"If you look at the the police, the judiciary, the courts they all take an attitude to Muslims - you are guilty until proven innocent. But now with the students even when you are innocent you are still guilty, in prison waiting for deportation."

--Dr Aziz, Muslim Association Britain, Manchester.

"In the news reports did they say this? - 'Twelve men have been detained, they are helping us with our enquiries, to comment further at this stage could jeopardise any future legal process. We will keep you fully informed of any developments'. No they said: 'Pakistan Muslim Students arrested over bomb plot' They were declared guilty of being Pakistani, of being Muslims, and they were students. The reason behind all this is the escalation of the war from Afghanistan into Pakistan, Gordon Brown said it. If we do not fight them in Pakistan we will be fighting on the streets of Britain."

--Mark Krantz, Greater Manchester Stop the War Coalition.

"In my pensioner group I have been surprised. The most moderate members, the most respectable ones, even they hate the police, No one has a good word to say about them. With the Muslims being singled out, we must stand by them. We must stick together. Our unity is our strength."

--Bartley Wilcock, Treasurer, Manchester TUC Pensioners.

"What is driving these attacks forwards Muslims is an underlying racism."

--Rhetta Moran, Refugees and Asylum Seekers Participatory Action Research (RAPAR).

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