Understanding the principles of citizenship is very important for any country. If a measure like this works to build up more feelings of "belonging" amongst Muslim youth I think it is a good idea. Of course measures like this benefit all citizens and not just Muslim ones.

I don't think it will work. Either it will contain Islamically objectionable things or n00bs will go around telling everybody that it does.

I think i quite agree with this but the government needs to find the root problem of extremism in the UK. the root problem is foreign policy,what ever course they give,whatever lessons they implement,so long as muslims are dying abroad then terrorism and extremism will be there.Muslim youth dont need sheikhs with extreme views to make them radicalised all they have to do is switch on the tv and see the bloodshed of the palestinians,iraqis and afghans

Greetings and peace be with you Ahmedjunior;

I was never in agreement that Britain should invade Afghanistan, and I Believe their decision to invade Iraq was wrong. Thousands of innocent people have been killed with no hope of justice; Britain and America have created a whole new generation of terrorists, because the victims families will not get justice.

In the spirit of praying for justice for all people,

Eric

What about the justice for the thousands of Americans who died on September 11th, killed by an organization supported and protected by the Taliban regime? Did they not deserve justice? Not that I believe war brings justice, but it is a word you used. Just a reminder that Muslims aren't the only one's looking for "justice".

Keltoi, you still believe it wasn't an inside job? or let's say part islamic extremists part inside job?

Attaking Iraq and Afganistan is what they were planning for a long time most prob...but just didn't have the motiv. After 9/11, there's your reason to invade whomever you want.

Greetings and peace be with you Keltoi;

9/11 was wrong and I do not condone what happened, but after 9/11 fairness and justice had to be seen to be done. It might make Americans feel better by terrorising two countries, but where is fairness and justice for the innocent Afghan and Iraqis killed, the farmers, factory workers, kids and pensioners.

Bush was elected president of America and he represents America, the law, justice and fairness of a democratically elected government. In theory you should not see many similarities in the way a terrorist and an elected government seek justice.

Osama is not the elected government, he does not represent Afghanistan, he is said to be a gangster and kills innocent people. If Osama and his terrorists were hiding out in Oklahoma, would Bush have ordered Oklahoma to be bombed in the hope of wiping out Osama and his organisation?

And then there is Iraq, and that has never made any sense to me

Two wrongs leave room for a third wrong, hence we have a new generation of potential terrorists.

In the spirit of praying for justice, fairness and peace on Earth
Eric

Here is a link to the BBC article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/7514985.stm

There is a short video on the page.

If the state government of Oklahoma knowingly and actively supported a terrorist organization which killed nearly 3,000 Americans, that government becomes an enemy of the United States.

The question then is, what is to be done about it? From a military standpoint, the next phase is fairly clear. Destroy that government. Can you destroy the government infrastructure of a nation without inflicting civilian casualties? It is very difficult. Especially with the amount of munitions the Air Force can drop in a five minute period.

Then you have to factor in the Northern Alliance, who had quite a blood feud going on with the Taliban. Can you stop them from taking revenge on civilians? Probably not.

It was a nasty situation, and the U.S. must accept responsibility for those civilians who were killed in the crossfire. In reality though, there was no other way for this scenario to play out. Americans wanted justice, meaning blood of course. If Bush hadn't attacked Afghanistan they would have set the White House on fire and put Rush Limbaugh in office.

Iraq is an entirely different situation, one that I didn't support either. However, now that we are there we might as well try to make some good come out of it.

Terroristic attacks also happen in Indonesia, in Turkey, in Egypt, Holland (killing of van Gogh), Algeria, Morocco and also other places. So dont tell me that it is all about Iraq or Israel.

Peace Keltoi,

when are you going to wake up and smell the coffee? 911 was an inside job, the Trade Towers 1, 2 AND 7 were taken down in controlled demolitions. there is no evidence that a "plane" hit the Pentagon, but a nice clean missile hole.

google David Ray Griffin and watch his videos. google "911 Mysteries Part 1 the Demolitions" google "Loose Change II"

and if you imagine that the Bush administration gives a single hoot about the American boys and girls they have put in peril, google "Beyond Treason" and watch.

you musn't confuse Fascists with Patriots [it only insults the Patriots].

Sorry, I don't deal with conspiracy theories.

We are talking about Britain here in case you forgot and almost most of the 'alleged' terrorists that are caught say that they were angered at the british government for its stance on foreign policy.

The IRA would put the 7/7 bombers to shame in terms of attacks and damage,nobody has bombed london more than THE IRA but we never call them 'Christian terrorists'
Those that commit these evil acts are just criminals who happen to be muslim but the media does perfect in scaring the citizens by making them believe that the situation is shocking and there are threats from everywhere but that is not the case.I call it the paracetamol approach why? because whenever the British people feel some sympathy for iraq, afghanistan and turn their heads against the government that is when the media backed by the government use the the paracetamol effect by exaggerating things about muslim and terror,this then gives an instant relief to the british people that the government needs the troops in iraq and afghansitan but how do the troops know or differentiate the civilians from the criminals do the taleban have a big badge on their chest saying im from taleban come and kill me the answer is no

If the government wants to stop terrorism in the UK even though it was just one or two attacks after the country invaded iraq then what they could do is bring the troops home and orchestrate an operation with the aid of muslims (because we do want to help!) to stop terrorism and i will tell you it wouldnt take 3 weeks to absolutely target and demolish terrorsim and extremesim both together,people might think im crazy by saying 3 weeks but i am saying this for a reason because the threat is so small