More about the terrorists involved in 7/7-
"a government-funded storefront youth centre in Leeds...was a hub of radical Islamist activity."
"On its walls were posters from the Respect Party, an extremist pro-Islamic party founded by MP George Galloway."
"He [Mr Tanweer] wasn't political at all -- he never mentioned Iraq or anything."
"None of the bombers were strongly connected with a particular mosque, although they all began praying five times a day as they became more devout during the past two years."
"they had become more devoutly religious and travelled to Pakistan for study trips"
"I never saw any sign of any politics in him -- I mean, when he read the paper he would only look at the sports pages," Mr. Tanweer's uncle, Bashir Ahmed, said in an interview yesterday. "He had been religious for some time, and I thought on Wednesday that he was going to one of his religious meetings. He was going to them all the time."
Politics then does not seem to be a motivating factor- religion was.
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Absolutely. Earlier today I read an article in which a friend of one of the 7/7 terrorists called London, if I recall correctly, "The capitol of the Islamic world".
Not a promising notion.
At one time, London was a haven for continental European socialist radicals, including Karl Marx himself. Britain survived the long-term consequences of that, and I'm sure will survive the consequences of its current status as a haven for Islamic radicals. However, those consequences are starting to appear.
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