Later this month Waltham Forest will witness the juxtaposition of different cultures according to a national newspaper.
Protected by national and international laws ‘hardcore Islamists’ are to set up Sharia law enforcement zones within which gambling, smoking, alcohol and free mixing between the sexes (“…the fruits of Western civilisation”) would be strictly prohibited. These areas would then be policed by “Sharia cops”.
According to The Daily Star, the move will see specific areas, including Walthamstow and Leyton, flooded with thousands of posters & stickers saying, “no gambling”, “no music or concerts”, “no porn or prostitution” and “no drugs or smoking” as an alternative to government attempts to combat violent extremism under the Prevent strategy.
We await to hear what plans Cllr Liaquat Ali, Labour Cabinet member whose responsibilities include implementation of the Councils Prevent Strategy, has to ensure members of the public rights are not infringed by this proposed action.
Lib Dem Farid Ahmed, well known for having a sneaky fag and pint in the Nags Head in Walthamstow village, may wish to stay in his home borough of Redbridge to avoid falling foul of having his collar felt by the “Sharia cops”.
I tried the link to your story at the Daily Star but it seems to have disappeared.
We have updated link.
link dead again
It seems there is a concerted effort to censor this story. Thankfully other bloggers had the foresight to copy the article which we have linked too.
We do not condone Islamaphobia. However, neither do we condone censorship of information which is clearly in the public interest.
The local paper has made no mention of this juvenile attention-seeking exercise: on the whole, I agree with them, since to publicise it is to be compicit in its aim to provoke discord. But in a Borough where, according to Private Eye, 19 Councillors worship at the same mosque, alcohol-free zones proliferate (sometimes outside the law for several years), and smoking and music are officially cracked hard down upon, the reality is getting close to the far edge of satire in any case.