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Subject: God bless NZ

ogdenz 27.03.19 - 03:56pm
Speculation. * +

recurve16 27.03.19 - 06:22pm
Like every single word you've typed about brexit for over 2 years.
So what's yer point gimp ? * +

recurve16 28.05.19 - 04:16pm
Days after the deadly attack on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, a private patrol service was launched in New York to protect Muslim places of worship there. The additional security has proved controversial.

On a Friday afternoon, minutes before the Muezzins at Brooklyn mosques give the call to prayer, a group of young Muslims is headed to nearby mosques in what look like New York Police Department (NYPD) squad cars.

The cars, with their red and white emergency lights on, will be parked right outside the mosques and stay put while worshippers go in and offer prayers.

Noor Rabah, a volunteer and co-founder of the group, calls it security on steroids.

By keeping the emergency lights on and making the siren go on when there's any trouble, they hope the vehicle can act as a deterrent.

Many mosques in the country have conducted security drills including active-shooter training.

The Muslim Community Patrol, too, has beefed up its presence in and around Brooklyn mosques - but ever since the idea of such a patrol was floated, they have also faced backlash, particularly on social media.

A few far-right commentators have accused them of being enforcers of Sharia law.

It's the fear of the unknown, responds Mr Rabah.

Allow our actions to show you what our way of life teaches, he says.

There's also a concern that increased police presence will keep many worshippers, who are suspicious of law enforcement, out of the mosques.

It's too early to say whether communities will embrace the Muslim Patrol as the other option, but for now the group is busy signing-up and training new volunteers with plans to expand nationwide by next year.

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recurve16 28.05.19 - 04:18pm


Coming soon, to a town near you... * +

shadow27 28.05.19 - 04:21pm
Um ok.. Where is the protection for all the other religious groups?

Ugh.. I can't even *gone* * +

3mel 28.05.19 - 04:26pm
well presumably it's self funded for themselves. * +

recurve16 28.05.19 - 04:57pm
Maybe over there, maybe not.

Certainly not the case over here, we're all having to cough up to protect em here in the UK...

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has boosted funding to 1.6m for the purchase of security measures such as fencing, lighting and CCTV.

The money is provided through the Places of Worship Protective Security Fund, established in 2016, and is double the amount awarded last year.

So far, more than a third of grants under the scheme have been awarded to mosques.



In addition, a new three-year 5m fund will be opened to provide security training at religious buildings.
A spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain, who have called for a funding boost, said: The increase in the Places of Worship fund, the simplified bidding process and the investment in non-physical security support, are all welcome first steps, in particular given the heightened concerns following the terrorist incidents targeting Muslims in New Zealand and at a smaller level, here in the UK.
However, British Muslim communities may still question why the funding is not proportionate to the risks they face, given the Home Office's own figures last year showing that over half of religious hate crime is targeted at Muslims... *

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