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Saturday, July 23, 2005Thank goodness clear thinking prevails!From an AOL story on London police shooting a terror suspect who turned out to be clean: Sir Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, acknowledged that "the police are under tremendous pressure to apprehend the criminals who are attempting to cause carnage on the streets of London,'' but he said, "it's absolutely vital that the utmost care is taken to ensure that innocent people are not killed due to overzealousness.'' [my emphasis]Despite the unfortunate incident, isn't this what the British police were trying to do? Or is letting terror suspects who are acting strangely into the Tube a superior tactic for achieving this result? Had the bobbies fired the right four shots a few weeks ago, things would have been quite different for a couple hundred London families. I would be the last to recommend indiscriminately shooting Muslims - or anyone. The kooks, so long as they're harmless, ought to be left unharmed. But the only way to maintain conditions in which that is the case is to make it less compelling for a policeman chasing a dangerous suspect to feel that in shooting he may be saving twenty, thirty, fifty or a hundred lives. The Muslim Council of Britain needs to take that statement, "it's absolutely vital that the utmost care is taken to ensure that innocent people are not killed due to overzealousness" and deliver it within their own community: 1. You're attending your mosque and a man out front hands you a flier reading "Death to America." You a) nod in understanding and shuffle in, b) are nervous but take it and shuffle in, not wanting to offend the devout, c) find a payphone and call the police. 2. Your son has recently started taking the Koran much more seriously. He wants mom to wear a burka and shut up about doing his Western-oppressing homework. You a) are delighted that Junior has found God, b) hope it's just a phase, c) keep a close eye and talk to the authorities if God causes him to acquire exotic electronics, unusual powders or the friendship of a one-eyed imam from Pakistan. 3. A fellow Muslim tells you of the plight of Muslims in the Holy Land and asks for a donation to help "people who take the problem seriously" do something about it. You a) give him fifty pounds while the two of you trade "Allahu akbars," b) give him a fiver and hope he lets it drop, c) alert the authorities just in case your friend is engaged in the murder of Londoners and not just Israelis. The good imam said, "it's absolutely vital that the utmost care is taken to ensure that innocent people are not killed due to overzealousness.'' If he's serious, as soon as he gets back from the press conferences about the cops, he'll start teaching his fellows that the answers to all three questions are "c" and that a Muslim community that doesn't know that is not taking the utmost care to ensure that innocent people are not killed due to overzealousness. 
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