British Muslims defiant after leaflets call for 'Punish a Muslim Day'

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British Muslims defiant after leaflets call for 'Punish a Muslim Day'
British Muslims vowed to 'keep calm and carry on' Tuesday after anonymous leaflets mailed to addresses across the country called for April 3 to be a day of violence against Muslims.

Police are investigating after leaflets referring to "Punish a Muslim Day" appeared to target several cities with large Muslim populations, including London and Bradford.
 

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I read about this, as I live in Britain.

It's strange that it's not had much media attention - imagine the outrage and airtime there would be if Muslims had posted leaflets calling for a 'Punish a Christian Day'
 
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I guess the reasoning behind it is that some people think the whole Muslim community deserves to pay for the crimes committed by Muslims around the world. Guilt by association.
 
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I read about this, as I live in Britain.

It's strange that it's not had much media attention - imagine the outrage and airtime there would be if Muslims had posted leaflets calling for a 'Punish a Christian Day'

There was probably a desire not to sensationalize it too much and give the nutters in the white nationalist communities any more bad ideas.
 
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There was probably a desire not to sensationalize it too much and give the nutters in the white nationalist communities any more bad ideas.

There's a bit on the BBC about the community reaction to these idiots here: Communities unite to defy 'Punish a Muslim Day'

I think you're right, they're not giving these wastes of DNA the oxygen of publicity. It does seem to follow a bit of a disturbing pattern - when the orange-skinned one with the bad toupe tweeted about the NHS they didn't report it, but they did report on the twitter backlash that he got.
 
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