As P$ would say, "Somewhere a fatwa pen is scratching...": Blair unveils new deportation measures.
LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday announced new deportation measures against people who foster hatred and advocate violence following last month’s transportation attacks that killed 52 people and four suspected suicide bombers.Schwweeeeeeeet. Posted by Kyer at August 5, 2005 09:01 AM | TrackBackClerics who preach hate and Web sites or book shops that sponsor violence would be targeted. Foreign nationals could be deported under the new measures.
Blair said his government was prepared to amend human rights legislation if necessary if legal challenges arose from the new deportation measures.
Britain’s ability to deport foreign nationals has been hampered by human rights legislation. As a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, Britain is not allowed to deport people to a country where they may face torture or death.
“Let no one be in any doubt that the rules of the games are changing,” Blair said, promising to crack down on extremists blamed for radicalizing pockets of Muslim youth.
By the year’s end, Blair wants to pass legislation that would outlaw “indirect incitement” of terrorism — targeting extremist Islamic clerics who glorify acts of terrorism and seduce impressionable Muslim youth.
This sounds great — so long as leftists don't apply it for their own ends. In Belgium, the largest political party was banned for being "racist" because they wanted some kind of sane limitations on Muslim conquest by immigration. Look for anyone in England who wants to limit immigration to be accused of inciting hate.
Posted by: Van Helsing at August 5, 2005 01:01 PM