Muhajiroun disrupt Luton army parade
A small group of young men from al-Muhajiroun (or Muhajigoons, the Voice, the Ears and Eyes of the Morons) yesterday caused a commotion at a parade in Luton by soldiers returning from Iraq. The...
Category: Extremism
Hassan Butt: I’m a professional liar
Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar (Guardian website) The Guardian reports on the most egregious of the "ex-extremist" fraternity, who, when the story about having actually been a terrorist got too hot...
Muslims, shaikhs and the oppositional mentality
Looking at the discussion which has ensued from Umar Lee’s original “Rand Institute Muslims” post two weeks ago, something which has stuck out is the oppositional attitude of some of the major contributors. It...
Who are the real traitors?
Recently I had an exchange with an old school acquaintance who accused me of defending an enemy of my country, namely Abu Hamza, on my blog. Abu Hamza is currently in jail, having served...
Interview with ‘Shaikh’ Faisal
BBC NEWS | UK | Hate preacher ‘knew 7/7 bomber’ An interesting headline for an interview with “Shaikh” Abdullah Faisal, the extremist Wahhabi preacher who was jailed in the UK in 2003 for incitement...
How sincere is Hassan Butt?
The last couple of weeks there has been a controversy over a new book being co-written by Hassan Butt, former al-Muhajiroun activist and self-proclaimed terrorist fixer and fundraiser, and the British writer and "journalist"...
Omar Bakri expresses dim view of Amir Khan
Today's Sun (Murdoch-owned London tabloid) led with a front-page story about something Omar Bakri said about Amir Khan. Omar Bakri is the former leader of the disbanded al-Muhajiroun, who ran noisy demonstrations and street-corner...
Why Rochester is not a no-go area for Michael Nazir-Ali
Michael Nazir-Ali, bishop of Rochester (previously: [1], [2], [3]), has been given another bit of space in the Sunday Telegraph to write an Islamophobic article (also see front-page feature here). This time, he's alleging...
“Radical” books in east London libraries
BBC NEWS | UK | Radical books in London libraries A report by the so-called Centre for Social Cohesion, a project of the right-wing think tank Civitas, has found that libraries in Tower Hamlets,...
“Old really is gold”
Terrorism, Stability and Other Personal Thoughts « AE Abu Eesa has an interesting take on the recent phenomenon of turncoat "reformed extremists" who present themselves as some sort of true face of Islam, with...