Police chief launches 'solidarity' ribbon

[emad]

(Filed: 12/08/2005)

A Chief Constable is asking his 4,000 officers to wear green ribbons, the traditional colour of Islam, to show solidarity with Muslims after the London bomb attacks.

Steve Green, of Nottinghamshire police, also wants the public to adopt the ribbon to support Muslims "being held hostage by fear".

The force has seen a 50 per cent rise in racial and religiously motivated crime since July 7 and Mr Green said non-Muslims had asked him how they could show their support. The force has ordered 20,000 ribbons at a cost of £2,000.

The idea was welcomed by Dr Musharraf Hussain, imam of Nottingham's largest mosque and a senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain, as "a wonderful gesture".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/12/nribb12.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/12/ixhome.html

[emad]

1. When "Make poverty history" wristband was launched, the best

suggestion I heard for an alternative design was a band plaited out of two £50 notes......

[Nihil]

3. Was it that one or ...

... the child labour one that turned out to be manufactured in an
Asian sweatshop? Seem to remember Oxfam getting all embarrassed ...

[emad]

4. child labor I think...

?

[txindy]

2. Can you imagine a police chief doing the same here?

He'd be crucified, but only figuratively - if he was lucky. The wingnuts would go bat-sh*t crazy! Okay, crazier.

Good for the Chief Constable! :applause:

[Benbow]

5. I want one - does anybody know what the Pantone reference is for "Muslim"

green?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

6. It's a neat idea

[non sociopath skin]

7. Fine. So long as it's not just a gesture.

The Skin

[Benbow]

8. Good Faith "Muslim" ribbons being distributed across the UK

Nottinghamshire police's Good Faith ribbon campaign is sending the green ribbons to libraries, police stations, council offices and shops across the county.

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Some 20,000 ribbons are being made.

I live in a Labour-run borough of London, so I expect to find some of these in our local libraries toute suite. Anyway, I'll be looking for them on Monday - if not in the library, then in the police station.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,15935,1548463,00.html