May 15, 2007
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05/13/07
- A California Reader Says Gabriel Rocha's Comments
Rebut Themselves
A Reader Reports Multicultural
Nationalism In Scotland
From:
Martin Kelly in Glasgow, Scotland
The new Scottish Parliament was
sworn in May 9th. The Scottish National Party has
claimed the trophy of selecting the first ethnic
Pakistani to be elected to the Parliament since it was
reinstituted in 1999; a gentleman named Bashir Ahmad.
Ahmad swore his oath of office not
in English, but
Urdu -
Two thirds of the Scottish
Parliament are elected according to 'first past the
post', while the remaining third are elected according
to a form of proportional representation. Ahmad is a PR
candidate, and achieved a high ranking on the SNP 'List'
for Glasgow after a
surge in applications for SNP membership among
Glasgow Asian's 'community' -
In Scotland we also have state
funded denominational education, and immediately after
his election Ahmad said,
"...a school for the children
of Muslim parents in Scotland was one of his main
goals." – [First
Asian MSP goes to Holyrood, BBC, May 4, 2007]
Last year, in furtherance of his
cause
he staged a walkout from a Mass
We live in interesting times.
Martin
Kelly is a Glasglow blogger who may or may not be
blogging at any time. Read his
terrific article for Vdare.com here.