Warsi: Islamophobia has become normal
Conservative co-chairman Sayeeda Warsi’s speech at the University of Leicester later will include the following extracts, the Telegraph reported:
“It’s not a big leap of imagination to predict where the talk of ‘moderate’ Muslims leads; in the factory, where they’ve just hired a Muslim worker, the boss says to his employees: ‘Not to worry, he’s only fairly Muslim’.
“In the school, the kids say: ‘The family next door are Muslim but they’re not too bad’.
“And in the road, as a woman walks past wearing a burkha, the passers-by think: ‘That woman’s either oppressed or is making a political statement’.”
She will add: “Those who commit criminal acts of terrorism in our country need to be dealt with not just by the full force of the law.
“They also should face social rejection and alienation across society and their acts must not be used as an opportunity to tar all Muslims.”
