This was the article, written just three months after the London tube and bus bombings which left 56 people dead and more than 700 injured.
“OUR PEOPLE, our Christian values and our British way of life are under attack from Islamic terrorists living in our very midst.
Fifty-six innocent people making their way to work in our capital city are no longer with us because of bombs planted by the followers of a dangerous, archaic creed that wants to take civilisation back to the Middle Ages.
You would have thought that our police forces would be rallying around to show support for the British people and clamping down on the communities from where the suicide bombers came from.
You would have thought that our trade unions would be boosting the morale of the British people, rallying them to stand firm in the face of the followers of a totalitarian religion that is prepared to indiscriminately kill to further their ends.
But you would be wrong. Police in Nottinghamshire are wearing green ribbons to show solidarity with the Muslim community.
Twenty thousand “Good Faith” ribbons will be worn by officers to symbolise belief in Muslims as a people of peace.
Chief Constable Steve Green said: “We have a huge number of Muslim citizens in Nottinghamshire. They feel intimidated and sometimes ostracised by the perception that the white community suspects everybody with a brown face of being a suicide bomber.”
Green’s prompt initiative over Islamic ribbons is in stark contrast to his force’s disappointing clear-up rate for crime in Nottinghamshire. His force is under review by the Home Office after it was revealed that cases had to be “farmed out” to other forces to get them solved.
Bedforshire Police were another force who took prompt action, this time in the hunt for terrorists. They issued an 18-point guide to officers dealing with Muslims who are suspected of terrorism.
The guidelines state that ‘the Muslim community feels victimised and suspicious of counter terrorist police operations’.
Officer must:
• Community leaders should be consulted before raids into Muslim houses.
• Officers should not searcg occupied bedrooms and bathrooms before dawn.
• Use of police dogs will be considered serious desecration of the premises.
• Cameras and camcorders should not be used in case capturing women in inappropriate dress.
• If people are praying at home officers should stand aside and not disrupt the prayer. They should be allowed the opportunity to finish.
• Officers should take their shoes off before raiding a Muslim house.
• The reasons for pre-dawn raids on Muslim houses needs to be clear and transparent.
• Officers must not touch holy books or religious artefacts without permission.
• Muslim prisoners should be allowed to take additional clothing to the station.
A Bedfordshire Police spokesman said: “The guidelines had been issued to all staff as a reminder of the force protocol when entering a Muslim household.”
The National Union of Teachers were also quick of the mark issuing a 4-page A4 brochure to teachers on the terrorist attacks. But despite the traumatic effect of the terrorists attacks being timed to coincide with pupils travelling to schools, the NUT didn’t seem too concerned about the effect of this on children.
NUT advice was in the main about the well-being of pupils and teachers from minority ethnic groups and any negative and stereotyped views of Islam and Muslims being expressed by parents. In fact much of the brochore was given over to challenging Islamophobia, tackling racism and any tensions that might arise between different ethnic groups.
Since the terrorist attacks in July the political correct brigade within the police, the trade unions and the media have succeded in turning truth and logic on its head. Within a month of innocent British people being slaughtered, apparently it is no longer us who are the victims or Islamic fanatics who are to blame.
Now it is the Muslim community living in Britain must have our sympathy and it is the British people who are responsible for causing their discomfort.”
After holding the newspapers for 72 hours, they were released after the Department for Public Prosecutions said there was no case to answer.