Sunday, July 17, 2005
Highland Hate Mail?
The Scottish Muslim leader who has called for the prosecution of a former police commander and another woman who is the fund-raising organiser for the Highland Hospice is right to demand strong action over the sending of e-mails suggesting that the Koran instructed Muslims to kill non-believers.
The excuses trotted out by these people are not enough on their own, and a thorough police investigation should take place, urgently. I presume the statement from a Northern Constabulary spokesman saying they will be looking into the matter means investigate thoroughly.
Whether these e-mails were sent for the wrong reasons, or whether the pair involved are just plain stupid, remains to be seen. Certainly I have had to listen to more racist language and views in the Highlands than I care to mention, and perhaps it is time that some people here are made to realise our remoteness does not mean we are immune from the laws that are sometimes thought of as only being for those "out there" in civilisation.
This LINK to the Editorial Comment from the Inverness Courier, which is hardly the Washington Post, and leaves me pondering on the extent of their "investigations".
The excuses trotted out by these people are not enough on their own, and a thorough police investigation should take place, urgently. I presume the statement from a Northern Constabulary spokesman saying they will be looking into the matter means investigate thoroughly.
Whether these e-mails were sent for the wrong reasons, or whether the pair involved are just plain stupid, remains to be seen. Certainly I have had to listen to more racist language and views in the Highlands than I care to mention, and perhaps it is time that some people here are made to realise our remoteness does not mean we are immune from the laws that are sometimes thought of as only being for those "out there" in civilisation.
This LINK to the Editorial Comment from the Inverness Courier, which is hardly the Washington Post, and leaves me pondering on the extent of their "investigations".
© Colcam 2005-2007
