[jambutty]

It is magnanimous of you to stick up for kash garinda but he joined this discussion of his own free will. Yet he tried to claim the moral high ground for Islam, not just for himself, so whether he likes it or not he is fighting the Islam corner.

He was asked a question (would he shop a fellow Muslim if he KNEW that someone was planning an atrocity?) and has not responded to it. Could it be that the question was too awkward to answer truthfully?

If Eid were to be the first Holy day to be declared a Public Holiday then it would establish a precedent and our weak and appeasing government would meekly allow more. Quite rightly the CBI would object to all the extra Bank Holidays and to try to appease them the spineless government would have to remove some of our traditional Bank Holidays to maintain the status quo. We cannot allow that to happen. Muslims asking for their own Holy days being declared Bank Holidays is the thin end of the wedge. Are Good Friday and Easter Monday public holidays in Islamic countries?

There is more to Christianity than the Church of England CusCus. Catholics, Methodists, Anglicans, Presbyterian, Jehovah Witnesses to name just a few.

If we were to allow each religion to take its own Holy days off work it would create chaos in commerce and industry.

Whether anyone likes it or not, in the eyes of the world, the UK is a Christian country and as such immigrants of whatever religious persuasion have to conform to our traditions and not try to impose their own on us.