Category Archives: UK

Race hatred behind No.10’s mosque petition

Posted on by Bob Pitt

English_RoseLester Holloway exposes the race hatred of far-right blogger Jill Barham, the woman behind the “mega mosque” petition.

Blink is urging its readers to email Downing Street to urge that this petition is amended to remove the reference to “terrible violence and suffering” and that the words “KILL ALL NIGGERS” are removed from the signature list.

Blink news article, 26 April 2007

Update:  The “English Rose” blog is now back online under the rather more straightforward title of “White Information Link“.

Fascists wake up to threat of Islamic finance

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“Another day and yet another concession to Islamic forces in Britain from the Labour regime. In a desperate bid to woe [sic] Muslim voters the Treasury want all types of government-sponsored savings products to be accessible to those who adhere to Islamic Sharia law…. Mr Balls is expected to announce the moves today at a conference hosted by the Financial Services Authority.”

BNP news article, 26 April 2007

Er … except that Ed Balls announced his proposal (for a new Sharia-compliant government bond) three days ago, on 23 April. I ask you, how can we expect to resist the Islamification of our glorious island nation if the defenders of our cultural heritage are so slow on the uptake?

BNP mosque leaflet dismissed as ‘rubbish’

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A plea for racial tolerance has been made after a British National Party leaflet claimed people in a West town had been denied the chance to comment before a “mosque” was given planning approval.

Plans for an Islamic centre above and behind a kebab shop in Yeovil was given planning permission in 2003 after an application was made for a change of use from office to religious meeting rooms.

The BNP leaflet claimed the public should have been told the use was specifically for an Islamic centre or mosque, and that failure to do so showed a “culture of institutionalised silence and deceit” by officials and councillors. The leaflet, promoted by Robert Baehr, a BNP candidate in South Somerset district council elections, has already been delivered to hundreds of homes in Yeovil.

Candidates from other parties yesterday dismissed the BNP’s claim as “rubbish”. John Grana, one of 12 candidates standing under the banner of the Central Committee, Local Residents Working Together, said:

“This sort of leaflet is laughable and divisive. We stand for religious tolerance and freedom of thought. Yeovil welcomes people from everywhere. If I trace my own ancestry, I find Italian, Irish, Scottish and English blood. There is a richness in the mix we have.”

Simon Gale, the council’s head of development and building control, said: “In planning terms there is no requirement to state the distinctive religious use.”

Western Daily Press, 25 April 2007

Terror leaks: both Home Office and police implicated

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Al Qaeda Behind PlotThe row over allegations that lives were endangered by leaks about major anti-terrorism operations deepened last night as it emerged that there were a series of disclosures about one highly sensitive investigation.

As Tony Blair rejected calls for an inquiry, and Liberal Democrats called upon the police to investigate, it emerged that journalists received up to three separate briefings about an allegation that a group of men was planning to abduct and behead a Muslim British soldier.

The Guardian has been told that an aide to John Reid, the home secretary, was responsible for one of those leaks, and has also learnt that there is strong suspicion among the highest-ranking police at Scotland Yard that one of their own officers also briefed the media. The controversy centres on a series of raids which led to nine arrests across Birmingham in February. Six men were subsequently charged with a number of terrorist offences.

Defence lawyers are expected to argue that it will be impossible for any of the men arrested in Birmingham to receive a fair trial as a consequence of the leaks at the time of their arrest. One lawyer, Tayab Ali, said he had been told by a senior West Midlands officer that the disclosures may have been an offence under the Official Secrets Act.

Guardian, 26 April 2007

Now Muslims can wear veils in ‘our’ courts

Posted on by Bob Pitt

Veils in 'our' courts“Muslim women were yesterday given the full backing of the law to wear veils in court – even if they are standing trial for crimes. Defendants who are told they must remove their face-covering garment could even be allowed to give evidence in secret so as not to offend them. Senior judges ruled that religious dress – including the full niqab which leaves only the eyes exposed – should be allowed for anyone involved in a court case unless justice is threatened….

“Last night critics said the guidance undermines the most basic of principles – that justice must be seen to be done. Tory MP Philip Davies said: ‘People are entitled to see what is going on. All this pussy-footing around, judges have no comprehension of the damage they’re doing for community cohesion by coming out with this barmy stuff’.”

Daily Express, 25 April 2007

See also the Express editorial, headed “Disgraceful veil rule will fuel further anger”, which opines:

“The decision to give the green light for full-face veils to be worn in court by lawyers, witnesses and even defendants drives a coach and horses – or should that be a camel train? – through British legal tradition…. On Monday the Treasury announced it will set up sharia-approved financial products especially for Muslims. Yesterday the legal establishment took the first step towards allowing British Muslims to regulate their interactions with the courts according to sharia law. The British people will not put up with these crazy acts of cultural surrender for much longer.”

Indistinguishable from the sort of thing you might read on the BNP website, isn’t it?

Fascists hold mass demonstration in Barking & Dagenham (not)

Posted on by Bob Pitt

BNP St George's DayAs part of its campaign to defend “English culture” against the rampaging Islamic hordes, the British National Party organised a St George’s Day celebration in its stronghold of Barking & Dagenham.

Though the fascists claim that “over 100 supporters” joined their parade, I can only count about 20 adults and a handful of children. Don’t know what happened to the rest of them. And check out the green costume, which I think is supposed to be a dragon.

As a theatrical spectacle, this event clearly fell somewhat short of the Nuremberg rallies.

More pics of the fearsome dragon here.

Mosque at Abbey Mills

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“There has been a deliberate attempt to sensationalise this issue and it has been done on the basis of limited knowledge and misinformation. Some of the consequences, whether they were intentional or not, have been to create fear and anxiety to polarise people within our wider community.”

Transform Newham, 24 April 2007

The article also contains some interesting information about leading anti-mosque campaigner Councillor Alan Craig:

“His letter to the ‘Newham Recorder’ was published on 20th June 2001 ‘Unless there are safety or other technical objections the Muslim community should be allowed to build the mosque at West Ham’. He wrote on  27th February 2002 ‘I argued publicly that the council should give the go-ahead to the West Ham mosque’. He wrote this of the same Muslim group that in 2006 he was accuse of involvement in terrorism.”