English Flag Offensive To Muslims?

(Hat tip: Mark Shea)

Religion of Peace [TM] alert:

English Flag Offensive to Muslims?

Officials worry prisoners might associate red cross with Crusades

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

Prison officials in Britain are concerned that tie pins worn by officers featuring the St. George's Cross – the symbol on England's flag – could offend Muslims who might associate it with the Crusades of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.

In a report on "race" in a jail in the northern English city of Wakefield, Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers said the banner of St. George, the red cross of a martyr on a white background, could be "misconstrued," CNN reported.

English soldiers adopted the symbol during the military expeditions by European powers to recapture the Holy Land from Muslims. It later became the national flag of England.

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The red cross is an insensitive reminder of the Crusades, said Chris Doyle, director of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding.

Doyle thinks England needs to find a new flag and patron saint "not associated with our bloody past and one we can all identify with."

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My Comments: (also posted at Mark's blog)
I just got back from England. Bought an English flag with the Cross of St. George while I was there. Think I'll go fly it now.

While we were in England, some town banned its schools from assigning kids to read books like Winnie-the-Pooh, Charlotte's Web, etc. because they have pigs in them. Idiocy!

The Religion of Peace [TM] can kiss my arse if its practitioners think I'm going to acquiesce in the subjugation of my culture to their oppressive nonsense!