According to the Mail on Sunday the Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG) held a meeting in 2006 to force 17 local authorities to snoop on its Muslim population under the leadership of Ruth Kelly, then in charge of the Department.

Bradford City Council leader Kris Hopkins is quopted as saying: ‘But our job is to bring communities together, to help our communities live side by side, not do the dirty work for MI5.’ Further, Robert Light, the leader of Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire, added: ‘I, and others, refused to do anything . . . → Read More: A Rubbish Story!

Next week is the launch of the Quilliam Foundation by new age ‘Muslim revivers’ – Majid Nawaz, Ed Husain, Rashad Ali et al. The following week is the launch (well re-launch) by the ’secularists’ – ie the British Muslims for Secular Democracy. This BMSD includes the likes of Ghayasuddin Siddiqui of the defunct Muslim Parliament (I dream of the day when a Muslim women can marry a non-Muslim man), Yasmin Alibhai Brown (I recently discovered that I’m Muslim, not Black) and Taj Hargey (denier of Hadith). They have seven supporters – yes seven!

So what are they bringing to the debate. BMSD . . . → Read More: Same dirt, new shovel!

Do you recall the days when Omar Bakri used to make outlandish claims or ‘Sheikh’ Faisal telling us that it’s okay to rob a ‘kafir’ bank to raise money for the mujahideen? Shocked, most of us couldn’t understand why the authorities did nothing about these people. Well – it’s back again. The ‘Takfiri’ Ed Husain isn’t the only one being courted by the authorities and media, Hassan Butt is the new establishment darling.

I suspect the real reason for not charging him for his past activities is that firstly, Hassan is a fantasist. He is quite well known for . . . → Read More: When is a Terrorist not a Terrorist?

With the vast array of Terrorism laws that have been introduced, a burning question is: do these laws target Muslims? Yes – according to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, they do!

I would go a step further and say that it targets Islam as well as its adherents. How? Well, excluding the laws that legislate against the killing of innocent people (which already exists) the majority of the new laws target things like ‘extremism’, ‘radicalisation’ and ‘ideology’. When the Communities and Local Government (CLG) department was asked to define these – the response was a . . . → Read More: Losing the plot?