Labour to Zero in on Muslim Vote?

Amidst the current furore of David Blunkett insisting he has 'Done no wrong', mild analogies are drawn by Muslims with those detained without trial and lingering in British jails protesting their innocence. While this maybe an opportune time for the Home Secretary to reflect on the thought that many of those detained have possibly 'Done no wrong', for others in the Labour Party there appears to be a momentum growing to 'appease the Muslim vote.'

Despite undertaking so many actions in apparent disregard for the sentiments of Muslims and as long as the cloud 'Threat to Britain by Muslim Terrorists' hovers above the British sky, anger is unlikely to abate irrespective of who wins the next general election. To date, the terrorism issue has been presented as so grave with imminent threats and immeasurable destruction foretold, yet the manner in which it is being tackled is shrouded in such secrecy that can do nothing but alienate the Muslim community further.

Granted that some in Labour have admitted that the intelligence leading upto some of these arrests have to improve, many Muslims hear echoes of the 'Bush?George Tenet/CIA/Pass the Buck syndrome'. For a mature democracy like Britain aided by it's unparalled intelligence network to continue pursuing a policy where the ratio of innocent Muslims detained and subsequently released is ever increasing, the underlying vision is frustatingly opaque.

Will Muslims seriously seek solace from the promotion and implementation of an incitement to religious hatred law (Which can be used against a Muslim as much as it can provide protection) and curtailing religious discrimination while sterner issues are at hand?

Although there has been a marked increase in Muslim political participation since 9/11, rather than Labour reaping the benefit as had traditionally been the case, the opposite has transpired.

Globalisation does not just resonate in economic terms, suffering and injustice that we witness with disturbing regularity affects all decent people and it is these very people that are questioning why Britain fails to address the suffering, poverty and oppression globally rampant with the same gusto that it conducts it's global business. (Which after all is for the benefit of the very people putting the question)