Cartoons and other issues 3

Much of the background of the reactions to the issues of the cartoons by muslims, derives in my view by the cultural,political and moral pressure placed on muslims living in european countries to side with a narrow view predicated by western interests. To fail to do so is to make inferrences that they have allegiances with terrorism.
It is in my view wrong to deny that Muslims living in the UK for example, have a natural right to hold a range of views and allegiances, based upon a rich and diverse cultural heritage.

Muslims may be the first to express unease about cliched or narrow views of the middle east, however they rightly have feared that their views would be interpreted as an allegiance in opposition to western interest. In order to create justifications for the war in Iraq and in creating atmostphere of loyal support the political, media and cultural elites in the UK, muslims have been cowered into expressing answers to complex questions which show know doubt as to their loyalties to the west.

If we seek to establish the causes for so called extremism we should first look at how we in the UK have forced decent citizens onto the defensive in a false judgement of their loyalty. Hopelessness and frustration is the outcome and that is what we see on our streets today.