Whoops - premature ejaculation.
"the people who really wield the power have got us beaten. Again."
These hate-preachers wield no real power Dave - if they did their effect would be far more obvious than it is.
They skate on the edge of the law and take advantage of the discontent generated by the situation the Muslim British people find themselves in - Pakistanis are the poorest and the most discriminated against in Britain today.
The younger generation are not prepared to put up with it in the same way as the older ones have - they kick against what's happening to them and they break with their own culture.
The crimes committed by young Muslims are as offensive to traditional Muslims as they are to the rest of us. The first statement by a Muslim cleric on the Woolwich murder was that it was "an insult to Islam"; the sexual behaviour of the criminal minority is directly against the "no sex before marriage" Islamic practice, as is constantly being pointed out by the traditionalists.
These islands have had their own brand of militant imams all to ready to stir up hatred and take advantage of discontent that has nothing whatever to do with religion - take a look at the behaviour of Ian Paisley and his mob of fundamentalist preachers who have done so much to keep the people of Ireland divided with their sectarian bloodletting marches and their "Papist spawn-of-the-Devil" sermons. - We're just about to enter into the 'marching season' and they'll be out in force again establishing their supremacy - can't wait!
Jim Carroll