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Abdulmutallab’s ISoc and University of Birmingham ISoc – A Connection?

By Guest | Published: February 11, 2011

This is a guest post by Mr Happy

Just days after Jalal Ibn Saeed, aka Mister “A good death is a slow one”, was allowed to preach his lecture on death at the University of Birmingham, the peace-loving moderates at the University Islamic Society are hosting Abdul Raheem Green on Saturday 12 February.

Abdul Raheem Green is the hate preacher famous for telling his audience that in the event one’s wife should be strayed from the holy path, feel free to beat her into submission, with the caveat, that the beating should be “very light”. I don’t quite know what a very light beating consists of though Green does tells his audience that your beatings shouldn’t leave a mark on your wife.

It also turns out that Green isn’t that keen on gay people either. In a Harry’s Place piece on hate-preachers hosting a conference at the Ibis hotel, it was reported:

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The Conflicting Faces Of The Muslim Brotherhood

By Guest | Published: February 8, 2011

This is a guest post by Mr Happy

As we enter day 15 of the Egyptian protests. The Wall Street Journal has a very interesting piece on the Muslim Brotherhood’s take on the actions of their fellow countrymen.

But first, as sentiments of the Egyptian protests are largely sympathetic across much of the Arab world and the West, there have been some notable endorsements that the Egyptian people could do without. The first, Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Iranian proxy-group Hezbollah:

The latest endorsement of the protesters came Monday when Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the political and militant Shiite group Hezbollah, gave a televised speech to a crowd of several hundred supporters gathered at an auditorium in south Beirut waving Egyptian and Hezbollah flags.

“The resistance Egyptians demonstrate does not differ from the resistance of Hezbollah during the 2006 war with Israel,” Mr. Nasrallah said. “I wish to be with you and offer my blood to support your cause.”

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If you can’t stand behind our troops Salma Yaqoob, get in front of them

By Guest | Published: February 5, 2011

This is a guest post by Mr Happy

What I’ve never understood about zealous left-wingers is their hatred for the military. Maybe they think the military has a massive influence on foreign policy or maybe they just hate our brave men and women and their heroic efforts in the liberation of Iraq and Afghanistan. I don’t know.

But I do know that Salma Yaqoob’s snub of, military hero, Matt Croucher was perhaps the most tasteless action of a far-left politician in some time.

Mr Croucher was awarded the George Cross after he threw himself on a grenade to protect his colleagues. The man is an essay in bravery. His brave actions almost certainly saved his colleagues from injury or death, yet he amazingly survived the attack himself.

He was invited to the Council chambers of Birmingham Council, completely as a non-political actor. He was, rightly, awarded with a standing ovation from spectators and council members except Miss Yaqoob and her fellow hack, Mohammed Ishtiaq.

Posted in Afghan war, The Far Left | 5 Comments

Asim Hafeez: From Nightclub Doorman to Senior Home Office official

By Guest | Published: February 4, 2011

This is a guest post by a brother from Wales

Asim Hafeez was born and raised in Birmingham. As a student he studied at Swansea University in South Wales. He worked as a nightclub doorman/bouncer in both places. During his time at Swansea University he discovered Islamic activism and eventually, through the force of his personality, became an activist preacher. He regularly spoke at the Swansea Mosque, a Salafi/Wahabi institution.

In April 2002 Asim joined the Welsh Assembly Government as a race and religion advisor. He then went on to Head the Equalities unit before taking the lead for the Community Cohesion Strategy. In 2007 Asim became the Prevent Coordinator for the Welsh Assembly Government. In this capacity he was responsible for helping to fund an organisation called the ‘Muslim Council of Wales’ (of which he was also a member). This organisation is believed to have received funding commitments to the tune of £255,000 despite it having cooperated with Islamist groups such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir. To date the money given to the Muslim Council of Wales has not resulted in any useful outcomes. Asim has also spoken publically as a representative of the Muslim Council of Wales on many occasions. What is very concerning is that whilst he was publically representing this organisation, he was also helping to fund it through his role as Prevent Coordinator. This issue raises serious questions and deserves to be investigated. The results of an initial FOI request on this matter can be found here.

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A Divided Egypt

By Guest | Published: February 3, 2011

This is a comment by Karim Sabet in Cairo

I have not been able to sleep from what I think may be a day I hope I will never get to see again. I need to make one thing very very clear to all of you guys watching what is happening from your TV screens. Having spent 8 hours in Tahrir square yesterday, I can say that the majority of the people throwing rocks from the anti-Mubarak demonstrators were not the people I want representing me. Yes i am asking for the president to go, yes I am asking for changes to be made, and yes I will continue to go back there every day for the same cause but I will NOT accept that religious groups hijack what we have been doing for their own agenda.

A large group of the ones organizing them yesterday were people in galabeyas and long beards shouting “Al Jihad fe Sabeel Allah (Jihad in the name of Allah), you have to continue fighting, we will win this war, if you die here today, you will be a martyr and go straight to heaven, don’t stop, fight, fight, fight”.

Posted in Democracy, Islamism | 3 Comments

“A Good Death Is A Slow One”

By Guest | Published: February 3, 2011

Birmingham University ISoc to host the master of the cult of death. This is a guest post by Mr Happy

Today, one of my contacts from the University of Birmingham forwarded me a message on an upcoming event hosted by the Islamic Society.

The event is called “A day in the life of a Gazan Child”. I think we can all guess how that’s going to be played out. But what I haven’t told you is that this talk is in two parts. The first is to do with the Gazan Child but the second is “a presentation on Death” – both hosted by a gentleman by the name of Jalal Ibn Saeed.

It’s well documented that Islamists have made an economy out of the cult of misery and death. Add the two together and don’t stop stirring, and you often form the soft cement of anti-western hatred that hardens into radicalization.

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Tommy Robinson of the EDL: How boring can a guy get

By Guest | Published: February 2, 2011

This is a guest post by Mr Happy

Anyone who watched Newsnight tonight (February 1st 2010) saw the piece they had on the English Defence League. The report was interesting but the interview was quite revealing. EDL leader Stephen Lennon aka, Internet pseudonym, Tommy Robinson was, well, just awful.

The interview went along the lines of Paxman asking rather simplistic questions on Islam and then Tommy whipping out the ‘OMG! Sharia Law is here’ card. Sharia by the way, is pronounced “sha-ree-yah”, but informed Tommy gives it the “I-raq” treatment by pronouncing it as if it were to rhyme with the word ‘pariah’. He also mispronounced the word “Imam”, giving it the EDL-kick of “Inam”. But, these are all forgivable shenanigans.

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The Hijab is Bad For Your Health

By Guest | Published: February 1, 2011

This is a guest post by Abu Wannabe Arab

I was watching the Big Questions last Sunday morning and I heard a woman from the audience talk about the rise of rickets in Bradford, especially amongst female members of the Muslim community. So I decided to do a bit of research, i.e. a few Google searches, and discovered that:

“Young children in Bradford are being given free vitamin D after research showed a rise in the number of cases of the bone disorder rickets in the city.

Bradford City Teaching PCT is believed to be the first primary care trust in the country to launch such a scheme.
It decided to act after a study found that between 2000 and 2004, more than 300 children were vitamin D deficient.”

Furthermore:

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When moderates take one step forward, Multiculturalism makes them take ten back

By Guest | Published: February 1, 2011

This is a guest post by Mr Happy

It always makes me uneasy when, instead of wiggling in their seats in our national legislatures, politicians decide to shimmy up to our most private and intimate spaces and order us how to think and react to topical issues.

They have no more virtue than you and I, no more experience in life or are any wiser but, essentially, this is what Baroness Warsi did a few weeks ago with her speech on ‘Islamophobia’.

I’m sure you followed the story but essentially the speech followed a line of anxiousness over Muslim integration and the problems associated. The most interesting part of the speech wasn’t that the Baroness placed the responsibility of Muslim integration mainly of Muslims (because she didn’t) but because her answer to the problems of ‘Islamophobia’ was to tell ordinary Britons that they should feel guilty when discussing Islam over the dinner table.

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