A Facebook video by "Patriots Global Alliance" claims to show:
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co....after_challenging_youths_over_stone_throwing/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...f-clubs-confronted-stone-throwing-youths.html
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Sorry, I don't understand how them being white means that they are not Muslim. I wasn't aware that religion has a colour bar?
I grew up a mile from Baildon. The area has always had a yob problem, and these yobs would generally be white youths. It also (like Bingley, where I grew up) has a very small Muslim population, only 0.9%, and the vast majority of those will be from the local Pakistani population, and so not white (there's a sizable Pakistani population in Bradford, the nearest large city).
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While it's theoretically possible for there to be a gang of white teenage muslims in Balidon, the reality is that's not a realistic possibility.
We know they were "mostly white". We know what the demographics of the area are. There's nothing at all to suggest they were muslim.
Oh I agree in principle, just pointing out that it's not wise to conflate white with non-Muslim, necessarily. Lots of North African and Arab Muslims are "white" in appearance.
True - but the inference is that here was something that positively identified them as muslim - and that is what is being debunked - there is NO EVIDENCE they were muslim, therefore "muslim mob" = debunked.Sorry, I don't understand how them being white means that they are not Muslim. I wasn't aware that religion has a colour bar?
It appears that "Patriots Global Alliance" has taken advantage of the low resolution video in order to foment racial hatred.
While I agree with your point, by the same token how would anyone be able to identify that they were Muslim?Sorry, I don't understand how them being white means that they are not Muslim. I wasn't aware that religion has a colour bar?
I grew up a mile from Baildon. The area has always had a yob problem, and these yobs would generally be white youths. It also (like Bingley, where I grew up) has a very small Muslim population, only 0.9%, and the vast majority of those will be from the local Pakistani population, and so not white (there's a sizable Pakistani population in Bradford, the nearest large city).
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While it's theoretically possible for there to be a gang of white teenage muslims in Balidon, the reality is that's not a realistic possibility.
We know they were "mostly white". We know what the demographics of the area are. There's nothing at all to suggest they were muslim.