BRITISH MUSLIMS CONDEMN ALL THESE SHOCKING RIOTING AND MOB VIOLENCE
No doubt ,all British public ,from all denominations,were shocked to see all these widespread and repeated riotings and mob violence in many places in London and in many other cities in Britain: Theft/vandalism/arson and attacks on our police forces,apart from spreading fear among many old women and fragile people/children and making a lot of families homeless and many shop owners poorer?
Many of these youth/children came from the black community but white youth have joined them too in many places.
I would like first, on behalf of the British Muslims,to:
CONDEMN fully all these criminal acts which were committed by these vandals and thugs
CALL on the government to punish well many of these irresponsible careless youth
And to THANK our police forces and firemen for their good efforts and work against these crazy youth and rioting.
As a qualified psychiatrist,I would like to list the underlying reasons for this unusual and unexpected phenomina,but we have to admit that the case is very complicated and is multifactorial, and varie from one person to another and is not simple as it looks :
SOME OF THESE UNDERLYING REASONS:
*The lack of religious and moral values
* and the lack of meaning of life/"Emptiness"
*Sheer criminal acts and greed by OPPORTUNISTS(those should be punished well and in public and to be named and shamed)
*Drugs use among some of these youth
*Children brought up in broken homes
*The lack of discipline and respect to others and properties/bad neglectful parenting
*The high Unemployment rate and the high expected expences for enrolment in universities?
*Poverty/Recession
*Boredom/school holidays/nothing to do
*The Bravado mentality
*Racism( suffered by some black boys)/feeling of persecution: Frequent rough Stop and Search,discrimination in jobs..
*The general anger and frustration against life, the government and all society
*The watching of many violent videos/games and in films on TVs/Copy cat syndrome
*Lack of deterrant punishments,especially for theft vandalism and arson
*The soft approach used in the stopping of this rioting/mob violence and its spread
*The cutting many services to blacks and youth centres
*The Temptation of seeing a lot of attractive goods on display in shops and without any protection
* The facility of electronic media like Twitter..easy to organise the criminal plan
*The easy grouping together in a large number in a threatening manner
*The insurance cover to many properties/houses//shops/cars etc...as this will make the owners less worried and less protective to their own houses/shops and cars!
To deal well with this serious Mob violence and rioting,one will need to address all these underlying causes and factors,one by one.
I would like finally to APPEAL to all our Muslim youth and men in Britain to "COME OUT OF THE MOSQUES,ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT" after Tarawih prayers,to join hands with the Police forces in every area and city in Britain, and "as reservists",in order to protect All properties and buildings and goods of our innocent British public and to oppose and STOP all this Mob violence and rioting,especially, as many surveys have shown before:British Muslims are the most LOYAL group in Britain to Britain...THIS IS ALSO,NO DOUBT, THE SPIRIT OF FASTING RAMADAN!
Dr A Majid Katme(MBBCh,DPM)
Psychiatrist