1 This is nothing more than an attempt to take over a school without it costing anything, plus it would be a symbolic victory over the Catholic Church. If the Muslims can get the British to give up and just roll over to their demands, then they have won without a fight, which has always been one of the stategies of the jihad. The fact that the Muslims have staged suicide bombings in GB already has had the effect of scaring the kuffirs. That this(terrorism) is another strategy of jihad is also well known from history. The jihad is used in three distinct ways: 1. A violent invasion of a region with the destrution of all other religions and their places of worship, with the civilian population enslaved, killed, or forcibly converted to Islam. 2. Terrorist attacks used to intimidate a population after a certain percentage of the population is Muslim. 3. A non-violent takeover of a region using the threat of the other two prongs of the jihad. The threat does not have to be overt if terrorism has already been used. In other words, the population succumbs to Islam under threat of violence. The third option is being used in this effort to take over the school in Scotland.

2 I don't buy the story completely at face value - too many holes and un-answered questions. At its core - its stupid and doesn't make any sense. I'll sit it out n' let the pro/con bashers have fun with it.

3 These people are outrageous. I just love this line, where the peaceful jihadi kindly requests that they be good little dhimmis: "To move towards this would be a fantastic example of good faith - in more ways than one - on the part of the Church."

4 Let's imagine the opposite takes place. Catholic children are enrolled, en masse, in an Islamic school. When they are the majority of students, a Catholic group campaigns to change it's religious identity. Muslims everywhere agree that this would be a "fantastic example of good faith". hahahahaha!

5 A catholic school where 90% of the students are muslim? Do western schools ever become over run by any other denomination besides Islam? Where are the schools that now have a Buddhist majority?

6 Oyster, Muslims would never allow Catholic students to enroll in their schools. I'm like you Oyster, I can just imagine the reaction if the opposite was to happen. The Christian crusaders are trying to take over one of the schools of the ummah would be the likely statement.

7 On the contrary JJ. I don't see an Islamic school passing up an opportunity to pound its beliefs into an "unbeliever". I see the requirement for that to be that the Catholic student must follow ALL practices at the school. I don't buy the statement that the islamic students at the school "are having to take part in Catholic rituals like saying the Lord's Prayer and attending mass". I attended a Catholic high school founded by Irish priests and the policy regarding non-catholic students was that they were not obligated to participate in religious activities.

8 i hope the story is carried on jawa also, but michelle malkin today has a story how the new york times faked a picture showing an in pakastan a young boy and an older man standing near an artillary shell, and claimed that the picture is about some innocent bystanders who was near when the predator fired at the alqada bigwig several days ago leaving the suggestion these innocent bystanders were the victims of Pres. Bush. the new york times must have learned about faking photographs from the charlitans who fake ufo pictures and big foot photos but the times hasn't learn it is easy to prove fraud as ufo charlitans etc has learned .

9 It's not a faked photo, it's just not as represented.

10 The photo is actually from a U.S. airstrike in early 2005 (I looked it up). No word on whether it killed any civilians. Not our problem, though. If a country (or village) harbors enemies of this country, they are fair game. Hand them over, and there won't be any further need for airstrikes. You've been warned.

11 You might be right, Graeme, as I live in rural Texas and Arkansas and don't come into regular contact with either Catholics or Muslims.

12 Carlos, airstrikes generally aren't carried out with 155mm artillery strapped under the aircrafts' wings, although the AC-130 gunships do have 105's on board. This round isn't a 105.

13 IM, Then Getty images got it wrong too, I guess.

14 It really depends on the school. The Catholic schools I went to did require all children to participate in all activities. Hey, if you don't want your kid doing "Catholic stuff," then perhaps a Catholic school is not the right place for him.

15 Victoria is definitely not a liberal.

16 "Victoria is definitely not a liberal." LOL! Be sure your sins will find you out!

17 How is it possible to have 90% Muslim school in Glasgow? Wow, the world sure is getting multicultural all over. I'm glad everyone thinks it's cold and dark in here, eventhough this 3 day period is the first this winter to have temperatures constantly below freezing and there's barely enough snow to roll in after sauna... which is the main reason why I'm getting bored enough to bother Internet-persons about stuff that are evvk even to me.

18 Hey Finn, how many muslims do you blow in an average weekend, and do they have you make sheep noises while they ride you?

19 A finn Your right - 90% is an absurb figure - though this is a private school so it could be on the high side. Think story was just BS with a writer producing filler and finding a local loudmouth ass to assist.