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March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009 News

(UK) Why Did The Metropolitan Police Gift A Mosque to a Supporter of Terrorism Against Britain?
-- "former Metropolitan Police officer Robert Lambert... pioneered
the strategy that Islamists who don't want to set off bombs in Britain can help to stop other Islamists who do"
-- aided "Mohammed Sawalha and his friends at the
Muslim Association of Britain" in gaining control of Finsbury mosque
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/31/why-did-the-metropolitan-police-gift-a-mosque-to-a-supporter-of-terrorism-against-britain/
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/12/17/how-the-met-got-it-wrong-on-terrorism/
--- April 1 lecture: "Islamists in Britain: Friends or Enemies?" with Robert Lambert MBE
http://educationet.org/messageboard/read.php?2,1175534338,1175534338#msg-1175534338

(UK) Government moves to isolate Muslim Council of Britain with cash for mosques
-- Hazel Blears has demanded that Muslim Council of Britain's (MCB) Daud Abdullah be sacked
-- "after he endorsed a pro-Hamas declaration that appeared
to call for violence against Jews and Israel and condone attacks on British troops"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6004850.ece
--- Then suddenly Daud Abdullah reportedly has a change in heart!
---- Report: "Daud Abdullah Now Opposes the Killing of Jews"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/statement.pdf
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/31/daud-abdullah-now-opposes-the-killing-of-jews/


March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009 News

(UK) Woman sentenced for jihad leaflet
-- Shella Roma pleaded guilty to pamphlet asking Muslims "Will you go to Jihad (holy war)?"
-- "sentenced to a community order"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7972580.stm
-- community order punishments
http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/offender/community_sentencing/index.html

(UK) Apology call in M65 terror arrest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7971488.stm

March 29, 2009

March 29, 2009 News

(UK) Not one, but two Hezbollah Representatives
-- "The 'Stop the War Coalition' are holding a public meeting on the 30th March
at [Quaker] Friends Meeting House entitled 'Solidarity with the struggle for Peace and Justice in the Middle East'"
--- Dyab Abu Jahjah and Lebanese Hezbollah MP Hussein El-Hajj Hassan
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/29/not-one-but-two-hezbollah-representatives/

(UK) Hezbollah MP to meet with UK Parliament in Britain
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3693488,00.html
--- Other press reports that this is MP Hussien Haj Hassan

(UK) Hate Preacher: I Want Sharia Law In Britain -- more from Anjem Choudary
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/91891/Hate-preacher-I-want-Sharia-law-in-Britain

March 28, 2009

March 28, 2009 News

(UK) Two hundred British schoolchildren identified as potential terrorists -  some as young as 13
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5063910/Two-hundred-British-schoolchildren-identified-as-potential-terrorists.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-identify-200-children-as-potential-terrorists-1656027.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/28/children-extremist-terrorism-uk-polic

(UK) Charity Commission 'must monitor extremist links'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/charity-commission-must-monitor-extremist-links-1656031.html

(UK) Former terror suspect Binyam Mohammed 'admitted weapons training'
-- "admitted undergoing weapons and explosives training in Afghanistan"
-- but "referred to having seen something on the construction of an H-bomb on a file in a computer that was a joke"
-- says "never intended to engage in terrorism"
-- MI5 quoted as stating "Mr Mohammed was a liar"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5990025.ece

(UK) Jacqui Smith Interview: 'I know where balance lies with civil liberties and security
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5061422/Jacqui-Smith-Interview-I-know-where-balance-lies-with-civil-liberties-and-security.html

(UK) Special investigation: The horrifying campaign of abuse, lies and threats that ruined the career of a headteacher - and her school
-- "One hundred and twenty years later, two officials from Shah Jahan
pursued a 'hidden agenda' forcibly to transform a local, secular primary school into an Islamic faith school."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165424/Special-investigation-The-horrifying-campaign-abuse-lies-threats-ruined-career-headteacher--school.html?ITO=1490

(UK) Michael Nazir-Ali steps down as Bishop of Rochester
-- "Decision thought to be influenced by direction of Church of England under Rowan Williams"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5065601/Michael-Nazir-Ali-steps-down-as-Bishop-of-Rochester.html
--- Nazir-Ali intends "to work in Pakistan"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5991632.ece

 

March 27, 2009

March 27, 2009 News

(UK) Governement urged to reconsider Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) boycott
http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4241606.Governement_urged_to_reconsider_MCB_boycott/
-- Hazel Blears -v- The MCB
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/27/hazel-blears-v-the-mcb/

(UK) I was a victim of libel tourism - by Rachel Ehrenfeld
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/mar/27/freedom-of-speech-al-qaida

March 26, 2009

March 26, 2009 News

(UK) 'Nazi' claim by Muslim firebrand
-- "Anjem Choudary yesterday compared the outrage over his hate-fueled anti-British speeches with the Nazi's persecution of Jews"
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/91374/-Nazi-claim-by-Muslim-firebrand

(UK) Hilton hotel axes hate preachers conference after abuse of soldiers
-- "A London hotel has cancelled a conference that had been due to feature
exiled Islamic hate preacher Omar Bakri and the ringleader of a protest against homecoming British soldiers"
-- "The event was organised by the London School of Sharia, set up after Bakri's
Al-Muhajiroun group was banned under terrorism laws drawn up in the wake of the 7/7 bombings."
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23667262-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&

(UK) Second Muslim group faces having links severed with Government over extremism row
-- "The Mosques and Imams National Advisory Body, a central plank of Labour's
anti-extremism strategy, has been dragged into the dispute."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164891/Second-Muslim-group-faces-having-links-severed-Government-extremism-row.html

 

 

March 25, 2009

March 25, 2009 News

(UK) Twice-cleared British 'bomb plotter' sought after police raid 'orphanage' they claim is Islamic terror training camp
-- Dr Faisal Mostafa
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1164844/Twice-cleared-British-bomb-plotter-sought-police-raid-orphanage-claim-Islamic-terror-training-camp.html?ITO=1490

(UK) Dirty bomb alert: Terror attack could be imminent
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/03/25/dirty-bomb-alert-terror-attack-could-be-imminent-115875-21226063/

(UK) G20 summit: London prepares for lockdown
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5050079/G20-summit-London-prepares-for-lockdown.html

(UK) U.S. President Barack Obama drops meetings during Britain visit amid security concerns
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5047394/President-Barack-Obama-drops-meetings-during-Britain-visit-amid-security-concerns.html

(UK) Spy database to monitor your every move on Facebook and MySpace
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164688/Spy-database-monitor-Facebook-MySpace.html

(UK) GFH advised UK Sharia'a equity fund breaks UK all companies sector top 10
http://www.ameinfo.com/189864.html

(UK) A Dinner for Extremists at City University
-- including Anwar al Awlaki, Haitham Al Haddad
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/25/a-dinner-for-extremists-at-city-university/
-- Anwar al Awlaki's "44 Ways To Support Jihad"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/awlaki.pdf
-- Haitham Al Haddad - "saluting the 'victory' of Hamas in the Gaza conflict"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-QBz_7_AvM&

(UK) Dentist drove car at police woman
-- Omer Butt previously "refused to treat a Muslim patient unless she wore a headscarf"
-- Brother of "Hassan Butt achieved notoriety when he claimed to have
recruited hundreds of British Muslims to fight alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan in the wake of September 11"
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1104736_dentist_drove_car_at_police_woman

(UK) Britain's first sharia-compliant newspaper
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/business/3473821/britains-first-shariacompliant-newspaper.thtml

(UK) Scottish Islamic Foundation: 'Defend Daud Abdullah'
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/25/scottish-islamic-foundation-%E2%80%9Cdefend-daud-abdullah%E2%80%9D/

(UK) Guardian: "Hazel Blears's standoff with the MCB over the views of Daud Abdullah
is not only misguided but sets a dangerous precedent"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/25/hazel-blears-daud-abdullah
-- Warm words, dud deeds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/25/counter-terrorist-strategy
-- A shameful lead
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/3471351/a-shameful-lead.thtml

(UK) The Guardian's lead editorial calls sharia law 'mainstream'
http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDdiZDNiNTU1NzY3Yjk0YjJkMjgwZGUyN2MzODdkOWE=
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/25/counter-terrorist-strategy

(UK) Anti-extremism strategy not productive: UK Muslim body
-- Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\26\story_26-3-2009_pg7_6

 

March 24, 2009

March 24, 2009 News

(UK) 'Threat Of Britons Trained By Al Qaeda'
-- "Pakistan has monitored more than 20 Britons believed to have spent time with radical militant groups and then returned to the UK"
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Pakistan-Britons-Who-Trained-With-Extremists-Linked-To-Al-Qaeda-And-The-Taliban-Dossier/Article/200903415247530?lpos=World_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15247530_Pakistan%3A_Britons_Who_Trained_With_Extremists_Linked_To_Al_Qaeda_And_The_Taliban_Dossier
-- 20 extremists back in UK after Pakistan training
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\25\story_25-3-2009_pg1_2

(UK) Pakistan: US Terror Attack Fears 'Is Boosting Surveillance Of Pakistanis In Britain'
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Pakistan-US-Terror-Attack-Fears-Is-Boosting-Surveillance-Of-Pakistanis-In-Britain/Article/200903415247451?lpos=UK_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15247451_Pakistan%3A_US_Terror_Attack_Fears_Is_Boosting_Surveillance_Of_Pakistanis_In_Britain
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\25\story_25-3-2009_pg1_3

(UK) Anti-terror strategy highlights threat of small 'terrorist groups'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5041633/Anti-terror-strategy-highlights-threat-of-small-terrorist-groups.html

(UK) Government warns of nuclear terror threat - dirty bomb, chemical, nuclear threats
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5044007/Government-warns-of-nuclear-terror-threat.html
-- Rising threat of dirty bomb attack on UK, says Jacqui Smith
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5966489.ece
-- UK: Nuclear, chemical terror threat growing
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/24/britain.terrorism/index.html?section=cnn_latest
-- UK faces greater threat of 'dirty bomb'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-faces-greater-threat-of-dirty-bomb-1653414.html
-- "The Contest strategy is divided into four strands - Prevent, Pursue, Protect and Prepare"
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/UK-Terrorism-Threat-Government-Warns-Chemical-Or-Nuclear-Attack-More-Realistic/Article/200903415247802?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15247802_UK_Terrorism_Threat%3A_Government_Warns_Chemical_Or_Nuclear_Attack_More_Realistic
--- Comment: Forgot "Procrastinate" on Defying Islamic Supremacism

(UK) Independent commentary Simon Carr says British Jihadists are "they are lively in their love of death"
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/simon-carr/simon-carr-perhaps-pointless-programmes-promote-paranoia-1653413.html

(UK) Shopping centre staff will be trained to deal with terror attacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5041804/Shopping-centre-staff-will-be-trained-to-deal-with-terror-attacks.html
-- Terror Warning After Botched Attack In Israel
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Israel-Terror-Attack-Warning-After-Botched-Bombing-In-Haifa-Ehud-Olmert-Says-Huge-Disaster-Avoided/Article/200903415247220

(UK) Intel agencies warn of danger during G20 meetings - Terror attack rated 'highly likely'
-- in London next week
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92635

(UK) 6 arrested over violent London protests against Israel's Gaza offensive
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1073538.html

(UK) Hazel Blears cuts ties to Muslim Council of Britain after it refuses to condemn controversial senior member
-- yet another article on this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164613/Hazel-Blears-cuts-ties-Muslim-Council-Britain-refuses-condemn-controversial-senior-member.html?ITO=1490
--- Guardian's Brian Whitaker: "Labour's actions against the
Muslim Council of Britain destroy any credibility its engagement policy might have had"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/24/islam-politics

(UK) Home Office: "Taking a new approach to counter-terrorism"
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/taking-new-approach-ct
--- Guardian: "'The government's new anti-terror strategy plays into the hands of the extremists'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/25/muslims-terrorism-policy-opinions

(UK) Sharia Councils Spark Debate In Britain
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96162078

 

March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009 News

(UK) Arts leaders upset about UK screening of visas to weed out terrorists
--- fears that will keep "exceptional talent" out
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/5036345/Terrorism-law-cuts-to-the-heart-of-the-arts.html

(UK) Additional reports on UK govt threatening to cut ties with Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/23/muslim-council-britain-gaza
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5962256.ece
--- Hazel Blear's letter
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/03/23/blears__letter.pdf

(UK) MINAB's Extremist
-- "One of the four founding members of MINAB is the Muslim Association of Britain,
which is the British franchise of Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/23/minabs-extremist/

 (UK) Man quizzed over suspicious device on Emirates plane
-- "passenger found a note implying there may be a suspicious device
on board the Emirates flight EK 011 from Dubai 10 minutes before landing"
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1984924&Language=en

(UK) New anti-terror strategy for Britain focuses on persuasion
-- London Times report states that agenda being pushed by UK's Hazel Blears
to challeng groups with "an equivocal attitude on core values such as democracy, freedom of speech or respect towards women"
-- "Sceptics say that public money is being pumped into organizations
that, despite rejecting terrorism, continue to support a fundamentalist agenda"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5956342.ece?Submitted=true

-- Comment: is this why the UK Quilliam Foundation
(given 1 million UK pounds) no longer has pro-Sharia,
pro-Hezbollah, wife-beating apologist Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa on their website at "About Us" as a "respected scholar"?
http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/about-us.html
-- previously called pro-Sharia, pro-Hezbollah, wife-beating apologist Grand Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa a "Muslim scholastic giant"
-- August 18, 2008 - Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html

 

 

March 22, 2009

March 22, 2009 News

(UK) Airliner evacuated at London airport
-- "Explosives experts are searching an Emirates airliner at London's Gatwick Airport following a report of a "suspicious device" on board, police told CNN on Sunday"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/22/uk.gatwick.airliner/index.html

(UK) Muslim terrorist living in the Midlands
--- Faraj Hassan Al-Sa'idi "listed on the United Nations Sanctions Committee’s permanent register of Al Qaida and Taliban members, and has had his assets frozen by the UN."
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/crime-news/2009/03/22/muslim-terrorist-living-in-the-midlands-66331-23201047/

(UK) Government shuns Muslim Council over link with Hamas
-- leaked letter "shows that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears, wrote to the Muslim Council of Britain, calling for Dr Daud Abdullah to resign"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-shuns-muslim-council-over-link-with-hamas-1651323.html
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/22/muslim-council-of-britain-out-in-the-cold-again/
-- the MCB's response:
http://www.mcb.org.uk/article_detail.php?article=announcement-781

(UK) Report claims al-Qaeda can recruit in UK at street level
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2497079.0.report_claims_alqaeda_can_recruit_in_uk_at_street_level.php

(UK) Brown warns of enduring al-Qaida threat to UK
-- "Prime minister heralds 60,000-strong civilian counter-terrorism force trained to act against extremists"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/22/brown-counter-terrorism-al-qaida
-- UK to update counter-terrorism strategy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/22/2522949.htm?section=justin
-- Gordon Brown's UK: "We are about to take the war against terror to a new level"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/22/gordon-brown-terrorism
--- Comment: yet still has not acknowledged Islamic supremacism
(Hamas) Australian press provides sympathetic coverage of Hamas in "Staring into the heart of Hamas"
http://www.smh.com.au/world/staring-into-the-heart-of-hamas-20090320-94ev.html?page=-1
-- but when Hamas leader Khalid Mishal is asked "Will the [Hamas] charter be rewritten?"
(which includes, in Article 32, acceptance of apocryphal Protocols of Elders of Zion promoted by Nazis and in Hitler's Mein Kampf)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#The_Hamas_Charter_.281988.29
-- Mishal's response: "Not a chance."
http://www.smh.com.au/world/staring-into-the-heart-of-hamas-20090320-94ev.html?page=-1

 

 

March 21, 2009

March 21, 2009 News

(UK) All homosexuals should be stoned to death, says Muslim preacher of hate
-- more from Anjem Choudary "who wants to see Britain ruled by Sharia law"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163510/All-homosexuals-stoned-death-says-Muslim-preacher-hate.html?ITO=1490
--- Mandy would be stoned to death under Sharia law
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2332942.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News
--- Hate preacher: We'd hang mandy for being gay
----- "vowed to hang Business Secretary Lord Mandelson for being homosexual"
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/73650/HATE-PREACHER-We-d-hang-Mandy-for-being-gay-/

 

March 20, 2009

March 20, 2009 News

(UK) 'Wake up before it's too late': Hate preacher Omar Bakri warns of another 7/7 terror attack
-- Bakri: "You want to declare war against us? We will declare Islam against you."
-- Article also recount Bakri's history of rejecting democracy, British law,
calling for Sharia, and calling for death of homosexuals
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163510/Wake-late-Hate-preacher-Omar-Bakri-warns.html?ITO=1490
--- Carry on insulting UK troops, say preachers
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23665174-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&

(UK) Walthamstow: Radical Muslims warn of violence
-- Choudary: "It is a very dangerous thing to grow up in the UK. Under Sharia law,
people will be educated about the harm and evils of alcohol, promiscuity, homosexuality"
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/4220440.WALTHAMSTOW__Radical_Muslims_warn_there_will_be_violence/
--- Hatred In Walthamstow
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/20/hatred-in-walthamstow/

(UK) Terror suspects still in UK despite Home Secretary's vow
-- "Eleven terror suspects are still in the UK five months after the Home Secretary vowed to deport them"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5022889/Terror-suspects-still-in-UK-despite-Home-Secretarys-vow.html

(UK) Labour isn't holding up-to-date information on where taxpayers' money is going to 'prevent extremism'
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/03/labour-isnt-holding-uptodate-information-on-where-taxpayers-money-is-going-to-prevent-extremism.html

 

 

March 19, 2009

March 17-19, 2009 News

(UK) Radical Preacher Probed Over Call to Hide Terror Clues -- Anjem Choudary
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509795,00.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163133/Islamic-hate-preacher-Anjem-Choudary-probed-hide-terror-clues.html

(UK) Home Office fails to shut down a single extremist website in two years
-- "The Home Office has failed to shut down a single terrorist
website despite a pledge to do so from Tony Blair four years ago"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/5017764/Home-Office-fails-to-shut-down-a-single-extremist-website-in-two-years.html

(UK) £60,000 for Muslim hurt by police in terror raid -- Babar Ahmad
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162908/60-000-Muslim-hurt-police-terror-raid.html

(UK) Ghaffur calls for Muslim 'preachers of hate' to be banned from television
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23664386-details/Ghaffur+calls+for+Muslim+%27preachers+of+hate%27+to+be+banned+from+television/article.do

 

(UK) Head accused of 'Islamophobia' wins £400,000 after being forced out by Muslim governors
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163194/Head-accused-Islamophobia-wins-400-000-forced-Muslim-governors.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5017550/Head-teacher-who-suffered-stress-from-racism-accusations-wins-400000-damages.html

(UK) Islamic Bank of Britain launches Fixed Term account
http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/19032009-islamic-bank-of-britain-launches-fixed-term-account/

UK's Sun: "Aiming for harmony in the UK"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/article2324882.ece

 

 

March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009 News

(UK) Muslim fanatic who shouted abuse at troops given police protection -- Yousaf Bashir
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5001106/Muslim-fanatic-who-shouted-abuse-at-troops-given-police-protection.html
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Fury-Over-Police-Protection-Of-Muslim-Fanatic_18709.html

(UK) Poll: 60pct in UK unconvinced about Afghan mission
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/16/europe/EU-Britain-Afghanistan-Poll.php
-- PDF of British poll results
http://www.comres.co.uk/resources/7/Radio5Live%20Poll%20Results%20FULL%20Mar09.p

 

(UK) 'There's no honour in killing,' top judge tells Muslim family in test case
-- "A senior judge yesterday condemned the notion of honour killings
as an affront to English law. Lord Justice Wall declared that 'they are acts
of simply sordid criminal behaviour' and 'had nothing to do with any concept of honour known to English law'. "
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162409/Theres-honour-killing-judge-tells-Muslim-family-test-case.html
-- Judge says 'honour' crimes have no place in English law
-- "One of the children had been set on fire by her mother who also
tried to burn down their house in an attempt to incriminate her sister-in-law."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5001399/Judge-says-honour-crimes-have-no-place-in-English-law.html

(UK) Thousands of girls mutilated in Britain
-- "The NHS is offering to reverse female circumcision amid
concerns that there are 500 victims a year with no prosecutions"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5913979.ece
--- Case study: Female circumcision, the daughter
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5914011.ece
-- Case study: female circumcision, the husband
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5914026.ece

 

 

 

March 15, 2009

March 15, 2009 News

(UK) Hate cleric leads jihad cash appeal
-- "Anjem Choudary, who led protests against returning British
troops, has urged his followers to send money to 'mujaheddin'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5908534.ece
-- Firebrand risks jail in call for jihad cash
--- "He has previously made no secret of his demands that
the country be placed under sharia - Islamic law. This would
mean all women would have to wear veils, adulterers would be stoned to death and drunks whipped in public."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5908551.ece
-- British cleric fundraises for militants
--- "Anjem Choudary, the former head of the banned British
group al-Muhajiroun, told his followers in a recording to stop
spending their money on their families and instead sent it to Muslim soldiers waging holy war"
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/15/British_cleric_fundraises_for_militants/UPI-28081237163935/
-- Anjem Choudary investigated by police over mujahideen fundraising
--- Choudary: "You have opportunity to carry dawah [spreading the word]
to society... and you have money that can go towards the dawah, you have
money that can go towards the mujahideen."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4995827/Anjem-Choudary-investigated-by-police-over-mujahideen-fundraising.html

(UK) Minister beaten after clashing with Muslims on his TV show
-- "A Christian minister who has had heated arguments with
Muslims on his TV show has been attacked and warned: 'If you go back to the studio, we'll break your legs.'"
-- Reverend Noble Samuel "based at Heston United Reformed Church, West London"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162039/Minister-beaten-clashing-Muslims-TV-show.html

(UK) Johnson vows to stop funding Muslim group with links to controversial blogger
-- "London mayor says money to Muslim Safety Forum will be halted" Azad Ali
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/13/muslim-safety-forum-boris-johnson
--- Comment: How about Home Office RICU coordination?

(UK) Government adviser on Islamic terror arrested after man is stabbed at his home
-- Inayat Bunglawala "is one of the most prominent members of
the Muslim Council of Britain, an organisation which advises the Government on extremism and counter-terrorism"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162072/Government-adviser-Islamic-terror-arrested-man-stabbed-home.html
--- Note recent news reports have described Inayat Bunglawala
as "former spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain," now leading "Engage"
--- Engage's Inayat Bunglawala on Equality and Liberty
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/02/engage_contest.html

(UK) Jihad Chic Comes to London
http://www.newsweek.com/id/189241

(UK) London police launch counter-terrorism PR campaign
-- "calling on residents of the capital to keep their ears and eyes open for anything suspicious and to report it"
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE52F0A020090316


March 14, 2009

March 14, 2009 News

(UK) Anjem Choudary: 'make every woman wear a burkha'
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/89222/-Make-every-woman-wear-a-burkha-

(UK) Anjem Choudary: Brits 'live just like animals'
--- therefore seeks Sharia law for UK
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2319808.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News
-- the other side of hate preacher 'Andy' Choudary
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161909/Swilling-beer-smoking-dope-leering-porn-hate-preacher-Andy-Choudary.html
-- Preacher studied law at Southampton University
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4203208.Extremist_preacher_was_city_university_student/


(UK) Daily Mail: "Britons who HATE Britain: The Muslim extremists hell-bent on segregation rather than integration"
-- "A number of the extremists attend a mosque in Bury Park and,
at one time or another, their group has gone under different names:
One Nation, Muslims Against British Atrocities, The Saviour Sect
(anyone who does not follow their path is 'damned') and now Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah."
--- "Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah (ASWJ) operates mainly through an invitation- only internet forum set up in 2006"
--- "One journalist who penetrated ASWJ found recordings of Osama Bin Laden on the website"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161855/Britons-HATE-Britain-The-Muslim-extremists-hell-bent-segregation-integration.html?ITO=1490

(UK) America angered by Britian's 'secret' talks with Hezbollah
-- another report by London Times on this
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5904412.ece

(UK) Hezbollah's Ibrahim Moussawi was "awarded a PhD in
Political Islam from Birmingham University two years ago"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4986476/Ibrahim-Moussawi-denied-visa-over-Hezbollah.html

 

 

March 13, 2009

March 13, 2009 News

(UK) Anjem Choudary: "I want to see flag of Allah flying over Downing St"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661857-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&
--- Anjem Choudary: 'Britain's most reviled man? I wear that badge with pride'
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661850-details/%C2%91Britain%C2%92s+most+reviled+man+I+wear+that+badge+with+pride%C2%92/article.do

(UK) Islamic fanatic Ibrahim Moussawi barred from entering Britain
-- Daily Mail: "Jacqui Smith has ruled the spokesman for the
terrorist organisation Hezbollah should not be allowed to travel
here - despite him making at least two previous visits to the UK on her watch"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161754/Exclusive-Islamic-fanatic-Ibrahim-Moussawi-barred-entering-Britain.html
--- Not likely a coincidence: March 12, 2009: "US criticizes UK's vow to talk to Hezbollah"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4982046/Special-relationship-strained-US-criticises-UKs-vow-to-talk-to-Hezbollah.html

(UK) Report states only UK minister opposed to Ibrahim Moussawi visa was Hazel Blears
http://www.thejc.com/articles/ministers-welcome-voice-hizbollah
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/13/hazel-blears-was-only-moussawi-opponent/

(UK) One Law for All event a success, but BBC softens us up for sharia
--- "BBC has responded this week with a disgracefully one-sided promotion of sharia for Britain"
http://www.secularism.org.uk/one-law-for-all-event-a-success.html


Commentaries:

(UK) It is time for some of the self described moderates to prove themselves - by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
-- regarding Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) leaders support for Hamas
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/blog/2009/03/it-is-time-for-some-of-the-self-described-moderates-to-prove-themselves.html

(UK) The Muslim Association of Britain's tortured logic -- on Sudan
http://waugh.standard.co.uk/2009/03/the-muslim-association-of-britains-tortured-logic.html

 

Update on Ibrahim Moussawi Visa for UK Denied

(UK) Islamic fanatic Ibrahim Moussawi barred from entering Britain
-- Daily Mail: "Jacqui Smith has ruled the spokesman for the
terrorist organisation Hezbollah should not be allowed to travel
here - despite him making at least two previous visits to the UK on her watch"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161754/Exclusive-Islamic-fanatic-Ibrahim-Moussawi-barred-entering-Britain.html
--- Not likely a coincidence: March 12, 2009: "US criticizes UK's vow to talk to Hezbollah"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4982046/Special-relationship-strained-US-criticises-UKs-vow-to-talk-to-Hezbollah.html

March 12, 2009

March 12, 2009 News

 

(UK) Bluewater bomb fantasist hospital target threats -- Saeed Ghafoor
-- Saeed Ghafoor was convicted for car bomb plot at UK Bluewater shopping center, now calls for hospital bombing attacks
-- "I'm a Muslim. I support Al Qaeda."
http://www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/content/kent/reporter/news/story.aspx?brand=GVSROnline&category=news&tBrand=gvsronline&tCategory=news&itemid=WeED12%20Mar%202009%2014%3A47%3A17%3A147

UK approves visit of Hezbollah official -- Hezbollah's Ibrahim Moussawi to speak in London March 25
-- "Britain on Thursday approved the visit to the country of Hizbullah official Ibrahim Moussawi to address a seminar on political Islam at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies."
-- Hezbollah's "Ibrahim Moussawi to address seminar at University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764172136&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- "British officials granted senior Hizbullah member Ibrahim Moussawi a visa to visit the country on Thursday"
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130406
-- See also report with background and additional stories at:
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/03/uk_approves_ibrahim_moussawi.html
-- Betrayed By This Labour Government
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/12/betrayed-by-this-labour-government/
-- and Jawa Report and Atlas reports
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196785.php
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/briticide-brits-ban-mp-wilders-welcome-extreme-hezbo-muslim-jihadi-.html

(UK) Anti-terror planning "poor", MPs
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1982377&Language=en

(UK) Canadian man jailed for failed UK bomb plot - Momim Khawaja
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canadian-man-jailed-for-failed-uk-bomb-plot-1643638.html
-- see also Canadian news below

(UK) London: Mayor gives £30,000 of taxpayers' money to Muslim group led by 'extremist'
-- Muslim Safety Forum's "Azad Ali praises a spiritual leader of al Qaeda on his blog, denies the Mumbai attacks were "terrorism" and quotes, apparently approvingly, a statement advocating the killing of British troops in Iraq"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661320-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&
--- also coordinated with UK Home Office and Home Office's RICU - same RICU leading UK counterterror policy, and advising U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html
http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcb.org.uk%2Fjobs%2Fjob_details.php%3Fjob_id%3D1551&fr=yfp-t-501&u=mcb.org.uk/jobs/job_details.php%3Fjob_id%3D1551&d=YhF8XJ2uSV2g&icp=1&.intl=us
--- Additional reports on Azad Ali:
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/01/azad_ali_jan_23_2009.html
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/01/azad_ali_jan_18_2009.html
--- January 23, 2009 - Azad Ali - Oh No He Didn’t, Oh Yes He Did!
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/23/azad-ali-oh-no-he-didnt-oh-yes-he-did/

(UK) Muslim protester who works as baggage handler at Luton Airport has security pass suspended
-- Jalah Ahmed called British soldiers "butchers"
-- "said to have once joked he was the nephew of Osama bin Laden and was also allegedly questioned over pictures of passenger jets"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161404/Muslim-protester-works-baggage-handler-Luton-Airport-security-pass-suspended-hurling-abuse-troops.html


(UK) One law for all -- article on Maryam Namazie
-- who has "had her share of death threats, including one of decapitation"
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1379415


(UK) Ahmed freed on appeal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/12/lord-ahmed-appeal
-- Fury as Labour peer jailed for texting at the wheel minutes before fatal crash to be freed after serving just 17 days
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161531/Fury-Labour-peer-jailed-texting-wheel-minutes-fatal-crash-freed-serving-just-17-days.html


Commentaries:


Farewell to Britain - by Frank Gaffney, Jr.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2703/pub_detail.asp

 

Post: UK approves visit of Hezbollah official

UK approves visit of Hezbollah official -- Hezbollah's Ibrahim Moussawi to speak in London March 25
-- Jerusalem Post: "Britain on Thursday approved the visit to the country of Hizbullah official Ibrahim Moussawi to address a seminar on political Islam at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies."
-- Hezbollah's "Ibrahim Moussawi to address seminar at University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764172136&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
--- March 7, 2009: Campaigners will seek arrest of Islamic radical
---- "Campaigners from the Centre for Social Cohesion have pledged to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Ibrahim Moussawi, an Islamic extremist, who is due to visit Britain this March"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4953470/Campaigners-will-seek-arrest-of-Islamic-radical.html
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/files/1236603006_1.pdf
--- February 26, 2009: Ibrahim Moussawi Appointed Hezbollah's Media Relations Officer
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/26/ibrahim-moussawi-appointed-hezbollahs-media-relations-officer/
--- February 26, 2009: Hezbollah to advise UK Government on fighting terrorism
---- "Civil servants ready to pay £2,000 each (of your cash) to hear Islamic extremist preach"
---- Ibrahim Moussawi lectures "are targeted at Whitehall officials who deal in foreign affairs and extremism"
---- Ibrahim Moussawi to lecture at "the Political Islam event at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155778/Civil-servants-ready-pay-2-000-cash-hear-Islamic-extremist-preach.html?ITO=1490
--- February 25, 2009: Will Labour allow THIS Muslim hardliner with links to Hezbollah into Britain?
---- "Ibrahim Moussawi, a known hardliner with links to Hezbollah, has been invited to speak at a London university"
---- "Editor for the newspaper of Lebanon-based terrorist organisation
Hezbollah, he is a former political editor of the Iranian-backed group's TV station"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1154827/Will-Labour-allow-THIS-Muslim-hardliner-links-Hezbollah-Britain.html?ITO=1490
--- February 24, 2009 - Neville-Jones calls on Government to ban extremist Ibrahim Moussawi
---- "Mr Moussawi was previously allowed into the country to speak publicly in December 2007 and again in February 2008"
http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2009/02/Neville-Jones_calls_on_Government_to_ban_extremist_Ibrahim_Moussawi.aspx
----- UK Home Office has previously allowed Hezbollah's Ibrahim Moussawi to speak throughout UK
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847295423&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569640/Ban-Hizbollah-TV-boss-from-UK,-say-Tories.h
--- August 31, 2008: British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html
--- July 2, 2008 - CNN: UK ban for Hezbollah military arm - "The order does not apply to Hezbollah's political or social activities"
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/02/britain.hezbollah/index.html
--- March 3, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: Labour, extremism and a friend of Hizbollah -- by Philip Johnston
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/03/03/do0302.xml
--- February 28, 2008 - Daily Mail: Outcry as Muslim extremist is allowed to tour Britain to 'promote violence'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-521448/Outcry-Muslim-extremist-allowed-tour-Britain-promote-violence.html
--- December 6, 2007 - Jerusalem Post: Hizbullah editor allowed entry into UK
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847295423&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
--- December 5, 2007 - Jerusalem Post: Britain's moral maze - by Daniel Scott
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847260879&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
--- November 17, 2007 - Daily Telegraph: Ban Hizbollah TV boss from UK, say Tories
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569640/Ban-Hizbollah-TV-boss-from-UK,-say-Tories.html
 

March 11, 2009

March 11, 2009 News

(UK) Calls for crackdown on parade Muslim extremists
-- "thought to have links with al-Muhajiroun" -- Anjem Choudary referenced
-- Building Bridges organization's Akbar Dad Khan: "The best thing to do is just to ignore them"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4974031/Calls-for-crackdown-on-parade-Muslim-extremists.html

(UK) 'Cowards who can't fight': Muslim hate preacher taunts grieving families of friendly-fire victims -- Anjem Choudary
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160958/Cowards-fight-Muslim-hate-preacher-taunts-grieving-families-friendly-victims.html
-- Muslim Preacher Mocks Fallen British Soldiers After Homecoming Parade Protest
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508686,00.html
-- Melanie Phillips: Labour's disastrous policy is radicalising a whole new generation of Muslims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1161188/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Labours-disastrous-policy-radicalising-new-generation-Muslims.html

(UK) Muslim group pledges more protests against UK soldiers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/11/muslim-group-anti-war-protests

UK Study: "Web's Role in Terrorism May Be Overstated"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508909,00.html

U.K. Targets Port-Smuggling Risks After Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=acSE1WbV3D10&refer=india

 

Commentaries:

(UK) Stop pandering to enemies of our way of life - by Ruth Dudley Edwards
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4975163/Stop-pandering-to-enemies-of-our-way-of-life.html

(UK) Melanie Phillips: Labour's disastrous policy is radicalising a whole new generation of Muslims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1161188/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Labours-disastrous-policy-radicalising-new-generation-Muslims.html

(UK) Are Muslim radicals trying to provoke a civil war in Britain?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/con_coughlin/blog/2009/03/11/are_muslim_radicals_trying_to_provoke_a_civil_war_in_britain
-- Comment: Con Coughlin never imagines that Islamic supremacists simply mean to conquer UK

(UK) Britain is now harbouring a menacing enemy within
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/88777
--- Comment: "now"???

(UK) Tolerance and the intolerant
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article5891253.ece

(UK) We'll Never Surrender
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/88828/We-ll-never-surrender


Meantime... while UK is worried about the "intolerant"... and "not surrendering"...

(UK) Crossing over to Islamic banking
-- "Sharia-compliant finance is prospering in Britain"
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5889624.ece

March 10, 2009

March 10, 2009 News

(UK) Muslim anti-war protesters abuse British soldiers as 'baby killers' during homecoming parade
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160958/Muslim-anti-war-protesters-abuse-British-soldiers-baby-killers-homecoming-parade.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4968576/Muslim-extremists-shout-abuse-at-British-soldiers-during-home-coming-march.html
http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157160236784?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController
--- Two held during parade protests -- BBC video and article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7935679.stm
--- YouTube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ygCc9qlWM&
--- JihadWatch report
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025185.php

(UK) Online extremism tactics "crude", report
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981728&Language=en

(UK) 'Terror abroad' retrial ruled out
-- "A man accused of orchestrating terror attacks in Pakistan from his home in London will not face a retrial."
-- "Hyrbyair Marri, 40, was accused of being a key supporter of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7935991.stm


Commentaries:

Will Sharia Courts in the UK Sabatoge The Forced Marriage Act?  by Victoria Golshani
http://www.rightsidenews.com/200903093938/culture-wars/will-sharia-courts-in-the-uk-sabatoge-the-forced-marriage-act.html

March 09, 2009

March 9, 2009 News

(UK) British-born Muslims supplied equipment to al-Qaeda
-- "Three British-born Muslims acted as quartermasters, supplying equipment to the Taliban and al-Qaeda fighting British squaddies on the Pakistani-Afghani border"
-- "The three along with a Muslim convert were part of a Birmingham terror cell whose leader was convicted of plotting to kidnap and behead a British soldier on video"
-- "Using the earthquake in Pakistan in late 2005 as a cover, the three collected funds from their community on the pretext of sending out humanitarian aid"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4962802/British-born-Muslims-supplied-equipment-to-al-Qaeda.html
-- Three jailed for equipping militants overseas
--- "Three British Muslims were jailed on Monday for sending equipment to militants fighting on the Afghan and Pakistan border."
--- all from Birmingham: Mohammed Nadim, Shabir Mohammed, and Shahid Ali
--- "A fourth Birmingham man, Abdul Ishaq Raheem, 32, was jailed for failing to disclose information about an act of terrorism."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090309/tuk-uk-britain-equipment-fa6b408.html


(UK) £90m anti-terrorism project is fanning the flames of extremism
-- Report: ""some within government and the police service believe that only nonviolent radicals, otherwise known as 'political Islamists,' possess the necessary 'street cred' to control angry young Muslims"
-- Report: "plausible and well-mannered radicals, often representing themselves as moderate, are welcomed with open arms, however hardline their underlying philosophy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4957666/90m-anti-terrorism-project-is-fanning-the-flames-of-extremism.html

(UK) Inquiry to check faith schools are teaching right from wrong
-- "thought to be a response to recent criticism of some Muslim schools, or madrassas"
-- "Some pupils 'not prepared for life in British society'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5877732.ece

Related News:

(UK) 'Isn't Auschwitz the name of a beer?'
-- "Survey of UK secondary school pupils reveals a quarter don't know purpose of the Nazi death camp"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236603389024&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Auschwitz is a beer, schoolchildren tell researchers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4957314/Auschwitz-is-a-beer-schoolchildren-tell-researchers.html

March 08, 2009

March 8, 2009 News

UK jihadist Anjem Choudary explains how Islam will take over the UK

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025148.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXYbMcYYOT8&

UK Former SAS chief in Afghanistan slams 'worthless' war
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=United+Kingdom+%26+Europe&month=March2009&file=World_News2009030812722.xml
-- SAS chief says MoD has 'blood on its hands'
--- UK's Morley: "The operations that we are conducting are so worthless. It's just crazy to think we hold that ground or have any influence on what goes on beyond the bases."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4951208/SAS-commander-says-MoD-has-blood-on-its-hands-over-Snatch-Land-Rovers.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7929785.stm

March 07, 2009

March 7, 2009 News

(UK) Muslim Council of Britain leader calls for attacks on UK Navy

-- "accused of advocating attacks on the Royal Navy if it tries to stop arms for Hamas being smuggled into Gaza"
-- "Dr Daud Abdullah, deputy director-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, is facing calls for his resignation, after it emerged that he is one of 90 Muslim leaders from around the world who have signed a public declaration in support of Hamas and military action."
-- Guardian Obserber reporter believes Abdullah "has helped counter extremism in the country's mosques"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/08/daud-abdullah-gaza-middle-east

(UK) Financial Secretary to the Treasury "Stephen Timms: Provide Banking Services to Interpal!"
-- "Interpal is a charity which has been proscribed by the US Treasury, which has identified it as part of the Hamas funding machinery"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/07/stephen-timms-provide-banking-services-to-interpal/
-- U.S. Treasury: "Interpal, headquartered in the UK, has been a principal charity utilized to hide the flow of money to HAMAS. Reporting indicates it is the conduit through which money flows to HAMAS from other charities, e.g., the Al Aqsa Foundation, and that it oversees the activities of other charities. "
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js672.htm
-- July 9, 2008 - London Times: Israel bans British group over links to Hamas -- Interpal, also known as the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece

(UK) Campaigners will seek arrest of Islamic radical
-- "Campaigners from the Centre for Social Cohesion have pledged to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Ibrahim Moussawi, an Islamic extremist, who is due to visit Britain this March"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4953470/Campaigners-will-seek-arrest-of-Islamic-radical.html

(UK) Hizbullah: UK talks can't be secret
--"British Foreign Office denies pursuing closed-door talks; Miliband says UK will press disarmament"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363400&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) Another report by Guantanamo Bay ex-detainee Binyam Mohamed on alleged torture by Moroccans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160238/How-MI5-colluded-torture-Binyam-Mohamed-claims-British-agents-fed-Moroccan-torturers-questions--WORLD-EXCLUSIVE.html

(UK) Hundreds expected at anti-sharia demo in London
http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2009/03/hundreds-expected-at-antisharia-demo-in-london.html

Commentaries:

(UK) Telegraph: "Sensitivity to religion cannot dictate the course of the law -- Consistency demands that Hizbollah's spokesman be banned from entering Britain"
-- regarding Ibrahim Moussawi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/4954427/Sensitivity-to-religion-cannot-dictate-the-course-of-the-law.html
--- Comment: Ignores the larger issue that is UK is negotiating with Hezbollah, that UK has larger "consistency" problems than only Ibrahim Moussawi

(UK) Melanie Phillips: "Beware the new axis of evangelicals and Islamists"
http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles-new/?p=649
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/3409686/beware-the-new-axis-of-evangelicals-and-islamists.thtml
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025129.php

March 06, 2009

March 6, 2009 News

(UK) Daily Mail removes reference to Muslim husband telling his wife to read the Qur'an as he strangled her
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025128.php
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/honor-killing-using-both-hands-to-squeeze-her-windpipe-he-told-her-to-read-her-koran.html
--- Family's fury at legal blunders that left husband free to stab wife to death - despite her warnings he would kill her -- Sabina Akhtar

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1159901/Familys-fury-legal-blunders-left-husband-free-stab-wife-death--despite-warnings-kill-her.html
--- "Using both hands to squeeze her windpipe he told her to read her Koran adding: 'Read whatever other stuff you need to read now. This is your final hour.' The arrival of his brother stopped the attack but Mannan left shouting: 'I'm going to get a knife and when I return I'm going to slaughter you."
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U54NM9QE5VY/SbF5P8PhWMI/AAAAAAAAGVY/OnqppsFQ-SQ/s1600-h/DailyMailWhitewash.jpg
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22Using%20both%20hands%20to%20squeeze%20her%20windpipe%20he%20told%20her%20to%20read%20her%20Koran%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

(UK) Gym club banned from holding classes at girls school after Muslim parents complain about boy members
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1159992/Gym-club-banned-holding-classes-girls-school-Muslim-parents-complain-boy-members.html?ITO=1490

(UK) British Union promotes lobby for Gaza
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/index.cfm/id/CD942B97-9961-436A-AF91E0319F22C60C

(UK) Scotland: Markets need morality, Gordon Brown tells Labour conference
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/4949681/Markets-need-morality-Gordon-Brown-tells-Labour-conference.html

(UK) Government Capitulating to Islamic Law if Shari'ah Finance Regulations Changed as Proposed
-- "if they change the current financial regulations to accommodate Shari'ah Finance and issue sukuk bonds, following recommended changes to the Legislative Framework for the Regulation of Alternative Finance Investment Bonds (Sukuk) as proposed"
http://www.earnedmedia.org/clc0306.htm


Commentaries:

(UK) "Labour Goverment To Allow Hezbollah's Moussawi Into The United Kingdom"
-- NOTE: this is writer's speculation based on willingness of UK to negotiate with "political" branch of terror group Hezbollah - not a press report of something that has actually happened per se
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/06/labour-goverment-to-allow-hezbollahs-moussawi-into-the-united-kingdom/

March 05, 2009

March 4 and 5, 2009 News

UK ready for Hezbollah talks
-- "Bill Rammell, the Foreign Office minister, told MPs the government would authorize 'carefully selected' contacts with the political wing of Hezbollah"
http://www.geo.tv/3-5-2009/36590.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7927025.stm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068809.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/05/mideast/mideast.php

--- We are all Hezbollah now in the FCO - by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3414536/we-are-all-hezbollah-now-in-the-fco.thtml

March 03, 2009

March 3, 2009 News


(UK) Call to ban Islamic meeting - Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/545/Call-to-ban-Islamic-meeting.5034541.jp

(UK) One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain
-- March 7 - London's Trafalgar Square from 330-430pm
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/03/one-law-for-all-campaign-against-sharia-law-in-britain/
http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/

March 02, 2009

March 2, 2009 News


(UK) Banned cleric Omar Bakri addresses conference at London primary school
--- "Omar Bakri, the radical cleric banned from Britain, has addressed a conference at a primary school in London in which he called for the country to become an Islamic state"
--- "Bakri told his followers: 'The existence of the Islamic state is a necessity for justice to be established... Islam is the future'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4903920/Banned-cleric-Omar-Bakri-addresses-conference-at-London-primary-school.html

(UK) Quilliam Foundation: We want a more British Islam
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/02/religion-islam-quilliam-imams
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/anya-hart-dyke

March 01, 2009

March 1, 2009 News

(UK) Al Muhajiroun Holds a Segregated March
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/01/al-muhajiroun-holds-a-segregated-march/
-- on UK for Islam leaflet, "You'll note that the telephone number on that leaflet is the same one used by Al Muhajiroun and Anjem Choudhry’s Society of Muslim Lawyers - an Al Muhaj front - in the late 1990s"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/islam4ukleaflet.jpghttp://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/islam4ukleaflet.jpg

(UK) Former British resident: 'Wage Jihad against the Jews' -- Zaghloul al-Naggar
http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2009/02/former-british-resident-wage-jihad-against-the-jews.html

UK terror attack 'rehearsal'-- emergency services exercise
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7916756.stm

(UK) Catholic Church slams new code of conduct forcing teachers to promote Islam
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158406/Catholic-Church-slams-new-code-conduct-forcing-teachers-promote-Islam-gay-rights.html?ITO=1490


Commentaries:

(UK) Which is worse - Islamic terrorism or Muslim ghettos?  by Damian Thompson
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/03/01/which_is_worse__islamic_terrorism_or_muslim_ghettos

(UK) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Why Muslims will not fight for freedom
-- "They ignore campaigns for the good of all, refusing to accept that non-Muslims are equal"
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-why-muslims-will-not-fight-for-freedom-1635153.html


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