Luton residents have hit back at slurs on their town by mass killer Anders Breivik, dismissing him as a "nutter".
Addressing the Norwegian court where he is on trial for the massacre of 77 people, Breivik reportedly described "war-like conditions" in the multicultural Bedfordshire town and referred to so-called "Islamic no-go zones".
He said: "I would challenge anyone anywhere in the world to go into every single part of Luton and tell me where these no-go areas are.
"I represent a very mixed community, which has Irish, eastern European, black, Hindu and Muslim residents, and I've lived here since 1969 and there's never been any part of Luton that's been a no-go area.
"We do have a very small number of extremists and we can count them on one hand - far-right extremists as well as a small bunch of Muslims - but they're ignored by the community completely."
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Luton residents have hit back at slurs on their town by mass killer Anders Breivik, dismissing him as a "nutter".
Addressing the Norwegian court where he is on trial for the massacre of 77 people, ...
Luton residents have hit back at slurs on their town by mass killer Anders Breivik, dismissing him as a "nutter".
Addressing the Norwegian court where he is on trial for the massacre of 77 people, ...
If there is one thing I learned over my journeys, and meetings, it is that there are no easy answers, no black and white; but it is natural to demand them. I say: beware what you wish for. We must be vigilant, and on guard, for those who promise such answers and peace through hatred.
There remains some unanswered questions that few dared to ask, such as: how isolated are Breivik's political views? How many people, though firmly condemning his murderous act, share his concerns regarding the so-called 'Islamization' of Europe? Is he a deviant exception or a disquieting symptom?
It is an interesting coincidence that in the week the world has been gripped by the televised trial of the self-confessed Norwegian mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, Britain also had a taste of how justice can be seen to be done via TV.
If Anders Behring Breivik is found to be mentally competent, the toughest sentence Norwegian law can mete out is 21 years, though he may still remain incarcerated if he is deemed to be a danger to society. Breivik may be walking the streets by the time he's 55.
Of course there are people who want to introduce Sharia law, but they don't even represent a majority of muslims let alone the British population as a whole:
They are a minority within a minority and so don't pose any particular threat. Besides, you could probably find just as many people who want to impose Biblical law, and that is hardly any better.
Philip_J_Sparrow: Of course there are people who want to introduce Sharia
You can understand the logic behind murdering nearly 100 innocent in cold blood because you don't like the way that a minority in your society lives/looks?
REALLY???
crumpets: You can understand the logic behind murdering nearly 100 innocent
Minority!!! yer having a laugh aren't ya, i don't care what they look like. It is they that DO NOT want to mingle with the whites..they bloody hate us, they are only here because this country is a soft touch.
Diane_Jaques: Minority!!! yer having a laugh aren't ya, i don't care
We cannot believe anything that any of the hierarchy in this country say. Go there all you believers and witness things for your self. In Bradford there is a painted slogan on the side of someones house saying,,No Whites allowed here, and this unbelievable attitude sweeeps across Britain, then and only then will one witness what the hierachy have done to Britain, from top to bottom, they are a disgrace to our nation and people..Sharia law is up and running....
mokgee: We cannot believe anything that any of the hierarchy in
I have lived in a multiculural area for decades, and watched it develop, and it's fine, so don't come that "go and see for yourself"...
When a few nutters try to do something stupid, we (the British, of all ethnicities, all faiths, and no faith) grass 'em up and slap 'em down. See - we British don't like extremists and scaremongerers. Of ANY type.
mmartini54: I have lived in a multiculural area for decades, and
If that's true on what you say, that ONE house allegedly says that slogan, then it's clearly NOT an attitude that sweeps across Britain, so what you're saying is contradictory.
vividrick: If that's true on what you say, that ONE house
Oh yer, Luton is that happy it was the birthplace of the EDL, back when they were called 'friends of Luton.' And compared to how they perform elsewhere, the BNP and UKIP don't underperform in Luton North or South - just checked. Luton is in fact a growing hot bed of nationalist discontent. This is case of another liberal pretending there isn't a problem. We hear it nottinghamshire, and the BNP do very well here, the EDL have a level of popularity to be happy about and we are the birthplace of combat 18. Luton like Nottinghamshire has a problem it is hoping ignorance can solve.
Ben_Wilson: Oh yer, Luton is that happy it was the birthplace
Where do the BNP do very well exactly? They have no seats in parliament. Doesn't that render them an abject failure? And deservedly so. Bunch of losers.
Paul_Wagland: Where do the BNP do very well exactly? They have
For now Paul. Roll on ten years and the BNP or a party just like it will have a lot of say in how this country is run, all down to the current top three party's ignorance of how the average white British person feels about "multi-cultural" Britain. People like you only add to that ignorance.
Rule_Britannia: For now Paul. Roll on ten years and the BNP
If you went there you would see why your comment may be true,,Go find out before making judgements, even better, go live there to expose your comparisons....
mokgee: If you went there you would see why your comment
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