The Muslim who wants to make Britons "irrelevant" with Government backing
Muslim Shahid Malik MP said;
"It is almost 10 years since the Government passed the Race Relations (Amendment) Act in response to Lord Macpherson’s seminal report into the death of Stephen Lawrence. I believe that report and our response to it present a watershed in the history of race equality and race relations in this country."
"In 1997 the then Prime Minister Tony Blair laid out the challenge: “We cannot be a beacon to the world unless the talents of all the people shine through. Not one black High Court judge, not one black Chief Constable or Permanent Secretary; not one black army officer above the rank of colonel. Not one Asian either. Not a record of pride for the British establishment. Not a record of pride for Parliament, that there are so few black and Asian MPs.”
Metropolitan Police Commander Ali Dizaei has been sentenced to four years for assaulting and falsely arresting a man in a dispute over £600.
Southwark Crown Court was told Waad Al-Baghdadi was arrested by Dizaei in a row over work on the officer's website.
Dizaei, 47, was convicted of both misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice.
Prosecutor Peter Wright QC said he was guilty of a "wholesale abuse of power" motivated by self-interest and pride.
Muslim Shahid Malik MP said;
Today we have more reasons to be proud - since 1997 we have and have had ethnic minorities as Chief Constables, Permanent Secretaries, High Court judges, an Admiral and currently we have five ethnic minority MP’s who are Government Ministers.
These achievements are a testament to how Britain’s ethnic minority communities have strived to succeed, often against the odds and are a clear demonstration of how our society and public services have been transformed over the last few years.
In this statement we set out the excellent progress that has been made in the last few years in tackling inequalities in education, employment housing, health and criminal justice. We are also acutely aware that many challenges still remain and that we do not live in a ‘post-racial’ society. Spatial and social segregation still blights too many part so of our country and serves to hinder the fight against racism and extremism.
Result Two:
Muslim Shahid Malik MP said;
We know that Islamaphobia is a very significant challenge moving forward fuelled by a false belief that Islam and terrorism are linked. The speed and size of immigration from Eastern Europe has also brought new challenges to our shores. To put this in context, in absolute terms the Poles have achieved immigration in one year that took those originally from Bangladesh some forty years to achieve.
Result Three:
Of course there is still discrimination and disadvantage faced by some that has nothing to do with size or the pace of change – Gypsy travellers still face a profoundly stubborn form of bigotry and disadvantage and we know that anti-Semitism spikes correlate directly with activity in the Middle East. Hence, the challenges remaining are more complex with social disadvantage, race and religion impacting on people’s life chances.
In order to create a society at ease with it’s diversity we have to ensure that all are confident that government policies are based on fairness and not favours and we do this by ensuring that the rights and responsibilities that we share are common to us all thus making your race, religion or social class near irrelevant. I believe that we must become a society that accepts and celebrates both our commonality and our diversity. We are much closer today than we were but we cannot be complacent. This statement sets out how we will continue the progress that we have made and I look forward to ensuring that it continues.
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In June 2001 Malik was arrested and allegedly beaten by police during racially motivated riots in Burnley.
In April 2003 Malik won a public apology and "substantial" libel damages after being wrongly accused of throwing bricks during the riots in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph on 17 January 2002. Malik's lawyer told the High Court in London: "At the time referred to in the article, he was in fact acting as a mediator and peacemaker in a volatile situation following disturbances in Burnley. LINK
