BNP Sign Up Muslim-hating Sikhs

[Y_I_Otter]

It was a safe bet that the party's favorite wogs would be its first non-white members. From the Independent:

BNP signs its first non-white member...

... but he's only joined because he hates Muslims

By Ben Quinn and Jerome Taylor
Friday, 20 November 2009

Rajinder Singh, who has appeared on the BNP's internet TV channel, blames Muslims for the death of his father during the Partition of India in 1947.

An elderly Sikh who describes Islam as a "beast" and once provided a character reference for Nick Griffin during his racial hatred trial is set to become the British National Party's first non-white member.

Rajinder Singh, an anti-Islam activist in his late seventies who blames Muslims for the death of his father during the Partition of India in 1947, has been sympathetic towards Britain's far-right party for much of the past decade even though he currently remains barred from becoming a member because of the colour of his skin.

But last weekend the BNP's leadership took their first steps towards dropping its membership ban on non-whites after the Human Rights Commission threatened the party with legal action. The move will be put to a vote of members soon.

Martin Wingfield, the BNP's communications and campaigns officer, has already put forward the case for Mr Singh's membership, telling members on its website: "I say adapt and survive and give the brave and loyal Rajinder Singh the honour of becoming the first ethnic minority member of the BNP."

A BNP spokesman said last night: "He is perhaps the kind of immigrant you want if you are going to have them."

Mr Singh, a former teacher from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, says he would be "honoured" to become a card-carrying member of the BNP.

Explaining his motives, Mr Singh said: "I am a retired teacher, living a quiet life. I got in touch with the BNP on certain core policies that appeal to me. I also admire them since they are on their own patch, and do not wish to let anyone else oust them from the land of their ancestors."

Mr Singh and another Sikh from Slough who goes by the pseudonym Ammo Singh have previously co-operated with the BNP and have been used by the party's leadership to try to woo Asian supporters, particularly Hindus and Sikhs living in areas where tensions with Muslims run high. The party has had little success, however, with all mainstream Sikh and Hindu groups widely condemning the BNP.

But Rajinder Singh and Ammo Singh – who keeps his identity secret but is thought to be an accountant in his late thirties – have answered Mr Griffin's call, thanks to the BNP's staunchly anti-Islamic rhetoric since September 11.

In December 2001, Ammo Singh claimed he had helped the BNP distribute thousands of anti-Islamic leaflets in Southall, west London, but recently he has kept a low profile. Rajinder Singh, on the other hand, has begun to appear in BNP literature more frequently, writing for the party's newspaper, Freedom, and appearing on the internet television channel, BNPTV.

His intense dislike of Islam appears to stem back to his father's death during the Partition of India, which led to the deaths of an estimated two million Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus. "I come from partitioned Punjab that saw a lot of bloodshed in 1947," he said. "Anyone escaping that genocide would pray to God, [say] never again and vote for BNP."

Mainstream Sikh groups said they were appalled. Dr Indarjit Singh, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations, said: "Sikhism stresses equality for all human beings. Therefore Sikhs who are true to their faith, will having nothing whatsoever to do with any party that favours any one section of the community."

[MrA]

What a couple of twats, I wonder if One eye has told them that he'd strip them of their British citizenship and ship them back off to India.

[Takahata Y]

Stormfront must be going crazy.

[Y_I_Otter]

The SF reaction is a foregone conclusion. They've been anti-BNP for some time now. It'll be a lot of "sell-out" from the yobbier faction and "unconscionable comprimising" from the more literate. The more telling reaction will be from the Brit section of VNN, which has become something of a BNP home-away-from home. Over there, if someone expresses a hardline opinion on matters relating to the BNP, they're accused of being a UAF 'red', a NWN troll or a Jew infiltrator.

[Jake Featherston]

Doesn't bother me. We have a lot of Sikhs here in San Jose, and they seem like good people. I'm about to go buy cigarettes and salsa from the neighbourhood corner store* that is runs by my Sikhs neighbours (they live like 75 feet from where I'm typing this), with whom I'm quite friendly. I've never read stories about Sikh crime, like I have Blacks, Mexicans, Vietnamese, etc. Like that BNP spokesman said, if you're going to have immigrants living here, they seem like a good variety to have. Ideally, of course...but things are presently so far from the ideal, that one scarcely need concern one's self with that.


*It should be noted that this valley is riddled with businesses I won't patronize, for various reasons. This one Chinaman was rude to me once at a Chevron station, and I stopped buying gas at that most convenient location for years.

[harjit]

His intense dislike of Islam appears to stem back to his father's death during the Partition of India, which led to the deaths of an estimated two million Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus. "I come from partitioned Punjab that saw a lot of bloodshed in 1947," he said. "Anyone escaping that genocide would pray to God, [say] never again and vote for BNP."

The guy doesn't hide the fact that his politics are driven by naked hatred and subjective emotion.

Mainstream Sikh groups said they were appalled. Dr Indarjit Singh, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations, said: "Sikhism stresses equality for all human beings. Therefore Sikhs who are true to their faith, will having nothing whatsoever to do with any party that favours any one section of the community."

This position by the Sikh group needs to be strongly emphasized.

[Rioukgal]

So the BNP have decided to recruit Racist ethnics and Islamaphobics to make themselves appear 'Not racist' . Ermmmm OK, in a baining attempt to keep seats, they are recruiting deranged ethnic minorities who clearly come across as being slightly batty!! Just like the X Factor, airs people with mental illness for laughs! - How utterly sad and evil. So one Sikh man, who is nuts, hates muslims, and has probably been given a healthy sum to join, becomes a member - WOW - I don't think the BNP are racists any more - They are amazing - NOT!!!

[MrA]

Therein lies the problems with racism Harj'. The actions or views of the few are supposed to be represenatative of the whole.

Islamic fundies in the UK who are a minority are continually being used as a representation of all Muslims by the BNP and racists generally.

These two Sikhs are now being held up as represnting a move by ethnic minorities as accepting BNP policies, just "two" Sikhs!

[MrA]

Originally Posted by Rioukgal

So the BNP have decided to recruit Racist ethnics and Islamaphobics to make themselves appear 'Not racist' . Ermmmm OK, in a baining attempt to keep seats, they are recruiting deranged ethnic minorities who clearly come across as being slightly batty!! Just like the X Factor, airs people with mental illness for laughs! - How utterly sad and evil. So one Sikh man, who is nuts, hates muslims, and has probably been given a healthy sum to join, becomes a member - WOW - I don't think the BNP are racists any more - They are amazing - NOT!!!

I agree with this, except the healthy sum part, they don't have two brass farhings to rub together yet alone spend what they have on a pet dirty darkie, heaven forbid!

[SmokeOnTheWater]

Rioukgal, welcome to MSF.