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To be be effective, this fatwa needs to find popular purchase

By Houriya Ahmed on March 3, 2010 6:24 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks
Article for the Independent by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens & Houriya Ahmed

This is not the first time that such a condemnation has been issued by a senior Islamic authority. Yet there are two aspects to this one which set it apart from the rest.

It is an unequivocal denunciation of suicide bombings and terrorism. Dr Qadri criticises others who condemn acts of terror, while at the same time providing a catalogue of excuses for it. Addressing the audience at the fatwa launch in Westminster he said: "A total condemnation should come from the Muslim world without playing with ifs or buts. No pretext, no foreign policy, no talk of occupation."

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'Mega mosque' initiative abandoned

By Robin Simcox on January 19, 2010 12:03 PM | 9 Comments | No TrackBacks
This is a guest post by CSC Research intern, Deborah Garel.

The program to build a huge mosque next to London's Olympic site was brought to an end by Newham council yesterday.


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Islam4UK Ban - Why So Late?

By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on January 15, 2010 1:31 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Reproduced below is my latest blog for Standpoint magazine:

Yesterday, Home Secretary Alan Johnson banned Islam4UK in what seemed a knee-jerk reaction to their planned march in Wootten Bassett.  Although the ban has come late and was quite clearly done with the upcoming election in mind, it is still the right move.
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The nativist response to the Swiss minaret ban

By Robin Simcox on December 7, 2009 12:11 PM | 5 Comments | No TrackBacks
This is a guest post by CSC Research intern, Deborah Garel:

The response to the Swiss ban on minarets has triggered extensive criticisms from most other European governments. Nonetheless, it has inspired European nativist parties to take similar measures, revealing a fear of Islam felt by some European communities and the desire of extremist parties to exploit this.
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RICU Give Update on April 2009 Student Terror Arrests

By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on September 3, 2009 4:48 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
This is an article which first appeared on my Standpoint Focus on Islamism blog


Readers may remember that back in April, counter terrorism officers arrested 12 students in the North West of England as part of Operation Pathway.  The government has now released an update about the arrests and subsequent detentions, which have caused much consternation among some British Muslims, who (in some cases justifiably) saw the arrests as another example of the increased suspicion and victimisation of Muslims in the UK.

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Scottish Islamic Foundation Forced to Return Tax Payer Money

By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on August 17, 2009 5:36 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF), Scotland's primary Islamist pressure group, was forced this week to return £128,000 of public money.

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Jim Fitzpatrick Gets it Wrong on Gender Segregation and the East London Mosque

By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on August 17, 2009 3:21 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks
This is a blog which first appeared on my Standpoint Focus on Islamism blog.

Jim Fitzpatrick, the Labour MP for Poplar and Canning town was offended this week when he was asked to sit separately from his wife at a private Muslim wedding.  He has taken the wrong fight to the right people.
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Stop the War Coalition Launches Kafa Campaign

By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on June 30, 2009 4:50 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
The Stop the War Coalition's latest campaign, Kafa, was officially launched last Friday. Click here to read my account of the event.

Hizb-ut Tahrir and the 'butcher of Buner'

By Houriya Ahmed on May 21, 2009 1:07 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks
Hizb-ut Tahrir (HT) Britain, a global Islamist revolutionary group calling for the establishment of an Islamic state (Khilafah), has recently issued a press statement titled 'Brown welcomes the butcher of Buner to Downing Street' - denouncing Pakistani President  Zardari's visit to the UK. Taji Mustafa HT Britain's media representative said:

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What really inspired the 7/7 ringleader?

By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on May 19, 2009 9:55 PM | 3 Comments | No TrackBacks
Well, it certainly was not UK involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.  James Forsyth of The Spectator, with the assistance of Shiraz Maher, has highlighted a crucial segment of the recenly released review of the intelligence.  On page 93 of Could 7/7 Have Been Prevented?, there is a picture of Mohammed Siddique Khan from a surveillance operation in January 2001, this was before the invasion of Afghanistan and long before Iraq.  In fact, it would be difficult even to argue that Khan took his inspiration from the bravery and heroism of the 9/11 murderers.
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