Dabong,
I dont know whether I should say this. But is this not the root of all problems faced British muslims of pakistani descent?
You are a british citizen and instead of saying proudly that british army represent me, you used the words, "unfortunately". Which means you wanted to be represented by someone else(Pakistani, I guess). I dont know what to say.
If this is the level of integration of an educated person, I can only imagine what will be the level of integration of a madarsa educated one. Do you understand what I am saying? You are saying that I want to not only be different due to religion but also due to my ancestral country and yearn for it more than the country to whom you owe your life to.
OR is it simply a case of me reading too much into a single word?
Mods: Sorry for digressing off the topic, but the words "unfortunately" got me spinning.
Bro you reading to much into what i said.
I will defend the UK from attack no matter who it is,and yes even if pakistan attacked the UK i would fight against pakistan.
But i am not going on a plane to some far of country and attack them.
You want me to say i am proud that the british army is fighting a illigeal war in iraq,my friends are there i do not want them to die.
If tony blair really belived all the cr*p he said why did he not get his son to join the army?
The uk is a democratic county i can say what i want.
You keep talking of "integration" if in 50 years the muslims/pakistanis have MPs in the house of commons ,lords in house of lords and 100s if not thousands of councillers around britian and are involved in everyfield of social/financial life in the UK is that not "integrated" or do you want us to change out names to peter and john and support the govt right or wrong and then we are "integration".
It reminds me of a example the former tory minister Lord Tebbit who wanted a test to see how much british/english the immigrant community was.The test he made was to see if the indians/pakistanis supported england or there countries of orgin.
It made sense until the asian community pointed out does the same apply for the irish/scots and welsh who have lived in england for hundreds of years but still support there own countries.
What about the the brits in spain who have lived there since the 60s and have children and grandchildren but still class themself as english and would not join the spanish army or football team.Why is there always a different set of rules that we get judged off?
I could also give the examples of dubai and saudi where the brits have lived but never "integrated".
The madrassa example you gave,no offence just shows how much the mass media has influenced your opinions to suit there agenda while making you think you have made a unbiased opinion on a subject.
Osama bin ladin
ayman al zawahiri
Saddam hussein
London bombers
9/11 bombers
Glasgow bombers
Indian parliment attack......which madrassa did all the people mentioned go to?
As our history teacher told us "Towing the government line is the worst form of patritosim"