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Muslim Aid’s International Network

By Cross Post | Published: February 28, 2011

This is a cross-post by Chris Blackburn originally published in e-Bangladesh

Muslim Aid UK and its affiliates such as the UK Islamic Mission have close ties to Pakistan’s largest Islamic fundamentalist party- the Jamaat-i-Islami. I have previously written a series of articles on Muslim Aid and the Muslim Council of Britain’s ties to Jamaat for David Horowitz’s frontpagemag.com in 2005.[1] As a result we were threatened with legal action by the trustees of both organisations.[2]

My investigations were originally centred on Jamaat’s links to Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and a charity front called KOMPAK which is based in Indonesia. Some of the al-Qaeda hijackers attended a final planning session for the 9/11 attacks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2000. Riduan Isamuddin (a.k.a. Hambali), a senior KOMPAK leader attended the conference. Intelligence officials now believe that the al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole in Yemen was also planned at the meeting. The core leadership of KOMPAK have been arrested for having ties to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah, a radical jihadi group which is believed to be behind the Bali bombings and other atrocities. KOMPAK was funded by Muslim Aid UK.

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Mawdudi: The Godfather of Islamism

By Guest | Published: March 2, 2010

This is a re-post of an article by Raziq first posted in August 2009

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There is a common misconception that the roots of radical Islamism stem from grievances in the Middle East i.e. Israel/Palestine. This is actually not true. The Indian Sub-continent is just as responsible for radical Islamism as the Middle East is thanks to one man in particular, largely ignored in the Western media, Maulana Mawdudi. In this article I will be looking at Mawdudi’s personality and ideology.

Mawdudi was the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), an Islamist party in the Indian sub-continent (the counterpart of the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt). In the early part of his life he was a newspaper editor. He had no theological grounding as a scholar, rather he was a self-taught man with a passion for political authority. He was a key influence on many Islamist ideologues.

According to historian Philip Jenkins:

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Prizewinning Islamists

By Yossarian | Published: August 26, 2009

The nominations are in for the Charity Times Awards 2009 and a familiar name has made the shortlist – twice!

Charity Principal of the Year:

Catriona McPhee-Smith, CEO, Inspire

Ed Bracher, CEO, Riding for the Disabled Association

Emma Jayne Cross, CEO, Beatbullying

Dilowar Hussain Khan, executive director, East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre

Jane Davis, Director, The Reader Organisation

Jeanette Allen, CEO, MedicAlert Foundation

Howard Sinclair, CEO, Broadway Homelessness & Support

Steve Kirk, CEO, St Lukes Hospice

And also:

Trustee Board of the Year:

Broadway Homelessness & Support

East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Tyneside Rape Crisis Centre

You can admire the list of trustees of this fine Jamaat-e-Islami linked establishment here.

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Mawdudi: The Godfather of Islamism

By Guest | Published: August 25, 2009

This is a guest post by Raziq

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There is a common misconception that the roots of radical Islamism stem from grievances in the Middle East i.e. Israel/Palestine. This is actually not true. The Indian Sub-continent is just as responsible for radical Islamism as the Middle East is thanks to one man in particular, largely ignored in the Western media, Maulana Mawdudi. In this article I will be looking at Mawdudi’s personality and ideology.

Mawdudi was the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), an Islamist party in the Indian sub-continent (the counterpart of the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt). In the early part of his life he was a newspaper editor. He had no theological grounding as a scholar, rather he was a self-taught man with a passion for political authority. He was a key influence on many Islamist ideologues.

According to historian Philip Jenkins:

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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

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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 wrote:

“The news of Sir Edward Downes’ and his wife’s decision to end their lives at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland has once more brought forward a discussion on whether an individual should have the freedom and right to die at a time of their choosing, with assistance from others. Although I disagree with the notion, I understand the basis of the argument that the right to die should be as fundamental as the right to live.

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