The terrorists have failed. Not fear but defiance. Not hate but unity. Here in London’s Potters Fields and in Manchester. In Manchester where a young American girl returned to play a concert and stood up for us all.
In London where, at short notice, there were thousands at the Potters Fields vigil.
Muslims came with sympathy and with courage and with confidence in the sanity of Londoners that we would not be perverted by the actions of a few. They held banners and they laid flowers and they were applauded.
Such were the tokens of our defiance and unity.
And the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said:-
“London stands in defiance against this cowardly attack and our city and our people and our values and our way of live.
As the mayor of London I want to send a clear message to the sick and evil extremists who commit these hideous crimes; we will defeat you. You will not win.
And as a proud and patriotic British Muslim I say this: you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name. Your perverse ideology has nothing to do with the true values of Islam and you will never succeed in dividing our city.
We send our love to the victims’ families and all those injured and we thank our courageous emergency services and the brave Londoners who risked their lives. You are the best of us.
Our city is filled with great sorrow and anger tonight but also great resolve and determination. Because our unity and love will always be stronger than the hate of the extremists.
London will never be broken by terrorism. We will defeat the terrorists.”
And he was applauded.
And I say; London and the UK stand as a beacon of defiance and fair justice and refusal to blame the many for the actions of a few. That is what we are and that is our strength and we shall not fall from that state of being.
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June 6, 2017 | Categories: Comment, london, uk | Tags: london bridge, london bridge attack, mayor of london speech, potters field, sadiq khan, uk terrorist attacks | 8 Comments
By Stik on Princelet Street, London, E.1
More Here – The Potters Field Vigil ⇐
The recent terrorists attacks are not made by genuine Muslims. The Qu’ran (Koran) forbids such things. The attacks are made by disturbed vicious persons who have hi-jacked a prophet’s name, with the sole aim of feeding their abhorrent desires and starting a war between innocent persons.
We must show the terrorists that their efforts to divide us are futile and that we hold them in contempt. That we will not permit such a thing in our country. That such behaviour only binds us more strongly together in mutual understanding and sympathy.
This is the truth of London and the UK. This street art on Princelet St, has remained untouched for at least 4 years, whilst all the nearby pieces have been painted over with new renditions.
I’ve lived in the east-end of London for most of my adult life. The area has been multi-cultural for more than two hundred years, since the early days of the London Docks. There is mutual respect here because the sane amongst us know that it is morally right, that unity is our greatest strength and that it will prevail.
There is nothing so formidable as Brits who are roused in the defense of right.
June 4, 2017 | Categories: Comment, uk | Tags: anti-terrorist, london bridge, uk, violence | 9 Comments
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UK Terrorist Attacks 2017
The terrorists have failed. Not fear but defiance. Not hate but unity. Here in London’s Potters Fields and in Manchester. In Manchester where a young American girl returned to play a concert and stood up for us all.
In London where, at short notice, there were thousands at the Potters Fields vigil.
Muslims came with sympathy and with courage and with confidence in the sanity of Londoners that we would not be perverted by the actions of a few. They held banners and they laid flowers and they were applauded.
Such were the tokens of our defiance and unity.
And the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said:-
“London stands in defiance against this cowardly attack and our city and our people and our values and our way of live.
As the mayor of London I want to send a clear message to the sick and evil extremists who commit these hideous crimes; we will defeat you. You will not win.
And as a proud and patriotic British Muslim I say this: you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name. Your perverse ideology has nothing to do with the true values of Islam and you will never succeed in dividing our city.
We send our love to the victims’ families and all those injured and we thank our courageous emergency services and the brave Londoners who risked their lives. You are the best of us.
Our city is filled with great sorrow and anger tonight but also great resolve and determination. Because our unity and love will always be stronger than the hate of the extremists.
London will never be broken by terrorism. We will defeat the terrorists.”
And he was applauded.
And I say; London and the UK stand as a beacon of defiance and fair justice and refusal to blame the many for the actions of a few. That is what we are and that is our strength and we shall not fall from that state of being.
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June 6, 2017 | Categories: Comment, london, uk | Tags: london bridge, london bridge attack, mayor of london speech, potters field, sadiq khan, uk terrorist attacks | 8 Comments