
That may seem all well and good: the Met police checking up and investigating anything suspicious...funny then that this is what the representative said:
Tahir Butt, secretary of the AMP [The Association of Muslim Police], has raised the cases with senior management. He said that a policy which targeted Muslims and not other religions would be “wholly inappropriate”. This is where I'd put the "Doh!/ hand slapping forehead" smilie. I suppose as the representative he has to come out with that sort of ridiculous bunkum - he gets paid for it.
Now, another well paid fool (IMHO!) is Trevor Phillips but I agree with him when last month he said "UK needs more Muslim police." Britain's police and security services should recruit more Muslims, according to the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE). However, even though I agree with the thought I find it difficult to come up with a solution; it should be remembered that he said what he did the week after this story about corruption and Muslim Police hit the headlines.
"One Muslim officer with the Met said: "It is like saying black officers are more likely to be muggers. Today it is Muslim officers who are treated as the Uncle Toms. How can they say to the Muslim community 'trust us', when they don't even trust their own Muslim officers" and "Superintendent Dal Babu, chairman of the Association of Muslim Officers, said the report had racist undertones. "We are gravely concerned about its contents and the message it sends to recruits and potential recruits," he said."...all well and good and the sort of response you'd expect, especially when you consider that "The document was written as an attempt to investigate why complaints of misconduct and corruption against Asian officers are 10 times higher than against their white colleagues."...10...ten times!!??
So, they are more likely to be corrupt and should be investigated only if everyone else is...does that seem right, especially considering the dangerous times we find ourselves living in?
Out of order isn't just about the Muslim/terrorist concerns. Follow the link through the AWP logo and you'll see all the associations in the righthand column: Black, Gay, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Turkish (and Cypriot Turk), Christian, Catholic (aren't they Christian?), Women, Senior Women...(most have there own logo too...the gay rainbow one is nice, projects stern, law-enforcement images...NOT!) nobody it seems wants to be just A Police Officer; the funniest thing though, and I quote:
Definition of 'black': The term 'black' does not refer to skin colour but is used to describe all people of African, African Caribbean or Asian origin.
...so those Chinese, Sikhs, Hindus etc are "black"? Really? Whatever. I believe that any police service should be checked and rechecked and checked again as much as any situation warrants; so if that means the Muslims in the UK are in the spotlight, they must learn to live with it.
S.O.
Words fail me Span, what would they say if some people asked for an association of White Christian Police Officers.
YanıtlaSilIts an awkward one isnt it Span.
YanıtlaSilAll officers need to be regularly checked I agree.
P.S. ...on another tack but Muslim related: you'll all be pleased to hear that yesterday I received personal permission in a letter from The Iranian 'Foreign Office' for entry into Iran (for those that don't know I was refused permission in June despite previous vsits there)...and all day yesterday (7am to midnight) I was with our companies' Egyptian partners (and my friends)...I add this just in case anyone gets the idea I'm anti...you know who... :-/
YanıtlaSilWell good luck Span, just don't joke about nuclear weapons while you're there !
YanıtlaSilGildy, forgot to mention...Gavin passed me the blogmap link (though I had spotted it before....honest Gav!) when I 'set it up' I think it was fairly easy so they must explain every step...seriously, I know you are the same as I was...I knew NOTHING and was always getting things wrong and could not understand the lingo...but...if I can do it ANYBODY can. :-)
YanıtlaSilOnly yesterday (at dinner with Hani and Hassan) I turned down the opportunity to go to IraQ...maybe next time :-/
YanıtlaSilRe pictures - I have had similar problems uploading dirctly from my computer so now I ONLY upload from a 'photo site'. This could be Yahoo/Google/ Flick/whatever ...I use photobucket (thanks Gav!) and it couldn't be easier...start an account and then upload...easy...what I usually do is find an image, upload to "My Images" on my laptop, then at some stage upload the image/s to my photobucket account (they have a browse button that opens up in your computer so it couldn't be easier)...