AKA, the Irony Can Be Pretty Ironic, Special UK edition. Perhaps still understandably frightened by visage of the red leotard he wore on England’s Big Brother “reality” TV series, “George Galloway was set upon by a group of Muslim extremists,” the Solomonia blog notes:
George Galloway was set upon by a group of Muslim extremists while campaigning in East London this afternoon. Three men, believed to belong to the extreme sect Islam4UK, the latest name for Al-Muhajiroun, were arrested and subsequently charged with public order offences.
Galloway, who is standing in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency, was with a party of supporters in Watney Market around 3pm when he and his colleagues were first abused and then attacked by the group.
“They called me a filthy Kaffir” said Galloway, “and shouted that no one should shake the ‘filthy Kaffir’s hand’. This lot are the latest incarnation of the banned group Al-Muhajiroun. They don’t want Muslims to vote, they don’t believe in democracy, and because I encourage Muslims to vote and take a full part in our society they hate me. My party, Respect, is the antidote to these despicable extremists.”…
And a nod to such non-extremists as Saddam Hussein.
No word yet if, like Galloway had a reaction similar to Robert Fisk’s, when the latter man was beaten in Afghanistan in 2001.
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