Tag Archives: Islamic Forum Europe

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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Islamic Forum Europe blogger misunderstands secularism

By Guest | Published: July 24, 2009
This is a guest post by al-Qanaas al-Masri **** Last week, a blogger on the website of Islamic Forum Europe, a Jamaat-e-Islami front organisation based in East London, weighed into the debate about the ethics of assisted suicide. Unfortunately the writer, one Nahid Mortuza, only showed succeeded in showing themselves hopelessly confused about what secularism is. Mortuza [...]
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Mainstreaming Extremism

By Faisal | Published: July 3, 2009
Abdullah Hasan writes his views on how the government can tackle Islamic extremism on the Islamic Forum Europe (IFE) blog: The ways the government can eradicate extremism is by acknowledging that their foreign policy and their draconian laws against Muslims play an immense part in radicalising Muslims. They need to work with mainstream Muslim organisations such as [...]
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Welcome back, Azad Ali

By Faisal | Published: June 27, 2009
Although the news has not been confirmed, we have come to learn that Azad Ali, the Islamist civil servant who was suspended from his job in HM Treasury for publishing anti-British and pro-jihadi views on the Islamic Forum Europe (IFE) blog is, according to Inayat Bunglawala’s site IEngage, “back at work”. I discussed Azad Ali’s pro-jihadi [...]
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Has Tower Hamlets Council been Infiltrated by Islamists?

By Faisal | Published: June 15, 2009
Information about the high levels of interwoven activity between Labour Party councillors working for Tower Hamlets council and Islamist activists in East London Mosque (London Muslim Centre) appears to be reaching the public domain. An article in the Sunday Express yesterday, by Ted Jeory, details the extent to which the Labour party in Tower Hamlets is [...]
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