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  • ^ I don't believe it is the ISIS flag. There are many black flags with quranic verses in white. According to another news report on TV, it is a verse from the quran calling for 'community'. The locals interviewed said they didn't agree with ISIS as they were killing other muslims. Effectively going against the message in the flag.

    I would additionally be unsurprised if the locals in question responded somewhat rudely to journalists asking them "so, are you guys EXTREMISTS then? Can we get a jihadist soundbyte?". It must get a bit wearing to be appearing on the telly with "terrorist" as the descriptive banner underneath your face all the time.

  • I would additionally be unsurprised if the locals in question responded somewhat rudely to journalists asking them "so, are you guys EXTREMISTS then? Can we get a jihadist soundbyte?". It must get a bit wearing to be appearing on the telly with "terrorist" as the descriptive banner underneath your face all the time.

    not sure that was really what happened:

    one of the gang asked him if he was Jewish. The passerby replied: "Would it make a difference?" The youth said: "Yes, it fucking would."

    We need people like this off the streets, they are just as bad as the EDL etc. Also, the Guardian is usually anti Israeli, so there's unlikely to be bias here.

    I agree that asking "is this an Isis flag" was inflammatory. Having read the article again I'm disappointed by the way they have put an eye-grabbing headline on the story.

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