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Email newsletter As many as one in 11 British Muslims agree with and proactively support terrorism, a Government adviser has warned police.
Haras Rafiq also told officers at Scotland Yard that up to 20 per cent of the Muslim population ' sympathise' with militants, while stopping short of being prepared to 'blow themselves up'.
His remarks underline the scale of the task facing Gordon Brown to win the hearts and minds of Muslims, only a week after he promised an extra £70million to councils and community groups to fight extremism.
Mr Rafiq, an adviser to the Government's preventing extremism taskforce, said: "A percentage of people actually agree and support proactively the people that are deciding to blow themselves up.
"It varies, it can be 7 per cent, 5 per cent, 9 per cent."
With 1.6million Muslims living in the UK, nine per cent is the equivalent of 144,000 people supporting terrorism.
'Proactively' supporting terrorism is understood to mean the people are vocal in their support for fanatics, rather than actively helping them to commit atrocities.
Mr Rafiq, filmed by Channel 4's Dispatches, went on: "Next we can have a percentage of people that can actually sympathise.
"These people at this stage ... won't go out and be operational and won't decide to blow themselves up but can sympathise with the people that can blow themselves up.
"Again this can be in double digits. Then we have a percentage of the population that actually empathises with the people that blow themselves up. It could be 15 to 20 per cent.
"It could be somebody who says, 'I don't agree that these guys are blowing themselves up but I can actually understand why'."
Mr Rafiq, a member of the Sufi Muslim Council, made his presentation to Scotland Yard earlier this year, after almost two years of Government attempts to combat extremism in the wake of the July 7 bombings.
Critics argue that working parties and an attempt to persuade Muslim leaders and groups such as the Muslim Council of Britain to speak out against extremism have not had the desired impact.
The documentary reveals that fanatics are continuing to peddle a message of hatred in the UK.
This centres on persuading Muslims that the covenant of security that in return for safety and freedom, Muslims do not attack the nation that is their home - has been broken by draconian anti-terror laws and the war in Iraq.
Dispatches discovered that Abu Mohammed, a fanatical preacher based in Europe, managed to make a series of visits to Britain, lecturing to young Muslims in houses in Luton, before being banned by the Home Office in March this year.
He continues to radicalise followers here via the Internet.
Mohammed is filmed by reporter Phil Rees declaring: "We are in a state of war and no covenant exists...British Muslims should know that the British Government will do everything to frighten them, to make them very uncomfortable and they have to be prepared to pay the price and fight back."
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said yesterday that the Government is changing its approach to dealing with extremism.
She added: "It seems to me that what we should be doing is emphasising the values that we share which are under attack from terrorism-rather than trying to create a battle or war between those who oppose the terror and those who want to carry it out."
She suggested Muslim communities have not been best served by their leaders.
She backed moves, put in place by Ruth Kelly when she was Communities Secretary, to broaden the kinds of groups with which the Government engages.
Miss Smith told New Statesman magazine: "We've got to make serious attempts to go beyond those who have previously been seen as leaders of the community."
• Dispatches: Britain Under Attack, C4, Monday August 6, 8pm.
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Friday, August 03, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
பிரிட்டனுக்குள்ளேயே அகதியாக வந்து பிரிட்டிஷ் மக்களையே கொல்லவேண்டும் என்று பேசிய இமாமுக்கு தண்டனை
பிரிட்டனுக்குள்ளேயே அகதியாக வந்து பிரிட்டிஷ் மக்களையே கொல்லவேண்டும் என்று பேசிய இமாமுக்கு தண்டனை வழங்கப்பட்டது.
GUILTY, THE FANATIC WHO CALLED FOR BRITISH 9/11
Umran Javed, Abdul Saleem and Mizanur Rahman leave the Old Bailey on 23 June
Friday July 6,2007
By Martin Evans
A Muslim extremist who called for British soldiers to be brought home in body bags was found guilty of inciting murder yesterday.
Mizanur Rahman, 24, demanded that the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan should “run with blood”, and urged 9/11 style attacks on Europe.
He was one of several demonstrators who carried placards calling for non-Muslims to be “annihilated” and “beheaded” at a 300-strong protest in central London.
His tirade came after “anti-Muslim” cartoons, showing the prophet Mohammed, were published first in Denmark, then France, Spain and Germany.
Other protesters brandished placards that read: “Europe, you will pay, fantastic four are on their way” – a reference to the four July 7 suicide bombers in London.
Yet more banners targeted all non-Muslims – or infidels – with slogans like “Kill the Kuffir”.
He wanted streets to run with blood
Yesterday’s verdict came after a retrial. The first jury appointed could not reach a verdict against Rahman, a web designer of Bangladeshi origins, living in Palmers Green, north London.
He had denied one count of soliciting or inciting the murder of those who do not believe in or insult Islam, American and British servicemen, and Danish, Spanish and French nationals.
But yesterday a second Old Bailey jury was unanimous.
The married father of one had already been convicted during his first trial of the lesser charge of stirring racial hatred. But after the jury deliberated for two days, he was also found guilty of inciting murder.
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Rahman is one of four British Muslims to be convicted after the Danish Embassy protest last year.
First came Umran Javed, 27, a father of one and unemployed web designer, who lived in Birmingham. He was found guilty of inciting murder of non-Muslims, including Americans – even though the cartoons were not published in the
US – and of stirring racial hatred.
Next came Abdul Rahman Saleem, 31, a BT engineer of Pakistani descent, born and living in Poplar in the East End.
He was found guilty of stirring racial hatred after calling for 7/7 style suicide attacks on Europeans who would pay with their “blood.” Then came the ringleader, Abdul Muhid, 24, a Halal meat inspector and father of two children living in Whitechapel, east London.
He was convicted of soliciting murder after handing out placards calling for the beheading of those that insult Islam and threatening Europe with train bombings like the attacks on Madrid in 2004.
All four men are due to be sentenced on July 18.
GUILTY, THE FANATIC WHO CALLED FOR BRITISH 9/11
Umran Javed, Abdul Saleem and Mizanur Rahman leave the Old Bailey on 23 June
Friday July 6,2007
By Martin Evans
A Muslim extremist who called for British soldiers to be brought home in body bags was found guilty of inciting murder yesterday.
Mizanur Rahman, 24, demanded that the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan should “run with blood”, and urged 9/11 style attacks on Europe.
He was one of several demonstrators who carried placards calling for non-Muslims to be “annihilated” and “beheaded” at a 300-strong protest in central London.
His tirade came after “anti-Muslim” cartoons, showing the prophet Mohammed, were published first in Denmark, then France, Spain and Germany.
Other protesters brandished placards that read: “Europe, you will pay, fantastic four are on their way” – a reference to the four July 7 suicide bombers in London.
Yet more banners targeted all non-Muslims – or infidels – with slogans like “Kill the Kuffir”.
He wanted streets to run with blood
Yesterday’s verdict came after a retrial. The first jury appointed could not reach a verdict against Rahman, a web designer of Bangladeshi origins, living in Palmers Green, north London.
He had denied one count of soliciting or inciting the murder of those who do not believe in or insult Islam, American and British servicemen, and Danish, Spanish and French nationals.
But yesterday a second Old Bailey jury was unanimous.
The married father of one had already been convicted during his first trial of the lesser charge of stirring racial hatred. But after the jury deliberated for two days, he was also found guilty of inciting murder.
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Rahman is one of four British Muslims to be convicted after the Danish Embassy protest last year.
First came Umran Javed, 27, a father of one and unemployed web designer, who lived in Birmingham. He was found guilty of inciting murder of non-Muslims, including Americans – even though the cartoons were not published in the
US – and of stirring racial hatred.
Next came Abdul Rahman Saleem, 31, a BT engineer of Pakistani descent, born and living in Poplar in the East End.
He was found guilty of stirring racial hatred after calling for 7/7 style suicide attacks on Europeans who would pay with their “blood.” Then came the ringleader, Abdul Muhid, 24, a Halal meat inspector and father of two children living in Whitechapel, east London.
He was convicted of soliciting murder after handing out placards calling for the beheading of those that insult Islam and threatening Europe with train bombings like the attacks on Madrid in 2004.
All four men are due to be sentenced on July 18.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
இவர்கள் எல்லாம் டாக்டர்களா?
இவர்கள் எல்லாம் டாக்டர்களா?
கொடுமை!
'Spooky' website calls doctors to jihad
By John Steele, Crime Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:26am BST 05/07/2007
A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site, it has emerged.
Anti-terrorist police found details of the discussions on a jihadi site run by one of a three-strong “cyber-terrorist” gang.
They were discovered at the home of Younis Tsouli, 23, Woolwich Crown Court in south east London heard.
advertisementOne message, thought to have been sent on February 12 2005, read: 'We are 45 doctors and we are determined to undertake jihad and take the battle inside America.
“The first target which will be penetrated by nine brothers is the naval base which gives shelter to the ship Kennedy.”
This is thought to have been a reference to the USS John F Kennedy, which is often at Mayport Naval Base in Jacksonville, Florida.
The message discussed targets at the base, adding: 'These are clubs for naked women which are opposite the First and Third units.”
It also referred to using six Chevrolet GT vehicles and three fishing boats and blowing up petrol tanks with rocket propelled grenades.
Tsouli replied to the message by saying “He needs the recipe for making car bombs,” and a “recipe” was supplied by one contributor, including gas cylinders as one ingredient.
Investigators have found no link between the Tsouli chat room and the group of doctors and medics currently in custody over attempted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.
However, sources said it was “definitely spooky” that the use of doctors for terrorist purposes was being discussed in jihadi terrorist circles up to three years ago.
Part of the inquiry into the London and Glasgow incidents will focus on whether al-Qa’eda has recruited doctors or other medical professionals because they are less likely to attract suspicion and can move easily around the western world.
The three “cyber terrorists” - a British national and two who had been given the right to live in the UK - are facing lengthy jail sentences after admitting using the internet to spread al-Qa’eda propaganda inciting Muslims to violent holy war and murder non-believers.
They had close links with al-Qa’eda in Iraq and believed they had to fight jihad against a global conspiracy by kuffars, or non-believers, to wipe out Islam.
They were also linked to an extremist in Bosnia, who was jailed after police seized guns, explosives and videos espousing anti-western hatred, and to others in Sweden.
The three are the first defendants in Britain to be convicted of inciting terrorist murder on the internet.
Other cases, such as Abu Hamza, have involved incitement in speeches or at public meetings. Instead, the three waged cyber-jihad on websites run from their bedrooms.
Tsouli promoted the ideology of Osama bin Laden via email and radical websites using the cyber name 'Irhaby007’ - which means 'Terrorist 007’ in Arabic.
He said in one message he was “very happy” about the July 7 bombings in London in 2005.
Tsouli, Tariq Al-Daour, a biochemistry student, and Waseem Mughal, a law student, were all intelligent, computer-literate young men who spent a year pumping out violent propaganda.
They created chat forums to direct willing fighters to Iraq and discuss murderous bomb attacks around the world. Films of hostages and beheadings were found by police.
They included footage of the British hostage, Ken Bigley, pleading for his life and two Americans, Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl, being killed.
Al-Daour, 21, of Bayswater, west London, who was born in the United Arab Emirates, today admitted inciting another person to commit and act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom which would, if committed in England and Wales, constitute murder.
Moroccan-born Tsouli, 23, of Shepherd’s Bush, west London, and British-born Mughal, 24, of Chatham, Kent, admitted the same charge on Monday. They are due to be sentenced tomorrow.
They also admitted conspiring together and with others to defraud banks, credit card companies and charge card companies.
Material on their computers, if printed out, would stand tens of thousands of feet high.
Al-Daour had CDs containing instructions for making explosives and poisons, including a recipe for creating a rotten meat toxin which, in its pure form, is “the most toxic substance known to man”, the court was told.
A leaflet on how to use a rocket-propelled grenade, and pages from “The Book of Jihad”, as well a video about the September 11 terror attacks.
Police found instructions on causing an explosion with “rocket propellant’’ and constructing a car bomb, and a video film about a “Martyrdom Operations Vest’’ - a reference to a suicide bomb vest. In one on-line conversation, when Al-Daour was asked what he would do with £1 million, he replied: “Sponsor terrorist attacks, become the new Osama.”
In another conversation, he said suicide bombings were permissible but he did not like them unless they killed many people because “a Muslim life is worth more than that”.
The three men outwardly appeared to be leading normal lives, studying and living with their parents.
Tsouli had come to the UK with his family from Morocco in 2001 and his father worked for the Moroccan tourist board. He was given indefinite leave to stay in August 2005 - two months before his arrest.
Mughal, a British citizen born in this country, had a degree in Biochemistry from Leicester University and was studying for his Masters.
Al-Daour, born in the UAE to Palestinian parents, was granted British citizenship in May 2005 and had applied to start a law degree.
கொடுமை!
'Spooky' website calls doctors to jihad
By John Steele, Crime Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:26am BST 05/07/2007
A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site, it has emerged.
Anti-terrorist police found details of the discussions on a jihadi site run by one of a three-strong “cyber-terrorist” gang.
They were discovered at the home of Younis Tsouli, 23, Woolwich Crown Court in south east London heard.
advertisementOne message, thought to have been sent on February 12 2005, read: 'We are 45 doctors and we are determined to undertake jihad and take the battle inside America.
“The first target which will be penetrated by nine brothers is the naval base which gives shelter to the ship Kennedy.”
This is thought to have been a reference to the USS John F Kennedy, which is often at Mayport Naval Base in Jacksonville, Florida.
The message discussed targets at the base, adding: 'These are clubs for naked women which are opposite the First and Third units.”
It also referred to using six Chevrolet GT vehicles and three fishing boats and blowing up petrol tanks with rocket propelled grenades.
Tsouli replied to the message by saying “He needs the recipe for making car bombs,” and a “recipe” was supplied by one contributor, including gas cylinders as one ingredient.
Investigators have found no link between the Tsouli chat room and the group of doctors and medics currently in custody over attempted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.
However, sources said it was “definitely spooky” that the use of doctors for terrorist purposes was being discussed in jihadi terrorist circles up to three years ago.
Part of the inquiry into the London and Glasgow incidents will focus on whether al-Qa’eda has recruited doctors or other medical professionals because they are less likely to attract suspicion and can move easily around the western world.
The three “cyber terrorists” - a British national and two who had been given the right to live in the UK - are facing lengthy jail sentences after admitting using the internet to spread al-Qa’eda propaganda inciting Muslims to violent holy war and murder non-believers.
They had close links with al-Qa’eda in Iraq and believed they had to fight jihad against a global conspiracy by kuffars, or non-believers, to wipe out Islam.
They were also linked to an extremist in Bosnia, who was jailed after police seized guns, explosives and videos espousing anti-western hatred, and to others in Sweden.
The three are the first defendants in Britain to be convicted of inciting terrorist murder on the internet.
Other cases, such as Abu Hamza, have involved incitement in speeches or at public meetings. Instead, the three waged cyber-jihad on websites run from their bedrooms.
Tsouli promoted the ideology of Osama bin Laden via email and radical websites using the cyber name 'Irhaby007’ - which means 'Terrorist 007’ in Arabic.
He said in one message he was “very happy” about the July 7 bombings in London in 2005.
Tsouli, Tariq Al-Daour, a biochemistry student, and Waseem Mughal, a law student, were all intelligent, computer-literate young men who spent a year pumping out violent propaganda.
They created chat forums to direct willing fighters to Iraq and discuss murderous bomb attacks around the world. Films of hostages and beheadings were found by police.
They included footage of the British hostage, Ken Bigley, pleading for his life and two Americans, Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl, being killed.
Al-Daour, 21, of Bayswater, west London, who was born in the United Arab Emirates, today admitted inciting another person to commit and act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom which would, if committed in England and Wales, constitute murder.
Moroccan-born Tsouli, 23, of Shepherd’s Bush, west London, and British-born Mughal, 24, of Chatham, Kent, admitted the same charge on Monday. They are due to be sentenced tomorrow.
They also admitted conspiring together and with others to defraud banks, credit card companies and charge card companies.
Material on their computers, if printed out, would stand tens of thousands of feet high.
Al-Daour had CDs containing instructions for making explosives and poisons, including a recipe for creating a rotten meat toxin which, in its pure form, is “the most toxic substance known to man”, the court was told.
A leaflet on how to use a rocket-propelled grenade, and pages from “The Book of Jihad”, as well a video about the September 11 terror attacks.
Police found instructions on causing an explosion with “rocket propellant’’ and constructing a car bomb, and a video film about a “Martyrdom Operations Vest’’ - a reference to a suicide bomb vest. In one on-line conversation, when Al-Daour was asked what he would do with £1 million, he replied: “Sponsor terrorist attacks, become the new Osama.”
In another conversation, he said suicide bombings were permissible but he did not like them unless they killed many people because “a Muslim life is worth more than that”.
The three men outwardly appeared to be leading normal lives, studying and living with their parents.
Tsouli had come to the UK with his family from Morocco in 2001 and his father worked for the Moroccan tourist board. He was given indefinite leave to stay in August 2005 - two months before his arrest.
Mughal, a British citizen born in this country, had a degree in Biochemistry from Leicester University and was studying for his Masters.
Al-Daour, born in the UAE to Palestinian parents, was granted British citizenship in May 2005 and had applied to start a law degree.
முஸ்லீமல்லாதவர்களுக்கு எதிராக வன்முறற தூண்டிய 3 பிரிட்டன் முஸ்லீம்கள் கைது
இணையம் மூலம் முஸ்லீமல்லாதவர்களுக்கு எதிராக முஸ்லீம்களை வன்முறைக்கு தூண்டிய 3 முஸ்லீம்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு தண்டனை வழங்கப்பட்டார்கள்.
முஸ்லீம்கள் காபிர்களை கொல்ல பயங்கரவாத நடவடிக்கைகளில் ஈடுபடவேண்டும் என்று இணையத்தில் எழுதி பரப்பி வந்த இந்த மூவரும் வியாழக்கிழமை தண்டிக்கப்பட இருக்கிறார்கள்.
இவர்கள் தங்களது வன்முறை வழியை விட்டு அமைதிவழி இறைவழி அன்புவழிக்கு வர விரும்புவோம்.
Three admit inciting terror acts
The trio encouraged people to follow Osama Bin Laden
Three al-Qaeda-linked men have admitted inciting terrorist attacks against non-Muslims on websites and in e-mails.
Younes Tsouli, 23, of west London, and Waseem Mughal, 24, of Chatham, Kent, changed their pleas on Monday.
A third man, Tariq Al-Daour, 21, of west London, has now changed his plea at Woolwich Crown Court to guilty.
The three men are the first people to be convicted of inciting terrorist murder via the internet. They will be sentenced on Thursday.
Radical websites
The court was told Al-Daour, Tsouli and Mughal had close links with al-Qaeda in Iraq and believed there was a "global conspiracy" to wipe out Islam.
For at least a year they used e-mail and radical websites to try to encourage people to follow the ideology of Osama Bin Laden.
Imagine how many (people) have gone (to Iraq) after seeing the videos. Imagine how many have become shahid (martyrs)
Waseem Mughal
Trio fuelled al-Qaeda propaganda
The jury heard footage was found in their belongings of Briton Ken Bigley pleading for his life and Americans Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl being killed.
Following a two-month trial, all three admitted inciting another person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the UK which would, if committed in England and Wales, constitute murder.
They also admitted conspiring together and with others to defraud banks, credit card companies and charge card companies.
Meat toxin
Computers, notebooks and digital storage media were seized when police raided the homes of the three men.
Al-Daour, who was born in the UAE and lived in Bayswater, had CDs containing instructions for making explosives and poisons.
There was a recipe for creating a rotten meat toxin which in its pure form, the court was told, was the most toxic substance known to man.
Officers also found a leaflet on how to use a rocket-propelled grenade, pages from The Book of Jihad, and a video about September 11.
In an online conversation, Al-Daour said he would "sponsor terrorist attacks, become the new Osama" if he had £1m.
In another conversation he said suicide bombings were permissible but he did not like them unless they killed many people because "a Muslim life is worth more than that".
Book translation
Moroccan-born Tsouli, of Shepherd's Bush, used the online tag irhabi007, which came from the Arabic word for terrorist and the code number of James Bond.
The court heard how Tsouli had told British-born Mughal in an online conversation that he had been asked by al-Qaeda to translate the organisation's official e-book into English.
The book - Thurwat Al Sanam, or Tip Of The Camel's Hump - is said to promote jihad, or holy struggle.
Investigators found a computer presentation called The Illustrated Booby Trapping Course on Tsouli's laptop computer.
A film about how to make a suicide vest was found on a CD at Mughal's home.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "This is the first successful prosecution for inciting murder using the internet, showing yet again that terrorist networks are spanning the globe."
"Tsouli, Mughal and al-Daour used stolen identities, false credit card details and hidden chat room forums. Their terrorist tradecraft was sophisticated, but nevertheless defeated by this investigation."
The judge, Mr Justice Openshaw, directed the jury of eight women and four men to return formal guilty verdicts against Al-Daour, in light of his pleas.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
பிரிட்டனில் முறைகேடாக நடந்த சவுதி அதிகாரிகள்
7 சவுதி அரேபிய தூதராலய அதிகாரிகள் பிரிட்டனில் முறைகேடாக பல தீவிர குற்றங்களை செய்ததற்காக பிரிட்டனால் சவுதிக்கே திருப்பி அனுப்பப்பட்டார்கள்.
ஒரு 11 வயது சிறுமியுடன் முறைகேடாக நடந்துகொண்டதும் இதில் அடக்கம்.
Saudi diplomats sent home after being accused of serious crimes
By DANIEL BATES
Last updated at 00:52am on 4th July 2007
Seven Saudi Arabian diplomats have been forced to leave Britain in the past decade after being accused of serious criminal offences, it has emerged.
One of the alleged incidents was an indecent assault on an 11-year-old girl.
The Saudis are among the 28 foreign envoys in total who have been withdrawn for alleged crimes ranging from shoplifting to supplying drugs and rape.
All escaped prosecution because of their diplomatic immunity.
After Saudi Arabia, the country with the second-highest number of expulsions was South Africa. Three of its diplomats were withdrawn, over an alleged indecent assault and two robberies.
Third was Morocco with two for claims of rape and assault.
None of the diplomats has been named. However all would have avoided prosecution under British law because under the terms of the 1961 Vienna Convention they, their families and staff have immunity. More than 24,000 foreign embassy staff are entitled to this immunity.
The details were revealed to Tory MP Shailesh Vara yesterday in The Commons in a written answer by Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells.
Mr Vara said the list was "shameful" and showed some diplomats think they are above the law. He said: "It is extraordinary that diplomats in these countries who are supposed to be building good relations between their country and ours should be committing these alleged crimes.
"Perhaps in the case of someone who had committed a serious crime consideration should be given to waiving their diplomatic immunity."
The alleged attack on the 11-year-old is though to have been one reported in newspapers in 2004.
In that case, a Saudi official, 41, was at a party at the house of another embassy in London on July 26. He was said to have gone into the girl's bedroom and molested her.
The diplomat was arrested and taken to a local police station but claimed diplomatic immunity. Detectives had to release him without charge.
The Foreign Office was made aware of the case and was in contact with the Saudi embassy over it. Normal practice in such cases is that the Foreign Office will ask for diplomatic immunity.
Other countries on the list include Kuwait which had to remove a diplomat in 1997 over domestic violence allegations. Italy had to remove an official in 1999 after shoplifting claims. In 2001 France and Germany had to eject representatives over alleged assaults, one on a policeman.
Also in 2001 a Mongolian diplomat was withdrawn after being accused of cigarette smuggling.
Earlier this week the Foreign Office released separate figures that showed foreign diplomats in this country allegedly committed 30 serious offences in the last two years.
Another embarrassment for the Government is the refusal of many embassies to pay the £8-a-day congestion charge.
London Assembly figures show more than £4.5million is now unpaid in congestion charges and fines.
And last month former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett revealed embassies still owe £448,965 between them in outstanding parking and traffic fines. Staff at the Saudi Embassy were the worst offenders having run up almost £30,000 worth of unpaid fines, followed by China which ran up £26,000.
ஒரு 11 வயது சிறுமியுடன் முறைகேடாக நடந்துகொண்டதும் இதில் அடக்கம்.
Saudi diplomats sent home after being accused of serious crimes
By DANIEL BATES
Last updated at 00:52am on 4th July 2007
Seven Saudi Arabian diplomats have been forced to leave Britain in the past decade after being accused of serious criminal offences, it has emerged.
One of the alleged incidents was an indecent assault on an 11-year-old girl.
The Saudis are among the 28 foreign envoys in total who have been withdrawn for alleged crimes ranging from shoplifting to supplying drugs and rape.
All escaped prosecution because of their diplomatic immunity.
After Saudi Arabia, the country with the second-highest number of expulsions was South Africa. Three of its diplomats were withdrawn, over an alleged indecent assault and two robberies.
Third was Morocco with two for claims of rape and assault.
None of the diplomats has been named. However all would have avoided prosecution under British law because under the terms of the 1961 Vienna Convention they, their families and staff have immunity. More than 24,000 foreign embassy staff are entitled to this immunity.
The details were revealed to Tory MP Shailesh Vara yesterday in The Commons in a written answer by Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells.
Mr Vara said the list was "shameful" and showed some diplomats think they are above the law. He said: "It is extraordinary that diplomats in these countries who are supposed to be building good relations between their country and ours should be committing these alleged crimes.
"Perhaps in the case of someone who had committed a serious crime consideration should be given to waiving their diplomatic immunity."
The alleged attack on the 11-year-old is though to have been one reported in newspapers in 2004.
In that case, a Saudi official, 41, was at a party at the house of another embassy in London on July 26. He was said to have gone into the girl's bedroom and molested her.
The diplomat was arrested and taken to a local police station but claimed diplomatic immunity. Detectives had to release him without charge.
The Foreign Office was made aware of the case and was in contact with the Saudi embassy over it. Normal practice in such cases is that the Foreign Office will ask for diplomatic immunity.
Other countries on the list include Kuwait which had to remove a diplomat in 1997 over domestic violence allegations. Italy had to remove an official in 1999 after shoplifting claims. In 2001 France and Germany had to eject representatives over alleged assaults, one on a policeman.
Also in 2001 a Mongolian diplomat was withdrawn after being accused of cigarette smuggling.
Earlier this week the Foreign Office released separate figures that showed foreign diplomats in this country allegedly committed 30 serious offences in the last two years.
Another embarrassment for the Government is the refusal of many embassies to pay the £8-a-day congestion charge.
London Assembly figures show more than £4.5million is now unpaid in congestion charges and fines.
And last month former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett revealed embassies still owe £448,965 between them in outstanding parking and traffic fines. Staff at the Saudi Embassy were the worst offenders having run up almost £30,000 worth of unpaid fines, followed by China which ran up £26,000.
பிரிட்டன் முஸ்லீம் கவுன்ஸில்- கண்டனம் போதுமானதல்ல!
பிரிட்டனில் வசிக்கும் முஸ்லீம்களின் அமைப்பான முஸ்லீம் கவுன்ஸில் ஆப் பிரிட்டனின் அமைப்பாளர் முகம்மது பாரி, வெறும் கண்டனம் போதுமானதல்ல என்று அறிவித்துள்ளார்.
Muslim Council of Britain declares 'condemnation is not enough'
Hugh Muir
Tuesday July 3, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
Muhammad Abdul Bari, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said police deserved full cooperation from all sectors of society, including Muslims. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA
Britain's most influential Muslim umbrella group today signalled a major shift in policy as it urged its communities to play a key and potentially decisive role in the fight against terrorism.
Declaring that "condemnation is not enough", leaders of the Muslim Council of Britain, which has 400 affiliate organisations, voiced its most robust message yet and appealed to all Muslims to work hand in hand with the police.
The message carries dangers for the MCB, which has been criticised by radical activists for being too close to the government and the establishment.
But today Muhammad Abdul Bari, the MCB secretary general, said the current crisis meant that issues of conflict between the government, the police and Muslim communities - who have clashed in the past over anti-terrorist incidents and foreign policy - needed to be put to one side.
"When the house is on fire, the concern must be not to blame each other but to put the fire out. Our country is under threat-level critical.
"Those who seek to deliberately kill or maim innocent people are the enemies of us all. There is no cause whatsoever that could possibly justify such barbarity."
He said the police and security services "deserve the fullest support and cooperation from each and every sector of our society, including all Muslims."
The MCB has called a meeting in London on Saturday of key imams and activists from all over the country to discuss what Muslim communities can do to confront the threat and to discuss whether more should have been done in the past.
"We hope to discuss how we can work better with other partners, including the police, to try to undermine and defeat the terrorists who seek to attack us," said Dr Bari.
"It is our Islamic duty not only to utterly and totally condemn such evil actions but to provide all the necessary support to prevent such atrocities from taking place."
Inayat Bunglawala, the MCB's assistant general secretary, said anyone with information should not feel conflicted.
"There must be no hesitation in coming forward," he said. "Clearly we face a threat from extremists who happen to be Muslim."
Mr Bunglawala said the group was confident that affiliates would back the new stance.
"The overwhelming majority of Muslims will understand the predicament our nation is in. The risk is not that we will lose affiliates. We are more likely to gain them."
Though shocked by the failed terrorist attacks on London and Glasgow, there are signs that both the MCB and the government are seeking to seize the moment.
Relations between Muslim leaders and the Blair government deteriorated amid concerns that the prime minister, the former home secretary John Reid and the former communities secretary Ruth Kelly gave succour to those who sought to blame the wider Muslim communities for terrorism.
But Dr Bari was quick to praise Gordon Brown and Jacqui Smith, the new home secretary, for the "calm and reassuring tone" of their comments since the weekend's attacks.
"They made clear that it was unacceptable to hold any one faith group responsible for the actions of a few," he said.
He also praised Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, who provided high-profile reassurance to Muslims north of the border.
This approach, though criticised by some newspapers, has allowed the MCB to call for a period of soul searching without facing new accusations of pandering to hostile politicians.
One official privately described the events and the political reaction to them as a "line in the sand moment".
The unfolding events, though horrific, may well strengthen the hand of moderate Muslim opinion.
One source said: "There is little room for manoeuvre for those who have previously been in denial or have clung to conspiracy theories. People have been able to see for themselves what happened. That could be important."
Anti-terrorist chiefs have been quick to stress the need for communities to provide them with the intelligence they need to find and monitor suspects.
But close liaison between Muslim leaders and the authorities is also seen as crucial in the battle to stop a whole new generation of young people becoming radicalised.
Daud Abdullah, the MCB deputy secretary general said: "We accept there is a degree of extremism and radicalisation taking place in the community. This is a long-term problem."
தவறான வழியில் சென்ற இஸ்லாமிய சகோதரர்கள் வன்முறை வழியை விட்டு அன்பு வழி இறைவழி அடைய விரும்புவோம்.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
பிரிட்டன்:ஷம்போ கோவில் மாடு கொல்லப்படலாம்
பிரிட்டன் ஸ்கந்தவேலில் உள்ள கோவில்மாடு சம்போவுக்கு டிபி இருப்பதால் அதனை கொல்லவேண்டும் என்று பிரிட்டன் அரசாங்க மருத்துவ துறை தீர்ப்பளித்திருக்கிறது.
இது வெறும் அரசியல், இந்த மாட்டுக்கு ஆண்டிபயாடிக் கொடுத்தால் சரியாகிவிடும் என்று இந்துக்கள் கூறிவருகிறார்கள்.
இந்த தீர்ப்பு எங்களுக்கு வருத்தத்தை தருகிறது. ஆனால், அதனை மதிக்கிறோம் என்று பிரிட்டிஷ் இந்து கவுன்ஸில் கூறியுள்ளது.
Shambo 'likely to face slaughter'
Shambo tested positive for bovine TB on 27 April
The "sacred" bullock Shambo which tested positive for bovine TB is likely to be slaughtered, despite a campaign to keep him alive.
Rural Development Minister Jane has said she was minded to proceed with a slaughter order to put him down.
The order caused an outcry among Hindus and others at the multi-faith Skanda Vale community in Carmarthenshire.
The Many Names of God is a monastic centre which embraces all faiths and includes three Hindu shrines.
The six-year-old black Friesian tested positive for bovine TB during a routine screening on 27 April.
But Hindu monks at the temple in Llanpumsaint launched a worldwide campaign to save the animal, saying the slaughter was contrary to their faith and its killing would desecrate the temple.
People should not be deceived. This is not really about animal welfare or human health. It's about money, it's about politics
Brother Alex
Brother Alex from Skanda Vale said they were disappointed with the decision.
"People should not be deceived. This is not really about animal welfare or human health. It's about money, it's about politics," he added.
"It should be based on actual risk, not some hypothetical scaremongering."
He said he was not yet convinced Shambo has bovine TB and maintains he could be treated with antibiotics.
Speaking on behalf of the community, Sanjay Mistray said they expected Shambo to be slaughtered next Monday and would seek a court injunction in the meantime.
"What is disappointing is that they have refused to allow anyone else to examine Shambo.
I am acutely aware of the distress that this will cause not only to the community, but also to many in the wider Hindu community
Rural Development Minister Jane Davidson
"There are still tests he can undergo that would indicate whether he actually has TB, that is not conclusive. At the moment he is in perfect health and shows no sign of illness."
He added that Ms Davidson had "decided not to exercise her right of discretion to save the Shambo".
Ms Davidson said that to protect public and animal health the normal policy for controlling bovine TB was slaughter.
"There are no antibiotics licensed in the UK for treating bovine TB in cattle," she said.
"This means that if Shambo were given antibiotics experimentally, there would be no way of testing whether they had cured him."
The HCUK recognises her comments that Shambo's condition may well pose a threat to the life of the rest of the herd and suggests it is perhaps time to 'let go'."
Spokesman for the Hindu Council UK
"I am acutely aware of the distress that this will cause not only to the community, but also to many in the wider Hindu community," she said.
"We have considered long and hard the case that the community (at Skanda Vale) has made, and officials met representatives of the community and members of the wider Hindu community last week to discuss matters."
Campaigners at Skanda Vale have warned that they will try to save the animal by forming a human chain around the site where it was kept in isolation.
The community has said a petition has attracted 17,381 names and a video stream was broadcast live from Shambo's pen in the temple.
The Hindu Council UK (HCUK) expressed regret at the decision but added: "The HCUK recognises her comments that Shambo's condition may well pose a threat to the life of the rest of the herd and suggests it is perhaps time to 'let go'."
ஆட்டை வெட்டுவது போல வெட்டுவோம்
பிபிஸி ஜர்னலிஸ்ட் ஆலன் ஜான்ஸ்டன் என்பவரை பாலஸ்தீன பயங்கரவாதிகள் கடத்தி சிறைபிடித்துள்ளனர்.
பிரிட்டனும் ஜோர்டனும் குறிப்பிட்ட சில முஸ்லீம் சிறைக்கைதிகளை விடுவிக்கவில்லை என்றால் இவரை ஆட்டை வெட்டுவதுபோல வெட்டுவோம் என்று எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளனர்.
Captors of BBC journalist make chilling threat
Sakher Abu El Oun | Gaza City, Gaza Strip
26 June 2007 06:37
The Palestinian extremists claiming to hold BBC journalist Alan Johnston on Tuesday issued a chilling threat to slaughter him "like a lamb" unless Britain and Jordan release Muslim prisoners.
In a statement emailed to Agence France-Presse, the Army of Islam demanded the release of an Iraqi woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, who has been sentenced to death in Jordan over triple hotel attacks in Amman that killed 60 people in November 2005.
It also demanded the release of Abu Mohammed al-Maqdissi -- held in Jordan since July 2005 -- and Palestinian-born radical cleric Abu Qatada, once fingered as al-Qaeda's "spiritual head" in Europe and held in Britain.
Al-Maqdissi is a former mentor of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda chief in Iraq who was killed in a United States air strike in June last year.
"Our demands are known to all, release the three hostages, Sajida, the Palestinian Abu Qatada and Abu Mohammed al-Maqdissi. There will be no compromise, he [Johnston] will either stay in captivity for 1 000 years or be slaughtered like a lamb," the group said.
The grotesque threat came just two days after the British journalist appeared in a grim new video, saying he was wearing a bomb belt that his Gaza captors would detonate if there was any attempt to rescue him.
The emergence of the fresh death threat on Tuesday was only set to increase the distress of his parents, Graham and Margaret, and colleagues at the BBC who have campaigned tirelessly to keep his plight in the media spotlight.
Johnston, an award-winning journalist who was the only Western reporter still based permanently in the Gaza Strip when he was snatched at gunpoint on March 12, has been held in captivity for 105 days.
"As you can see I've been dressed in what is an explosive belt, which the kidnappers say will be detonated if there's any attempt to storm this area," said Johnston in a video provided by the US-based IntelCenter on Monday.
"They say they are ready to turn the hideout into what they describe as a death zone if there's an attempt to free me by force," he added, pale and forlorn-looking, wearing a number of packages strapped around his chest.
The 45-year-old has been held far longer than any other Westerner in the Gaza Strip since he was kidnapped at gunpoint while driving home from the office in the increasingly volatile territory.
Radical Islamist movement Hamas, which says it has cut previous ties with the fringe Army of Islam group, has demanded Johnston's immediate release both before and since its armed takeover of the Gaza Strip 12 days ago.
Johnston's plight has sparked rallies and messages of support from all over the world, and an online petition calling for his release has been signed by more than 170 000 people. -- Sapa-AFP
பிரிட்டனும் ஜோர்டனும் குறிப்பிட்ட சில முஸ்லீம் சிறைக்கைதிகளை விடுவிக்கவில்லை என்றால் இவரை ஆட்டை வெட்டுவதுபோல வெட்டுவோம் என்று எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளனர்.
Captors of BBC journalist make chilling threat
Sakher Abu El Oun | Gaza City, Gaza Strip
26 June 2007 06:37
The Palestinian extremists claiming to hold BBC journalist Alan Johnston on Tuesday issued a chilling threat to slaughter him "like a lamb" unless Britain and Jordan release Muslim prisoners.
In a statement emailed to Agence France-Presse, the Army of Islam demanded the release of an Iraqi woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, who has been sentenced to death in Jordan over triple hotel attacks in Amman that killed 60 people in November 2005.
It also demanded the release of Abu Mohammed al-Maqdissi -- held in Jordan since July 2005 -- and Palestinian-born radical cleric Abu Qatada, once fingered as al-Qaeda's "spiritual head" in Europe and held in Britain.
Al-Maqdissi is a former mentor of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda chief in Iraq who was killed in a United States air strike in June last year.
"Our demands are known to all, release the three hostages, Sajida, the Palestinian Abu Qatada and Abu Mohammed al-Maqdissi. There will be no compromise, he [Johnston] will either stay in captivity for 1 000 years or be slaughtered like a lamb," the group said.
The grotesque threat came just two days after the British journalist appeared in a grim new video, saying he was wearing a bomb belt that his Gaza captors would detonate if there was any attempt to rescue him.
The emergence of the fresh death threat on Tuesday was only set to increase the distress of his parents, Graham and Margaret, and colleagues at the BBC who have campaigned tirelessly to keep his plight in the media spotlight.
Johnston, an award-winning journalist who was the only Western reporter still based permanently in the Gaza Strip when he was snatched at gunpoint on March 12, has been held in captivity for 105 days.
"As you can see I've been dressed in what is an explosive belt, which the kidnappers say will be detonated if there's any attempt to storm this area," said Johnston in a video provided by the US-based IntelCenter on Monday.
"They say they are ready to turn the hideout into what they describe as a death zone if there's an attempt to free me by force," he added, pale and forlorn-looking, wearing a number of packages strapped around his chest.
The 45-year-old has been held far longer than any other Westerner in the Gaza Strip since he was kidnapped at gunpoint while driving home from the office in the increasingly volatile territory.
Radical Islamist movement Hamas, which says it has cut previous ties with the fringe Army of Islam group, has demanded Johnston's immediate release both before and since its armed takeover of the Gaza Strip 12 days ago.
Johnston's plight has sparked rallies and messages of support from all over the world, and an online petition calling for his release has been signed by more than 170 000 people. -- Sapa-AFP
Saturday, June 23, 2007
பிரிட்டிஷ் கொடியை எரிக்கும் பிரிட்டிஷ் தேசபக்தர்கள்
பிரிட்டிஷ் முஸ்லீம்கள் தங்களது தாய்நாட்டு கொடியை எரித்து போராட்டம் நடத்தினார்கள். காரணம், தங்களது தாய்நாடு சல்மான் ருஷ்டி என்ற பிரிட்டிஷ் குடிமகனுக்கு சர் பட்டம் அளித்தது.
British Muslims burn St George's flag at anti-Rushdie rally
Last updated at 18:16pm on 22nd June 2007
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Muslims burned the flag of St George and called for the Queen to 'Go to Hell' in a furious rally held in London over Salman Rushdie's knighthood.
Angry Muslim extremists rallying at Regents Park Mosque said that anger over the award could match the fierce reaction to publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in Denmark in 2006.
Organisers of a protest outside the mosque claimed several hundred demonstrators were denouncing the decision to reward Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" led to a death threat from Iran in 1989.
"This knighthood is just another example of Tony Blair and his government's attempts to secularize Muslims and reward apostates," said Anjem Choudray, protest organizer and an ex-head of the British wing of the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.
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The demonstrators burned the St George's flag in a furious rally
"Rushdie is a hate figure across the Muslim world because of his insults to Islam," Choudray said.
"This honour will have ramifications here and across the world".
One of Britain's leading Muslims has branded the flag burning protestors "strange lunatics."
Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, leader of the Muslim Parliament, condemned the protestors, saying: "This is unacceptable behaviour which the majority of Muslims in this country would not support.
"There's no denying a large section of the Muslim community feel very hurt about this issue. But having expressed your anger and frustration you've got to move forward.
"Unfortunately there will always be some strange lunatics, like in any community, who give others a bad name."
A prominent Iranian cleric has said the fatwa death warrant against author Salman Rushdie issued by the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini in 1989 was "still alive" in the Islamic Republic.
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The protest has drawn hundreds of angry British muslims to Regents Park Mosque in North London
The comments by Ahmad Khatami at Friday prayers broadcast on state radio were the latest sign of the anger in Iran sparked by Britain's decision to award a knighthood to Rushdie.
Muslims say his novel "The Satanic Verses" blasphemed against the Prophet Mohammad and ridiculed the Koran. "In the Islamic Iran that revolutionary fatwa of Imam (Khomeini) is still alive and cannot be changed," Khatami, who often rails against the West, told worshippers in Tehran.
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British Muslims protest outside Regents Park mosque
In 1998, Iran's government formally distanced itself from the death warrant, but hardline groups in Iran regularly renew the call for his murder, saying Khomeini's fatwa is irrevocable.
Pakistan's parliament renewed a call on Friday for Britain to withdraw a knighthood for author Salman Rushie and apologise for hurting Muslim feelings.
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Protesters in Pakistan burn effigies of Salman Rushdie
Rushdie, whose 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world, was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honours list last week.
Pakistan and Iran have protested against the honour and the Pakistani parliament condemned it in a resolution on Monday.
The National Assembly lower house of parliament passed another resolution on Friday expressing dismay Britain had not reversed its decision.
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The Rushdie row shows no signs of abating as the bounty on his head continues to rise
"The British government has not withdrawn the title which has not only disappointed the entire Pakistani nation but has also hurt it," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi told the assembly.
"This august house again calls on the British government and its Prime Minister Tony Blair to immediately withdraw the title... and tender an apology to the Muslim world."
Muslims say Rushdie's novel blasphemed against the Prophet Mohammad and ridiculed the Koran.
Britain has defended the knighthood, stressing the importance of free speech and saying it was part of a trend of honouring Muslims in the British community.
At least five people were killed and scores wounded in protests against the book in the Pakistani capital in 1989.
Two days after that, the late Ayatollah Rohallah Khomeini, Iran's supreme religious leader, issued a fatwa, or religious decree, calling on Muslims to kill the Indian-born British writer, who spent the next nine years living in hiding.
Religious Affairs Minister Mohammad Ejaz-ul-Haq, son of Pakistan's late military president Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, told the assembly this week that if someone committed a suicide bombing to protect the Prophet Mohammad's honour, his act was justified.
He later said he did not mean such attacks were justified but was merely saying militants could use the knighthood as a justification for violence.
A hardline cleric called on Wednesday for Rushdie to be killed and the next day the speaker of the Punjab provincial assembly said blasphemers should be killed.
A group of traders in Islamabad on Thursday offered a reward of 10 million rupees ($165,000) to anyone who killed Rushdie.
British Muslims burn St George's flag at anti-Rushdie rally
Last updated at 18:16pm on 22nd June 2007
Comments (9)
Muslims burned the flag of St George and called for the Queen to 'Go to Hell' in a furious rally held in London over Salman Rushdie's knighthood.
Angry Muslim extremists rallying at Regents Park Mosque said that anger over the award could match the fierce reaction to publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in Denmark in 2006.
Organisers of a protest outside the mosque claimed several hundred demonstrators were denouncing the decision to reward Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" led to a death threat from Iran in 1989.
"This knighthood is just another example of Tony Blair and his government's attempts to secularize Muslims and reward apostates," said Anjem Choudray, protest organizer and an ex-head of the British wing of the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.
Scroll down for more...
The demonstrators burned the St George's flag in a furious rally
"Rushdie is a hate figure across the Muslim world because of his insults to Islam," Choudray said.
"This honour will have ramifications here and across the world".
One of Britain's leading Muslims has branded the flag burning protestors "strange lunatics."
Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, leader of the Muslim Parliament, condemned the protestors, saying: "This is unacceptable behaviour which the majority of Muslims in this country would not support.
"There's no denying a large section of the Muslim community feel very hurt about this issue. But having expressed your anger and frustration you've got to move forward.
"Unfortunately there will always be some strange lunatics, like in any community, who give others a bad name."
A prominent Iranian cleric has said the fatwa death warrant against author Salman Rushdie issued by the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini in 1989 was "still alive" in the Islamic Republic.
Scroll down for more...
The protest has drawn hundreds of angry British muslims to Regents Park Mosque in North London
The comments by Ahmad Khatami at Friday prayers broadcast on state radio were the latest sign of the anger in Iran sparked by Britain's decision to award a knighthood to Rushdie.
Muslims say his novel "The Satanic Verses" blasphemed against the Prophet Mohammad and ridiculed the Koran. "In the Islamic Iran that revolutionary fatwa of Imam (Khomeini) is still alive and cannot be changed," Khatami, who often rails against the West, told worshippers in Tehran.
Scroll down for more...
British Muslims protest outside Regents Park mosque
In 1998, Iran's government formally distanced itself from the death warrant, but hardline groups in Iran regularly renew the call for his murder, saying Khomeini's fatwa is irrevocable.
Pakistan's parliament renewed a call on Friday for Britain to withdraw a knighthood for author Salman Rushie and apologise for hurting Muslim feelings.
Scroll down for more...
Protesters in Pakistan burn effigies of Salman Rushdie
Rushdie, whose 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world, was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honours list last week.
Pakistan and Iran have protested against the honour and the Pakistani parliament condemned it in a resolution on Monday.
The National Assembly lower house of parliament passed another resolution on Friday expressing dismay Britain had not reversed its decision.
Scroll down for more...
The Rushdie row shows no signs of abating as the bounty on his head continues to rise
"The British government has not withdrawn the title which has not only disappointed the entire Pakistani nation but has also hurt it," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi told the assembly.
"This august house again calls on the British government and its Prime Minister Tony Blair to immediately withdraw the title... and tender an apology to the Muslim world."
Muslims say Rushdie's novel blasphemed against the Prophet Mohammad and ridiculed the Koran.
Britain has defended the knighthood, stressing the importance of free speech and saying it was part of a trend of honouring Muslims in the British community.
At least five people were killed and scores wounded in protests against the book in the Pakistani capital in 1989.
Two days after that, the late Ayatollah Rohallah Khomeini, Iran's supreme religious leader, issued a fatwa, or religious decree, calling on Muslims to kill the Indian-born British writer, who spent the next nine years living in hiding.
Religious Affairs Minister Mohammad Ejaz-ul-Haq, son of Pakistan's late military president Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, told the assembly this week that if someone committed a suicide bombing to protect the Prophet Mohammad's honour, his act was justified.
He later said he did not mean such attacks were justified but was merely saying militants could use the knighthood as a justification for violence.
A hardline cleric called on Wednesday for Rushdie to be killed and the next day the speaker of the Punjab provincial assembly said blasphemers should be killed.
A group of traders in Islamabad on Thursday offered a reward of 10 million rupees ($165,000) to anyone who killed Rushdie.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
பிரிட்டனிலும் "முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் ex-muslims" என்று அமைப்பு ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது
இஸ்லாமிலிருந்து வெளியேறுபவர்கள் அதிகரித்து வருகிறார்கள். முன்பு அமைதியாக வெளியேறியவர்கள், தற்போது தைரியமாக முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் அமைப்பு என்ற பெயரில் அமைப்பு ஆரம்பிக்கும் அளவுக்கு அதிகரித்து உள்ளார்கள்.
ஜெர்மனியில் ஒரு மாதத்துக்கு முன்னர், முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் அமைப்பு ஒன்று ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அதன் பின்னர் பாரீஸிலும் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டது.
தற்போது பிரிட்டனிலும் முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் என்று அமைப்பு ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
எல்லா முஸ்லீம்களையும் தீவிரவாதிகள் போல மக்கள் பார்ப்பது அதிகரித்து வருவதால், இஸ்லாமிலிருந்து வெளியேறுவதும் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது என்று முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் அமைப்பு தலைவர் கூறுகிறார்.
"Ex-Muslim" group launches in Britain
Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:47PM BST
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[-] Text [+] By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor
PARIS (Reuters) - "Ex-Muslims" hoping to change the terms of debate about Islam in Europe will launch a British group in London on Thursday.
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain will be the latest addition to groupings that began in Germany in February and spread to Scandinavia in May. A Dutch group will hold its launch in September.
The activists, many of them Iranian exiles, support the freedom to criticise religion and the end to what they call "religious intimidation and threats".
"Too many things in the media and government policies have been geared to pandering to the political Islamic movements and Islamic organisations," Maryam Namazie, head of the British group, told Reuters by telephone from London on Wednesday.
"I hope we'll get a lot more attention and begin to change the debate," said Namazie, who left Iran in 1980 after the Islamic revolution there.
Leaving Islam is considered a crime punishable by death in some Muslim-majority countries. Muslims in Europe practise their faith less than their co-religionists in the Middle East but few openly proclaim themselves apostates or atheists.
There are more than 15 million people of Muslim origin in western Europe, mostly in France, Germany and Britain. Spokesmen for Muslims are often religious leaders, some more conservative theologically or active politically than the silent majority.
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, many Muslims in Europe have complained they are suspected of being terrorists or supporting extreme religious views.
Namazie said the launch of a Central Council of Ex-Muslims in Berlin inspired groups elsewhere to follow suit. The Central Council of Ex-Muslims in Scandinavia is based in Sweden with branches in Denmark, Norway and Finland.
Namazie said the group had about 25 activists so far. She said expressions of support or interest had come in from the United States, France and Australia.
France, whose five million Muslims make up Europe's largest Islamic minority, has many non-observant Muslims but few describe themselves as atheists.
Several small groups call themselves "secular Muslims" who respect France's separation of church and state. They include some believers who want to keep religion out of politics.
Namazie said many ex-Muslim activists were Iranian exiles who did not fear reprisals from Muslim militants because they already had long experience opposing an Islamic government.
"We have been apostates for a long time," she said.
ஜெர்மனியில் ஒரு மாதத்துக்கு முன்னர், முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் அமைப்பு ஒன்று ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அதன் பின்னர் பாரீஸிலும் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டது.
தற்போது பிரிட்டனிலும் முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் என்று அமைப்பு ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
எல்லா முஸ்லீம்களையும் தீவிரவாதிகள் போல மக்கள் பார்ப்பது அதிகரித்து வருவதால், இஸ்லாமிலிருந்து வெளியேறுவதும் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது என்று முன்னாள் முஸ்லீம்கள் அமைப்பு தலைவர் கூறுகிறார்.
"Ex-Muslim" group launches in Britain
Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:47PM BST
Email This Article |Print This Article | RSS
[-] Text [+] By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor
PARIS (Reuters) - "Ex-Muslims" hoping to change the terms of debate about Islam in Europe will launch a British group in London on Thursday.
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain will be the latest addition to groupings that began in Germany in February and spread to Scandinavia in May. A Dutch group will hold its launch in September.
The activists, many of them Iranian exiles, support the freedom to criticise religion and the end to what they call "religious intimidation and threats".
"Too many things in the media and government policies have been geared to pandering to the political Islamic movements and Islamic organisations," Maryam Namazie, head of the British group, told Reuters by telephone from London on Wednesday.
"I hope we'll get a lot more attention and begin to change the debate," said Namazie, who left Iran in 1980 after the Islamic revolution there.
Leaving Islam is considered a crime punishable by death in some Muslim-majority countries. Muslims in Europe practise their faith less than their co-religionists in the Middle East but few openly proclaim themselves apostates or atheists.
There are more than 15 million people of Muslim origin in western Europe, mostly in France, Germany and Britain. Spokesmen for Muslims are often religious leaders, some more conservative theologically or active politically than the silent majority.
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, many Muslims in Europe have complained they are suspected of being terrorists or supporting extreme religious views.
Namazie said the launch of a Central Council of Ex-Muslims in Berlin inspired groups elsewhere to follow suit. The Central Council of Ex-Muslims in Scandinavia is based in Sweden with branches in Denmark, Norway and Finland.
Namazie said the group had about 25 activists so far. She said expressions of support or interest had come in from the United States, France and Australia.
France, whose five million Muslims make up Europe's largest Islamic minority, has many non-observant Muslims but few describe themselves as atheists.
Several small groups call themselves "secular Muslims" who respect France's separation of church and state. They include some believers who want to keep religion out of politics.
Namazie said many ex-Muslim activists were Iranian exiles who did not fear reprisals from Muslim militants because they already had long experience opposing an Islamic government.
"We have been apostates for a long time," she said.
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