Re: British Minister warns of in-breeding risk for Muslims
I can understand their frustrations, at times. Most of what you see in the media is negativity towards muslims, and almost never will the media cover the GOOD things muslims do in society. They take pictures of the burqa-walis, but not the modernized short-haired stylish muslim women who are leaders in society and hold excellent jobs. People don't even know moderate muslims exist. They just think - oh those are the guys who don't follow their religion. They don't even know there is a middle ground.
So, I can understand their exasperation when someone comes out and points that a group of muslims has inbreeding issues and has stats to prove it.
However, if muslim groups reacted more pro-actively every time something like this happened, people would eventually either stop making statements like these because they'd realize that you can throw all the stones you want at muslims and the suckers wont flinch, OR they'd be highly impressed and work with muslims to help the muslim community feel more at home in Britain. That way, muslims come out smelling like roses.
I guess maybe this is more of an American attitude towards problem-solving. I see plenty of muslim activist groups in the US taking this approach.