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The IHRC (Islamic Human Rights Commission), who organise pro-Hezbollah “Al-Quds Day” demonstrations with Azzam “Kaboom” Tamimi, and criticised the conviction of Abu Hamza as “creating an environment that can only further alienate the Muslim community”, have accused the Community Security Trust of demonising Islam and Muslims.

Many of the articles published on the CST website explore issues related to Islam and Muslims. These articles express Islamophobic views both against Muslims and against Islam itself. CST writers such as Michael Whine, Mark Gardener and Dave Rich centre their arguments upon an Orientalist reading of Islam and its history to fill out stereotypes about Islam and Muslims. Although the CST articles attempt to deal with contemporary issues, the arguments presented throughout the website are fixed in a skewed historical discourse about Islam. Their writings serve to demonize Islam and depict its adherents as being an intolerant and violent ‘other’.