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There have been plenty of persuasive pieces written about supplying arms to the Syrian rebels of late. Notably, last week Nick Cohen wrote how “Syria is bleeding to death and the west stands by” arguing that “the western leadership is shamefully indifferent to the abuses committed by Assad”.
William Hague and David Cameron, along with the French, [...]

Peter Tatchell writes:
The BNP & EDL claim to oppose Islamist extremist bigotry but in reality they generalise and abuse all Muslims. Many of their protests are menacing, even violent.
Islam is not the main problem. Islamist fundamentalism and violent jihad are what we should focus on opposing. It is important to make a clear distinction between [...]

Alan Johnson has a good piece at the World Affairs Journal on the extremist counter-reaction to jihadists. It’s prompted by a recent report by International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College London [PDF], which focuses on the European Counter-Jihad Movement (a notable part of which is the EDL).
Alan says:
We need to [...]

The Evening Standard reports that Uthman Mustafa Kamal, the son of Abu Hamza, has been encouraging ‘mujahids’ to ‘destroy their enemies’ at the An-Noor Mosque in Acton
Farouq Malik, the head of the An-Noor mosque, claimed Mr Kamal was referring to Muslims fighting “occupying forces” in overseas lands, such as Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan.
However, he admitted this [...]

This Friday yet another extremist rally will be held at the East London Mosque.
This time it’s organised by the Young Muslim Organisation (YMO), a youth arm of the Islamic Forum of Europe. The YMO has a history of promoting horrific extremists and terrorists.

The speakers at this Friday’s event are fanatics for Hamas. Daud Abdullah is [...]

Khalid Al-Fikri is an Egyptian Islamist preacher who has found refuge in the UK.
He has abused his new home by spreading hatred and intolerance wherever he can.
This makes him a perfect guest for the East London Mosque’s London Muslim Centre, where he is due to speak on the 16th of March.

This post documents the depravity [...]

David Aaronovitch returns to Iraq in his column in The Times today (£). He writes as we reach the tenth anniversary of the parliamentary debate that gave the go ahead for Britain’s part in the invasion of Iraq and two weeks before we had the anniversary of the ‘Great Iraq Demonstration’. A march that will forever [...]

Tens of thousands of Tunisians turned out for the funeral of the assassinated opposition leader Chokri Belaid– a leftwing secularist and a staunch critic of the Islamist Ennahda Party government.

Many of those mourning Belaid expressed anger at the government, which they accuse of allowing a climate of political violence to spread unchecked.
On the capital’s central [...]

This blog has chronicled numerous Labour MPs helping, promoting and whitewashing extremists.
The problem goes right to the top of the party.
Earlier this month Ed Miliband appeared at an “invitation only” Labour event for Muslims at the London Central Mosque. For party company he had Labour MPs Sadiq Khan and Andy Slaughter, two inveterate helpers [...]

On the 23rd December, at a venue yet to be announced, a conference entitled ‘Five Great Men’ (a reference to those who are seen as precursors to Muhammed within Islam) will feature the following speakers:
Ustaad Murtaza Khan
Abu Abdisalaam
Imam waseem kempson
Sheikh Abu Usama Ad-Dharbi
Imam Shakeel Begg
Raheem Jung (Islam Channel)
Murtaza Khan has come out with these statements:
“We [...]