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Potential Racism during Muslim Festival

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    #62
    darkpagandeath
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    Frank Lee Midere wrote: »
    No. Sectarian.

    Based on racial profiling. They assumed "white teenagers" could not be Muslim. Which is not the case, There is no identifier of what Religion you maybe, Unless you wear the garb that goes with it. You could have a white person standing next to an Asian person. Be asked what Religion they are. Then be surprised the white person is a Muslim and the Asian person is Christian.


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    #63
    SeanW
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    Frank Lee Midere wrote: »
    No. Sectarian.
    But how did the staff know the individual was not Muslim?


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    #64
    Frank Lee Midere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,780 ✭✭✭Frank Lee Midere


    SeanW wrote: »
    But how did the staff know the individual was not Muslim?

    Maybe they asked?

    In any case I can't get too upset. I was recently banned from taking a seat in the House of Lords because I didn't come out of the correct fanny.


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    #65
    brummytom
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    A quick google just threw up this website:
    http://www.islamophobiawatch.co.uk/mirror-stokes-up-islamophobia-with-bogus-anti-muslim-story/

    Obviously, it's got its own agenda, but what it's saying makes sense.

    It seems far more likely Star City was very busy at the time, and a bouncer said something like "Sorry, we're really busy at the moment - probably because it's Eid today - we can't let you in at the moment", and this was miscontrued as being a racist/sectarian policy.

    Birmingham's got very worrying racial tensions, which will undoubtedly lead to more race riots in the future. The far right picking up on a story like this and twisting it to suit their agenda doesn't help anyone.


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    #66
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    It was the EID festival so a very large number of religious people were there but not his religion so he was barred


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    #67
    Reformed Character
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    Hootanany wrote: »
    It was the EID festival so a very large number of religious people were there but not his religion so he was barred

    That has yet to be established, for all you know the truth is very different.


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    #68
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Hootanany wrote: »
    It was the EID festival so a very large number of religious people were there but not his religion so he was barred

    Where are you getting that from?

    I hate people who do the whole 'whataboutary', but just to compare... If it was a day or two before Christmas, and the place was absolutely heaving with people out for a Christmas meal/night out, and a bouncer said to an atheist/Muslim/Jew "Sorry, it's really busy here today, with it being the Christmas holidays, we can't let you in just yet", would there be uproar? No. It would be expected to be busy.

    You can bet your life half of those 'religious' people were as religious as the rest of us are when we head for a Christmas night out.

    It's fuck all to do with religion, it's crowd control.


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    #69
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    brummytom wrote: »
    A quick google just threw up this website:
    http://www.islamophobiawatch.co.uk/mirror-stokes-up-islamophobia-with-bogus-anti-muslim-story/

    Obviously, it's got its own agenda, but what it's saying makes sense.

    It seems far more likely Star City was very busy at the time, and a bouncer said something like "Sorry, we're really busy at the moment - probably because it's Eid today - we can't let you in at the moment", and this was miscontrued as being a racist/sectarian policy.

    Birmingham's got very worrying racial tensions, which will undoubtedly lead to more race riots in the future. The far right picking up on a story like this and twisting it to suit their agenda doesn't help anyone.


    Id say if I looked I could find an article that explain it a different way


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    #70
    darkpagandeath
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    brummytom wrote: »
    Where are you getting that from?

    I hate people who do the whole 'whataboutary', but just to compare... If it was a day or two before Christmas, and the place was absolutely heaving with people out for a Christmas meal/night out, and a bouncer said to an atheist/Muslim/Jew "Sorry, it's really busy here today, with it being the Christmas holidays, we can't let you in just yet", would there be uproar? No. It would be expected to be busy.

    You can bet your life half of those 'religious' people were as religious as the rest of us are when we head for a Christmas night out.

    It's fuck all to do with religion, it's crowd control.

    Holiday, we would not want to offend anyone. :pac:


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    #71
    Friend Computer
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    Jesus, any chance to take a pop at those filthy Saracens, eh lads?


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    #72
    mad muffin
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    Friend Computer wrote: »
    Jesus, any chance to take a pop at those filthy Saracens, eh lads?

    No. I think they were Moors…


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    #73
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    Moors the merrier


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    #74
    Privileged White Male
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 58 ✭✭Privileged White Male


    Ha ha Britain is such a dump.

    Still its sad. A hundred years British men fought and died for their county. Now they're overrun with immigrants and most are too afraid to speak out.


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    #75
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    Not that lad


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    #76
    Wishiwasa Littlebitaller
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    You think that's bad. I was refused entry to Fried Green Tomatoes recently because my hips haven't been replaced yet: :mad:

    http://www.ifi.ie/film/wild-strawberries-fried-green-tomatoes/


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