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		<title>By: Yaser</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-26951</link>
		<dc:creator>Yaser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This sell-out mentions &#039;Sheikh [Hamza Yusuf ?] Hanson&#039; in his book ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This sell-out mentions &#8216;Sheikh [Hamza Yusuf ?] Hanson&#8217; in his book ?</p>
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		<title>By: DrM</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1494</link>
		<dc:creator>DrM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ash, last I checked Pakistanis were not at the bottom of the learning curve as you claim. Sure you&#039;re not some Indian clown with an axe to grind. Speaking out against UK state terrorism is not hatred but an act of courage.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ash, last I checked Pakistanis were not at the bottom of the learning curve as you claim. Sure you&#8217;re not some Indian clown with an axe to grind. Speaking out against UK state terrorism is not hatred but an act of courage.</p>
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		<title>By: ash</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1493</link>
		<dc:creator>ash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You lable all asians as muslims, well we are not. You don&#039;t see other asian faiths using the hate angle you seem to love. We other asian love this country, with all it&#039;s faults. We respect it&#039;s culture and values, also we respect it&#039;s laws even if we don&#039;t agree with them. Tell me why pakistani children are near the bottom of the learning curve? Because they are told that as long as the learn the koran they countries tax payers will pay them.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You lable all asians as muslims, well we are not. You don&#8217;t see other asian faiths using the hate angle you seem to love. We other asian love this country, with all it&#8217;s faults. We respect it&#8217;s culture and values, also we respect it&#8217;s laws even if we don&#8217;t agree with them. Tell me why pakistani children are near the bottom of the learning curve? Because they are told that as long as the learn the koran they countries tax payers will pay them.</p>
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		<title>By: Hammad</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1492</link>
		<dc:creator>Hammad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am from Pakistan which is target of notorious terrorism being carried out in the name of Islam. My fellow pakistanis are being killed on regular basis by a 18 year old religious zealot, paradise,or hoor seeker.

It goes without saying that organizations like Hizb utahrir are brain washing innocent youngsters and turning them into human bombs. Even if they are not involved in terrorist activities yet they develop strong animosity against non.muslims and even those muslims who refuse to confirm their mode of Islam.
Hizb is living in fools&#039; paradise and pushing youngsters into an imaginary world &quot;islamic state&quot;...

It can be said without the shadow of any doubt that majority of muslims reject your fanatic mode of ISLAM which is purely based on hatred and prejudice.
It is also a fact that Ed Hussain exposed HT in such a manner that you are clueless, how to counter the truth. Now &quot;THE ISLAMIST&quot; has become a red rag to the bull of radicalism.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am from Pakistan which is target of notorious terrorism being carried out in the name of Islam. My fellow pakistanis are being killed on regular basis by a 18 year old religious zealot, paradise,or hoor seeker.</p>

<p>It goes without saying that organizations like Hizb utahrir are brain washing innocent youngsters and turning them into human bombs. Even if they are not involved in terrorist activities yet they develop strong animosity against non.muslims and even those muslims who refuse to confirm their mode of Islam.
Hizb is living in fools&#8217; paradise and pushing youngsters into an imaginary world &#8220;islamic state&#8221;&#8230;</p>

<p>It can be said without the shadow of any doubt that majority of muslims reject your fanatic mode of ISLAM which is purely based on hatred and prejudice.
It is also a fact that Ed Hussain exposed HT in such a manner that you are clueless, how to counter the truth. Now &#8220;THE ISLAMIST&#8221; has become a red rag to the bull of radicalism.</p>
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		<title>By: sunni</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1491</link>
		<dc:creator>sunni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>irfan alawi is a liar and an idiot who claims to be a doctor in law. what a joke checkout his fluent speaking at presstv.com. these ppl have the nerve to criticise shaykh hamza
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>irfan alawi is a liar and an idiot who claims to be a doctor in law. what a joke checkout his fluent speaking at presstv.com. these ppl have the nerve to criticise shaykh hamza</p>
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		<title>By: Jak</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1490</link>
		<dc:creator>Jak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s a good critique of husain et al on
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.islamic-considerations.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.islamic-considerations.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.islamic-considerations.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

and of their theology on
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abu-ibrahim.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abu-ibrahim.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.abu-ibrahim.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a good critique of husain et al on
<a href="http://www.islamic-considerations.blogspot.com"></a><a href="http://www.islamic-considerations.blogspot.com">http://www.islamic-considerations.blogspot.com</a></p>

<p>and of their theology on
<a href="http://www.abu-ibrahim.blogspot.com"></a><a href="http://www.abu-ibrahim.blogspot.com">http://www.abu-ibrahim.blogspot.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Musa Evans</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1489</link>
		<dc:creator>Musa Evans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From Rejection to Extremism

During the late 1990’s when large swathes of Muslim youth where rediscovering their faith and shedding the notion  of complete subservience to material, personal and worldly propensities, there were several well-intended groups who had a weak , defective or non-existent understanding of the fundamentals of this faith such as Tawhid (Pure Monotheism), Ibadat (Acts of worship), Uloom ul Deen (Study of Islam), Islamic Tarbiyah (Islamic education), Tazkiyah (Self-purification) , Khuluqul Muslim (Muslim character building), etc. One such grouping, though fairly active in Dawah, prematurely introduced, over zealously force-fed and indoctrinated young, excitable and emotional minds with issues of a global nature for which they where not prepared. Many discerning, moderate and committed brothers and sisters who had been working for the cause of Islam since when these people where yet twinkles in their fathers eyes, persistently advised and admonished them against this intolerant methodology of stirring hatred, dissention and fitna in their respective communities. Due to a lack of and under-developed Islamic character the usual reaction from them was demeaning sneers and disrespectful verbal and physical assaults, some of which were even caught on camera. They knew it all, they were the ones who carried the ‘truth’…as predicted all this emotional attachment, hype and confusion led to many from amongst them discarding the faith completely once the group disintegrated into splinters and opposing factions.

Astonishingly today, we are seeing the re-emergence of ex-members of this very group, who have left the organisation, after spending many years propagating and dispensing its radical, obtuse, one-topic message, which has no doubt contributed to our current state of insecurity and national scrutiny, only to now renege and vault across the ideological expanse to the opposite mystical, folk, superstitous, pacifist, culturally convoluted and appeasement extreme, which is today in favour. They are found challenging and disputing the Divinely and Prophetically endorsed vision of just and equitable forms of Islamic governance, as practiced by the rightly guided caliphs and their successors. A caliphate, which in its dynamic period was at the heart of a great civilisation, leading the world in science, philosophy, law, maths, medicine and astronomy.

&quot;Then We revealed the Book to you, (O Muhammed), with Truth, confirming whatever of the Book was revealed before, and protecting and guarding over it. Judge then, in the affairs of man in accordance with the Law that Allah has revealed, and do not follow their desires in disregard of the Truth which has come to you. For each of you We have appointed a Law and a way of life.&quot; (Al Ma’idah 5:48)

Under the patronage and praise of known Islamaphobes and right-wing policy think tanks, these individuals today question the authority of Allah, they engender the campaign to malign and undermine Islam by precipitating manipulative and fallacious misnomer terminologies such as Islamo-Fascism and Islamism, they now have the audacity to preach to people of the middle-path, those who have always worked inclusively and systematically for the betterment of their communities in all spheres, understanding that this holistic faith is one which persists from cradle to grave, for the sake and pleasure of the Almighty, to serve humankind.

“Believers! If any of you should ever turn away from your faith, remember that Allah will raise up a people whom He loves and who love Him; a people humble towards the believers, and firm towards the unbelievers; who will strive hard in the way of Allah and will not fear the reproach of the reproacher. This is the favour of Allah which He grants to whom He wills. Allah is All Resourceful, All Knowing.” (Al Ma’idah 5:54)

On Friday the 2nd of November, Mr Majid Nawaz a former senior member of the religiously impoverished national executive of Hizbut Tahrir, unashamedly delivered his nefariously skewed and disjointed new methodology and turncoat credentials. With his consorts and partners in desertion and secularism, Ed Hussain, Gayasudeen Siddiqui and Mr Rashad in attendance, he implicitly denounced the concept of the Sovereignty of the Majestic over his creation, with his pathetic, lamentable and sometimes comical analogies and now freethinking narratives. What was most difficult to bear, was that his former masters and co-conspirators in prejudice and the dogmatically flawed approach he pursed for so many years, did not even have the decency, the courage or the sense of duty, to send any strong representatives to denounce or confront his views, something in which they used to revel in the past, when shouting down humble, moderate yet principally and scholarly far superior brothers and sisters, whose designs have been proven to bear much sweeter fruits, by the grace of Allah (swt).

Their non-attendance to even challenge him is a clear testament of their true communal sentiments, duplicity and failure as an organisation, which has been the cause of leading people like Mr Rashad, Mr Shiraz, Mr Hussain, Mr Nawaz and who knows how many others astray. A Hizb (party, sect or cult) which has ultimately done more harm to this community than good, a community whose tolerance towards them will no doubt wane. Now that their true colours have been exposed, God-willing they will soon be the recipients of righteous hecklers and leaflet distributors, at future events they organise, no doubt concerning the one and only topic they think they are qualified to speak about, &#039;Khilafa&#039;. I would recommend brothers to visit their exhibition stand at the upcoming GPU event, to question their 12 year stand and the damage they have done to sections of our second generation. The independant organisers of Firday&#039;s event, City Circle, should also contemplate their decision to give such individuals an open platform to spew their inconsistent claptrap, with minimum scrutiny and inquest. In pursuit of dialogue, debate and discussion, one can not allow injury to Allah (swt)&#039;s cause, through the indirect advocation of deviant ideas, which attempt to subvert the enduring message of the Qur&#039;an &amp; Sunnah. May Allah (swt) bless, guide and aid them in selecting their speakers more diligently.

We pray that Allah (swt) strengthens and blesses the true callers, thinkers, scholars and activists of Islam, whose consistent contribution to the establishment of institutions, schools, national organisations, Mosques, youth groups and publications here and across the Muslim world, stems from the notion that Islam is comprehensive for all areas of life in the quest for the development, progression, benevolence, peace, harmony and establishment of a God-conscious society and harmonious, Insha&#039;Allah.  I pray that Allah (swt) protects, preserves and elevates our Deen and its devoted, patient and sincere adherents.

Wasalamu&#039; Alaikum,
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Rejection to Extremism</p>

<p>During the late 1990’s when large swathes of Muslim youth where rediscovering their faith and shedding the notion  of complete subservience to material, personal and worldly propensities, there were several well-intended groups who had a weak , defective or non-existent understanding of the fundamentals of this faith such as Tawhid (Pure Monotheism), Ibadat (Acts of worship), Uloom ul Deen (Study of Islam), Islamic Tarbiyah (Islamic education), Tazkiyah (Self-purification) , Khuluqul Muslim (Muslim character building), etc. One such grouping, though fairly active in Dawah, prematurely introduced, over zealously force-fed and indoctrinated young, excitable and emotional minds with issues of a global nature for which they where not prepared. Many discerning, moderate and committed brothers and sisters who had been working for the cause of Islam since when these people where yet twinkles in their fathers eyes, persistently advised and admonished them against this intolerant methodology of stirring hatred, dissention and fitna in their respective communities. Due to a lack of and under-developed Islamic character the usual reaction from them was demeaning sneers and disrespectful verbal and physical assaults, some of which were even caught on camera. They knew it all, they were the ones who carried the ‘truth’…as predicted all this emotional attachment, hype and confusion led to many from amongst them discarding the faith completely once the group disintegrated into splinters and opposing factions.</p>

<p>Astonishingly today, we are seeing the re-emergence of ex-members of this very group, who have left the organisation, after spending many years propagating and dispensing its radical, obtuse, one-topic message, which has no doubt contributed to our current state of insecurity and national scrutiny, only to now renege and vault across the ideological expanse to the opposite mystical, folk, superstitous, pacifist, culturally convoluted and appeasement extreme, which is today in favour. They are found challenging and disputing the Divinely and Prophetically endorsed vision of just and equitable forms of Islamic governance, as practiced by the rightly guided caliphs and their successors. A caliphate, which in its dynamic period was at the heart of a great civilisation, leading the world in science, philosophy, law, maths, medicine and astronomy.</p>

<p>&#8220;Then We revealed the Book to you, (O Muhammed), with Truth, confirming whatever of the Book was revealed before, and protecting and guarding over it. Judge then, in the affairs of man in accordance with the Law that Allah has revealed, and do not follow their desires in disregard of the Truth which has come to you. For each of you We have appointed a Law and a way of life.&#8221; (Al Ma’idah 5:48)</p>

<p>Under the patronage and praise of known Islamaphobes and right-wing policy think tanks, these individuals today question the authority of Allah, they engender the campaign to malign and undermine Islam by precipitating manipulative and fallacious misnomer terminologies such as Islamo-Fascism and Islamism, they now have the audacity to preach to people of the middle-path, those who have always worked inclusively and systematically for the betterment of their communities in all spheres, understanding that this holistic faith is one which persists from cradle to grave, for the sake and pleasure of the Almighty, to serve humankind.</p>

<p>“Believers! If any of you should ever turn away from your faith, remember that Allah will raise up a people whom He loves and who love Him; a people humble towards the believers, and firm towards the unbelievers; who will strive hard in the way of Allah and will not fear the reproach of the reproacher. This is the favour of Allah which He grants to whom He wills. Allah is All Resourceful, All Knowing.” (Al Ma’idah 5:54)</p>

<p>On Friday the 2nd of November, Mr Majid Nawaz a former senior member of the religiously impoverished national executive of Hizbut Tahrir, unashamedly delivered his nefariously skewed and disjointed new methodology and turncoat credentials. With his consorts and partners in desertion and secularism, Ed Hussain, Gayasudeen Siddiqui and Mr Rashad in attendance, he implicitly denounced the concept of the Sovereignty of the Majestic over his creation, with his pathetic, lamentable and sometimes comical analogies and now freethinking narratives. What was most difficult to bear, was that his former masters and co-conspirators in prejudice and the dogmatically flawed approach he pursed for so many years, did not even have the decency, the courage or the sense of duty, to send any strong representatives to denounce or confront his views, something in which they used to revel in the past, when shouting down humble, moderate yet principally and scholarly far superior brothers and sisters, whose designs have been proven to bear much sweeter fruits, by the grace of Allah (swt).</p>

<p>Their non-attendance to even challenge him is a clear testament of their true communal sentiments, duplicity and failure as an organisation, which has been the cause of leading people like Mr Rashad, Mr Shiraz, Mr Hussain, Mr Nawaz and who knows how many others astray. A Hizb (party, sect or cult) which has ultimately done more harm to this community than good, a community whose tolerance towards them will no doubt wane. Now that their true colours have been exposed, God-willing they will soon be the recipients of righteous hecklers and leaflet distributors, at future events they organise, no doubt concerning the one and only topic they think they are qualified to speak about, &#8216;Khilafa&#8217;. I would recommend brothers to visit their exhibition stand at the upcoming GPU event, to question their 12 year stand and the damage they have done to sections of our second generation. The independant organisers of Firday&#8217;s event, City Circle, should also contemplate their decision to give such individuals an open platform to spew their inconsistent claptrap, with minimum scrutiny and inquest. In pursuit of dialogue, debate and discussion, one can not allow injury to Allah (swt)&#8217;s cause, through the indirect advocation of deviant ideas, which attempt to subvert the enduring message of the Qur&#8217;an &#038; Sunnah. May Allah (swt) bless, guide and aid them in selecting their speakers more diligently.</p>

<p>We pray that Allah (swt) strengthens and blesses the true callers, thinkers, scholars and activists of Islam, whose consistent contribution to the establishment of institutions, schools, national organisations, Mosques, youth groups and publications here and across the Muslim world, stems from the notion that Islam is comprehensive for all areas of life in the quest for the development, progression, benevolence, peace, harmony and establishment of a God-conscious society and harmonious, Insha&#8217;Allah.  I pray that Allah (swt) protects, preserves and elevates our Deen and its devoted, patient and sincere adherents.</p>

<p>Wasalamu&#8217; Alaikum,</p>
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		<title>By: AbdulHaq al-Ashanti</title>
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		<dc:creator>AbdulHaq al-Ashanti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[Link](http://www.salafimanhaj.com/pdf/SalafiManhaj_RAND.pdf)
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		<title>By: Ahmed</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1487</link>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ed Hussain and Irfan al-Alwai - two cheeks of the same backside as George Galloway would say!
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		<title>By: Yunus Yakoub Islam</title>
		<link>http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/10/ed_husain_and_other_dividers#comment-1486</link>
		<dc:creator>Yunus Yakoub Islam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I was at Uni in the early 90s, when my Islam Soc was dominated by Wahhabis. Their crimes were many - whacky literalism, anti-Semitism, Westophobia, etc ad naseum - but their main crime was being 18-21, and in that respect, they frequently sounded no different from any other bunch of anarcho lefty student rebel twerps. I was a bit older, but touched bases with them for a while, then belatedly grew up - I strongly suspect most of the brothers did, too. Growing up required me to admit to being very stupid at times, a character flaw it seems &quot;Ed&quot; has yet to confront in himself!
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I was at Uni in the early 90s, when my Islam Soc was dominated by Wahhabis. Their crimes were many - whacky literalism, anti-Semitism, Westophobia, etc ad naseum - but their main crime was being 18-21, and in that respect, they frequently sounded no different from any other bunch of anarcho lefty student rebel twerps. I was a bit older, but touched bases with them for a while, then belatedly grew up - I strongly suspect most of the brothers did, too. Growing up required me to admit to being very stupid at times, a character flaw it seems &#8220;Ed&#8221; has yet to confront in himself!</p>
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