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The BNP have been claiming we cannot live with muslims because their religion is a "wicked, vicious faith". By taunting muslims with this cartoon it becomes a kind of self-fulfiling prophecy as someone is bound to respond to this with violence.
Maybe everyone will rise above this and ignore the trolls. I am not optimistic.
What's worrying about this is that it gives a green light for the government to push through previously defeated religious hatred laws.
As for the statement that the BNP have "sunk to a new low", I'd have to disagree. The BNP have done & are constantly doing things that are much, much worse than this.
As per usual though, this plays into everyone's hands except the moderate majority.