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June 18, 2006
MIM: The convenant of security gives way to the Dar Al Harb as Muslims warn the UK that "they may take matters into their own hands " if police and counter terrorism agencies do not show proper deference to Muslim demands.
"We hope that the appropriate lessons will be learned by all involved in this tragic incident," said Abdul Bari.
Azad Ali, chair of the Muslim Safety Forum, told the Guardian:
"The police have clearly made errors and they have to learn lessons..."
But Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, said the unnecessary raid is yet "another indictment" of police and intelligence service anti-terrorist policy.
"This policy is criminalizing and victimizing a community that is running out of patience..."
MIM : For their part the Metropolitan police apologised.
Attempting to ease tensions between the police and the Muslim community, Andy Hayman, Assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police apologized Friday for the raid.
"I am aware that in mounting this operation we have caused disruption and inconvenience to many residents in Newham, and for that I apologize," he said.
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-06/10/03.shtml
MIM: The arrest and subsequent release of two radical Islamist brothers who were suspected of planning an attack with a homemade cyanide bomb has given the Muslim community a PR opportunity to cry victim and the MSM has joined with them in denoucing the police and effectively making it more difficult to law enforcement to act agains Islamists, prompting Sir Paul Lever, the former chairman of f Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, which advises government on national security issues, to warn that:
"not following up suspicions could be "potentially horrendous".
Until the London bombings UK government and law enforcement officials had allowed radical Islamists to operate with impunity in the mistaken belief that they would not attack the country which was hosting them. The British thought that the Muslim concept of the "convenant of security" would be extended to them. This notion was debunked when Omar Bakri (who has fled the UK) openly called on his followers to join Al Qaeda and bring suicide bombings to their neighbor's doorstep and London experienced a suicide bombing attack and a failed one within two weeks.
Bakri had been dismissed by faux moderates such as the Muslim Council of Britain as being extreme and 'not representative of all Muslims'. The former head of the MCB Iqbal Sacranie was knighted by the Queen last year.His sucessor, Abdul Bari, made it clear that the "convenant of security" was definitively at at end and issued what amounts to a declaration of Jihad against the UK .
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Angry people can do anything, angry people can even feel that they should take the law into their own hands, so anger has to be directed into positive action" he warned.
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Muslims could take 'law into own hands' amid anger over raid, leader warns
LONDON, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - The British police were under pressure Tuesday to clear up the confusion over last week's massive anti-terror raid or risk seeing angry Muslims "take the law into their own hands," a Muslim community leader warned.The Muslim Council of Britain's new leader Muhammed Abdul Bari said "trust could break down" if the police failed to explain why they launched last Friday's raid, which has turned up nothing of a reported chemical weapons plot.
Relaying the sentiment that he heard during a visit late Monday to the east London neighborhood which was raided, Abdul Bari said "the message is the confusion, it's the frustration and to some extent anger."
Police arrested Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, and his brother Abul Koyair, 20, during the raid on their home at dawn by 250 officers. Abdul Kahar, who was shot and wounded, and Koyair have vehemently denied involvement in terrorism.
"People want to know what exactly happened and about the intelligence -- is it genuine information, is it flawed -- these are the questions police have to answer as soon as possible," Abdul Bari said.
"Trust could break down if things are not clarified," said Abdul Bari, the secretary general of Britain's largest Muslim organization.
"Angry people can do anything, angry people can even feel that they should take the law into their own hands, so anger has to be directed into positive action," he warned.
The Metropolitan Police's assistant commissioner Andy Hayman said police had "no choice" but to launch the raid as they worried about public safety after receiving specific intelligence of a terrorist plot.
But Hayman, who declined to comment on reports by security sources that they were looking for chemical or biological weapons, admitted that "we have not found what we went in there to look for."
He said that the police have removed documents and computers from the home and that they were still conducting a live investigation.
The admission by Hayman is fueling doubts about the London police.
Police have already endured almost a year of harsh criticism, including accusations of a cover-up, since armed officers shot dead an unarmed Brazilian man on a subway train in the mistaken belief he was a suicide bomber.
The left-of-center newspaper, The Independent, said the high-profile swoop had led to fears among local people about being branded extremists and many Muslim families were now considering leaving Britain.
The right-of-center daily, The Times, ran a letter from a Yusuf Patel who said he lived in the Forest Gate area where the raid happened.
"Most people I have spoken to believe that these raids are designed to create fear within the Muslim community. If that is the case, it is working," he said, warning of the risk of alienating local Muslims.
The right-wing Daily Mail, meanwhile, said the "backlash" could play into the hands of extremist groups keen to capitalize on the perception that the Muslim community was being unfairly targeted in anti-terrorism operations.
The raid is being investigated by watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which also conducted probes into the fatal shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.
Sir Paul Lever, the former chairman of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, which advises government on national security issues, said not following up suspicions could be "potentially horrendous".
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/17359
The Muslim Council of Britain's new leader Muhammed Abdul Bari said "trust could break down" if the police failed to explain why they launched last Friday's raid, which has turned up nothing of a reported chemical weapons plot.
Relaying the sentiment that he heard during a visit late Monday to the east London neighborhood which was raided, Abdul Bari said "the message is the confusion, it's the frustration and to some extent anger."
Police arrested Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, and his brother Abul Koyair, 20, during the raid on their home at dawn by 250 officers. Abdul Kahar, who was shot and wounded, and Koyair have vehemently denied involvement in terrorism.
"People want to know what exactly happened and about the intelligence -- is it genuine information, is it flawed -- these are the questions police have to answer as soon as possible," Abdul Bari said.
"Trust could break down if things are not clarified," said Abdul Bari, the secretary general of Britain's largest Muslim organization.
"Angry people can do anything, angry people can even feel that they should take the law into their own hands, so anger has to be directed into positive action," he warned.
The Metropolitan Police's assistant commissioner Andy Hayman said police had "no choice" but to launch the raid as they worried about public safety after receiving specific intelligence of a terrorist plot.
But Hayman, who declined to comment on reports by security sources that they were looking for chemical or biological weapons, admitted that "we have not found what we went in there to look for."
He said that the police have removed documents and computers from the home and that they were still conducting a live investigation.
The admission by Hayman is fueling doubts about the London police.
Police have already endured almost a year of harsh criticism, including accusations of a cover-up, since armed officers shot dead an unarmed Brazilian man on a subway train in the mistaken belief he was a suicide bomber.
The left-of-center newspaper, The Independent, said the high-profile swoop had led to fears among local people about being branded extremists and many Muslim families were now considering leaving Britain.
The right-of-center daily, The Times, ran a letter from a Yusuf Patel who said he lived in the Forest Gate area where the raid happened.
"Most people I have spoken to believe that these raids are designed to create fear within the Muslim community. If that is the case, it is working," he said, warning of the risk of alienating local Muslims.
The right-wing Daily Mail, meanwhile, said the "backlash" could play into the hands of extremist groups keen to capitalize on the perception that the Muslim community was being unfairly targeted in anti-terrorism operations.
The raid is being investigated by watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which also conducted probes into the fatal shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.
Sir Paul Lever, the former chairman of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, which advises government on national security issues, said not following up suspicions could be "potentially horrendous".
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MIM: In 1995 the Muslim Community upheld the fatwa urging for Muslims to kill author Salman Rushdie.
http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/bmms/1996/03March96.html#Rushdie%20fatwa%20statement
The fatwa, or religious decision, issued against Salman Rushdie by the late Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 remains in force, according to Dr Kalim Siddiqui of the Muslim Parliament (The Times, 30.03.96). The relevant section of Dr Siddiqui's press released speech said: "The Muslim Parliament was conceived in the heat of the conflict generated by the insult and abuse heaped upon Islam in The Satanic Verses. The fatwa of the late Imam Khomeini, sentencing Salman Rushdie to death...was and remains an order that must be carried out" (Yorkshire Evening Post, 30.03.96). Dr Siddiqui's pronouncements, however, come at a time when the authorities in Iran appear to be relenting on the question of the implementation of the fatwa (Independent, 30.03.96). During a visit to the Leipzig Book Fair on 29 March, Mr Rushdie urged Germany to put pressure on Iran to drop the death sentence (Exeter Express & Echo, 30.03.96). Germany, however, is apparently reluctant to take any action unilaterally and would prefer to do so within the framework of the European Union (Plymouth Evening Herald, 30.03.96). [BMMS March 1996 Vol. IV, No. 3, p. 5]
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