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Mass immigration has led to Muslim 'ghettos' in Britain run under Sharia Law, says Farage: Ukip leader claims authorities turn 'blind eye' to them during TV interview
Nigel Farage tells Fox News authorities have turned a 'blind eye' to ghettos
The Ukip leader claimed British cities are being run under Sharia Law
He was interviewed by Sean Hannity on the causes of the Paris massacre
Farage said 'moral cowardice' stops police from catching Muslim abusers
It comes after US terror 'expert' claimed Birmingham now 'totally Muslim'
Fox News pundit's remarks saw David Cameron call him a 'complete idiot'
Mass immigration has led to the growth of Muslim ‘ghettos’ in Britain which are run under Sharia Law, Nigel Farage declared last night.
In an interview with US news channel Fox News, Mr Farage, speaking from the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, said the authorities had turned a ‘blind eye’ to the growth of ghettos where ‘the police and all the normal agents of the law have withdrawn and that is where Sharia law has come in’.
The Ukip leader, who is the MEP for South East England and who is standing as an MP in the South Thanet constituency in the upcoming General Election, was interviewed yesterday by presenter Sean Hannity on the causes of the Paris massacre, following his comments last week in which he blamed a ‘fifth column’ and ‘gross multiculturalism’ for the attacks.
In yesterday’s interview, Mr Hannity asked why Britain and other countries had allowed ‘people to come to the country, not assimilate, separate, take their land ostensibly and then risk even being at war with them’.
Mr Farage said: ‘I agreed with your sentiments entirely’.
He added: ‘So wherever you look you see this blind eye being turned and you see the growth of ghettos where the police and all the normal agents of the law have withdrawn and that is where Sharia Law has come in.’
Mr Farage said the imposition of Sharia law meant there had been no prosecutions for the ‘tens of thousands’ of female genital mutilations carried out in Britain.
He said ‘moral cowardice’ was to blame for the police not trying to catch Muslim men involved in child abuse in parts of Northern England.
Mr Farage said: ‘We’ve been turning a blind eye to preachers of hate that have been coming here from the Middle East and saying things for which the rest of us would be arrested.
‘In parts of northern England we’ve seen the sexual grooming of under-age girls committed by Muslim men, in the majority, and for all of these things we are seeing the law not being applied equally, we’re seeing the police forces not doing their job because we’ve suffered from moral cowardice.
‘We have through mass immigration and through not checking the details of those people who have come to our countries, we have allowed big ghettos to develop and when it comes to confronting tough issues we run a mile and that is why we’re in the mess we’re in, we’ve been led very badly.’
He said: ‘We even, a few years ago, had some quite clear examples where the immigration services were actually allowing women to come into Britain from Pakistan and elsewhere to join polygamous marriages something that is against our law.
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Nigel Farage tells Fox News authorities have turned a 'blind eye' to ghettos
The Ukip leader claimed British cities are being run under Sharia Law
He was interviewed by Sean Hannity on the causes of the Paris massacre
Farage said 'moral cowardice' stops police from catching Muslim abusers
It comes after US terror 'expert' claimed Birmingham now 'totally Muslim'
Fox News pundit's remarks saw David Cameron call him a 'complete idiot'
Mass immigration has led to the growth of Muslim ‘ghettos’ in Britain which are run under Sharia Law, Nigel Farage declared last night.
In an interview with US news channel Fox News, Mr Farage, speaking from the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, said the authorities had turned a ‘blind eye’ to the growth of ghettos where ‘the police and all the normal agents of the law have withdrawn and that is where Sharia law has come in’.
The Ukip leader, who is the MEP for South East England and who is standing as an MP in the South Thanet constituency in the upcoming General Election, was interviewed yesterday by presenter Sean Hannity on the causes of the Paris massacre, following his comments last week in which he blamed a ‘fifth column’ and ‘gross multiculturalism’ for the attacks.
In yesterday’s interview, Mr Hannity asked why Britain and other countries had allowed ‘people to come to the country, not assimilate, separate, take their land ostensibly and then risk even being at war with them’.
Mr Farage said: ‘I agreed with your sentiments entirely’.
He added: ‘So wherever you look you see this blind eye being turned and you see the growth of ghettos where the police and all the normal agents of the law have withdrawn and that is where Sharia Law has come in.’
Mr Farage said the imposition of Sharia law meant there had been no prosecutions for the ‘tens of thousands’ of female genital mutilations carried out in Britain.
He said ‘moral cowardice’ was to blame for the police not trying to catch Muslim men involved in child abuse in parts of Northern England.
Mr Farage said: ‘We’ve been turning a blind eye to preachers of hate that have been coming here from the Middle East and saying things for which the rest of us would be arrested.
‘In parts of northern England we’ve seen the sexual grooming of under-age girls committed by Muslim men, in the majority, and for all of these things we are seeing the law not being applied equally, we’re seeing the police forces not doing their job because we’ve suffered from moral cowardice.
‘We have through mass immigration and through not checking the details of those people who have come to our countries, we have allowed big ghettos to develop and when it comes to confronting tough issues we run a mile and that is why we’re in the mess we’re in, we’ve been led very badly.’
He said: ‘We even, a few years ago, had some quite clear examples where the immigration services were actually allowing women to come into Britain from Pakistan and elsewhere to join polygamous marriages something that is against our law.
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And he lies again. Birmingham? Beautiful? Methinks not. Home of British steel. It's an industrial town.
Also home of Black Sabbath, ELO, the Moody Blues, Band of Joy (Robert Plant and John Bonham), Duran Duran, Fine Young Cannibals, UB40 and Judas Priest.
This has happened often enough that Ripple's Believe It Or Not should have who has the record of fastest time between insult and apology.
Same sh!t, different pile. Actually, I do think you're right.
Sheffield: Joe Cocker, Arctic Monkeys, Def Leappard.
The world's first cotton mill was opened in Birmingham in 1741, though it would be the North West of England, such as Lancashire, which would be the centre of Britain's mighty cotton industry (I live right near to a huge cotton mill in Bolton - Swan Lane Mill - which spun cotton from the early 1900s all the way until 2001. I think it was once the largest factory in the world).
Birmingham (which was then in Warwickshire, but it became part of the newly-created county of West Midlands in 1974 when the government ****ed up England's counties, changing their boundaries and even creating new ones and getting rid of others) was famous for its blade-making industries, such as cutlery, weapons and then guns.
By the 18th Century it became the main European producer of buckles, buttons and a range of small boxes, jewellery and accessories called "Brummagem toys". Even today, Birmingham produces a third of all the jewellery produced in the UK.
Its industry was helped by its canals - it has more miles of them than Venice - which brought vital raw materials to the city. It eventually became known as the "City of a Thousand Trades" and the "Toyshop of Europe." It was the manufacturing centre of the country which was the Workshop of the World.
There was little large-scale industry but there were thousands of small workshops. The many smoking chimneys in the background did not represent pollution, they signified industry, trade and prosperity.
By the way, North Americans keep pronouncing British placenames ending in "-ham" wrongly. North Americans in their quaint Elizabethan-era accents pronounce the "-ham" exactly like the meat ham is pronounced. The British, though, usually pronounce "-ham" as "um".
So the British pronounce Birmingham as "Birmingum". The Brummies themselves, however, in their often-mocked accents, pronounce it something like "Beerminnum", but it is similar. But the North Americans pronounce it "BirmingHAM" (with the pork product stuck on the end), which sounds silly to the British.
Likewise, North Americans pronounce Nottingham as "NottingHAM", whereas the British themselves pronounce it "Nottingum."
Tottenham, in North London, is pronounced "Tottenum", yet the North Americans would say "TottenHAM."
"Rotherham" in South Yorkshire is pronounced "Rotherum", not "RotherHAM" as the North Americans would say.
The London Borough of Newham, which hosted the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, is pronounced "Newum", not NewHAM.
The "ham" in British placename comes from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning "home" or "farmstead."
So the British pronounce Birmingham as "Birmingum". The Brummies themselves, however, in their often-mocked accents, pronounce it something like "Beerminnum", but it is similar. But the North Americans pronounce it "BirmingHAM" (with the pork product stuck on the end), which sounds silly to the British.
Likewise, North Americans pronounce Nottingham as "NottingHAM", whereas the British themselves pronounce it "Nottingum."
Tottenham, in North London, is pronounced "Tottenum", yet the North Americans would say "TottenHAM."
"Rotherham" in South Yorkshire is pronounced "Rotherum", not "RotherHAM" as the North Americans would say.
The London Borough of Newham, which hosted the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, is pronounced "Newum", not NewHAM.
The "ham" in British placename comes from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning "home" or "farmstead."
Choking on my porridge while laughing.
Fox News analyst shouldn't be held responsible for being completely wrong - Chicago Tribune
Steven Emerson is a terrorism analyst. It says so right under his name when he appears on Fox News, so I know the title is accurate and his punditry beyond reproach.
Despite such sterling credentials, this fine man has spent the week enduring scurrilous attacks from people who have a selfish predilection for the truth. If there's one thing I hate, it's seeing a perfectly good expert criticized simply because the words that came out of his mouth were demonstrably false.
On Sunday, Emerson appeared on Fox News with host Jeanine Pirro and discussed parts of Europe that Pirro referred to as "no-go zones," areas that are supposedly off-limits to non-Muslim people. Emerson said: "So you basically have zones where Shariah courts were set up, where Muslim density is very intense, where the police don't go in, and where it's basically a separate country almost, a country within a country."
He then got specific: "And in Britain, it's not just no-go zones, there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don't go in. And parts of London, there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound seriously anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire."
In the British city of Birmingham, Emerson's comment caused quite a stir, primarily because only about 20 percent of the city's population is Muslim. And Birmingham is not run by Muslims. And there are no religious police beating people based on fashion choices.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said to ITV News: "When I heard this, frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fool's Day. This guy's clearly a complete idiot."
That struck me as a rather rude thing to say to a TV-famous terrorism analyst who made the small and understandable mistake of saying something that was utterly and completely wrong and possibly made up out of thin air.
The reaction from the fact-centric Internet-o-sphere was so fierce that Emerson — clearly the victim here — was forced to publish an apology on his Web page:
"I have clearly made a terrible error for which I am deeply sorry. My comments about Birmingham were totally in error. And I am issuing this apology and correction for having made this comment about the beautiful city of Birmingham. I do not intend to justify or mitigate my mistake by stating that I had relied on other sources because I should have been much more careful. There was no excuse for making this mistake and I owe an apology to every resident of Birmingham."
The text of his correction is placed just above the full video clip of his interview with Pirro, graciously allowing everyone to still see his admittedly nonfactual but very true-sounding comments.
Emerson also made donations totaling more than $1,000 to a children's hospital and two hospices in Birmingham, despite the fact that he has no way of knowing whether that children's hospital is run by radicalized Muslim children who refuse to treat non-Muslim children.
This overreaction to such a simple error has been shameful, and I feel bad — and partially responsible — for all Emerson has faced. You see, I'm almost certain he made his "no-go zone" comments because he was recalling my extensive reporting on the rise of feline no-go zones throughout the greater Chicago area.
Local public figures haven't been willing to address this yet, but there are parts of the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs that are off-limits to nonfeline humans and other animals, especially dogs. You basically have zones where Felis Catus courts have been set up, where Persian cat density is very intense and where it's basically a separate country within a country.
It's horrifying, yet few will admit it's happening. (In fact, I'm the only one.)
The suburb of Northbrook is now totally feline — police and canine units won't go in for fear of being severely scratched. The village is patrolled by religious police cats who actually beat and seriously wound anyone who doesn't dress according to feline religious attire (no clothing, light collar, small bell).
My guess is Emerson just got his facts a bit screwed up, mistaking Birmingham for Chicago and peaceful British human beings for cats. Who among us hasn't done that?
CORRECTION: Shortly after I finished writing the above column, I realized I had made a terrible error for which I am truly sorry. My comments about Northbrook and parts of the city of Chicago were totally in error.
My claim that I have done extensive reporting on feline no-go zones was completely false. I have done no reporting on this subject, primarily because feline no-go zones do not exist. There are no areas in the city or any of its suburbs that are run entirely, or even partially, by cats, Persian or otherwise. Cats do not prevent police officers or their canine units from entering Northbrook, and nobody has been beaten or wounded by a cat for wearing clothes or for not having a collar with a small bell on it.
There is no such thing as "feline religious attire," I just made that up. It was in bad taste and I apologize profusely to any humans or cats who may have found it offensive.
I ask the people of the beautiful village of Northbrook to please accept my sincere apology, and I have donated $50 (hey, I don't make "Fox News terrorism analyst" money) to the Heartland Animal Shelter in Northbrook. That part, at least, I am not making up.
rhuppke@tribpub.com
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Fox News analyst shouldn't be held responsible for being completely wrong - Chicago Tribune
Fox News analyst shouldn't be held responsible for being completely wrong - Chicago Tribune
Steven Emerson is a terrorism analyst. It says so right under his name when he appears on Fox News, so I know the title is accurate and his punditry beyond reproach.
Despite such sterling credentials, this fine man has spent the week enduring scurrilous attacks from people who have a selfish predilection for the truth. If there's one thing I hate, it's seeing a perfectly good expert criticized simply because the words that came out of his mouth were demonstrably false.
On Sunday, Emerson appeared on Fox News with host Jeanine Pirro and discussed parts of Europe that Pirro referred to as "no-go zones," areas that are supposedly off-limits to non-Muslim people. Emerson said: "So you basically have zones where Shariah courts were set up, where Muslim density is very intense, where the police don't go in, and where it's basically a separate country almost, a country within a country."
He then got specific: "And in Britain, it's not just no-go zones, there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don't go in. And parts of London, there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound seriously anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire."
In the British city of Birmingham, Emerson's comment caused quite a stir, primarily because only about 20 percent of the city's population is Muslim. And Birmingham is not run by Muslims. And there are no religious police beating people based on fashion choices.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said to ITV News: "When I heard this, frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fool's Day. This guy's clearly a complete idiot."
That struck me as a rather rude thing to say to a TV-famous terrorism analyst who made the small and understandable mistake of saying something that was utterly and completely wrong and possibly made up out of thin air.
The reaction from the fact-centric Internet-o-sphere was so fierce that Emerson — clearly the victim here — was forced to publish an apology on his Web page:
"I have clearly made a terrible error for which I am deeply sorry. My comments about Birmingham were totally in error. And I am issuing this apology and correction for having made this comment about the beautiful city of Birmingham. I do not intend to justify or mitigate my mistake by stating that I had relied on other sources because I should have been much more careful. There was no excuse for making this mistake and I owe an apology to every resident of Birmingham."
The text of his correction is placed just above the full video clip of his interview with Pirro, graciously allowing everyone to still see his admittedly nonfactual but very true-sounding comments.
Emerson also made donations totaling more than $1,000 to a children's hospital and two hospices in Birmingham, despite the fact that he has no way of knowing whether that children's hospital is run by radicalized Muslim children who refuse to treat non-Muslim children.
This overreaction to such a simple error has been shameful, and I feel bad — and partially responsible — for all Emerson has faced. You see, I'm almost certain he made his "no-go zone" comments because he was recalling my extensive reporting on the rise of feline no-go zones throughout the greater Chicago area.
Local public figures haven't been willing to address this yet, but there are parts of the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs that are off-limits to nonfeline humans and other animals, especially dogs. You basically have zones where Felis Catus courts have been set up, where Persian cat density is very intense and where it's basically a separate country within a country.
It's horrifying, yet few will admit it's happening. (In fact, I'm the only one.)
The suburb of Northbrook is now totally feline — police and canine units won't go in for fear of being severely scratched. The village is patrolled by religious police cats who actually beat and seriously wound anyone who doesn't dress according to feline religious attire (no clothing, light collar, small bell).
My guess is Emerson just got his facts a bit screwed up, mistaking Birmingham for Chicago and peaceful British human beings for cats. Who among us hasn't done that?
CORRECTION: Shortly after I finished writing the above column, I realized I had made a terrible error for which I am truly sorry. My comments about Northbrook and parts of the city of Chicago were totally in error.
My claim that I have done extensive reporting on feline no-go zones was completely false. I have done no reporting on this subject, primarily because feline no-go zones do not exist. There are no areas in the city or any of its suburbs that are run entirely, or even partially, by cats, Persian or otherwise. Cats do not prevent police officers or their canine units from entering Northbrook, and nobody has been beaten or wounded by a cat for wearing clothes or for not having a collar with a small bell on it.
There is no such thing as "feline religious attire," I just made that up. It was in bad taste and I apologize profusely to any humans or cats who may have found it offensive.
I ask the people of the beautiful village of Northbrook to please accept my sincere apology, and I have donated $50 (hey, I don't make "Fox News terrorism analyst" money) to the Heartland Animal Shelter in Northbrook. That part, at least, I am not making up.
rhuppke@tribpub.com
Copyright © 2015, Chicago Tribune
Fox News analyst shouldn't be held responsible for being completely wrong - Chicago Tribune
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Tomorrow night’s edition of “Justice with Judge Jeanine” will feature an on-air correction of its segment from last Saturday, in which the host, Jeanine Pirro, discussed with terrorism analyst Steve Emerson so-called European “no-go zones” that are off-limits to non-Muslims. “They’re sort of amorphous, they’re not contiguous necessarily, but they’re sort of safe havens,” said Emerson of these mysterious zones. “And they’re places where the governments, like France, Britain, Sweden, Germany — they don’t exercise any sovereignty so you basically have zones where Sharia courts are set up, where Muslim density is very intense, where police don’t go in,” Emerson said in the segment.
Identified as the founder of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Emerson got specific about this matter: “In Britain, it’s not just no-go zones. There are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim, where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in,” he said. Prime Minister David Cameron had a strong reaction to the comments: “When I heard this, frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fools’ Day. This guy’s clearly a complete idiot.”
The backlash against Fox News has been fierce all week, and Emerson’s claim about Birmingham even earns a “Pants-on-Fire” rating from PolitiFact. Emerson has issued an apology and correction for his misstatements.
Complying with the principle that a correction should be made on the same platform as the error, Fox News will address the issue on Pirro’s show, according to a Fox News spokeswoman. Also according to the spokeswoman: It’s “highly unlikely” that Emerson will “ever be booked again” on Fox News. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp has more on Fox News and the “no-go” thing.
Fox News to correct guest’s misstatements on Birmingham, ‘no-go zones’ - The Washington Post
Oops.
Identified as the founder of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Emerson got specific about this matter: “In Britain, it’s not just no-go zones. There are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim, where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in,” he said. Prime Minister David Cameron had a strong reaction to the comments: “When I heard this, frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fools’ Day. This guy’s clearly a complete idiot.”
The backlash against Fox News has been fierce all week, and Emerson’s claim about Birmingham even earns a “Pants-on-Fire” rating from PolitiFact. Emerson has issued an apology and correction for his misstatements.
Complying with the principle that a correction should be made on the same platform as the error, Fox News will address the issue on Pirro’s show, according to a Fox News spokeswoman. Also according to the spokeswoman: It’s “highly unlikely” that Emerson will “ever be booked again” on Fox News. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp has more on Fox News and the “no-go” thing.
Fox News to correct guest’s misstatements on Birmingham, ‘no-go zones’ - The Washington Post
Oops.
You forgot the 'sinks like a rock' association with that name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(D80)
Sinking
Sheffield was first detected by an Argentine Naval Aviation patrol aircraft Lockheed SP-2H Neptune (2-P-112) at 7:50 AM on 4 May 1982. The Neptune kept the British ships under surveillance, verifying Sheffield's position again at 8:14 and 8:43. Two Argentine Navy Super Étendards (3-A-202 and 3-A-203) both armed with Exocets took off from Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego at 9:45 and met with an Argentine Air Force tanker KC-130H Hercules at 10:00 hrs.
At 10:35, the Neptune climbed to 1,170 metres (3,840 ft) and detected a large and two medium-sized contacts at the coordinates 52°33′55″S, 57°40′55″W map. A few minutes later, the Neptune contacted both Super Étendards with this information. Flying at very low altitude, around 10:50, both Super Étendards climbed to 160 metres (520 ft) to verify these contacts, but, not finding any, decided to continue. 25 miles (40 km) later they climbed again and, after a few seconds of scanning, the targets appeared on their radar screens.[4][5]
Both pilots loaded the coordinates in their weapons systems, returned to low level, and after last minute checks, launched their AM39 Exocets at 11:04 from 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 km) away from their targets. The Super Étendards did not need to refuel from the KC-130 again, which had been waiting, and landed at Rio Grande at 12:04. Supporting the mission were an Argentine Air Force Learjet 35 as a decoy and two IAI Daggers as the KC-130 escorts[4][5]
At approximately 10 a.m. on 4 May, Sheffield was at defence watches, second degree readiness, as part of the British Task Force dispatched to the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. Sheffield had relieved her sister Coventry as the latter was having technical trouble with her Type 965 radar.[6] Sheffield and Coventry were chatting over UHF. Communications ceased until an unidentified message was heard flatly stating "Sheffield is hit".[6]
look closer it's pop...."just sayin'" :tongue3::toothy7:
This is kinda hot. Just sayin'
British Prime Minister David Cameron said to ITV News: "When I heard this, frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fool's Day. This guy's clearly a complete idiot."
Says the guy who, like every other member of the left-wing Ruling Establishment, has never lived in a real, everyday, working class part of any town or city and is almost completely ignorant of normal, everyday life in Britain. Members of Britain's left-wing Ruling Establishment all live in posh, right-on, leafy suburbs, usually in places like Islington in north London, which are almost completely devoid of immigration and all the problems that that brings, so naturally they think it's like that all over the country.
The fact is that that guy on Fox News is partially right. There are a places in Birmingham, and in other cities and towns, that are Muslim ghettos and no-go areas for non-Muslims. It wasn't that long ago that Christian protesters staged a huge march in Birmingham in protest at a PCSO telling a man that he shouldn't read the Bible in the part of Birmingham they were in because the mainly Muslim locals may beat him up.
Says the guy who, like every other member of the left-wing Ruling Establishment, has never lived in a real, everyday, working class part of any town or city and is almost completely ignorant of normal, everyday life in Britain. Members of Britain's left-wing Ruling Establishment all live in posh, right-on, leafy suburbs, usually in places like Islington in north London, which are almost completely devoid of immigration and all the problems that that brings, so naturally they think it's like that all over the country.
The fact is that that guy on Fox News is partially right. There are a places in Birmingham, and in other cities and towns, that are Muslim ghettos and no-go areas for non-Muslims. It wasn't that long ago that Christian protesters staged a huge march in Birmingham in protest at a PCSO telling a man that he shouldn't read the Bible in the part of Birmingham they were in because the mainly Muslim locals may beat him up.
You want to come and see the area of Bolton that I live in. You'd be forgiven for thinking you were in Karachi.