Lesser men than Tommy Robinson would have been mentally and physically broken by the way he was treated by our prison system. The way he was treated is no doubt acceptable in Islamic societies but it should not be acceptable to any right minded person.
I don't believe he was really treated as badly as he claims. For one thing he wasn't sent to a Muslim-majority prison (there are none in the UK) and that (along with his history of being a deceitful prick) is enough to cast doubt on the rest of his story.
Is being kept in solitary confinement an acceptable means of avoiding being forcibly converted to Islam when serving a prison sentence?
It's an acceptable form of punishment.
This has been going on for a long time. I am surprised that you had not heard about it. I agree with UKIP, it is time it stopped.
Britain’s jails facing ‘growing problem’ of forced conversion to
You actually posted a link that wasn't from the right-wing echo chamber you post from all the time; it was from the Independent. I'd like to positively reinforce this into a more common occurrence. No condescension or sarcasm intended; I'm being sincere just now and to prove it I'm giving your post a 'Useful' rating just for this.
Interestingly enough, the Independent ran a
similarly themed article just last night. Interesting timing.
I am outraged about the abuse of children by white men in frocks. The Catholic church knew what was going on and did nothing to stop it just like the Islamic communities that acted in the same way, but did the police know what was going on. If they had known they would have done something to stop it.
The police and social services knew what was happening to those white girls but did nothing to stop it because they were afraid of being called names.
That's great and I'm glad we agree on this. The thing is with Catholic priestly abuse is I think the police did know in a few instances and they were persuaded by the Church to let them handle it internally. Probably not as many as Rochdale though.
That said, it's the attitude and policies of UKIP & the EDL that cause me concern and are dog-whistling. They go out of their way to mention the Rochdale grooming gangs but ignore the Catholic Church completely even though they're a far bigger source of the problem. It makes them come across as white-knight-ish and as if they're using the Rochdale incidents as an excuse to pick on Muslims/brown people. They're on a very inconsistent platform. I hope you can see why the rest of us see it this way.
Also, in the case of the EDL and that senior member who was found guilty of serial child abuse, Yaxley-Lennon's silence on the subject is deafening. If he condemns child abuse why didn't he condemn this guy?
He did. Yaxley-Lennon was sent down for pulling the exact same stunt a year prior to being sent to prison this time. The judge told him to not do it again and gave him a suspended sentence. So what does he do? Ignores the judge's instructions and jeopardises the integrity of the trial. It displayed a contempt of court and that's what turned his suspended sentence into a live sentence.
