he rather have been a policeman in the UK?
in canada we had a muslim who wanted to be an RCMP (royal canadian mounted police)...but he refused to take off his kaffiyah...Sgt. Mahmood of the Mounties in his red uniform and checkered kaffiyah...I DON'T THINK SO...you don't like the garb don't join the team...canada has two national languages...english and french...so far
ReplyDelete. . . do you know if there ever was an inquiry and if any heads rolled?
ReplyDeleteAri: No Heads rolled. Period.
ReplyDeleteThen again, don't forget how wonderful Israel was to the South Lebanese Army (SLA) which fought shoulder to shoulder with them, and then we stabbed them in the back.
israel is indebted to the sla as well and i agree that that have not received proper recognition for their contribution to israel's security. but there is a big differnce between the sla and israeli druze. the sla was a foreign militia with its own agenda that corresponded very well with israel's needs. they were not le-chatchila interested in defending israel. the druze on the other hand take an oath to defend a jewish state.
ReplyDeleteI say give him a swift boot to the head.
ReplyDeleteThis police officer was married by Bakri http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/06/npc06.xml. The cleric that celebrated 9-11 and 7-7 and who was expelled and banned form the UK.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't a Muslim issue per se: As the article you linked to says, it is about perceptions of morality and moral grounds of refusal. There is more to examine here: The UK citizens who were protesting US planes refuelling at British airports (en route to Israel with armaments for the last war) were not largely Muslim: They were "street" British citizens concerned at perceived UK assistance towards an "immoral" war. And being as the popular view in the UK appears to be that Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is equally immoral, this might well lead to many more incidents of the kind you've highlighted in this post, but not involving Muslims.
ReplyDeleteSuch is the problematic nature of a precedent like this, and we all need to look beyond this one incident in examining it as opposed to localise it.
What kind of business is this?
ReplyDeleteOnly in this demented country.