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Funny you should mention IRA bombings. I have always lived in London and was working in the City. In a strange way, I found by the early 90s, I had 'gotten used' to the danger.
Fortunately for me and tragically for some I attended Harrods,London Hilton,Walton St Restaurant,Notting Hill Square,Chelsea Bridge Road immediately AFTER the event and not immediately BEFORE it. We did have to be aware of "come ons" though. Secondary bombs primed to explode and kill emergency services personnel.Still half deaf because of one of them. I seemed to feel immune until that happened.
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A true test of a none extremist Muslim would be those who would be prepared to fight shoulder to shoulder with us, if the time ever came that this country was at risk from the extremists.
Good news for you AOG

// The number of Islamic recruits in the UK armed forces has risen by well over 40% since 2007.

With more Muslims joining the British military, Islamic religious adviser to the Ministry of Defence Imam Asim Hafiz has said that there is no contradiction between being of the Muslim faith and choosing to defend Britain. //

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/muslims-in-the-armed-forces--2
There was a UDA unit operating in Belfast in the early 1970s had a taste for using knives. They decapitated at least one of their victims and sliced up a fair number of others. They were nominally Protestants but I'd bet they were really no more Protestants than the killer of this American journalist is Muslim.
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Apart from allowing them to grow beards, and other special attention shown to them, nice to see that they are not treated any differently to any other squaddie.

/// The importance of communities is reflected in his work, as it was just last month that Mr Hafiz received an OBE for his work with Muslims in the armed forces and for improving religious and cultural understanding between international forces and the Afghan people. ///

/// Muslims in the UK armed forces are able to pray 5 times a day and fast, as long as there is not an overwhelming operational requirement against either. They are provided with halal rations, can seek support from Muslim chaplains, and use prayer rooms on base; one of which was recently made available on a naval warship. ///

/// His role involves helping young soldiers forge a future and taking groups of young Muslim children on trips to Flanders. ///

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