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Ix-nay on the uth-tray: Some Muslim groups in the U.K. are up in arms (metaphorically speaking) because a politician who dared to speak some unmentionable truths has been tapped for the immigration portfolio. From the Daily Mail:

Muslim groups expressed anger last night after a Labour politician who has been at the centre of a series of race controversies was made Immigration Minister.

Phil Woolas, previously an Environment Minister, was handed the brief despite infuriating the Pakistani community earlier this year by warning they were fuelling birth defects by inter-marrying.

He also caused anger following the Oldham race riots by calling for 'the reality of anti-white racism' to be acknowledged.

Last night, the Muslim Public Affairs Committee condemned his appointment. A spokesman said: 'Phil Woolas has a track record of insensitive, inappropriate outbursts that have verged on Islamophobia.

'He is a Minister clearly out of his depth. We will monitor his work for any more signs of his all too obvious antipathy towards British Muslims.'…

Mr. Woolas’s insistence on telling the truth clearly puts him at odds with those who think it best, when a fact is mentioned, to stick their fingers in their ears and loudly trill la-la-la-la-la-la. What he should have said, had he wanted to keep Muslim groups happy, is “marrying your first cousin is a grand old idea,” and “Caucasians are the only racial group capable of being racist.” Placation through prevarication: works every time.

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