Category Archives: Extremism

Baroness Warsi and Anjem Choudhary: takfir on demand

Lady Warsi: extremists forfeit their right to call themselves Muslim | Politics | The Guardian Baroness (Syeeda) Warsi recently said in an interview with the Guardian that Muslim extremists such as Anjem Choudhary, who led the group which was threatening … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism, Tory stuff | 8 Comments

Review: My Brother, the Islamist

My Brother, the Islamist is a documentary in which a film-maker I had never heard of, named Robb Leach (his home page, incidentally, has no biography or reference to any other work by him), tries to find out why his … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism, Reviews | 9 Comments

Yes, the law DOES apply to middle-class White people

This past week or so, there have been two major news stories in the UK about men arrested for saying things on the Internet that made a strong suggestion of violence that may not have been meant, but because of … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism, Islamophobia, Racism, Terrorism, Transport | 1 Comment

Idiots insult troops and poppy

This image, by Willie Vass shows Celtic fans displaying a slogan insulting the poppy appeal and British troops over the centuries. While British troops have actually done a lot of bad things in Ireland, these are Scottish football fans, not … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism, Sport, War in Iraq & Afghanistan | 2 Comments

How much can we blame al-Awlaqi?

So, Roshonara Choudhary, the stupid woman who tried to murder the MP, Stephen Timms, has received a 15-to-life sentence. Today, the Guardian (and probably other papers) printed transcripts of her interviews with the police after the stabbing, in which she … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism, News | 14 Comments

Who’s radicalising who?

Today it was revealed that a report commissioned by University College London, the college where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to bomb a plane from Amsterdam to the USA last December, concluded that he was not radicalised while at the … Continue reading

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Posted in Ed Husain, Shiraz Maher, Extremism, Terrorism | 1 Comment

Andy versus Maajid

I just watched the online copy of last night’s “discussion” between Anjum “Andy” Choudhary of al-Muhajiroun (which will no doubt have a new name by the end of this week, as the government has decided to ban them under anti-terrorism … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism, Windbags | 4 Comments

Muslims versus Anjum Choudhary

Recently the “Muslim extremist” organisation currently trading as Islam4UK — really al-Muhajiroun — announced that they were planning a march through Wootton Bassett, the town just outside Swindon through which the motorcades bring the bodies of fallen soldiers after they … Continue reading

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Anwar al-Awlaki: trauma and extremism

Recently we heard that the Yemeni-American Muslim preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki, may have died in air strikes in Yemen, although other reports said he was miles away from where the strikes happened and was safe. Some people said “good riddance”, including … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism | 11 Comments

Splitters!

Recently some of us have been debating on Facebook whether to take part in a forthcoming coutner-demo to an al-Muhajiroun front group demo, which was to take place on the 31st. The event was titled “Say no to Andy’s fanatics!” … Continue reading

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Posted in Extremism, Organisations & Leadership | 15 Comments

Yahya Birt: How not to deal with the Muhajiroun

Yahya Birt has posted an article on the incident earlier this week at Conway Hall, London, in which the “Centre for Social Cohesion” (run by Douglas Murray; a Civitas offshoot run out of the same building as the Tory think-tank, … Continue reading

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New Humanist on drawbacks of “Preventing Extremism”

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Muhajiroun versus Luton white trash

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Posted in Extremism, Organisations & Leadership, War in Iraq & Afghanistan | 23 Comments

Muhajiroun disrupt Luton army parade

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Posted in Extremism, Organisations & Leadership, War in Iraq & Afghanistan | 14 Comments

Hassan Butt: I’m a professional liar

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Posted in Extremism, Hassan Butt | 3 Comments

Muslims, shaikhs and the oppositional mentality

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Posted in Community, Extremism | 6 Comments

Who are the real traitors?

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Posted in Civil liberties, Extremism | 2 Comments

Interview with ‘Shaikh’ Faisal

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Posted in Extremism | 9 Comments

How sincere is Hassan Butt?

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Posted in Ed Husain, Shiraz Maher, Extremism, Shiv Malik, Terrorism | 1 Comment

Omar Bakri expresses dim view of Amir Khan

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