Harry's Place

I don’t believe either of the recent posts on the UAF notes its connection with Michael Adebolajo, one of the Woolwich murderers.  According to this article he spoke at a rally organised by the UAF at Harrow Central Mosque back in 2009.
We are not scared of Kuffar … my brothers remain in your ranks and [...]

There is no good time to team up with Islamist extremists. There are also especially bad times to make such a foolish move. The aftermath of the terrorist murder in Woolwich is one of those times.
Yet this is exactly what the self-styled “anti-racists” of Unite Against Fascism (UAF) say they will do tomorrow [...]

This is a cross-post by Stand for Peace
iEngage is an organisation which claims it  ”works with Muslim and non Muslim organisations to ensure that anti-Muslim prejudice is regarded just as socially unacceptable as anti-Semitism and other forms of racism and xenophobia”
In truth, iEngage is an Islamist organisation that defends hate preachers.
iEngage was launched in October 2008, with [...]

The Guardian reports:
A Muslim couple were assembling components of a home-made bomb to attack Jewish neighbourhoods after becoming radicalised by al-Qaida propaganda on the internet, a court heard on Wednesday.
Mohammed Sajid Khan, 33, and his wife, Shasta, 38, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, bought substances and equipment from supermarkets to assemble an improvised explosive device to [...]

Unite Against Fascism has just elected, as its Vice Chair, the Islamic Forum Europe’s Azad Ali.
Here’s a report by the AWL’s Sacha Ismail:
Meanwhile the alliance with right-wing political Islam continues, now in the shape of the East London-based Islamic Forum of Europe, whose Azad Ali was “elected” UAF vice chair. No one on the left, [...]

This is a guest post by Arthur
Toby Cadman is a barrister who makes his living representing those accused of war crimes. He is presently instructed by the Jamaat-e-Islami genocidaires, whose war crimes trial is currently being bungled by the Bangladesh government
Whatever you may think of his clients, Toby Cadman is performing a very important function [...]

As we discussed yesterday, Jonathan Freedland believes that when Harry’s Place publishes articles – by Muslim liberals – expressing concern about the extreme politics of the East London Mosque/London Muslim Centre, this constitutes “monstering“:
[T]here are plenty of Muslim moderates we could meet. Trouble is, most are rapidly deemed beyond the pale by our community’s self-appointed [...]

On December 15, a multifaith “peace procession” will take place in East London. However, one of the leading institutions involved in this event is a regular hoster and promoter of murderous homophobes, vile racists, supporters of terrorism, and enemies of liberal and democratic values.
That institution is, of course, the London Muslim Centre/East London Mosque: which has [...]

This is a cross-post from Ted Jeory
Ever heard of the Muslim Professionals Forum? Me neither. It has a slightly dated website here and it is run out of an office alongside the Limehouse Cut by a Mohammed Khaled Noor. He is an immigration lawyer and styles himself as a “barrister”; he may well be but [...]

Paul Goodman’s mid term report on the implementation of the Coalition Government’s Prevent strategy gives three cases by which progress may be judged.
First, the Government does not engage with the Muslim Council of Britain (“MCB”).
Secondly, the Government continues to engage with the Federation of Islamic Student Islamic Societies (“FOSIS”). As is well known, five people [...]