Hicham Yezza, a student at the University of Nottingham who was arrested and detained under anti-terror laws for downloading an Al Qaeda manual which he claims was necessary in order to research for his masters degree, spoke to a national radio station about his detention in light of the parliamentary 42 day detention bill.
"I had my academic career, I had my university, but not everyone has their university. If you go around arresting young Muslim individuals, especially men, you are going to find that you are going to ostracise this community. Young Muslims don't need to be ostracised, they need to be engaged." Hicham Yezza
'Engage' also means 'involve'. Now, if we were to invite young, devout Muslims to church or to the pub in order that we might involve them with our community, what reaction do you think we might get?
Read more here.
2 comments:
I think the police should have full powers to look into any situation they beleive is a threat to my country.
Better to be safe than sorry is the old maxim , and a true one these days.
Judging by the way this government is going in terms of ID cards and surveillance, I wonder how long it will take until we are all terror suspects! Mind you they have not got enough prison beds as it is so its bound to be a farce.
Post a Comment