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Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Teenager battered for refusing arranged marriage after father sold her as £10,000 bride
A brave teenager has spoken for the first time of the harrowing ordeal of being beaten up in an arranged marriage after her father tried to sell her for £10,000.
The 15-year-old girl was tricked into flying to Pakistan then forced to marry a 31-year-old man so he could get a British passport.
She has described how she feared she would die after being hit, scarred with broken glass and locked up for refusing to get married.
Her harrowing story has been revealed as part of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat investigation into forced marriages.
The girl, who would not be named, said: 'It was just about the money. He was literally selling me and my nationality so I could bring the person back.
'In pounds, it would have been about £10,000.
'He whacked me across the face, then I started rebelling more, saying ''no''.
Then he got a glass and scarred my arms. He had somebody holding me from behind and he got a glass and was cutting very deep.
'I thought he might kill me. I thought I was going to die.'
The beatings started when the young girl refused to get married. She was then locked up without food or water.
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Iraqi immigrant convicted of murder after 'running over his daughter in an honour killing'
Anger as word 'marriage' vanishes from birth statistics
Fortunately she summoned her strength and escaped to the British High Commission in Pakistan. She then returned home and was reunited with her worried mother.
Figures obtained by Newsbeat show that her ordeal is one of many suffered by an estimated 1,735 potential forced marriages involving British citizens in 2010.
It is believed that a third of the girls in arranged marriages are under 18. Newsbeat claims that the youngest was just 13.
Campaigners against forced marriages have now called for more awareness of the problem which is largely confined to Asian communities.
Jeremy Browne, the minister in joint charge of the forced marriage unit, said: 'We think it’s a genuine priority, we want to help people.:
British children as young as nine are being forced to marry against their will by their families, campaigners have warned.
The 15-year-old girl was tricked into flying to Pakistan then forced to marry a 31-year-old man so he could get a British passport.
She has described how she feared she would die after being hit, scarred with broken glass and locked up for refusing to get married.
Her harrowing story has been revealed as part of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat investigation into forced marriages.
The girl, who would not be named, said: 'It was just about the money. He was literally selling me and my nationality so I could bring the person back.
'In pounds, it would have been about £10,000.
'He whacked me across the face, then I started rebelling more, saying ''no''.
Then he got a glass and scarred my arms. He had somebody holding me from behind and he got a glass and was cutting very deep.
'I thought he might kill me. I thought I was going to die.'
The beatings started when the young girl refused to get married. She was then locked up without food or water.
More...
Iraqi immigrant convicted of murder after 'running over his daughter in an honour killing'
Anger as word 'marriage' vanishes from birth statistics
Fortunately she summoned her strength and escaped to the British High Commission in Pakistan. She then returned home and was reunited with her worried mother.
Figures obtained by Newsbeat show that her ordeal is one of many suffered by an estimated 1,735 potential forced marriages involving British citizens in 2010.
It is believed that a third of the girls in arranged marriages are under 18. Newsbeat claims that the youngest was just 13.
Campaigners against forced marriages have now called for more awareness of the problem which is largely confined to Asian communities.
Jeremy Browne, the minister in joint charge of the forced marriage unit, said: 'We think it’s a genuine priority, we want to help people.:
British children as young as nine are being forced to marry against their will by their families, campaigners have warned.
Scourge of the illegal shisha dens:
In one alarming incident, officers revealed that a girl had celebrated her 12th birthday with a three-hour party in a cafe.
She had spent £30 she had been given as a present on the flavoured water pipes along with a number of friends.
Shisha cafes, in which customers smoke through a pipe can be licensed but they must adhere to strict health and safety guidelines
Legal: But shisha cafes haves to meet strict regulations and must not serve tobacco to children .
Operators should also abide by smoking legislation, including only selling products to adults and not allowing smoking 'inside'.
Trading standards departments across the country have noticed a proliferaiton in shihsa cafes which are becoming increasingly popular with school age children.
Chris Allen, the head of public protection for Blackburn, said his officers were now overseeing multiple investigations into shisha dens.
He said that from 'menus' his officers have seen at one premises, smokers were charged between £5-£6 per session.
Mr Allen described the dens as Bedouin-style premises decked out with floor cushions, drapes, and said 'dodgy wiring' and hot coals were fire hazards.
He said: 'What we usually find is upwards of 20 or 30 people in these upstairs rooms and we've seen places where there are 30 to 40 shisha pipes available
'This is an emerging issue countrywide and if any local authority is doing its homework they'll find a problem.'
Mr Allen said he believed the illegal dens had arisen out of a competiton from the number of cafes in the areas and people looking for alternative methods of income.
He added: 'The reason why this is proliferating is the profitability which comes from selling shisha and the access to the pipes
'This is one which seems to have caught the imagination.
'My message to children would be that the health implications of shisha smoking will be felt by all who take part in it, but the younger someone starts to smoke, the greater the risk of them suffering ill-health in adulthood'
Town centre licensing officer Andy Duxbury said: 'We are not trying to ruin anyone's legitimate business or stop their culture.
'But we have a real concern about schoolchildren spending Friday and Saturday nights in these places.
They are paying money to smoke the flavoured tobacco and their parents don't know where they are.
'We have a lot of intelligence that it is children from 12 to 16, from all races, using them as social meeting places in the town centre.
'Our main concerns are the premises themselves and the health risks to the children'
Lovestruck teens go missing over 'forbidden relationship'
Police are hunting a pair of lovestruck teenagers who have run away from home because it is thought their parents don't agree with their relationship.
April Coates, who is just 14, vanished with her boyfriend Kashif Naeed, 15, and their families are becoming more concerned for their welfare.
They disappeared nearly a week ago and police have launched an appeal to try and track them down.
April Coates, 14, and Kashif Naeed, went missing on Friday when they were supposed to be going to school
The apparently smitten schoolchildren left their homes in Greater Manchester, last Friday, February 18.
April, from Holme Street, Hyde, and Kashif, from Ripon Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, were last seen by their families when they set off for school.
Detectives say the couple have been in touch with their families, but have told them they do not intend to return.
Greater Manchester Police believe they could be as far afield as London, Birmingham or Leicester.
It is thought that one or both families may have disapproved of the young couples' relationship.
Insp Phil Valentine, of Gtr Mcr Police, said: 'Both of their families are understandably extremely concerned about them and are desperate for them to return home.
'If anyone thinks they may have seen April or Kashif, please contact us. They are vulnerable due to their age and need to come home.
'They may not realise the police are now looking for them, but if they do get this message, we ask that they come home or get in touch as soon as possible.'
April is white, about, 4ft 10in tall with a slim build, long straight blonde hair and blue eyes.
Kashif is Asian, about 5ft 6in tall with slim build, black short hair and brown eyes. It is not known what either was wearing when they disappeared.
April Coates, who is just 14, vanished with her boyfriend Kashif Naeed, 15, and their families are becoming more concerned for their welfare.
They disappeared nearly a week ago and police have launched an appeal to try and track them down.
April Coates, 14, and Kashif Naeed, went missing on Friday when they were supposed to be going to school
The apparently smitten schoolchildren left their homes in Greater Manchester, last Friday, February 18.
April, from Holme Street, Hyde, and Kashif, from Ripon Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, were last seen by their families when they set off for school.
Detectives say the couple have been in touch with their families, but have told them they do not intend to return.
Greater Manchester Police believe they could be as far afield as London, Birmingham or Leicester.
It is thought that one or both families may have disapproved of the young couples' relationship.
Insp Phil Valentine, of Gtr Mcr Police, said: 'Both of their families are understandably extremely concerned about them and are desperate for them to return home.
'If anyone thinks they may have seen April or Kashif, please contact us. They are vulnerable due to their age and need to come home.
'They may not realise the police are now looking for them, but if they do get this message, we ask that they come home or get in touch as soon as possible.'
April is white, about, 4ft 10in tall with a slim build, long straight blonde hair and blue eyes.
Kashif is Asian, about 5ft 6in tall with slim build, black short hair and brown eyes. It is not known what either was wearing when they disappeared.
'YouTube terrorist'
A law student dubbed the 'YouTube terrorist' who posted Islamic propaganda on the internet after becoming radicalised was jailed for five years today.Mohammed Gul was 'pouring petrol on the fire' and his actions could have spurred others to commit acts of terror, the Old Bailey heard.
Gul, 23, of Hornchurch, Essex, who has since graduated, was found guilty of five counts of disseminating terrorist publications following a retrial at the Old Bailey.
Judge David Paget said his sentence had to be a deterrent to others and reflect the seriousness of the crime.
He told Gul: 'I am in no doubt that you have become thoroughly radicalised.
'One can only express sympathy to your family that this has happened.
'You are an intelligent young man who had a good law degree from a good university.
'It is a tragedy that you have thrown it all away.'
The charges related to 30 videos placed on You Tube and on the Anti-Imperialist Forum website between March 2008 and January 2009.
The judge praised anti-terrorist police who, he said, 'had a Herculean task' in reviewing the huge amount of material on Gul's laptop.
It had involved the biggest review of data ever undertaken by the anti-terrorist branch of Scotland Yard and involved 30 officers and took six months, he said.
Timothy Moloney QC, in mitigation, said the offences were committed when Gul was 19 or 20.
He added: 'He is ashamed of the comments he made and he regrets them and wishes he hadn't said them.'
Sean Larkin QC, prosecuting, told the trial: 'These were glorifying terrorism.
'Mr Gul became more and more involved in extreme views. He spent more and more time in internet forums and chatrooms with people who expressed extreme views.
'He asked for footage showing sniper attacks, vehicle explosions and other terrorist attacks in places of conflict.
'He became more and more radicalised. He decided to make these videos and upload them.
'For people interested in this sort of thing, people with a grievance against coalition forces, he was pouring petrol on the fire.'
Gul was studying law at Queen Mary University in east London in February 2009 when police raided his home.
He used clips from al Qaida, the Taliban and Iraqi media sites and added jihadi songs.
One showed an image of Osama bin Laden along with words from a poem which praised him.
Other sections showed the bodies of children and images of conflict, including a coalition Jeep being blown up, the court heard.
Mr Larkin suggested Gul started to show an interest in Bin Laden in 2007 and the offences followed the December 2008 attack on Gaza by Israeli forces which resulted in 140 deaths.
Gul told the jury he did not support terrorism but acted out of curiosity and his political beliefs.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Osborne, senior national co-ordinator for counter terrorism, said: 'The clips graphically showed acts of terrorism and the logos of known terrorist groups.
'This is one of the first successful prosecutions relating to disseminating terrorist publications via the internet.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Four men slashed teacher's face and left him with fractured skull 'for teaching other religions to Muslim girls'
Akmol Hussein, 26, Sheikh Rashid, 27, Azad Hussain, 25, and Simon Alam, 19, attacked Gary Smith with a Stanley knife, an iron rod and a block of cement.
Mr Smith, who is head of religious education at Central Foundation Girls' School in Bow, east London, also suffered a fractured skull.
The four now face a jail sentence.
Detectives made secret recordings of the gang's plot to attack Mr Smith prior to the brutal assault.
The covert audio probe captured the gang condemning Mr Smith for 'teaching other religions to our sisters', the court heard.
The RE teacher was targeted as he made his way on foot along Burdett Road in nearby Mile End on July 12 last year, Snaresbrook Crown Court was told.
Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse told the court: 'The evidence from what was said on the probe points overwhelmingly to a religious motive for this attack.'
It is believed the gang had made two earlier attempts to get at the teacher.
They were due to stand trial for the attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court but pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
A fifth defendant, Badruzzuha Uddin, 23, admitted assisting the thugs by hiding blood-stained clothing.
Judge John Hand QC remanded the defendants in custody until sentence on a date yet to be confirmed.
Hussein, of Bethnal Green, east London; Rashid, of Shadwell, east London; Hussain, of Wapping, east London, and Alam, of Whitechapel, east London; have all admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Uddin, of Shadwell, admitted assisting an offender.
These unprovoked pack attacks on lone infidels have reached epidemic proportions and are known as 'Street Jihad'
Mr Smith, who is head of religious education at Central Foundation Girls' School in Bow, east London, also suffered a fractured skull.
The four now face a jail sentence.
Detectives made secret recordings of the gang's plot to attack Mr Smith prior to the brutal assault.
The covert audio probe captured the gang condemning Mr Smith for 'teaching other religions to our sisters', the court heard.
The RE teacher was targeted as he made his way on foot along Burdett Road in nearby Mile End on July 12 last year, Snaresbrook Crown Court was told.
Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse told the court: 'The evidence from what was said on the probe points overwhelmingly to a religious motive for this attack.'
It is believed the gang had made two earlier attempts to get at the teacher.
They were due to stand trial for the attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court but pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
A fifth defendant, Badruzzuha Uddin, 23, admitted assisting the thugs by hiding blood-stained clothing.
Judge John Hand QC remanded the defendants in custody until sentence on a date yet to be confirmed.
Hussein, of Bethnal Green, east London; Rashid, of Shadwell, east London; Hussain, of Wapping, east London, and Alam, of Whitechapel, east London; have all admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Uddin, of Shadwell, admitted assisting an offender.
These unprovoked pack attacks on lone infidels have reached epidemic proportions and are known as 'Street Jihad'
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Muslim teacher who amassed £1.7m property portfolio using fraudulent mortgage claims while receiving benefits is jailed
Syed Shah, 45, paid just £24.60 in income tax over a five year period and also claimed benefits despite developing his impressive array of properties, costing the lenders he duped around £450,000. The dad-of-six from Bradford created a series of bogus identities and even invented a job for himself - saying he worked at a school which was in fact derelict - to get financial support.
Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court on Thursday that Shah had benefited from his underhand plan to the tune of £391,000.
Mr Sharp said Shah had also gone to some length to establish false employers references and had backed up his various aliases with false identification documents, including passports, with bank accounts opened in the appropriate names.
He also repeatedly quoted that he worked for the Muslim Educational Centre at Boundary Farm in Leeds, but the Crown argued that this was in fact a facade for Shah's dishonesty because it was derelict.
The court heard that in 2002 Shah claimed he was earning in excess of £34,800 to get a mortgage on a house in Leeds, the fourth property in his portfolio. He sold it in 2005 with a net profit of £73,573.
The following year, he bought a former council-owned house in Leeds, with a right-to-buy discount in his own name after again claiming he had a £35,000 salary.
Eighteen months later he sold that property to himself under a false name at an inflated price and claimed the man earned £100,000 at the centre.
When the original loan was repaid, Shah pocketed £159,600 in cash.
The fraudster then raised a loan for an extension to a property before remortgaging the house using another false identity, failing to making payments on that loan and allowing it to be repossessed, only to buy it back in yet another name at the much reduced price.
Mr Sharp said he used similar identities to get loans on another property in Leeds, which was also remortgaged and repossessed.
Jailing Shah for five years and eight months, Recorder of Leeds Judge Peter Collier QC, said: 'You persisted in a course of conduct over several years.
'It involved considerable planning in advance when you created bogus identities investing these people with bank accounts in which you put money sometimes many months in advance of when you were going to use those identities.'
'It was calculated to cause significant loss to financial institutions who you had persuaded to loan you monies by gross deceptions and the creation of bogus identities.
'I accept some were real people but they were not in this country, they were far away in Pakistan.'
Shah's accomplice, financial adviser Mahboob Abbas, 53, admitted one charge of fraud and was given 40 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months, with 192 hours of unpaid work.
Ricky Holland, for Shah, said he continued to do Islamic teaching when the genuine centre could not be kept up and felt shame at the loss of his good name. The money he received was used on other properties.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: 'The police have spent over two years investigating this matter. Mr Shah has persistently and systematically defrauded financial institutions over an eight-year period.
'It's thanks to a dedicated team whose hard work has resulted in the conviction of both defendants and I hope this sends out a message to persons who see fit to conduct themselves in a criminal and fraudulent manner.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Restaurant worker ‘put three-year-old girl in chest freezer as punishment for being naughty’
A restaurant worker put a three-year-old girl in a deep freezer as a punishment for being ‘naughty’, a court has heard.Bangladeshi-born Mohammed Hussain, 48, is alleged to have put the girl in the top of a large chest freezer before putting the lid wholly or partially down on her on several occasions.
He also reportedly threw a hot drink over a ten-year-old girl, hit a three-year-old boy with a coat hanger and would regularly lash out at the children if they were too noisy.
Hussain denies nine counts of cruelty against four different children, It is alleged he hit three girls and boy aged between three and 12 with sticks, sandals and belts.
Hussain is also charged with causing aggravated bodily harm to a 42-year-old woman by hitting her in the face with a wooden spoon, which he denies.
Jeremy Hill-Baker, prosecuting, told a Sheffield Crown Court jury: ‘The prosecution says that is an act of misguided punishment. The defendant would pick up the girl and put her in the freezer.
‘He would not do this for any extended time perhaps for a minute but you will perhaps agree it is a frightening prospect.
‘One witness said she saw him putting the little girl in there on two occasions. He said she had been naughty.’
Jurors were shown pictures of the freezer and then watched a recorded interview with a woman who claimed to be present when the child was put in the freezer cabinet.
She said through an interpreter: 'He put the little girl in the deep freezer.
‘I asked him: "What if she died? What did she do to you? Is this how you treat children? "He promised not to do it again. But he did it again.
I told him if I hadn't been watching he would have killed her.’
The incidents came to light after the eldest child, now 15, told a school learning mentor in March, 2009.
Hussain was arrested but denied everything. He said the allegations were concocted because of a dispute over money.
Mr Hill-Baker said the crux of the case was whether Hussain ‘wilfully assaulted’ the children.
Hussain, who has been living in the UK for 16 years, also faces nine lesser charges of battery as an alternative to the cruelty charges.
The trial continues.
Taxi driver slammed by judge for not learning English after 20 years in Britain
An unlicensed taxi driver who had not learned English despite living in Britain for 20 years has been criticised by a judge for failing to 'integrate'. Bangladeshi-born Zamal Uddin, 44, now faces a jail sentence and deportation for grabbing a passenger’s breasts after she got into his cab in Hoxton, east London.
The 44-year-old, who lives among one of Britain’s biggest Bangladeshi communities in nearby Bethnal Green, was yesterday found guilty of twice sexually assaulting the 26-year-old woman.
Uddin, who required a taxpayer-funded interpreter during the hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court, was told he would be liable for deportation after he finishes his sentence.
‘The authorities may consider your continued presence here undesirable,’ Judge Timothy King told him.
'These are serious matters and custody appears to be appropriate in this case,' said the judge.
'Also what troubles me, although it's not something that bears on sentence, [is that] he has been her for nigh on 20 years and he requires an interpreter.
'I suspect he lives within his own community and has never bothered to learn English.
'It is highly desirable that those who come to this country from abroad integrate,
rather than live isolated within their own community.'
Prosecutor Helen Owen had told the court: 'The taxi driver picked up a female who was intoxicated and then touched her breasts while she was in the cab.
'She got out of the cab and he followed her before pushing her against the wall and grabbing her under her clothes.
'She then screamed and he ran off.'
A day after the attack on October 23 last year, brazen Uddin was caught illegally touting for fares in nearby Dalston.
Uddin, who lived in a council flat after moving to the UK in 1992, admitted two charges of sexual assault and driving while disqualified.
He was remanded in custody pending sentence on February
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Woman's Jaw Broken in Unprovoked Attack...
At about 1.30am on Sunday 16 January 2011, the 24-year-old woman, who had been on a night out, was walking to a car on Wright Street when a group of about seven men approached them.
They verbally abused her before one of the men hit the victim to the face, knocking her to the floor.
The offender, who was in the company of six others, is described as being an Asian man, about 25-years-old, of slim build, about 5ft 5in tall with spikey black hair.
He had a local accent and was wearing a white shirt.
The offenders ran off towards Yorkshire Street. Detective Constable Simon Halliwell said: "This was a completely unprovoked and incomprehensible attack. "We have carried out a number of inquiries to trace the offender but we do need witnesses, or anyone with information, to get in touch."
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 8965 or call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
These unprovoked pack attacks on lone infidels have reached epidemic proportions and are known as 'Street Jihad'
They verbally abused her before one of the men hit the victim to the face, knocking her to the floor.
The offender, who was in the company of six others, is described as being an Asian man, about 25-years-old, of slim build, about 5ft 5in tall with spikey black hair.
He had a local accent and was wearing a white shirt.
The offenders ran off towards Yorkshire Street. Detective Constable Simon Halliwell said: "This was a completely unprovoked and incomprehensible attack. "We have carried out a number of inquiries to trace the offender but we do need witnesses, or anyone with information, to get in touch."
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 8965 or call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
These unprovoked pack attacks on lone infidels have reached epidemic proportions and are known as 'Street Jihad'
London Council Battles Islamic 'Gay-Free' Zones...
Islamists in East London have sparked anger after flyposting stickers which called for a gay-free zone.
The stickers were distributed around the Whitechapel, Shoreditch and Poplar areas over the weekend. Specifically, they were targeted at schools and pubs, including the gay-friendly George and Dragon.
The professionally produced, anonymous stickers say: “Arise and Warn. Gay free zone.
Verily Allah is severe in punishment.”
The 'Gay free zone' slogan is within a diagonal bar across a rainbow flag.
Equality campaigner Peter Tatchell – who has been attacked by Muslim groups three times in the capital – condemned the behaviour.
He said: "These stickers are part of a trend by Islamists and fundamentalists to target LGBT people.
It is happening at universities and in communities.
The main victims of this hate-mongering are LGBT Muslims."A venue attached to the East London mosque hosted a speaker who invited his audience to: 'Spot the fag.'
There have been a series of homophobic threats and assaults by Asian youths on LGBT people in the East End over recent years."I’ve been attacked by Muslim youths three times in and around Brick Lane.
In all three attacks, the assailants shouted religious slogans.
My LGBT Muslim friends who live in the area are nervous and anxious.
They fear attack and dare not reveal their sexuality."Only last week there were reports of threats being sent by Islamists to gay students at South Bank University.
LGBT History Month posters have been defaced by extremist Muslim students.
Several universities have hosted hate preachers who endorse the killing of LGBT people.“I appeal to Muslim religious and political leaders in East London to speak out against homophobia.
We need a clear statement from the leader of Tower Hamlets council and from the senior imam at the East London Mosque.
They should publicly condemn homophobia and call for tolerance within the Muslim community.
“Both homophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry are wrong.
Our communities know the pain of prejudice.
LGBT and Muslim people should stand together, united against hate," he added.The PinkPaper.com reader who alerted us to the story confirmed that Tower Hamlets council, which is headed by a Muslim, have removed all of the stickers are working with the police to identify the perpetrators.
It comes just a week after a number of Islamic men were arrested for distributing leaflets which suggested gay people should suffer the death penalty.
"A minority of homophobes blinded by their hate and closed minded views are trying to gain power and wider voice by publicly putting up banners targeting the LGBT community,
" said Ali Hilli of Iraqi LGBT."This small group of narrow minded people do not represent Islam or the Muslim community.
In fact, a sentiment of rejection and condemnation for such a small group is growing among all Muslims.
It is our duty to stop them and stand up to them whether we are Muslims, Jews or Christians.
"A spokesperson for Tower Hamlets council told us: “We work hard to actively foster a climate of acceptance and tolerance, and combat all forms of discrimination and harassment within the borough.
We are appalled by the actions of those who have produced and posted these stickers.
We treat issues like this very seriously, and these incidents are being investigated by the borough's Hate Crime Team who are working alongside the local police."
'Death to Gays, Adulterers & Apostates' Cleric to Speak in UK
The stickers were distributed around the Whitechapel, Shoreditch and Poplar areas over the weekend. Specifically, they were targeted at schools and pubs, including the gay-friendly George and Dragon.
The professionally produced, anonymous stickers say: “Arise and Warn. Gay free zone.
Verily Allah is severe in punishment.”
The 'Gay free zone' slogan is within a diagonal bar across a rainbow flag.
Equality campaigner Peter Tatchell – who has been attacked by Muslim groups three times in the capital – condemned the behaviour.
He said: "These stickers are part of a trend by Islamists and fundamentalists to target LGBT people.
It is happening at universities and in communities.
The main victims of this hate-mongering are LGBT Muslims."A venue attached to the East London mosque hosted a speaker who invited his audience to: 'Spot the fag.'
There have been a series of homophobic threats and assaults by Asian youths on LGBT people in the East End over recent years."I’ve been attacked by Muslim youths three times in and around Brick Lane.
In all three attacks, the assailants shouted religious slogans.
My LGBT Muslim friends who live in the area are nervous and anxious.
They fear attack and dare not reveal their sexuality."Only last week there were reports of threats being sent by Islamists to gay students at South Bank University.
LGBT History Month posters have been defaced by extremist Muslim students.
Several universities have hosted hate preachers who endorse the killing of LGBT people.“I appeal to Muslim religious and political leaders in East London to speak out against homophobia.
We need a clear statement from the leader of Tower Hamlets council and from the senior imam at the East London Mosque.
They should publicly condemn homophobia and call for tolerance within the Muslim community.
“Both homophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry are wrong.
Our communities know the pain of prejudice.
LGBT and Muslim people should stand together, united against hate," he added.The PinkPaper.com reader who alerted us to the story confirmed that Tower Hamlets council, which is headed by a Muslim, have removed all of the stickers are working with the police to identify the perpetrators.
It comes just a week after a number of Islamic men were arrested for distributing leaflets which suggested gay people should suffer the death penalty.
"A minority of homophobes blinded by their hate and closed minded views are trying to gain power and wider voice by publicly putting up banners targeting the LGBT community,
" said Ali Hilli of Iraqi LGBT."This small group of narrow minded people do not represent Islam or the Muslim community.
In fact, a sentiment of rejection and condemnation for such a small group is growing among all Muslims.
It is our duty to stop them and stand up to them whether we are Muslims, Jews or Christians.
"A spokesperson for Tower Hamlets council told us: “We work hard to actively foster a climate of acceptance and tolerance, and combat all forms of discrimination and harassment within the borough.
We are appalled by the actions of those who have produced and posted these stickers.
We treat issues like this very seriously, and these incidents are being investigated by the borough's Hate Crime Team who are working alongside the local police."
'Death to Gays, Adulterers & Apostates' Cleric to Speak in UK
Man Kills 'Convert' Wife & Two Children...
The wife whose ‘abusive monster' husband murdered her and their two young children had only stayed with him for the 'sake of the kids', it has has been claimed.
Joy Small, 24, was found dead in her home along with her three-year-old son Aubarr and daughter Chanarra, two, on Saturday afternoon.
It is not yet known how they died, but it is thought police went to the flat after discovering the body of Miss Small’s husband, Aram Aziz, 32, in a country park the day before.
Aziz, who was described as an ‘abusive monster’, is said to have once poured petrol over Miss Small’s head and tried to set it alight.
Friends said she was so frightened of him that she installed a panic button in her flat and had kept a hammer under her pillow.
Miss Small, a mother-of-three from Leicester, is believed to have split from her husband, an Iraqi Kurd, last year, but she later rekindled their relationship.
Miss Small’s ex-husband Javed Ghaznavi, with whom she had one child, a boy of seven, claimed she had had got back with Aziz for the good of the children.
Mr Ghaznavi, 32,said he had last spoken to her eight months ago.
‘She was crying and was desperately upset,’ he said. ‘She was having problems with Aram and they had separated.
‘He was not very good for her. She said he was always smoking drugs, he was caught shoplifting and was in trouble with the police.
'I saw Aram two months ago and he said they had got back together for the sake of their kids.
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Joy Small, 24, was found dead in her home along with her three-year-old son Aubarr and daughter Chanarra, two, on Saturday afternoon.
It is not yet known how they died, but it is thought police went to the flat after discovering the body of Miss Small’s husband, Aram Aziz, 32, in a country park the day before.
Aziz, who was described as an ‘abusive monster’, is said to have once poured petrol over Miss Small’s head and tried to set it alight.
Friends said she was so frightened of him that she installed a panic button in her flat and had kept a hammer under her pillow.
Miss Small, a mother-of-three from Leicester, is believed to have split from her husband, an Iraqi Kurd, last year, but she later rekindled their relationship.
Miss Small’s ex-husband Javed Ghaznavi, with whom she had one child, a boy of seven, claimed she had had got back with Aziz for the good of the children.
Mr Ghaznavi, 32,said he had last spoken to her eight months ago.
‘She was crying and was desperately upset,’ he said. ‘She was having problems with Aram and they had separated.
‘He was not very good for her. She said he was always smoking drugs, he was caught shoplifting and was in trouble with the police.
'I saw Aram two months ago and he said they had got back together for the sake of their kids.
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Judges throw out appeal of Muslim men who hurled abuse at soldiers welcome home parade
The focus on minority rights 'should not result in overlooking the rights of the majority' when it comes to freedom of speech, the High Court said today.
Two judges were rejecting appeals by five Muslim men who staged a protest as British soldiers who had recently returned from Afghanistan paraded through Luton.
They ruled that the protests, which included accusing the troops of being 'rapists, murderers and baby killers', went well beyond 'legitimate expressions of protest'
The five men demonstrated against the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as the Second Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, known as the Poachers, made its way through the city on March 10 2009.
They were all convicted of public order offences by Luton Magistrates' Court.Jalal Ahmed, 22, Munim Abdul, 29, Yousaf Bashir, 30, Shajjadar Choudhury, 32, and Ziaur Rahman, 33, all from Luton, were found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
The men had appealed to the High Court in London, arguing that they had been legitimately exercising their Article 10 rights to freedom of expression and to protest under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Rejecting their appeal, Lord Justice Gross said today: 'There was all the difference in the world between expressing the view that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were illegal or immoral and that British forces should not be engaged in them and the abusive and insulting chants of the appellants.'
In a ruling which will provide guidance for future similar cases, the judge said: 'To attend a parade of this nature and to shout that this country's soldiers were 'murderers', 'baby killers', 'rapists all of you' who would or should 'burn in hell' gave rise to a very clear threat to public order.'
The judge said it was the good fortune of the five, 'most probably attributable to skilful policing', that there was no serious outbreak of violence.
The judge observed the right to freedom of expression was important and sometimes protesters were to be protected.
But it was not an unqualified right and 'the justification for invoking the criminal law is the threat to public order'.
In striking 'the right balance when determining whether speech is 'threatening, abusive or insulting', the focus on minority rights should not result in overlooking the rights of the majority', said the judge.
Mr Justice Davis agreed and added that the right to exercise freedom of expression 'necessarily carries with it duties and responsibilities'.
In the case of the five, people present at the parade included families and well-wishers of the regiment who were upset and offended, meaning trouble arose.
The judge said: 'It is to be noted that what these appellants were chanting included comments specifically directed at the nearby marching soldiers.
'These were not just generalised statements of views, vigorously expressed, on the morality of the war but were personally abusive and potentially defamatory of those soldiers.
'That the soldiers themselves were, as it happened, broad shouldered enough not to care one jot does not matter'.
Each received a two-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £500 costs.
Luton South MP Gavin Shuker described yesterday’s dismissal of their appeal as ‘a victory for common sense’.
Tom Lennett, 67, a former reservist in the Royal Anglian Regiment who was in the crowd at the parade in 2009, said: ‘I’m very pleased the verdicts have been upheld but I think they should have been given stronger sentences in the first place. They got off lightly. What they did was shameful.
Two judges were rejecting appeals by five Muslim men who staged a protest as British soldiers who had recently returned from Afghanistan paraded through Luton.
They ruled that the protests, which included accusing the troops of being 'rapists, murderers and baby killers', went well beyond 'legitimate expressions of protest'
The five men demonstrated against the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as the Second Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, known as the Poachers, made its way through the city on March 10 2009.They were all convicted of public order offences by Luton Magistrates' Court.Jalal Ahmed, 22, Munim Abdul, 29, Yousaf Bashir, 30, Shajjadar Choudhury, 32, and Ziaur Rahman, 33, all from Luton, were found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
The men had appealed to the High Court in London, arguing that they had been legitimately exercising their Article 10 rights to freedom of expression and to protest under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Rejecting their appeal, Lord Justice Gross said today: 'There was all the difference in the world between expressing the view that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were illegal or immoral and that British forces should not be engaged in them and the abusive and insulting chants of the appellants.'
In a ruling which will provide guidance for future similar cases, the judge said: 'To attend a parade of this nature and to shout that this country's soldiers were 'murderers', 'baby killers', 'rapists all of you' who would or should 'burn in hell' gave rise to a very clear threat to public order.'
The judge said it was the good fortune of the five, 'most probably attributable to skilful policing', that there was no serious outbreak of violence.
The judge observed the right to freedom of expression was important and sometimes protesters were to be protected.
But it was not an unqualified right and 'the justification for invoking the criminal law is the threat to public order'.
In striking 'the right balance when determining whether speech is 'threatening, abusive or insulting', the focus on minority rights should not result in overlooking the rights of the majority', said the judge.
Mr Justice Davis agreed and added that the right to exercise freedom of expression 'necessarily carries with it duties and responsibilities'.
In the case of the five, people present at the parade included families and well-wishers of the regiment who were upset and offended, meaning trouble arose.
The judge said: 'It is to be noted that what these appellants were chanting included comments specifically directed at the nearby marching soldiers.
'These were not just generalised statements of views, vigorously expressed, on the morality of the war but were personally abusive and potentially defamatory of those soldiers.
'That the soldiers themselves were, as it happened, broad shouldered enough not to care one jot does not matter'.
Each received a two-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £500 costs.
Luton South MP Gavin Shuker described yesterday’s dismissal of their appeal as ‘a victory for common sense’.
Tom Lennett, 67, a former reservist in the Royal Anglian Regiment who was in the crowd at the parade in 2009, said: ‘I’m very pleased the verdicts have been upheld but I think they should have been given stronger sentences in the first place. They got off lightly. What they did was shameful.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence - Part 1
U.K.: School at center of investigation over Islamic supremacist teachings claims victimhood
When Islamic groups encounter criticism by non-Muslims of objectionable behavior by Muslims, a two-fold standard operating procedure has developed on both sides of the pond:
1. Deflect attention as fast as possible by appropriating victim status from the actual or intended victims. The victims here aren't the kids being beaten at the one school, or the society that may fall victim to jihadist attacks due to the teachings at others. It's the people being criticized, for reasons discussed below.
2. Silence the discussion by claiming that it's not just criticism, but incitement, because all criticism of Islam must necessarily be driven by hatred, and is irrational, unstable, and rooted in emotions only, not facts. This is usually a fine point to mention the "far right," which is mainstream media-speak for "hates children, hates puppies, hates you, hates me, and wants us all to die."
All criticism is said to be driven by that seething hatred and/or a thinly veiled neo-Nazi agenda, of which these Muslims under scrutiny are now victims: once again, they would have you believe that he who hath looked critically upon Islam hath committed hate crimes in his heart.
Besides, criticism "alienates." And alienated "youths" can be "radicalized." Never you mind that we never seem to see "alienated," "radicalized" Anglican suicide bombers, though.
In the end, playing the "incitement card" is all a very long, roundabout sort of way of saying: Shut up, dhimmi. Besides, all speech or behavior by Muslims that has ever generated controversy has been "taken out of context."
An update on this story. Go back to the link, look at the pictures, and go back to the main story and see the rhetoric -- indeed, the hate speech -- they spouted about non-Muslims, but then stop yourself and remember who the "real" victims are.
"'Muslim Eton' at centre of Channel 4 hate-preaching allegations is forced to shut over far-Right safety fears,"Teachers at the Darul Uloom Islamic High School, in Small Heath, Birmingham, have held meetings with police chiefs and fear that youngsters could be targeted by the far-Right.
This story describes no actual threats except for a mention of "hate mail" by a sympathetic MP.
The Dispatches documentary, Lessons in Hatred and Violence, aired tonight and showed footage of a preacher making offensive remarks about Hindus and ranting: 'Disbelievers are the worst creatures'.
The school's head of curriculum Mujahid Aziz said the decision had been to bring forward the school's half-term by a week after meetings with police.
Pupils were being told not to return to classes until the start of March.
'They filmed for six months and managed to collect a handful of comments which promote intolerance,' said Mr Aziz.
We were aware of the views of this 17-year-old student and we dealt with him by exclusion straight away - before we even knew that we were being filmed.
'What people will see in that clip is completely contrary to what we teach at the school about harmony and awareness of different faiths.
'Our concern now is for the safety of children and people coming to the mosque because we are worried that some people will get completely the wrong impression once they have watched this programme.
'After meeting with the police, we are bringing the half-term forward and we have been advised that there should be plenty of staff around on Monday night as a precaution.' [...]
Reporter Tazeen Ahmad claims the footage is evidence of a 'hardline, intolerant and highly anti-social version of Islam' being taught in Britain's independent Islamic schools....
Is Tazeen Ahmad an Islamophobe?
One MP plays along:
Birmingham MP John Hemming (Lib Dem, Yardley) said Channel 4's portrayal of the school was irresponsible.
'If Channel 4 thinks this is a school where racism and intolerance is accepted in any way, they have got their facts seriously wrong,' he said.
'They have already had hate mail and now they are having to close for the safety of their pupils.
'This kind of documentary is ideal fodder for the EDL [English Defence League].
'Channel 4 is putting the safety of children at risk by criticising a school which is doing its job properly.'
Mr Hemming was backed by Yann Lovelock, a Buddhist who sits on the executive board of Birmingham Interfaith Council.
He said: 'They have gone out of their way to make other faiths feel welcome and I have been invited to the school several times to speak to pupils about Buddhism.
'As far as I can see, they do everything they can to promote tolerance and understanding and I am happy to work with them.'
As far as you can see. But now we have seen what happens behind closed doors.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Mosque Threatens to Sue PM
A MOSQUE is threatening to sue the Prime Minister after he suggested worshippers there believed 9/11 was a Jewish conspiracy.
In an interview, Mr Cameron said: “You have to confront the extremism itself.
“You have to say to the people in Birmingham Central Mosque, or wherever, who are saying 9/11 is a Jewish conspiracy, that is not an acceptable attitude.”
The mosque’s chairman Mohammad Naseem said its 20,000 worshippers were furious.
He said: “I have just instructed the mosque’s solicitors to take appropriate action.”
In 2007 Mr Cameron said he came across conspiracy theories while staying in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
In an interview, Mr Cameron said: “You have to confront the extremism itself.
“You have to say to the people in Birmingham Central Mosque, or wherever, who are saying 9/11 is a Jewish conspiracy, that is not an acceptable attitude.”
The mosque’s chairman Mohammad Naseem said its 20,000 worshippers were furious.
He said: “I have just instructed the mosque’s solicitors to take appropriate action.”
In 2007 Mr Cameron said he came across conspiracy theories while staying in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
Woman raped by three men in Glasgow city centre
Extra police are patrolling Glasgow city centre after a 38-year-old woman was raped by three men in the early hours of Friday morning.
Police said the victim became aware the men were behind her when she was making her way home on Renfield Street at about 0015 GMT.
She was attacked in Renfrew Lane, next to the Pavilion Theatre.
The suspects are described as of Middle Eastern appearance, in their early 20s, of average height and slim build.
One wore skinny jeans and a light-coloured brown jacket or top.
Police are examining CCTV from the area in an effort to identify the men.
Supt Val Thomson, of Strathclyde Police, said: "This was a terrifying and extremely distressing attack on the woman who had been on a night out with her friends in the city.
"They had left each other to head home and she was on her own when the attack took place.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the Renfield Street area around the time of the incident or who may have seen the suspects in the area or even witnessed the attack to come forward."
Supt Thomson advised women not to go off on their own during a night out.
Police said the victim became aware the men were behind her when she was making her way home on Renfield Street at about 0015 GMT.
She was attacked in Renfrew Lane, next to the Pavilion Theatre.
The suspects are described as of Middle Eastern appearance, in their early 20s, of average height and slim build.
One wore skinny jeans and a light-coloured brown jacket or top.
Police are examining CCTV from the area in an effort to identify the men.
Supt Val Thomson, of Strathclyde Police, said: "This was a terrifying and extremely distressing attack on the woman who had been on a night out with her friends in the city.
"They had left each other to head home and she was on her own when the attack took place.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the Renfield Street area around the time of the incident or who may have seen the suspects in the area or even witnessed the attack to come forward."
Supt Thomson advised women not to go off on their own during a night out.
'Every Muslim Should be a Terrorist' Cleric Runs 'Peace TV'...
A radical preacher banned from entering the country may now lose the platform to broadcast messages of hate to British television screens.
Zakir Naik - who has claimed that "every Muslim should be a terrorist" - was banned from coming to Britain last June by Theresa May in one of her first major acts as Home Secretary.
But eight months on, the 45-year-old cleric is still a key figure in a company that holds an Ofcom-approved licence for Peace TV.
Now, the broadcasting watchdog has confirmed it is investigating the satellite channel, broadcast in English and Urdu, after receiving a complaint from a viewer over its extremist messages.
Programmes on Peace TV have included praise for "mujahideen" fighting British troops in Iraq, labelled Jews as an "enemy of Islam" and made claims about the 9/11 terror attacks being an "inside job".
Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, former shadow minister for security, said: "The Home Secretary dealt with Naik extremely effectively.
I think she will be furious to discover he still has a licence to spread his poison on satellite television. Ofcom should revoke it immediately."
Naik was banned from entering the country after it was judged that his presence was "not conducive to the public good".
The decision, later upheld by the High Court, was based on a sermon the Mumbai-based preacher had posted on the internet during which he said "every Muslim should be a terrorist".
Naik has also been filmed saying: "There are many Jews who are good to Muslims, but as a whole the Koran tells us, as a whole, they will be our staunchest enemy."
During the court case, lawyers for the Home Office also suggested that Naik's sermons broadcast in India acted as inspiration for the terrorists behind the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
In his appeal against Ms May's decision, held last November, the cleric's lawyers revealed Naik was director and chairman of Universal Broadcasting Corporation Ltd, a company registered in Britain.
UBCL owns a subsidiary firm, Lords Production Ltd, which has held the broadcasting licence for Peace TV since 2007.
In a further twist, the High Court papers name Naik as the chairman of a charity, the Islamic Research Foundation International, which appears to provide funding for Peace TV.
Latest accounts lodged with the Charity Commission show IRF received £1.5 million in donations in 2009; of which £1.25 million was used to "support Peace TV". Under Naik, who is founder and president of the channel, it has broadcast a range of anti-Semitic and anti-Western programmes.
Hannah Stuart, of the Centre of Social Cohesion, said: "Zakir Naik has been excluded from the UK - to allow him to continue broadcasting here makes a mockery of that decision."
An Ofcom spokesman said: "We are in the middle of an investigation about Peace TV. Ofcom will not tolerate extremism on British television, and transgressors will be dealt with."
A Peace TV spokesman said: "We have received no complaints in the last two years. As far as we are aware there is no Ofcom investigation.
We are currently appealing Theresa May's decision in the Court of Appeal."
.................
But where did that bit of hate speech come from? What kind of seething bigot even comes up with stuff like that?
"Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews..." -- Qur'an 5:82
Zakir Naik - who has claimed that "every Muslim should be a terrorist" - was banned from coming to Britain last June by Theresa May in one of her first major acts as Home Secretary.
But eight months on, the 45-year-old cleric is still a key figure in a company that holds an Ofcom-approved licence for Peace TV.
Now, the broadcasting watchdog has confirmed it is investigating the satellite channel, broadcast in English and Urdu, after receiving a complaint from a viewer over its extremist messages.
Programmes on Peace TV have included praise for "mujahideen" fighting British troops in Iraq, labelled Jews as an "enemy of Islam" and made claims about the 9/11 terror attacks being an "inside job".
Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, former shadow minister for security, said: "The Home Secretary dealt with Naik extremely effectively.
I think she will be furious to discover he still has a licence to spread his poison on satellite television. Ofcom should revoke it immediately."
Naik was banned from entering the country after it was judged that his presence was "not conducive to the public good".
The decision, later upheld by the High Court, was based on a sermon the Mumbai-based preacher had posted on the internet during which he said "every Muslim should be a terrorist".
Naik has also been filmed saying: "There are many Jews who are good to Muslims, but as a whole the Koran tells us, as a whole, they will be our staunchest enemy."
During the court case, lawyers for the Home Office also suggested that Naik's sermons broadcast in India acted as inspiration for the terrorists behind the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
In his appeal against Ms May's decision, held last November, the cleric's lawyers revealed Naik was director and chairman of Universal Broadcasting Corporation Ltd, a company registered in Britain.
UBCL owns a subsidiary firm, Lords Production Ltd, which has held the broadcasting licence for Peace TV since 2007.
In a further twist, the High Court papers name Naik as the chairman of a charity, the Islamic Research Foundation International, which appears to provide funding for Peace TV.
Latest accounts lodged with the Charity Commission show IRF received £1.5 million in donations in 2009; of which £1.25 million was used to "support Peace TV". Under Naik, who is founder and president of the channel, it has broadcast a range of anti-Semitic and anti-Western programmes.
Hannah Stuart, of the Centre of Social Cohesion, said: "Zakir Naik has been excluded from the UK - to allow him to continue broadcasting here makes a mockery of that decision."
An Ofcom spokesman said: "We are in the middle of an investigation about Peace TV. Ofcom will not tolerate extremism on British television, and transgressors will be dealt with."
A Peace TV spokesman said: "We have received no complaints in the last two years. As far as we are aware there is no Ofcom investigation.
We are currently appealing Theresa May's decision in the Court of Appeal."
.................
But where did that bit of hate speech come from? What kind of seething bigot even comes up with stuff like that?
"Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews..." -- Qur'an 5:82
Controversial Muslim preacher invited to talk to Birmingham university students
A CONTROVERSIAL Muslim preacher, once banned from Australia, was invited to hold a conference at a Midland university yesterday.
Abdur Raheem Green, a convert born to British parents in Tanzania, held the Call of Duty event after being asked to address students at University of Birmingham by its Islamic Society.
On his website, the blonde-haired Islamist says that the CIA and Mossad “helped 9/11 to happen” and calls on the US to release terror supporter Ali al-Timimi, caged for life for sending young American Muslims to train in Taliban camps.
Mr Green has also previously spoken out against homosexuality and adultery and posted on his website: “A public crime deserves a public punishment. Adultery is punishable by death, and a slow and painful death by stoning.”
In 2005 he was banned from entering Australia after being placed on a government watchlist.
Despite his radical views, the Metropolitan Police has previously asked him to work with them to tackle fundamentalism, and he has insisted that he has remained “consistent” in rejecting terrorism in the name of Islam.
“I surely have said some pretty radical things and maybe even written some radical things in the past,” Mr Green admitted in an interview in 2009.
“But one thing I have been very consistent on is terrorism, participating in terrorist activities, violent revolution, is not something that I have ever thought was part of the religion of Islam.”
A spokeswoman for University of Birmingham said that all speakers were vetted before addressing students.
“We respect the right of all individuals to exercise freedom of speech within the law; we are also intolerant of discrimination of any kind,” she said.
Abdur Raheem Green, a convert born to British parents in Tanzania, held the Call of Duty event after being asked to address students at University of Birmingham by its Islamic Society.
On his website, the blonde-haired Islamist says that the CIA and Mossad “helped 9/11 to happen” and calls on the US to release terror supporter Ali al-Timimi, caged for life for sending young American Muslims to train in Taliban camps.
Mr Green has also previously spoken out against homosexuality and adultery and posted on his website: “A public crime deserves a public punishment. Adultery is punishable by death, and a slow and painful death by stoning.”
In 2005 he was banned from entering Australia after being placed on a government watchlist.
Despite his radical views, the Metropolitan Police has previously asked him to work with them to tackle fundamentalism, and he has insisted that he has remained “consistent” in rejecting terrorism in the name of Islam.
“I surely have said some pretty radical things and maybe even written some radical things in the past,” Mr Green admitted in an interview in 2009.
“But one thing I have been very consistent on is terrorism, participating in terrorist activities, violent revolution, is not something that I have ever thought was part of the religion of Islam.”
A spokeswoman for University of Birmingham said that all speakers were vetted before addressing students.
“We respect the right of all individuals to exercise freedom of speech within the law; we are also intolerant of discrimination of any kind,” she said.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Just one in five immigration offenders kicked out of UK
Thousands of immigration offenders are being allowed to escape deportation every year, Government figures reveal.The asylum system is supposed to take a strict stance against those who are caught living in the UK illegally.
But fewer than one in five of those who claimed asylum only after they were caught living here without permission have been kicked out.
Incredibly, more are being given permission to stay than are being removed.
Incredibly, more are being given permission to stay than are being removed.
Critics said the figures showed how the previous Labour government had turned Britain into a ‘soft touch’ for illegal immigrants.
In the past three years alone, only 7,294 of the 40,000 who claimed asylum after being caught breaking immigration rules were kicked out.
This compared with 9,869 - one in four - who were told they could stay. The remainder have either yet to have their cases decided or have dropped out of the system.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of MigrationWatch, said: ‘These are astonishing figures. ‘These people entered illegally in the first place without bothering to claim asylum, so they can hardly be prime candidates.
‘Despite that, a quarter of them were granted some sort of protection.
‘Worse still, of all those detected, less than one in five have actually been removed. No wonder Britain is considered a soft touch and people are queuing in Calais to get here.’
The Home Office figures, obtained by Tory MP Priti Patel, detail what happens to people who are caught living in Britain illegally.
They can be caught trying to enter the country in the back of lorries, or using other clandestine methods. Alternatively, they may have entered legally then overstayed their visas.
Both categories are entitled to claim asylum when they are picked up by the authorities.
However, the UK Border Agency is instructed to take a dim view of anybody caught in these circumstances.
Normally, there is a suspicion that anybody who does not claim asylum within a short time of entering the country may not be a genuine refugee.
One of the difficulties faced by the UK Border Agency is having enough staff to track down failed asylum seekers once they have been ordered to leave.
Staff are told to prioritise those who pose the greatest danger to the public. That means foreign criminals are at the front of the queue.
Staff are told to prioritise those who pose the greatest danger to the public. That means foreign criminals are at the front of the queue.
The UKBA is preparing to axe 5,000 jobs over the next four years. This has led to concerns there will be even fewer staff dedicated to asylum removals.
In a blistering report published last February, the Parliamentary ombudsman laid the blame at the door of the last government.
Ann Abraham said Labour was a ‘very long way’ from running a fast and fair immigration system that deports foreigners with no right to live here.
She found delays and incompetence at almost every level of the asylum and immigration process - with backlogs running to hundreds of thousands of cases.
The ombudsman warned the situation is such a shambles that illegal immigrants could soon benefit from an obscure rule which says those who avoid removal for 14 years can apply to stay here permanently.
Immigration Minister Damian Green said: ‘We have known for some time that the asylum system used to be chaotic and has been recovering slowly, and are committed to ensuring asylum cases are concluded faster, at lower cost, and that we continue to improve the quality of our decision-making.
‘Throughout 2011 we will be introducing extra controls to affect every immigration route.
‘We will exert steady downward pressure on immigration numbers through the course of this Parliament with the aim of reducing net migration from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands.’
Monday, February 7, 2011
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Muslims Send Problems Kids to al-Qaeda Schools...
According to a communiqué dated July 18 2008, Laura Hickey, a senior British official, told the Americans that “stabilising Kashmir is also important for UK domestic security reasons.” Ms Hickey, the Foreign Office’s Pakistan team leader, said there was “a growing trend of UK-based parents who send their 'problem children’ to madrassahs in Kashmir, and these students are at high risk of radicalisation”.
Later Ms Hickey told the US diplomats of “what HMG internally terms the 'Kashmir escalation effect’. This meant that “while it appears the government of Pakistan has ceased to run militant training camps in Kashmir, the camps continue to operate.
“Terrorist organisations, like al-Qaeda, have begun using these camps as recruitment centres. After additional training … recruitees are then poised to commit terrorist activities.”
Britain was also concerned that “UK passport-holders will be recruited to commit terrorist operations in the UK.
“With the continued presence of militant training camps in Kashmir and over half a million UK passport-holders with ties to the region, HMG is concerned that UK nationals will be recruited to conduct terrorist activities in the UK.”
The cable continued: “As part of the 'Promoting British Islam’ programme, prominent Muslim Britons of Pakistani descent travel to Kashmir on goodwill trips to explain life as a Muslim in the UK.”
The news adds context to comments made by David Miliband, who was then foreign secretary, on a visit to India in the following January, when he told a newspaper that “resolution of the Kashmir dispute would help deny extremists in the region one of their main calls to arms”, a remark that outraged many Indians.
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'We need to be a lot less tolerant towards Islamic extremists': Cameron calls for immigrants to respect British core values
David Cameron today pledged to make Britain ‘a lot less’ tolerant towards Islamic extremists who whip up hatred against the West.
In a major speech on terrorism, the Prime Minister argued that Britain has been too ‘passive’ towards organisations and preachers who poison the minds of young Muslims.
David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the International Conference on Security Policy in Munich today.
'Frankly, we need a lot less of the passive tolerance of recent years and much more active, muscular liberalism,' the Prime Minister said
Signalling a major departure from Labour’s softly-softly approach,
he suggested that to ‘belong’ in Britain, individuals must sign up to core values such as freedom of speech, the rule of law and democracy.
In a barely-concealed attack on the opposition, he will say: ‘It’s time to turn the page on the failed policies of the past.’
The Prime Minister pledged to end all public funding for groups which give succour to extremist views.
And he called for action to ban extremists from radicalising young people in universities, prisons and internet chat rooms.
At a security conference in Munich today, Mr Cameron said: ‘Frankly, we need a lot less of the passive tolerance of recent years and much more active, muscular liberalism.’
His warning comes just days after Britain’s independent reviewer of anti-terrorism laws, Lord Carlile, said that human rights rulings had made Britain a ‘safe haven’ for suspected foreign terrorists.
The Prime Minister also hit out at Labour’s experiment with multiculturalism – calling it a failure.
He says society has failed to provide a strong sense of what it means to be British, making it easier for extremists to prey on youngsters seeking something to identify with.
He added: ‘We have even tolerated these segregated communities behaving in ways that run counter to our values.
‘So when a white person holds objectionable views – racism, for example – we rightly condemn them.
‘But when equally unacceptable views or practices have come from someone who isn’t white, we’ve been too cautious, frankly even fearful, to stand up to them.’
Mr Cameron pledged to end the state funding of groups that help foster extremist views, even if they are not directly linked to terrorism.
He warned that there is a ‘spectrum’ of dangerous groups, ranging from those advocating suicide bomb attacks to those who ‘may reject violence, but who accept various parts of the extremist world view, including real hostility towards western democracy and liberal values’.
He said: ‘As evidence emerges about the backgrounds of those convicted of terrorist offences, it is clear that many of them were initially influenced by what some have called “non-violent extremists” and then took those radical beliefs to the next level by embracing violence.’
Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil liberties and human rights campaign group Liberty, said: 'I don't know how the Prime Minister defines multiculturalism, but I agree with every fundamental right and freedom set out in his speech.
'These are the values enshrined in the Human Rights Act which I hope he will now promote rather than denigrate.'
Downing Street declined to name the groups Mr Cameron is referring to. But controversial organisations which have received state funding in the past include Hizb-ut-Tahrir and the Muslim Council of Britain.
Mr Cameron warned fellow European leaders that they cannot tackle terrorism simply by tracking down extremists abroad in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan and must ‘wake up to what is happening in our own countries’.
FOREIGN SECRETARY WARNS OF CYBER WARS
Governments must agree rules for online behaviour to prevent ‘cyber war’ breaking out between states, William Hague warned yesterday.
The Foreign Secretary revealed that as recently as last month his department’s IT system had come under attack from a ‘hostile state intelligence agency’.
He added that reliance on computer networks to control everything from the supply of electricity to the flow of money had ‘opened up new channels for hostile governments to probe our defences’.
Mr Hague told the Munich Security Conference that he was willing to host an international conference in Britain to discuss ‘norms of acceptable behaviour’ in cyberspace.
And he called for ‘real political and diplomatic weight’ to be put behind regulations to prevent an online war.
Sarkozy latest to declare multiculturalism a failure
Holland is the Latest to Admit Failure of Multiculturalism...
Friday, February 4, 2011
Jailed for playing the race card, sales rep, 45, who falsely claimed he had been racially abused by a traffic warden and a doctor
A sales rep who falsely claimed a traffic warden had racially abused and attacked him in a bid to avoid a parking ticket was today jailed for 12 months.
Father-of-three Ben Hlal - originally from Tunisia - had parked on double yellow lines outside an Asda supermarket when he was caught by civil enforcement officer Andrew Lynch.
Mr Lynch warned the 45-year-old he would give him a ticket if he did not move on and gave him time to move his car.
But Hlal moved to another section of road, also with double yellow lines, and phoned the police from his mobile claiming Mr Lynch had racially abused him and grabbed him around the neck.
Mr Lynch was later arrested, interrogated by officers for three hours and suspended from his job at Fareham Borough Council.
He was only allowed back to work five weeks later when police decided there was no case to answer, Portsmouth Crown Court heard.
Hlal also made a false allegation of racial abuse against a doctor who challenged him for parking in a disabled bay at a Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, without displaying a badge.
Dr Neil Buchanan was also arrested and later released without charge - but the suspicion continued to be flagged up on his regular criminal record checks that were done routinely as part of his job.
Judge Hetherington: 'You deliberately played the race card, knowing it would cause maximum embarrassment and be treated seriously by the authorities'
In a statement to police, Hlal, from Fareham, Hants, said he was grateful his elderly mother was not in the car on September 5, 2008, because the shock of seeing the doctor 'shouting and jumping' would have killed her.
He added: 'I was shocked and frightened at the time and on reflection, I'm even more shocked that someone can act like that.'
During the trial, traffic warden Mr Lynch said he feared losing his job following the incident on November 14, 2009.
He said: 'I went up to the vehicle and said to the driver that he needed to move. At this point he said to me that he was on the phone to the police and that I had assaulted him.
'He said that I had grabbed him around the face and had hit him against his headrest. I said: "No I haven't."
'I stepped back and went to issue a penalty charge notice.'
'I was suspended from patrolling, from doing my job. I thought I was going to lose my job.'
Car park row: Hlal accused Dr Neil Buchanan of racially abusing him at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester
Judge Roger Hetherington today said Hlal, who moved to the UK from Tunisia about 25 years ago, had 'used the race card' to try and avoid paying the parking ticket at Asda.
The court heard that Hlal's ex-wife Diane Bateman, with whom he still remained in contact, had given a police statement in support of his claim against the parking warden in Fareham.
Judge Hetherington told Hlal: 'You made a concerted and determined decision to pursue these deliberately false complaints against two innocent men.
'Your motivation was partly to get yourself out of a situtation where you were in the wrong and may have had to pay a fine and partly anger that someone might have the temerity to challenge you.
'You deliberately played the race card, knowing it would cause maximum embarrassment and be treated seriously by the authorities.
'You were the instigator in both these matters.
'You, Bateman, probably acted out of a sense of loyalty to your husband.' Kate Freemantle, defending Hlal, said her client was the main breadwinner in the family and if he was jailed his three children and elderly mother would struggle to cope.
Russell Pyne, defending Bateman, said she was probably pressured into giving a statement in support of her husband and would also be deprived of seeing her children.
Hlal was sentenced to 12 months' jail for two counts of perverting justice, to run concurrently.
Bateman, from Gosport, Hants, was jailed for six months, suspended for 12 months, for one count of perverting justice.
She was also ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £500.
Both had denied the allegations and were found guilty at trial.
Father-of-three Ben Hlal - originally from Tunisia - had parked on double yellow lines outside an Asda supermarket when he was caught by civil enforcement officer Andrew Lynch.
Mr Lynch warned the 45-year-old he would give him a ticket if he did not move on and gave him time to move his car.
But Hlal moved to another section of road, also with double yellow lines, and phoned the police from his mobile claiming Mr Lynch had racially abused him and grabbed him around the neck.
Mr Lynch was later arrested, interrogated by officers for three hours and suspended from his job at Fareham Borough Council.
He was only allowed back to work five weeks later when police decided there was no case to answer, Portsmouth Crown Court heard.
Hlal also made a false allegation of racial abuse against a doctor who challenged him for parking in a disabled bay at a Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, without displaying a badge.
Dr Neil Buchanan was also arrested and later released without charge - but the suspicion continued to be flagged up on his regular criminal record checks that were done routinely as part of his job.
Judge Hetherington: 'You deliberately played the race card, knowing it would cause maximum embarrassment and be treated seriously by the authorities'
In a statement to police, Hlal, from Fareham, Hants, said he was grateful his elderly mother was not in the car on September 5, 2008, because the shock of seeing the doctor 'shouting and jumping' would have killed her.
He added: 'I was shocked and frightened at the time and on reflection, I'm even more shocked that someone can act like that.'
During the trial, traffic warden Mr Lynch said he feared losing his job following the incident on November 14, 2009.
He said: 'I went up to the vehicle and said to the driver that he needed to move. At this point he said to me that he was on the phone to the police and that I had assaulted him.
'He said that I had grabbed him around the face and had hit him against his headrest. I said: "No I haven't."
'I stepped back and went to issue a penalty charge notice.'
'I was suspended from patrolling, from doing my job. I thought I was going to lose my job.'
Car park row: Hlal accused Dr Neil Buchanan of racially abusing him at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester
Judge Roger Hetherington today said Hlal, who moved to the UK from Tunisia about 25 years ago, had 'used the race card' to try and avoid paying the parking ticket at Asda.
The court heard that Hlal's ex-wife Diane Bateman, with whom he still remained in contact, had given a police statement in support of his claim against the parking warden in Fareham.
Judge Hetherington told Hlal: 'You made a concerted and determined decision to pursue these deliberately false complaints against two innocent men.
'Your motivation was partly to get yourself out of a situtation where you were in the wrong and may have had to pay a fine and partly anger that someone might have the temerity to challenge you.
'You deliberately played the race card, knowing it would cause maximum embarrassment and be treated seriously by the authorities.
'You were the instigator in both these matters.
'You, Bateman, probably acted out of a sense of loyalty to your husband.' Kate Freemantle, defending Hlal, said her client was the main breadwinner in the family and if he was jailed his three children and elderly mother would struggle to cope.
Russell Pyne, defending Bateman, said she was probably pressured into giving a statement in support of her husband and would also be deprived of seeing her children.
Hlal was sentenced to 12 months' jail for two counts of perverting justice, to run concurrently.
Bateman, from Gosport, Hants, was jailed for six months, suspended for 12 months, for one count of perverting justice.
She was also ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £500.
Both had denied the allegations and were found guilty at trial.
Rapist cornered by father of teenage victim after she spotted him in street
Mohammed Alim, 30, was cornered and arrested after police joined the pursuit.
Today, he was jailed for seven years for a 'cold and calculated attack'.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard how the failed asylum seeker stalked his victim as she walked along a road in Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, on the evening of September 18 last year.
Alim pulled the teenager into an alleyway and throttled her before raping her twice.
He then ran off with her handbag.
However, just days after the attack took place, the teenager spotted Alim on the streets of Oldham while driving with her father.
Her father pulled over the vehicle and called Alim over, pretending he was lost.
But Alim ran off after catching sight of the girl, who had tried to conceal herself from view.
The father gave chase and was joined by two nearby PCSOs on patrol. The attacker was finally cornered by police when he ran into a stranger's house.
Alim, who came to the UK from Bangladesh aged 16 and whose previous attempts to claim refuge had been refused, pleaded guilty to one count of rape after DNA evidence was recovered from the scene.
Delivering sentencing, Judge Lakin said: 'You subjected a young girl to every woman's worst nightmare. This rape was cold and calculated.
;During the attack she feared she would die and says she feels lucky to be alive.
'Not surprisingly this has had a very serious impact on her.
'She feels scared, has trouble sleeping and now has problems with her studies. You are in my judgement a dangerous offender.'
Alim was sentenced to seven years and four months in custody and ordered to serve a further two years on licence, minus 130 days already spent behind bars.
He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register and banned from working with children for life.
Two other charges of sexual assault and theft were allowed to lie on file.
Speaking outside court, a member of the girl's family expressed dismay at the sentence.
They said: 'This sentence is not long enough for what he has done - it is horrendous what she has been through.
'I think if her father had caught him he would have killed him.
'She has had to have injections in case she had HIV and he gave her a sexually transmitted disease - what teenage girl should have to go through that?
'She has been left terrified and has had to move away from the area so she doesn't have to walk past where the attack happened.
Britain facing 'unstoppable wave of home-grown suicide bombers' warns MI6
The terrifying prospect of a wave of suicide bombings by home-grown terrorists unknown to authorities was revealed today.
The problem is set to blight Britain for a generation, an MI6 officer warned in secret intelligence documents.
The Secret Intelligence Service official warned that radicalised British Muslims who undertake training will become 'suicide operatives' who will target innocent civilians.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353577/Britain-facing-wave-homegrown-suicide-bombers-warns-MI6.html#ixzz1D1KWhzsF
The problem is set to blight Britain for a generation, an MI6 officer warned in secret intelligence documents.
The Secret Intelligence Service official warned that radicalised British Muslims who undertake training will become 'suicide operatives' who will target innocent civilians.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353577/Britain-facing-wave-homegrown-suicide-bombers-warns-MI6.html#ixzz1D1KWhzsF
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Migrants 'must teach their children English', demands David Cameron
Migrant families have an obligation to teach their children English before they start school, David Cameron has said.
And the Prime Minister pledged that he would bring forward tougher rules to ensure those arriving in the UK had a reasonable standard of English.
One in six children do not speak English as their first language.
Ministers believe that children brought up here stand a better chance of succeeding if their parents have a good grasp of the language.
Mr Cameron spoke out after a Commons exchange with Yorkshire Tory MP Kris Hopkins, who said: ‘Sadly in Keighley, too many children start school and don’t speak English.’
He then asked Mr Cameron: ‘Do you agree with me that there is a responsibility and an obligation upon parents to make sure their children speak English?’
Mr Cameron replied: ‘I completely agree with you. The fact is, in too many cases this isn’t happening.
‘The last government did make some progress on making sure people learned English when they came to our country.
I think we need to go further. If you look at the figures for the number of people who are brought over as husbands and wives, particularly from the Indian sub-continent,
we should be putting in place – and we will be putting in place – tougher rules to make sure they do learn English so when they come, if they come, they can be more integrated into our country.’
A recent study by MigrationWatch found that children who speak English as their first language are in a minority in some inner-city London schools.
Birmingham, Bradford and Leicester all have more than 40 per cent of pupils in primary schools who do not have English as a first language.
To date, the Government’s policies have focused upon marriage visas.
Since September, those coming to Britain to marry UK citizens have been forced to sit pre-entry tests proving a basic level of English.
Lawyers argue that the tests, which apply only to those from non-English-speaking countries, are discriminatory, and breach human rights law.
But Immigration Minister Damian Green argued that the English language requirement would allow for a ‘more cohesive society’.
And the Prime Minister pledged that he would bring forward tougher rules to ensure those arriving in the UK had a reasonable standard of English.
One in six children do not speak English as their first language.
Ministers believe that children brought up here stand a better chance of succeeding if their parents have a good grasp of the language.
Mr Cameron spoke out after a Commons exchange with Yorkshire Tory MP Kris Hopkins, who said: ‘Sadly in Keighley, too many children start school and don’t speak English.’
He then asked Mr Cameron: ‘Do you agree with me that there is a responsibility and an obligation upon parents to make sure their children speak English?’
Mr Cameron replied: ‘I completely agree with you. The fact is, in too many cases this isn’t happening.
‘The last government did make some progress on making sure people learned English when they came to our country.
I think we need to go further. If you look at the figures for the number of people who are brought over as husbands and wives, particularly from the Indian sub-continent,
we should be putting in place – and we will be putting in place – tougher rules to make sure they do learn English so when they come, if they come, they can be more integrated into our country.’
A recent study by MigrationWatch found that children who speak English as their first language are in a minority in some inner-city London schools.
Birmingham, Bradford and Leicester all have more than 40 per cent of pupils in primary schools who do not have English as a first language.
To date, the Government’s policies have focused upon marriage visas.
Since September, those coming to Britain to marry UK citizens have been forced to sit pre-entry tests proving a basic level of English.
Lawyers argue that the tests, which apply only to those from non-English-speaking countries, are discriminatory, and breach human rights law.
But Immigration Minister Damian Green argued that the English language requirement would allow for a ‘more cohesive society’.
Human rights makes UK a 'safe haven' for suspected terrorists, warns Government's anti-terror law watchdog
Human rights rulings make the UK a 'safe haven' for suspected foreign terrorists, the independent reviewer of anti-terror laws warned today.
Lord Carlile said the dismissal of the Government's argument that the risk of ill treatment on deportation for foreign nationals had to be balanced against the threat they posed when they are allowed to stay in Britain caused problems.
'The effect is to make the UK a safe haven for some individuals whose determination is to damage the UK and its citizens - hardly a satisfactory situation save for the purist,' he said.
In his annual review of counter-terror legislation published today, Lord Carlile backed the Government's attempts to deport suspected foreign terrorists with assurances over their treatment once returned home.
But he warned that it was a 'time-consuming process, requiring assurances that are public, credible and reliable'.
Even once agreed, 'there is no guarantee that the courts will accept them, given the relatively low legal threshold required for an individual to avoid deportation', he said.
The Government has argued that, where a person seeks to resist removal on the grounds of the risk of ill-treatment in their home country, this may be balanced against the threat they pose to national security if they remain.
It also argued that, if the person poses a risk to national security, this should affect the standard to which he must establish the risk of ill-treatment.
But both arguments were rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, Lord Carlile said.
'This leaves the UK reliant on DWA (deportation with assurances) arrangements.'
Arrangements currently exist with Algeria, Jordan, Ethiopia, Libya and Lebanon, although the latter may need to be renegotiated 'in the light of political developments there', he said.
Home Secretary Theresa May last week outlined plans for a stronger effort to deport foreign nationals involved in terrorist activity.
On control orders, Lord Carlile said the proposed replacement - terrorism prevention and investigation measures, or Tpims - 'shares several characteristics with control orders (and would provide commensurate protection)'.
'There is an acceptable balance of risk against other considerations,' he said. 'It should be seen as adopting a new approach to public protection against terrorism.'
Lord Carlile went on: 'In stark terms, the potential cost of losing control orders now is that the UK would be more vulnerable to a successful terrorist attack.'
But he added that, in future, at least two members of the Opposition should undergo developed vetting and should be given 'detailed knowledge of the evidence base for control orders, generally and in relation to individuals'.
'The purpose of this would be that, whilst respecting confidentiality and national security, they should be able to give informed advice to their shadow colleagues on the merits of the legislation,' he said.
He added that control orders, or their replacement, should only be used when prosecution was not possible and added that it was 'unlikely' that the use of intercept evidence in court would have led to the prosecution of any controlees since control orders were introduced in 2005
Lord Carlile said the dismissal of the Government's argument that the risk of ill treatment on deportation for foreign nationals had to be balanced against the threat they posed when they are allowed to stay in Britain caused problems.
'The effect is to make the UK a safe haven for some individuals whose determination is to damage the UK and its citizens - hardly a satisfactory situation save for the purist,' he said.
In his annual review of counter-terror legislation published today, Lord Carlile backed the Government's attempts to deport suspected foreign terrorists with assurances over their treatment once returned home.
But he warned that it was a 'time-consuming process, requiring assurances that are public, credible and reliable'.
Even once agreed, 'there is no guarantee that the courts will accept them, given the relatively low legal threshold required for an individual to avoid deportation', he said.
The Government has argued that, where a person seeks to resist removal on the grounds of the risk of ill-treatment in their home country, this may be balanced against the threat they pose to national security if they remain.
It also argued that, if the person poses a risk to national security, this should affect the standard to which he must establish the risk of ill-treatment.
But both arguments were rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, Lord Carlile said.
'This leaves the UK reliant on DWA (deportation with assurances) arrangements.'
Arrangements currently exist with Algeria, Jordan, Ethiopia, Libya and Lebanon, although the latter may need to be renegotiated 'in the light of political developments there', he said.
Home Secretary Theresa May last week outlined plans for a stronger effort to deport foreign nationals involved in terrorist activity.
On control orders, Lord Carlile said the proposed replacement - terrorism prevention and investigation measures, or Tpims - 'shares several characteristics with control orders (and would provide commensurate protection)'.
'There is an acceptable balance of risk against other considerations,' he said. 'It should be seen as adopting a new approach to public protection against terrorism.'
Lord Carlile went on: 'In stark terms, the potential cost of losing control orders now is that the UK would be more vulnerable to a successful terrorist attack.'
But he added that, in future, at least two members of the Opposition should undergo developed vetting and should be given 'detailed knowledge of the evidence base for control orders, generally and in relation to individuals'.
'The purpose of this would be that, whilst respecting confidentiality and national security, they should be able to give informed advice to their shadow colleagues on the merits of the legislation,' he said.
He added that control orders, or their replacement, should only be used when prosecution was not possible and added that it was 'unlikely' that the use of intercept evidence in court would have led to the prosecution of any controlees since control orders were introduced in 2005
Fury after two Muslim councillors refuse to take part in standing ovation for Marine who won George Cross
Salma Yaqoob and Mohammed Ishtiaq remained seated during a ceremony for Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher.The 26-year-old was awarded the George Cross after he flung himself onto a Taliban hand grenade to save his comrades during an ambush in Helmand Province in 2008.
He was serving with 40 Commando when his patrol came under fire but he miraculously survived because his backpack took the force of the blast.
L/Cpl Croucher became the most highly-decorated serving Marine when he received the George Cross for ‘outstanding bravery not involving direct contact with the enemy’.
More than 100 councillors at Birmingham City Council attended a meeting on Tuesday night to honour L/Cpl Croucher, who was there as guest of honour.
But when the councillors stood to give him a standing ovation Cllrs Yaqoob and Ishtiaq, who are both members of the Respect party, refused to get to their feet.
Fellow councillors today reacted with fury at the snub and branded the pair 'shameful'.
Conservative Cllr John Lines said: 'They should be ashamed of themselves.
'This was not the time or place to stage an anti-war protest - this man risked his life for his comrades.
'I was happy to give this hero a standing ovation and I have invited him to be guest of honour when we open new houses for ex-military personnel later this year.'
Conservative Cllr Peter Douglas Osborn added: 'As far as I am concerned it is no longer the Respect Party, but the disrespect party.'
L/Cpl Croucher, from Solihull, West Midlands., who now runs a security firm, was at the meeting to highlight his work with the Royal British Legion.
He said: 'Obviously not everyone is behind the work we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan and they have their point of view.
'On the other hand, it was nice to be shown respect for the job we do by the overwhelming majority of councillors.'
Yaqoob and Ishtiaq yesterday remained defiant about their decision to snub L/Cpl Croucher, branding the gesture 'false patriotism'.
Cllr Yaqoob, Respect Party leader and head of Birmingham’s Stop the War Coalition, said: 'It was more about the politicians feeling good about themselves for sending our young men to fight for reasons that have proved to be false.
'I have every sympathy for our soldiers on a human level, they are only doing their jobs.
'But this ovation was just a big public show, it was false patriotism.
'Wrapping coffins in the flag and awarding medals does not make it right.'
Cllr Ishtiaq added: 'At the end of the day, if these so-called politicians want to give a standing ovation, why don’t they go and fight themselves?
'What we did was out of principle.'
The mother of L/Cpl Croucher expressed shock that two Muslim councillors snubbed her son.
Margaret Croucher said: '
It is a surprising thing to have happened. I don't think Matt expected to be caught in the middle of a row.
'I am disappointed but like Matt said after it happened, everyone is entitled to their opinion whatever it may be.'
Cllr Salma Yaqoob, 38, a married mother-of-three, was elected to Birmingham City Council in 2006 and represents the Sparkbrook ward.
She received nearly 50 per cent of the vote which is one of the highest majorities of any councillor.
Cllr Mohammed Ishtiaq, 35, is a married father-of-one, was elected to the council in 2007 and also represents the Sparkbrook ward.
Today he defended the decision to snub L/Cpl Croucher's standing ovation.
He said: 'We had no idea that there would be a standing ovation. It was announced at the start of the meeting.
'We were caught unawares but we decided we did not wish to take part.
'We acknowledged Matt Croucher by nodding and smiling in his direction which I think he appreciated.
'We were protesting against the other politicians not against Matt.
'He is a hero for what he did but he, like many other young men and women, are in a war which is based on a pack of lies.'
A Birmingham City Council spokesman said the councillors had not breached any rules and would not comment on political matters.
Is The Respect Party an Al Qaeda propaganda unit ?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Islamic extremist landed job with British Airways 'in terror plot to blow up a flight to the U.S.'
An Islamic extremist landed a job as a British Airways computer expert with the aim of blowing up a plane bound for America, a court heard.
Rajib Karim, 31, is accused of plotting with terror mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki to commit a ‘spectacular’ atrocity that would lead to ‘widespread loss of life’.
Desperate for martyrdom, the Bangladesh-born fanatic volunteered to train as cabin crew in the hope of blowing up aircraft, it was alleged.
The software engineer is also said to have planned to hijack BA computer systems to ground flights, causing chaos for millions of passengers.
Karim had already begun to build a terror cell in Britain, recruiting a baggage handler from Heathrow Airport and a security guard, it was claimed.
Woolwich Crown Court heard that in the final encrypted email he sent to al-Awlaki before his arrest last February, Karim said he would speak to his brothers ‘to find out the possibilities of shipping a package to a U.S.-bound plane’.
the jury was told that Karim acted as a terrorist mole for American-born al-Awlaki – the commander of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – passing him crucial information on the airline’s computer and security systems and even cabin crew names and addresses.
The zealot came to Britain in December 2006 with his British wife, Zijarin Raja, to seek cancer treatment on the NHS for his baby son, now five. It later transpired the boy did not have the disease and he has now recovered.
But Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said that from his arrival Karim was ‘entirely committed to an extreme Jihadist and religious cause’.
‘Karim believes that terrorism, including the murder of civilians, is permissible to establish, as he views it, a true Islamic state'
‘He believes that terrorism, including the murder of civilians, is permissible to establish, as he views it, a true Islamic state,’ Mr Laidlaw said. ‘Karim was anxious to carry out such an act and he was determined to seek martyrdom.’
Karim had been given indefinite leave to remain in the UK in January 2009, and just a month before had completed an application form for naturalisation as a British citizen.
But the court heard that when he first travelled from Bangladesh to the UK it was to see if the country ‘could be exploited for terrorist purposes’.
In one email, recovered by police, he said: ‘From the moment I entered this country my niyah (purpose) was to do something for the deen (faith), it was not to make a living here and start enjoying life.’
However, he settled in at work and bided his time, Mr Laidlaw told the court, joining a gym and playing football. ‘It was as far as anybody could tell a perfectly ordinary life he was living,’ he said.
Karim, already a fund-raiser for the Al Qaeda-linked terror organisation Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), began plotting with al-Awlaki after being introduced by his younger brother, Tehzeeb, also a member of the JMB.
The father of one signed up to BA’s graduate training programme in Newcastle in 2007,
becoming a software engineer in ‘as good a job as could be obtained’ for terrorist purposes,
His pass gave him ‘unsupervised access’ to BA computers running its website, email, crew roster, engineering systems, HR and finances.
His pass gave him ‘unsupervised access’ to BA computers running its website, email, crew roster, engineering systems, HR and finances.
In late 2009, Karim became depressed that he had failed to achieve an attack and offered to wage war in Afghanistan.
But al-Awlaki said he should remain in position, from where he ‘might be able to provide us with critical information’.
Karim responded saying he had ‘knowledge of key people in BA’ as well as key computer hardware locations.
Following strike action by cabin crew in 2009, BA sought volunteers from its ground staff to train as cabin crew.
Karim completed an application form for a customer support role – he did not have enough service for cabin crew duty – two weeks before his arrest.
He has admitted several charges including fund-raising for terrorism, but denies four counts of engaging in the preparation of terrorist acts.
The trial continues.
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