simple_language@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> source:
>
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/35580/St-George-s-parade-scrapped-in-case-it-upsets-Muslims/
>
> A March (parade) to celebrate St George’s Day has been axed – because
> the authorities fear it could spark race riots.
>
> About 1,500 children were due to take part in a parade to commemorate
> the patron saint of England on Wednesday.
>
> But council bosses in Bradford, West Yorks, have ditched the event
> over concerns it could upset the Asian community, many of them Muslim.
>
> They feared a repeat of riots that hit the city in 2001, when an Asian
> man was stabbed by National Front sup****ters and 300 police were
> injured. Officials suggested making the route shorter to avoid areas
> where the riots took place.
>
> But the Rev Tony Tooby, chairman of governors at St Philips Primary
> School, said: “We wanted the route to include where the riots took
> place to educate our young people.
>
But i dont think your title is honest, muslims didnt try to stop it, the
police and the council did, from reading from another source it was muslim
community leaders who were part of the planning group that set it up.
Gaz
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