By Faisal | Published:
November 17, 2009
A shortened version of this article has been published on Comment is Free
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It is now clear US Army Major Nidal Hasan had a series of connections to the Islamist cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki . For those of us who have studied, with increasing concern, the extreme teachings of this cleric, this tragedy is the inevitable consequence of un-checked Islamist radicalisation. This situation has been made all the more distressing by the apparent lack of concern shown by the US Intelligence and Military authorities in taking Awlaki’s influence seriously.
Even before Major Nidal had fired a single bullet in Fort Hood, the US authorities knew about his increasingly vocal radicalisation and that he had attended the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Virgina at the time Awlaki was its head Imam. Nidal had also been the subject of an FBI investigation after it was discovered that he made communication with Awlaki by email. There was certainly no lack of overt clues.
Posted in Islamism | Also tagged al-Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, Azad Ali, Cageprisoners, Cordoba Foundation, East London Mosque, Inayat Bunglawala, Islamic Forum Europe, Moazzem Begg, Muslim Association of Britain, Osama Saeed |
By Guest | Published:
October 19, 2009
This is a guest-post by Al-Qanaas Al-Masri
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The Enemy (according to the BMI)
At the risk of sounding like Richard Littlejohn, sometimes you just can’t make it up. In response to the Guardian’s report on Saturday on how the government’s ‘Prevent’ counter-extremism programme is allegedly being used to spy on British Muslims, the British Muslim Initiative, a moribund Muslim Brotherhood front-group run by former Muslim Association of Britain spokesman Anas Al-Tikriti, briefly stirred into life in order to issue a single crazed press-release:
BMI president Muhammad Sawalha said, “This campaign of espionage is a hallmark of totalitarian societies. It is an unfortunate throw back to the Cold War years when spying was the order of the day.”
“We are deeply aggrieved that such measures should be adopted to target law-abiding citizens in a modern democracy”, he added.
Posted in Islamism, PVE | Also tagged Chemistry, The BMI |
By Retired | Published:
June 17, 2009
As if there weren’t enough Islamist front groups out there, now Islamophobia Watch is announcing the formation of another one – Kafa (meaning “enough” in Arabic) which is to be launched at this (pdf) event.
Kafa*/Enough Launch Meeting
Defend the Muslim community
Friday 26 June 6.30pm
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, London EC1
(Opposite Liverpool St tube)
*Kafa is arabic for enough
Speakers include:
George Galloway MP, Daud Abdullah, Diane Abbott MP, Anas al Tikriti, Ismael Patel, Lindsey German
Stop attacks on the Muslim community
Muslims in Britain are facing attacks on many fronts. These include:
- The high-profile arrests under terror legislation of Muslims who are subsequently released without charge, creating a climate of fear and harassment;
- An increase in violent attacks on Muslims in the streets and on Muslim places of worship;
- The targetting of Muslims by the far-right British National Party;
