Previous injustice cannot justify further injustice can it?
No it cannot, so before more injustice is done, kick the bastard out, or you go round to the families of the dead and maimed and tell them that the bombers were only acting upon the teachings of the muslim cleric that we protected and did so on some misguided feeling of fair play just as someone told the victims of the London Bombings which he is believed to have had a hand in.
We have NO reason to believe that this man will not be given a fair trial in his home country.
It would be an injustice for people to die as a result of what this man preaches in this country he is not a UK citizen, he is a Jordanian, if he doesn't feel he will be safe in Jordan send him somewhere he will be safe like to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
There is a reason we don't kick him out, I do not know what it is but the Government must have it's reasons, if not he would be gone long ago, someone in a high place believes it is better to keep him here, we can send people who are United Kingdom citizens to Guantanamo knowing they will be treated inhumanely and tortured but we cant send him home, I dont believe that.
And I also agree that you don't go on holiday to Pakistan for the first time in your life then pop over to Afghanistan and get arrested in the company of a large group of Taliban fighters but at least we have compensated them for thier "wrongfull" arrest.
Actually I don't care if they peel his skin off and slice him into small pieces, this is what he advocates his followers to do to us.
Personally I believe that the Law Lords and Home Office are being directed to come up with these results, don't ask me why, perhaps it is a belief in keeping your enemies closer, if the USA wanted him he would be gone by now but Jordan want him and we don't care about them.
This country is all about taking care of the perpetrators and stuff the victims, a nation of wimps who allow themselves to be used and abused by the rest of the world, no wonder we are the most popular place on the planet for those wanting an easier life than they get in thier own country, a soft touch for thieves and conmen from eastern europe, the people are happy to be shafted, I guess later it will give them something to moan about and accuse the Government of not doing enough.
My last word, kick him out, sod the consequences and sod him and his rights, that is my opinion and nobody will change my mind on this one, it won't happen of course but I can still have the opinion.
Israel survive against the odds because it fights terror with terror, we always lose against the terrorists, we allow our people to be murdered are soldiers slaughtered, the IRA won, the Taliban will win, one day we will give the Falklands to Argentina it is the British way.
Then I shall no longer rely on you to be the voice of reason.
I was only referring to this topic, but it has taken another line away from "his rights v the rights" of the population of Britain (as I said be they muslim, christian, black, white, jew or gentile)
I agree wholeheartedly that it is being taught to the children and that is one of the reasons I advocate his removal because he teaches them, he admits this, we have seen the evidence of it.
HOWEVER, I do not believe it is too late, my first street patrol in NI was in the Turf Lodge district of Belfast, we got stoned (as in people through stones not got high) I saw a boy of about 4-5 years old pick up a very small stone and attempt to throw it, it landed behind him his parents told him what a good boy he was, I laughed, but later I thought "one day it will be an AK47 in his hands". But we overcame much of that hatred, we taught many in Ireland that the bullet is not the best way and now with the ballot box and a ceasefire the aims of those same terrorists are being achieved, slowly but surely they are getting the better deal they sought, not all muslims hate us, more than 500 muslims are currently serving in the British Armed Forces, with the help of the decent muslims amongst us (the majority) our understanding and a lot of work we can undo what people who preach hatred and violence teach, the first step is to invoke our current laws re inciting racial hatred, inciting public unrest, we must have some that stop someone preaching hatred and murder, then we need to win the hearts and minds of those that have been taught to hate us. They are citizens of the United Kingdom after all.
In the street where I live it is predominantely Polish residents, there are at least 30 single guys living within a stones throw (not literally I left that scene back in NI) they often gather on the street corners drinking beer, they have a favourite spot just at the bottom of my garden on some waste ground, does it bother me, absolutely not, when I walk past they say hello, if I am with a females no matter how she is dressed they are respectfull, if only I could say the same about groups of young British males .......
Wat I find intriguing about this is...
When where and how did this person enter the UK. Under EU legislation, an illegal immigrant should be returned to the place from which entry was made.
Now, I doubt Qatada entered the UK under a lorry from Calais but, if he entered the UK illegally from Jordan, then that is the place legally where he should be returned (except that the ECHR ruling about torture comes into play).
If however it was some other country like Spain or the Netherlands lets say, then that's where he should be returned to.
How did he arrive in the UK?
Nope cannot see the connection, he entered Britain illegaly on a false passport from Pakistan, our rules say he should be deported back there if asylum is refused, asylum cannot be given since his life is not in danger in Pakistan nor is he likely to be tortured in Pakistan, many in Pakistan will give him aid and applaud him.
I really do not think his plane will be torpedoed by a Russian Submarine on the way to Pakistan.
Could you please explain the relevance of this post ?
I am trying to highlight why I think "asylum" is so important.
You see he was granted asylum in the UK because he had been tortured, way before his arrest.
This link is useful.
I am a great believer that we in the United Kingdom have a moral duty to provide aslyum to those that need it.
To me though there are strict criteria about why someone should need our help and their is strict criteria for our continued assistance to those we give asylum.
An asylum seeker in my humble opinion is a person who fears for their lives or may be tortured in the Country where they reside, for example if somone in Syria is in that situation and flies to the UK we should satisy ourselves that they have a valid case and if so valid give them as much assistance as we would expect a British Citizen to get in a foreign country or that we would give in this country.
If on the other hand the said asylum seeker flies to France then attempts to enter Britain they should be treated as an imigrant, someone wanting to live here but someone who will not be murdered or tortured by France, ie they are now safe from the harm that makes them an asylum seeker.
In return for asylum we HAVE to expect those people to abide by our laws, be prepared to learn our language and customs and train to be a usefull member of this community if they have no trade, accommodation might not be the best but would be better than a coffin or prison cell in the country they fear.
So in the case of Abu, he should NOT be granted asylum firstly on the grounds that Pakistan have not been accused of torturing him or attempting to kill him, he has not abided by the laws of the UK.
Send him back to Pakistan though give him the opportunity to choose a destination that will accept him and where he will feel happy ie Syria, Iran, Iraq etc.
What could be wrong with expelling a non UK non EU state citizen when he fails to meet the asylum rules and fails to abide by UK and EU laws.
If that is wrong then there is something drastically wrong with the thinking in the UK and things need to change.
You got anything new to add mids?
On this thread I have been accused of being, at the very least, passionate about this subject, leading people towards the beliefs of Nazis and Adolf Hitler and even seeking or heading for ethnic cleansing.
I am passionate about this subject, I do feel very strongly about it, I do put the qualitfy of life of my family, their safety, the safety of all the people in the UK above the needs of one man.
A man who by his own admission wants people to kill british soldiers and subjects, to plant bombs in the UK, to kill us and uprise against us.
I wonder just how much safer this man will be in the UK than he would be in Jordan, someone just may think enough is enough, I have seen protection given to people for far lesser reasons.
Mids I think that if sending him back to Jordan to stand trial is not going to happen, or the USA will not detain him indefinitely , then I would rather he stayed in the UK where we can monitor him constantly and hope that he slips up.
I would rather it costs us a million a month to keep tabs on him, if it saves another London 7/7 and the loss of life that involved. Not only the tragic loss of life but the loss felt by all the family and friends for the rest of their lives.
Sending him to Jordan would be the better option as I feel he will never see the light of day again if sent there. A bit like Hamza in the US. He will be found guilty and life there rightly means life , unlike eight years over here. Abu what's his name is dangerous, a murderer and a terrorist, and on most occasions gets others to do his dirty work as he is nothing more than a coward, but I would still rather we monitor his every single move. If he farts I want our security forces to know about it, and one day I am sure just like Bin Laden, he will meet his maker and it won't have seven virgins attached to it.
Ok, so in the 1990's, he fled Jordan through Pakistan and claimed he was tortured in Jordan and sought sanctuary with a 'friendly' state.
At the time, the Government of the day did not consider him a threat and granted him asylum.
On the premise that 'you should never bite the hand that feeds you' he has become a threat here. Not anecdotally, for real and on public record.
Is in not then reasonable to withdraw the 'firendly' gesture as clearly he fails to appreciate its subtleties and the 'honour' the British people have bestowed on him by providing shelter, and send him back from whence he came - Pakistan who, AFAIK have not threatened him, caused him harm, persecuted him or have shocking human rights issues (unlike the UK who have been known to torture prisoners)?