Moslems will not be arrested at Ramadan

[InsaneApache]

Police to avoid Ramadan arrests

Police in Manchester have been told not to arrest Muslims wanted on warrants at prayer times during Ramadan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/6073162.stm

Is it just me? Or do we (in the West) tiptoe around, terrified of creating offence to Moslems. Would this extend to Christians during lent, or Hindus at Diwalhi? Probably not.

This will do nothing for relations with our Moslem minority. It will only fuel resentment from the rest of the population. Sometimes I think the people who think this stuff up, are secretly in the BNP.

[Duke of Gloucester]

Agreed.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Well, here's the thing.

If they say "Muslims won't be arrested while they're in Mosques and all during Ramadan" that's one thing, you can sit outside and wait for them to come out and then arrest them. To say that they won't be arrested at all, I mean, jeez, I'm converting and moving to Manchester!

[Dâriûsh]

Calm down.

Police said it was not a blanket ban, just a "request for sensitivity".

The email stressed the order did not apply to on-the-spot arrests, only the execution of arrest warrants.

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The internal email was sent to staff listing the prayer times, but confusion arose and a second memo was sent clarifying it was not a total ban on arresting Muslims at these times.

It is still stupid, though.

[MSB]

Pathetic! I can see a future in which a Muslim could murder one hundred people on one day, be found out by the police on Ramadan and on that day get on a plane and escape to another country and all the police could possibly do is watch. What is it all about giving Muslims special rights. The police don't advise that Christians cannot be arrested during Lent, at Easter and on Christmas day! It's as if the state is planning on making everybody except Muslims second class citizens.

[whyidie]

Pathetic! That means that a Muslim could murder one hundred people on one day, be found out by the police on Ramadan and on that day get on a plane and escape to another country and all the police could possibly do is watch. What is it all about giving Muslims special rights. Christians can be arrested during Lent, at Easter and on Christmas day! It's as if the state is planning on making everybody except Muslims second class citizens.

Thats exactly what it is my friend! They could totally get away with murder! Woe is us who don't get to murder! Woe is us!

[Scurvy]

Pathetic! That means that a Muslim could murder one hundred people on one day, be found out by the police on Ramadan and on that day get on a plane and escape to another country and all the police could possibly do is watch. What is it all about giving Muslims special rights. Christians can be arrested during Lent, at Easter and on Christmas day! It's as if the state is planning on making everybody except Muslims second class citizens.

did anyone read it?

Greater Manchester Police confirmed it had asked detectives not to make planned arrests during those periods for reasons of religious sensitivity.

Police said it was not a blanket ban, just a "request for sensitivity".

The email stressed the order did not apply to on-the-spot arrests, only the execution of arrest warrants.

If a muslim murders someone they still get arrested! if a muslim commits a crime they still get arrested, just like everyone else!

it just means not making panned arrests that can be rearranged which might inflame muslim extremists - which is sensible in the long term - for everyones safety



However: i basically agree ith apaches point -->

Is it just me? Or do we (in the West) tiptoe around, terrified of creating offence to Moslems.

at the moment we are being slightly too careful (although not necessarily in this particular case), the only way to seriosly resolve the issues is to discuss it openly

[BDC]

I doubt that many Christians have been dragged out of Christmas Church services by the police either...

[Tribesman]

did anyone read it?

It seems not

So the title should be "police will not disturb religeous gatherings at alloted times during the religeous festival in order to serve routine existing warrants "

Not

Moslems will not be arrested at Ramadan

A slight difference don't you think

[Navaros]

Always good to see some effort being made to not arrest & torture every Muslim possible for a change.

[lancelot]

Always good to see some effort being made to not arrest & torture every Muslim possible for a change.

torture

every

muslim

....?

Seriously dude, what world do you live in?

[Navaros]

Seriously dude, what world do you live in?

A world in which the so-called "civilized" nations start illegitimate, illegal wars to satiate their gluttonous desire for oil pillaging and in the process see fit to torture, kill, and/or wrongly arrest and imprison any Muslim they feel like it for no reason at all.

[InsaneApache]

I've yet to meet a moslem who was tortured....unless you mean the poor buggers who voted new labour.....

[master of the puppets]

... yeah right navaros

religion is meant to bring people together, and muslims in this time have become a rather tight knit community, any arrests no matter how justified will seem a tad uncalled for if it ends up disturbing a religious ceremony, i doubt they would ever storm a mosque or arrest them on profile on the street of there home town. if they are truly giving this protection for all of ramadan it is stupid. but as they said its not a blanket, murderers, rapists, assailants would undoubtably be arrested (no matter how unlikely as ramadan has a lot to do with peace) its just probably petty and minor crimes that can be set asside for a few days that itr will be overlooked.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

A world in which the so-called "civilized" nations start illegitimate, illegal wars to satiate their gluttonous desire for oil pillaging and in the process see fit to torture, kill, and/or wrongly arrest and imprison any Muslim they feel like it for no reason at all.

There's the Navaros I remember!

Blood for oil!

(God I love those catchy phrases who'se only purpose are to anger people, because there is no real way to respond to them without sounding pretentious).