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Muslim public affairs spokesman Asghar Bukhari discusses the mood across Muslim community following an attack in London. CNN's Zain Verjee reports. Would you like to know more? Soldier slain in London was a machine gunner, Royal Palaces drummer, father (CNN, May 23, 2013) http://bit.ly/10nJL12 "The British soldier slain in a gruesome cleaver attack in London was a well-liked infantryman and machine gunner who served in Afghanistan and Cyprus, and then became a military recruiter and ceremonial drummer outside the Royal Palaces, the military said Thursday. Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, was part of the Regimental Recruiting Team in London, and as a machine gunner, he was part of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The Fusiliers, an infantry group, are known for the hackle, or feather plume, in their military headdress. Rigby had a 2-year-old son, Jack, the UK Ministry of Defense said..." Woolwich terror suspect revealed as Muslim convert known to MI5 (thesun, May 23, 2013) http://bit.ly/12wSQTb "A Man seen ranting at a video camera moments after a soldier was beheaded in the street is Muslim convert Michael Adebolajo - who was known to MI5. Michael Adebolaj, 28, had reportedly been looked at during probes into extremism in recent years - and was also known to hate preachers Anjem Choudary and Omar Bakri ... School friends said Adebolajo changed his name to Mujaheed and was fixated with warped extreme Islamic ideals after being radicalised. His worried devout Christian parents moved home to a Lincolnshire village to get him away from radicals..." 'Imams promote grooming rings', Muslim leader claims (telegraph, May 16, 2013) http://bit.ly/10RQGAL "Dr Taj Hargey, imam of the Oxford Islamic Congregation, said race and religion were inextricably linked to the recent spate of grooming rings in which Muslim men have targeted under-age white girls ... The activities of the Oxford sex ring are "bound up with religion and race" because all the men - though of different nationalities - were Muslim and they "deliberately targeted vulnerable white girls, whom they appeared to regard as 'easy meat', to use one of their revealing, racist phrases" ... That attitude has been promoted by religious leaders ... "On one level, most imams in the UK are simply using their puritanical sermons to promote the wearing of the hijab ... the burka among their female adherents. But the dire result can be the brutish misogyny we see in the Oxford sex ring."" How rise of 'white flight' is creating a segregated UK: Study reveals white Britons are 'retreating' from areas dominated by ethnic minorities (dailymail, May 5, 2013) http://bit.ly/YplTsG "White Britons are 'retreating' from areas dominated by ethnic minorities, a study has revealed. Analysis of census figures shows that white Britons are leaving areas where they are in a minority and are being replaced by immigrants and other ethnic minorities ... Demos said the survey showed a 'spiral of white British demographic decline' as white Britons choose to leave minority-dominated areas. Trevor Phillips, the former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said the findings should make us 'a little anxious', and were 'not good news for the cause of integration' ..." Schools threat as Wales is 'target for extremists' (express, Apr 28, 2013) http://bit.ly/12QJLXG "Counter terror experts are targeting schools feared to have been ­infiltrated by Islamic fundamentalists using Wales as a base for recruitment. The move comes after the country was identified as having a "very real" threat of terrorist activity. Experts fear that extremists view Wales as a safe haven compared with London for would-be terrorists. A leaked "restricted report" called the Wales Contest plan exposes ­growing radicalisation in Cardiff and proposes extra training in how to spot extremism for staff at schools "identified as having increased risks" of radicalism... Last week a new report by Europol found t...