Tag Archives: Azad Ali

Anwar al-Awlaki and his British Friends

By Faisal | Published: November 17, 2009
A shortened version of this article has been published on Comment is Free **** 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 [...]
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Is the head of the Civil Service Islamic Society lying about Anwar al-Awlaki?

By Guest | Published: November 12, 2009
This is a guest post by Al-Qanaas Al-Masri **** The head of the Civil Service Islamic Society, Azad Ali, has today sought to clarify his long-standing support for Anwar Awlaki, the pro-jihadi preacher who apparently inspired, and possibly orchestrated, the recent Fort Hood shootings in the US. The Times has quoted Ali as saying of Awlaki’s views: [...]
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Head of Civil Service Islamic Society tells Muslims to ‘resist’ Prevent programme

By Guest | Published: November 9, 2009
This is a guest post by al-Qanaas al-Masri **** Azad Ali, the head of the Civil Service Islamic Society, has called on Muslims to ‘resist’ the government’s counter-terrorism ‘Prevent’ programme. Ali, who also works at HM Treasury, said that the Prevent programme aimed to ‘hurry people away’ from the Muslim religion and to ‘help non-Muslims increase in their [...]
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