Recently, the media in the UK have been pursuing stories about UK passport holders that leave the UK and then go to Syria to join the so called Islamic State. Hereafter I will refer to this group of murderous thugs and terrorists as Daesh, since they are not a 'State' and hopefully will never be so.
So, back to these Britons. There seems to have been a steady stream of young men who become so 'radicalised' at their mosque that they decide to take-up arms not in defence of their fellow-Muslims but against them. Well I guess that at the end of the day, that is their choice to make. From my perspective, I would then expect the UK government to revoke the passports of these individuals, as soon as the names become known - I would think that our NATO ally, Turkey, should be able to provide the names and numbers of British people traveling into Syria from Turkey - and then if legally possible, refuse re-entry to the United Kingdom, to these people or, if that is not legally possible, to imprison these people for their support of a declared enemy of the UK. If the UK can pursue journalists with a 700 year old law, I am sure that there must be laws that have been passed, which make the actions of these individuals illegal.
We are now seeing though, that it isn't just 'radicalised' young men that are going to join Daesh. Recently there was a case where a family group was stopped in Turkey and returned to the UK. This group included 4 children. Late last week, we heard that the group have been released without any charges being brought against them. Presumably that is because they didn't manage to actually get into Syria?
However, how on earth are these parents allowed to keep their children? Surely there are laws that touch on reckless endangerment that reflect on the actions of these parents? They apparently wanted to take their children into a war zone! We hear countless stories about the plight of Syrian refugees that are fleeing Daesh and yet the UK authorities do not punish these people for apparently trying to take their children, the opposite way? Now there is a story of Asif Malik an apparent member of the banned Al Muhajiroun, taking his British partner and their 4 young children (eldest aged just 7 years old) to Syria.
I ask these questions because back in 2012, many people were shocked to hear of the story of a couple in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who, though they had already been foster-parents for a number of years, had children taken away from them, because these people were supporters of the entirely legitimate United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). This of course is the same Rotherham council that allowed child abuse, on an almost industrial scale, to occur. The council and the police ignored repeated claims from abused children that they were being sexually groomed and trafficked by gangs of men of Pakistan origin, in Rotherham. Maybe they were too focused on targeting UKIP followers who were exercising their democratic rights, rather than addressing the evil within their midst? Obviously, it was much more politically correct to deal with these UKIP people than to take on the politically powerful (certainly in South Yorkshire) Pakistani immigrant population.
How can it be that people who presumably care about children, have them taken away, while parents who take their children towards a war-zone are allowed to retain them? WE have become used to there seeming to be one law for them and another for us but usually the 'them' is the political elite in London. Are we now seeing that radicalised Pakistanis have been accepted into that 'club'? That they are above the laws that are applied to normal people?
I can sort of understand why the Labour-run Rotherham council would act the way they did - as with many Labour-run councils, it is all about being politically correct rather than doing the right thing but how can those running for parliament be allowed to get away without being questioned and challenged about these things? It's kind of a rhetorical question. After all, Labour and their Health spokesman, the ever-emoting Andy Burnham, have managed to convince people that they are the party of the NHS, even after scandals like that at Mid-Staffordshire hospitals.
So I challenge UKIP and Conservatives and Lib Dem would-be MPs and their supporters to ask these questions and keep asking them. Ask these questions of their Labour opponents and ask them of Theresa May, the (Conservative) Home Secretary. These children are clearly in danger, while they remain with their parents, they should be taken into care.
So, back to these Britons. There seems to have been a steady stream of young men who become so 'radicalised' at their mosque that they decide to take-up arms not in defence of their fellow-Muslims but against them. Well I guess that at the end of the day, that is their choice to make. From my perspective, I would then expect the UK government to revoke the passports of these individuals, as soon as the names become known - I would think that our NATO ally, Turkey, should be able to provide the names and numbers of British people traveling into Syria from Turkey - and then if legally possible, refuse re-entry to the United Kingdom, to these people or, if that is not legally possible, to imprison these people for their support of a declared enemy of the UK. If the UK can pursue journalists with a 700 year old law, I am sure that there must be laws that have been passed, which make the actions of these individuals illegal.
We are now seeing though, that it isn't just 'radicalised' young men that are going to join Daesh. Recently there was a case where a family group was stopped in Turkey and returned to the UK. This group included 4 children. Late last week, we heard that the group have been released without any charges being brought against them. Presumably that is because they didn't manage to actually get into Syria?
However, how on earth are these parents allowed to keep their children? Surely there are laws that touch on reckless endangerment that reflect on the actions of these parents? They apparently wanted to take their children into a war zone! We hear countless stories about the plight of Syrian refugees that are fleeing Daesh and yet the UK authorities do not punish these people for apparently trying to take their children, the opposite way? Now there is a story of Asif Malik an apparent member of the banned Al Muhajiroun, taking his British partner and their 4 young children (eldest aged just 7 years old) to Syria.
I ask these questions because back in 2012, many people were shocked to hear of the story of a couple in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who, though they had already been foster-parents for a number of years, had children taken away from them, because these people were supporters of the entirely legitimate United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). This of course is the same Rotherham council that allowed child abuse, on an almost industrial scale, to occur. The council and the police ignored repeated claims from abused children that they were being sexually groomed and trafficked by gangs of men of Pakistan origin, in Rotherham. Maybe they were too focused on targeting UKIP followers who were exercising their democratic rights, rather than addressing the evil within their midst? Obviously, it was much more politically correct to deal with these UKIP people than to take on the politically powerful (certainly in South Yorkshire) Pakistani immigrant population.
How can it be that people who presumably care about children, have them taken away, while parents who take their children towards a war-zone are allowed to retain them? WE have become used to there seeming to be one law for them and another for us but usually the 'them' is the political elite in London. Are we now seeing that radicalised Pakistanis have been accepted into that 'club'? That they are above the laws that are applied to normal people?
I can sort of understand why the Labour-run Rotherham council would act the way they did - as with many Labour-run councils, it is all about being politically correct rather than doing the right thing but how can those running for parliament be allowed to get away without being questioned and challenged about these things? It's kind of a rhetorical question. After all, Labour and their Health spokesman, the ever-emoting Andy Burnham, have managed to convince people that they are the party of the NHS, even after scandals like that at Mid-Staffordshire hospitals.
So I challenge UKIP and Conservatives and Lib Dem would-be MPs and their supporters to ask these questions and keep asking them. Ask these questions of their Labour opponents and ask them of Theresa May, the (Conservative) Home Secretary. These children are clearly in danger, while they remain with their parents, they should be taken into care.
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