Hope not hate Norfolk defends democratic right of Nick Griffin admirer to incite hatred against Muslims

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Hope Not Hate Norfolk on Alan Clifford

The Reverend Alan Clifford of Norwich Reformed Church first came to prominence back in 2004 when the local paper published a front-page article under the headline “I Think Islam Is Evil, Says Pastor”, with the subheading “Church leader backs BNP view on faith”.

The story concerned a letter Clifford had written to the Norwich Evening News declaring his support for the views on Islam expressed by Nick Griffin. The British National Party leader had been exposed in a BBC TV documentary which showed him telling a party meeting that Islam is a “wicked, vicious faith” and accusing Muslims of raping white girls as “part of their plan for conquering countries”. In his letter Clifford said that Islam was indeed an “evil religion” and that Griffin had been correct to describe it as “a monster in our midst”.

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MCB condemns extradition of Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan

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Justice denied: The UK’s sovereignty and dignity sold as Babar Ahmed and Talha Ahsan are not allowed a British trial

Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan today lost their appeal for a stay on their extradition to the United States. For upholders of human rights and civil liberties, Friday 5th October 2012 will be a black letter day. It is the day when the pleas of two British citizens to be tried in a British court came to naught. It is the day when the Metropolitan Police emerged scott free from having to explain why the information collected from Babar Ahmad’s home was provided to the US prosecutor but not to our own Crown Prosecution Service. This was the day when the Government’s media strategy of linking the cases of Abu Hamza with those of Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan yielded its malevolent fruits. It will take a very long time for trust to be restored.

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French mosque defaced with far-right stickers

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Muret mosque

Last month stickers produced by the far-right movements Terre et Peuple and Oeuvre Française were stuck on the walls of the mosque at Muret on the outskirts of Toulouse. One of them featured the slogan “In the face of invasion, resistance and reconquest” and another “France for the French”, while a third sticker warned that the white race faces extinction because only two per cent of white women are of childbearing age. Over the following days individuals drove at full speed past the mosque shouting “France for the French. Go home.”

See CCIF, 3 October 2012 and Al-Kanz, 3 October 2012

New York: pro-Muslim subway ads oppose Geller hate ads

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RHR subway adStriking back against an anti-jihad advertisement in the subways widely perceived as anti-Muslim, two religious groups – one Jewish, one Christian – are taking out subway ads of their own to urge tolerance.

Rabbis for Human Rights – North America and the group Sojourners, led by the Christian author and social-justice advocate Jim Wallis, are unveiling their campaigns on Monday. Their ads will be placed near the anti-jihad ads in the same Manhattan subway stations, leaders of both groups said and transit officials confirmed. The groups said their campaigns were coincidental.

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