Following Entry Posted 11/07/2006 09:40:00 AM

Brits Fire Muslim Police Officer

(London) Frankly, this makes pounds worth of sense to me. All potential threats to national security should be removed.

From ITV.com:

A Muslim police officer is taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police after he was removed from a team protecting Tony Blair.

Amjad Farooq, who was a member of the Diplomatic Protection Group SO16, claims he was forced out because of his religion.

The 39-year-old claims he was told his presence might upset the American secret service, which works closely with the Metropolitan Police unit.

Contrary to Farooq's assertion, Scotland Yard considers him a potential threat to national security because his children had attended a mosque with links to a suspected terrorist group. Nonetheless, with political correctness dictating policies in the United Kingdom, Farooq may win his discrimination case.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.
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