Muslim Council of Britain assistant secretary Ibrahim Mogra replies to the Independent report claiming that he and the MCB had instructed Newcastle United’s Muslim players not to wear a new shirt advertising the Wonga loan company.
See also “Newcastle United, Wonga.com and Muslims”, MCB news report, 12 October 2012
“It is evident to me that the men have been denied the basic right to liberty for many years. Their extradition to the US is a travesty of justice.” Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari draws the lessons from the shameful decision to extradite British citizens Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan.
Yes, EDL leader Stephen Lennon has announced on Twitter that he has quit the British Freedom party. According to the BFP, “Tommy has recognised that his heart and strengths lie within the Street Protest Movements”.
It is difficult to understand this decision, what with cousin Kev being on the point of getting elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire on the BFP ticket. Still, the EDL itself is about to recruit another 7 million members, so perhaps Stephen felt he would have his work cut out dealing with that.
Update: See “English Defence League ‘to become political party and stand candidates in European elections’, says ‘Tommy Robinson'”, Independent, 11 October 2012
The team behind plans for Newham’s so called ‘mega mosque’ have met theRecorder for the first time to spell out their vision.
At the site of the proposed development in Canning Road, West Ham – also known as the Abbey Mills Mosque – were four of the prime proposers. Solad Mohammed, one of three trustees, was with project volunteers, including their spokesman, Yousuf Aslam, to show us around last week.
As we walked across the former industrial site, close to historic Abbey Mills Pumping Station, they explained how they hope to transform the grounds into a tranquil and peaceful place for Muslim worshippers and the wider community.
Waltham Forest Police has said it will not apply for a ban stopping the far-right English Defence League (EDL) from marching through Walthamstow.
A driver had abuse shouted at him in what police believe was a racially motivated attack in Sunderland.
Azhar Ahmed, the young Muslim from Yorkshire who was convicted of posting offensive Facebook comments about British troops in Afghanistan, was sentenced at Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court today to a £300 fine and 240 hours of community service.
Here is the entirely predictable response of the English Defence League to Ahmed’s sentence, featuring their usual hypocritical whine about a “two-tier system”:
Rotherham will unite on Saturday to see off the racist English Defence League, who plan to march through the town. Trade unions, anti-fascists and faith groups came together at a packed public meeting on Monday to plan the town’s peaceful counter-protest.
A coalition of faith groups, trade unions and community organisations vowed today to do all it could to oppose a planned march by the English Defence League (EDL). The group, called We are Norwich, said it would do “all in its power” to peacefully oppose the EDL demonstration.
Who supports the English Defence League? YouGov has conducted an interesting survey of public attitudes towards the EDL that was commissioned by the Extremis Project.