The Elizabeth Tower, commonly refereed to as Big Ben, stands illuminated at dusk as ambulances stand with other emergency service vehicles on Westminster Bridge, beside the Houses of Parliament following an incident in central London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Multiple shots were fired near the U.K. Parliament on Wednesday in London during an incident that also saw people hit by a car on Westminster Bridge. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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Negative episodes have a far bigger impact on our species than do positive ones. How much bigger depends on who you listen to.
By Alec Hogg
I received two unsolicited emails yesterday that were violently anti-Muslim. One claimed Europe's problems began when the Nazi's killed 6m Jews, and the subsequent guilt opened the doors to 20m Muslims. The other extolled the virtues of Japan's decision to stop Muslims from entering the country.
Apart from repulsive, like most Internet fables these widely circulated emails are mostly false and easily disproven. For instance, Japanese immigration forms have no place for the applicant's religion. There are numerous mosques in a country which is estimated to have 100,000 Muslim residents. Also, it is definitely not illegal (as claimed in the email) to take the Koran into Japan.
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