Multiculturalism is London's strength.

As you know I devoted yesterday's postings solely to the anniversary of the 7-7 bombings in London and was immensely moved by the way the entire city, Christian, Muslim, Jew and Hindu stood united, sending a clear message to al Qaeda that they would never divide us no matter how many of us they killed.

It would appear that not everyone saw the events the way I did.

Michelle Malkin has asked, "What good is remembrance if it is wrapped not in resolve, but appeasement?"

I didn't see appeasement on the streets of London yesterday, I saw immense resolve. I saw a nation refusing to be cowed.

However, as is so often the way with Malkin's strange and fractured blog, she rarely actually goes to the bother of making a rational argument herself and often quotes others as "nailing" exactly her sentiments. In this case she quotes Diana West who, in an article for the Washington Times wrote:

Just in time for the one-year anniversary of 7/7, a poll conducted for The Times of London indicates that 13 percent of British Muslims believe that the four Islamic suicide bombers who murdered 52 people in London last July should be regarded as "martyrs."

Now my reading of that figure would be that 87% of British Muslims do not regard the four Islamic suicide bombers as martyrs, which is a very positive thing.

However, Malkin and her ilk seem determined to do al Qaeda's work for them. London Mayor Ken Livingston has said that one of al Qaeda's aims was, " To divide London. They seek to turn Londoners against each other and Londoners will not be divided by this cowardly attack."

If Livingston is correct, and al Qaeda seek to turn Christian against Muslim and vice versa by these savage attacks then Malkin, in this regard, would appear to share al Qaeda's values. She sees the fact that here in Britain we allow people to live according to their own sets of beliefs and values, as long as they stay within the perameters of the law, as "appeasement."

Indeed, she also links to an article concerning Sir Nicholas Winterton’s assertion's that Britain faces terrorist attacks because of it's multiculturalism. She also links to a rather bizarre article claiming that England is considering dropping Saint George as it's patron saint because it might offend Muslims.

Throughout her piece - I can't honestly call it an argument because she lacks the intellectual capacity to form one, and instead makes her case by linking to other people who do her hating more eloquently than she can - the overwhelming message is that Muslims are the problem and that we need to get tougher with Muslims.

Like many on the right, Malkin is fuelled by hate - and to be fair to her - she hates very well.

However, I wonder if there ever comes a point when she realises that she has become part of the problem rather than the solution.

On the streets of London yesterday, Muslims stood with Christians and Jews and Hindus and Atheists and sent an unmistakable message that we, the people of London, enjoy living in the most multicultural city in the world, we feel our lives are richer and more interesting because of the unique mixture of all of our cultures and backgrounds, and that we overwhelmingly and resolutely reject any attempt to divide us along ethnic lines.

Our diversity is our strength. We stood together yesterday as Londoners. Regardless of our backgrounds or our religions, we have elected to come and live in the most multicultural city in the world. That's what we like about it. That's what makes us Londoners.

What a terrible shame that hatred has blinded Michelle Malkin to that fact. She would rather that we look at each other with suspicion. That we look at the 13% that divide us rather than at the 87% that unite us.

Her only real condemnation is that we don't hate enough. And she's right. We don't.

And London's a better place because of that.

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