Two men jailed for 10 years for Hanley mosque arson attack

“@ sarahxjane1
actually the mosque is very nice and yes they do have churches all over the muslim world do not always belive what you think you have to visit these places i have travelled the world and would just like to say i was treated like a queen not an outsider and yes i vited churches and good for them for keeping them and they were not hostile or ignorant towrds the churches or me so live and let live ...”

“These scumbags could of killed people! im glad Simon Beech has gone down, hes a nasty peice of work (dont know the other one!)

I must say that i dont agree with the mosque been built in the first place.... would we be allowed to build a catholic/christian church in there country.... NO

Just voicing my opinion like everyone else on here!”

“crystal......

These two nutters were incensed, -and motivated to carry out this attack on the Regent Road Mosque, not by the colour of anyone's skin -but by the fact that people claiming to be Muslims burnt poppies on Armistice Day -in order to make a political statement, and show their hatred for our troops and the campaign in Afghanistan, to rid that country of the Taleban and so make it less of a haven for any future Al Qaeda terrorist training camps -set up to attack the West -i.e. 9/11 and 7/7.
Have you read the Sentinel report of the court case? I can't see how you have, because you seem to think it is about race and racists -when it is clearly about Islamic Extremists and reactionaries within the white indigenous section of the community.
They picked on a Mosque as the target for their revenge to ease the feeling of grievance -a Mosque, from what I can gather, founded by the moderate followers of Islam -namely one of whom is Rana Tufail, -who stressed his appreciation and thanks to the local Police Force for the excellent work they did in apprehending these two passionate misguided patriots.

You would be wise to stop turning to the subject of race and racists every time an issue clearly having 'religious connotations' -comes onto the front pages of our newspapers. Simply, don't confuse the two -it is more subtle that you give it credit for. There were many Muslims who condemned the actions of those claiming to be Muslims who insulted our troops and our traditions in remembering all those who have fallen on the battlefield to preserve our way of life and help others around the world to free themselves of tyrants.
And it is the latter fact that proves it has nothing whatsoever to do with 'race'.”

“What plonka thinks its clever to write such statements on FACEBOOK and then act on it lol silly boy's...................”

“"Most comments here have nothing to do with article above, some commenter diverted the whole subject to imply silly and racial aggrevating comments or shall i say articles of their own!!
Stop using the comments page to argue amongst yourselves!
The point is these two men did something terrible and desrved what they got !
beside the fact it was a religous building they tried to blow it up that is terrorism what if our fire fighters got caught up in an exposion!
these two ppl are dangerous and used their racial hatered to cause damage and did not care if they killed!
Stop racism in SToke !! racism is Evil
I hope stoke can move on from this and not be associated with supporting these two mad men!
We are making a name for stoke in the football world, so stamp of racism...
The comment s on here shock me how nasty they can get and usually drift away from the main subject to concentrate on a total differnt matter....."”

“Yes of course, thanks for bringing this error to my attention. You're referring to the second paragraph, where, mid-sentence, I changed direction, but failed to see, that in doing so, I had overlooked to take out the word 'your'.

Before:
If you're going to talk 'intellect' -then the your reference to those with 'low intellect' -bottom of the gene pool as you call it -knows no racial or cultural boundaries -and we must never forget that fact.... if we are going to get into the business of 'labelling'."

And after:
If you're going to talk 'intellect' -then the reference to those with 'low intellect' -bottom of the gene pool as you call it -knows no racial or cultural boundaries -and we must never forget that fact.... if we are going to get into the business of 'labelling'."”

“@Backdoored.

Can you please re-read your last post. You might like to edit it, so that it makes some sort of sense.”

“"They do belong to a group, its called the bottom of the gene pool."
-by ausiegirl

Yes, as do all who blow up Mosques, and any place of worship. Mosques are being blown up on a regular basis in various parts of the world -with worshippers in them -getting slaughtered.

If you're going to talk 'intellect' -then the your reference to those with 'low intellect' -bottom of the gene pool as you call it -knows no racial or cultural boundaries -and we must never forget that fact.... if we are going to get into the business of 'labelling'.”

“ausiegirl, that's a sensible reply?
Not questioning their guilt or innocence,just the way the verdict was arrived at, and if they were prosecuted over their "supposedly" links to a political group.
This then turns a criminal trial into a political one.
They were certainly put in a bad light prior to the verdict being announced.
I know there are those that are quite happy to dispense with justice if the person belongs to either left or right wing groups, but I am not one of them.”

“They do belong to a group, its called the bottom of the gene pool.”