While British arrests thwart potential terror attacks with poison gas and dirty bombs those who openly aid and abet their cause go about their business with impunity and hobnob with British government officials.
Such is the case of Iqbal Asaria, a leading Muslim economist in the UK, who was instrumental in getting the HSBC bank to implement a Shari'a lending department.
Iqbal was widely quoted in the British press lauding the HSBC's move.
What the media did not reveal was that Iqbal is the registered agent of two websites: Jihad.org
and Ummah.org. which are associated with the extremist groups Hizb ut Tahrir and Al Muhajiroun .
Iqbal Asaria is also the webmaster for the International Institute of Islamic Political Thought, a Hamas front 'think tank' which is affiliated with several major Muslim organisations in the US, such as the International Institute of Islamic Thought and it's sister organisation, the Association of Muslim Social Scientists ( which also has a branch in the UK).
http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/214
Iqbal Asaria is also in charge of publications for the Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights, and MIRA, two groups which advocate overthrowing the Saudi royal family for being un Islamic.
A search for www. ummah.org leads to the site of Salaam UK .
Visitors to the homepage have to type in a password above the URL for ummah.org
http://www.salaam.co.uk/diary/
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A search for Ummah.org leads to this page with an essay by Jamal Harwood, one of the leaders Hizb ut Tahrir in the UK . HT seeks to establish a global Islamic state and was led by the present leader of Al Muhajiroun, Omar Bakri. Both groups are closely linked to Al Qaeda.
http://www.ummah.org.uk/what-is-islam/islam/faithand.htm
MIM: In 2004 Iqbal Asaria spoke at a seminar on Islamic financing:
Note the use of the term "shari'a compliant"
Financial inclusion amongst Muslim communities in the UK - what institutions are doing to offer Shariah compliant products
http://www.islamicrealestate.com/programme/themes2004.htm
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Asaria Iqbal other activities include publications and websites of the CDLR , MIRA, and other groups linked to Hizb ut Tahrir and Al Muhajiroun .The black flag of the Ummah, (global Islamic state) on the CDLR website linked to Iqbal Asaria and by extension, the Muslim Council of Britain. where Asaria heads their finance and economics committee,
The CDLR and MIRA's so called 'reform' involves overthrowing the Saudi family who are viewed as too modern and implementing a Taliban style regime in their place,
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Less then 6 weeks after 9/11 Iqbal Asaria met James Wolfensohn and the Archbishop of Canterbury for breakfast at the HM Treasury to discuss globalist concerns. Iqbal expressed concern that post 9/11 security priorities might conflict with aid programs.
Meeting at HM Treasury
http://www.mcb.org.uk/mcbnewsletter3.html
Iqbal Asaria, Chair of the Business and Economics Committee attended a Breakfast Seminar at 11 Downing Street on Tuesday November 13th. Other parties invited to the seminar were non-governmental organisations, faith groups, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey and the President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn.
The seminar, called by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown and Secretary of State for International Development, Rt. Hon. Clare Short, was organised to discuss the need to revive 2015 targets of reducing world poverty and the need to increase aid budgets with a renewal of the commitment of 0.7% of GDP. The participation of faith and other groups in the developmental process was also discussed and approved
Iqbal Asaria raised his concerns over the credibility of achieving the 2015 targets given current practices. He argued that reducing poverty was contingent on good governance a factor that may be overridden by security concerns in an anxious post-September 11th world.
Other matters discussed included Chancellor Gordon Brown raising the possibility of the MCB Business and Economics committee taking some initiative on social exclusion and the postponed launch of the MCB/ DFID booklet being reinvigorated; tentative date is after Ramadhan.
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In 2002 Iqbal Asaria met with head of Briish finance.
http://www.mcb.org.uk/e34.html
Work on Islamic Finance
Iqbal Asaria of the MCB's Business and Economics Committee is part of a working party convened by the Governor of the Bank of England and chaired by Andrew Buxton, former Charman of Barclays Bank.
This working party is liaising with different government departments to work out ways to incorporate into UK law and procedures the changes required
to allow a level playing field for Shari'a compliant finance products, including home purchase.
One of the key changes required is to the way stamp duty is levied at present.
Iqbal Asaria participated in the working party's meeting on Wednesday 16 October with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Ruth Kelly MP
to discuss this issue. The Financial Secretary responded positively to the suggestions and proposals of the working party. The Treasury was favourable to receiving proposals relating to the levying of stamp duty for incorporation in the 2003 Finance Bill, parliamentary schedules permitting. In the interim, suggestions for a satisfactory arrangement for avoiding double stamp duty would also be considered.
In addition to the Treasury, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has also indicated that it will consider proposals for modifying the capital reserve ratio requirements for the treatment of Islamic financial products. Iqbal Asaria was also invited to attend the launch of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) in Malaysia last week.
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In 2003 HSBC bank announced their Shari'a lending department.
The move was lauded by Asaria as "long overdue".
Several months later an HSBC bank was bombed by Al Qaeda in Istanbul, Turkey.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3035292.stm
High Street bank offers Islamic mortgage HSBC has become the first major UK bank to offer mortgages that comply with Islamic law.
Under Islamic law, the receipt and payment of interest is forbidden.
As a result some of Britain's two million Muslims have chosen not to take out conventional mortgages or open bank accounts.
This can leave them having to pay in cash for large purchases, such as houses.
Lease back
Under the HSBC scheme, the bank buys the property and leases it back to the customer over an agreed term.
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It would make a real difference if there were more products on the market ... then there would be more choice for Muslims Waseem Taj
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The customer makes monthly payments made up of rent and contributions towards the purchase price.
HSBC owns the property until customers have made their final payment.
Crucially, at no stage is the customer paying interest - the paying of 'rent' is seen as a fair payment for use of the property rather than a charge for borrowing money.
In addition, HSBC is launching an Islamic law-compliant current account, which has no overdraft or credit card facility.
Money paid into the current account will be administered in accordance with Islamic law and not used for generating interest.
The current account and mortgage products are to be introduced in selected HSBC branches from 14 July.
Huge market
Previously only relatively small institutions such as the National Bank of Kuwait and
the West Bromwich Building Society have offered tailored Islamic financial products for UK customers.
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Some (Muslims) are wracked with guilt because they have broken Islamic law Iqbal Asaria, Muslim Council of Great Britain |
Last year a report from market analyst Datamonitor estimated that demand for Islamic mortgages
in the UK was so strong that gross advances could reach £4.5bn ($7bn) in 2006.
According to Iqbal Asaria, spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain,
HSBC's move is long overdue.
"Some (Muslims) are wracked with guilt because they have broken Islamic law.
While others' values are beyond question, they are more pragmatic in order to keep a roof
over their family's head
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"HSBC's initiative frees them from this dilemma and is the first step to delivering a level playing field
for Muslims
seeking financial solutions in the UK.
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Domain registration for Jihad an Ummah.org list Iqbal Asaria as the administrator.
Iqbal also ran an Islamic computing center.
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