veilBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair made statements concerning the uproar Jack Straw ignited when he stated earlier in the month that the muslim veil was a ’sign of seperation’ from the larger community of Britain.

Tony Blair has said the wearing of full face veils by Muslim women is a “mark of separation” and made some “outside the community feel uncomfortable”.

The prime minister also backed Kirklees Council, which suspended classroom assistant Aishah Azmi for refusing to remove her full face veil at school. [BBC]

Predictably, the woman’s lawyer is outraged.

Tony BlairMr. Blair suggested that muslims should find a way to come to terms with Western society if they chose to live here. That, of course, is in complete opposition to the demands of the muslim community, which is that Western society change it’s rules to accomodate them.

Oh, and he suggests that regardless of how difficult the issues are, we need to confront them! That’s refreshing considering so many people hope it’ll all just go away if we ignore it!

“Difficult though these issues are, I think they have to be raised and confronted and dealt with,” he said.

“And then, there’s a second issue, which is about Islam itself and how Islam comes to terms with - and is comfortable with - the modern world.”

Video of the news conference and Tony Blair’s is at Hot Air.

I’ve always liked Tony Blair’s courage. Regardless of the political consequences, he speaks his mind. He knows the muslim community will seperate and destroy Britain, and Europe, if the West remains silent.

Unfortunately, there does seem to be a divide occuring in Europe over submitting to dhimmitude or facing the continuous outrage of the muslim immigrants whenever a Westerner acts like a Westerner.

My personal belief is that in the end we (the descendants of the Viking raiders) will not allow ourselves to be dominated. That blood does still flow in our veins, regardless of how civilized we want to think we are.

I just don’t know what it will take for us to call back on that old DNA and start hitting back. I suppose we’ll find out.

Stay tuned.

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Prime Minister Romano Prodi agrees with Blair and Straw.

Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Tuesday that Muslim immigrant women should not be completely “hidden” behind full veils if they want to integrate and become part of Italy’s future.

Since coming to power in May, Italy’s centre-left leader has responded to a huge influx of arrivals from Africa by seeking European Union help to patrol the Mediterranean while trying to make it quicker for those already in Italy to become citizens. (Reuters)

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