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Jewish 'Community Security Trust' Joins Discredited Islamist 'Hate Crime' Hoax Group Tell MAMA To Issue Complaints Guide

Tell MAMA Had Government Funding Pulled In 2013 For Fabricating Hate Crime Statistics Picked Up By The Media
August 28, 2017

MIM: Once again a Jewish group acts as a Trojan Horse for stealth Islamists. Despite having had its government funding pulled in 2013 for fabricating 'hate crimes' and the director and founder Fiyaz Mughal discredited (see below) Tell MAMA and the Community Security Trust have now received funding from none other than the Crown Prosecution Service which appears to be looking to drum up more business!

Joint Jewish-Muslim guide to tackling hate crime launched

Victims and witnesses of hate crime offered advice in new guide

The Community Security Trust has launched a joint initiative with a leading British Muslim support group to offer advice for victims and witnesses of hate crime.

A guidebook, written in collaboration with the Tell MAMA organisation and backed by the Crown Prosecution Service, also includes details of how to navigate the criminal justice system and understand the law and processes of the UK court system.

The CST said it was an "important tool" in tackling a rising tide of antisemitism and Islamophobia in the UK.

Though the guide has a focus on antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred, its advice can, be used by anybody who has suffered any kind of hate crime, which can occur due to race, religion, sexuality, age, disability, gender or any other characteristic.

David Delew, CST chief executive, said: "Despite our best efforts to combat all forms of hate crime and hate incidents, levels of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in the UK are unfortunately on the rise.

"CST works hard to protect, support and inform victims of antisemitism.

"This collaborative guide will be an important tool for all those affected by hate crime in understanding their rights, and how to navigate the complicated criminal justice system."

Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, also praised the launch of the guide, saying: "We want communities and individuals to have the confidence to come forward and report these offences, no matter how minor they may appear.

"This guide is an important way of ensuring that victims can make informed decisions about the most appropriate course of action, taking account of their particular personal circumstances.

"Hate crime divides communities and the CPS has an absolute commitment to bring perpetrators to justice and support victims and witnessed through the criminal justice system."

Iman Atta OBE, Tell MAMA director, added: "We stand together with other communities in working to counter hatred, intolerance and bigotry."

CST said it was proud of its close relationship with Tell MAMA.

They plan to make the new guide available in public areas of police stations and courts that are in relevant neighbourhoods.

CST will also make the guide available to shuls and community centres which request copies.

On Monday the CPS issued new guidelines requiring online hate crime to be treated as seriously as face-to-face offences.

The revised guidelines mean prosecutors will seek more severe penalties for abuse on social media.

To read the guide online click here.

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/joint-jewish-muslim-guide-to-tackling-hate-crime-launched-1.443246

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Muslim hate monitor to lose backing

Ministers end funding for body that claimed 'wave of attacks' against Islam.

By Andrew Gilligan

A controversial project claiming to measure anti-Muslim attacks will not have its government grant renewed after police and civil servants raised concerns about its methods.

The project, called Tell Mama, claimed that there had been a "sustained wave of attacks and intimidation" against British Muslims after the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby, with 193 "Islamophobic incidents" reported to it, rising to 212 by last weekend.

The group's founder, Fiyaz Mughal, said he saw "no end to this cycle of violence", describing it as "unprecedented". The claims were unquestioningly repeated in the media.

Tell Mama and Mr Mughal did not mention, however, that 57 per cent of the 212 reports referred to activity that took place only online, mainly offensive postings on Twitter and Facebook, or that a further 16 per cent of the 212 reports had not been verified. Not all the online abuse even originated in Britain.

Contrary to the group's claim of a "cycle of violence" and a "sustained wave of attacks", only 17 of the 212 incidents, 8 per cent, involved the physical targeting of people and there were no attacks on anyone serious enough to require medical treatment.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-gilligan/10108098/Muslim-hate-monitor-to-lose-backing.html

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MIM: This from the CST website:

HATE CRIME: A Guide To Those Affected

CST is publishing a comprehensive guide for those affected by Hate Crime, co-authored with the Crown Prosecution Service and Tell MAMA, and supported by the Department of Communities and Local Government.

The guide provides guidance and advice for victims and witnesses of hate crime on how to navigate the criminal justice system, from how to react to and report a hate crime to understanding the law and processes of the UK court system.

Though the guide has a focus on antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred, its advice can, and should, be used by anybody who has suffered any kind of hate crime, which can occur due to race, religion, sexuality, age, disability, gender or any other characteristic.

The publication of this guide is a natural continuation of the longstanding work that CST engages in everyday within the Jewish community, and in recent years with other communities affected by hate crime. CST is proud of our close relationship with Tell MAMA, a national campaign that tackles anti-Muslim hatred, and with allies who combat all forms of discrimination, forged through working partnerships such as CATCH in London and Stand Up!nationwide.

Levels of reported hate crime continues to grow in the UK, and as it does, collaborative efforts to educate and inform those affected by it are increasingly important.


Introductory statements within the guide include:

David S Delew, Chief Executive, CST

Despite our best efforts to combat all forms of hate crime and hate incidents, levels of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in the UK are unfortunately on the rise. CST works hard to protect, support and inform victims of antisemitism. This collaborative guide will be an important tool for all those affected by hate crime in understanding their rights, and how to navigate the complicated criminal justice system.

Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Communities Secretary:

Hate crime against any community is entirely unacceptable. Everyone in this country has a right to live without fear of abuse or attack and we must, as a nation, firmly condemn hate crimes and all other forms of bigotry. It is vital that victims have the confidence to report crimes to the Police. This Government is committed to making sure that those who perpetuate hate are subject to the full force of the law – but we cannot do this alone. This guide is an example of how we can work together to stamp out hate crime and support victims in bringing their cases forward so that justice can be served.

Alison Saunders CB, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service:

We want communities and individuals to have the confidence to come forward and report these offences, no matter how minor they may appear. This guide is an important way of ensuring that victims can make informed decisions about the most appropriate course of action, taking account of their particular personal circumstances. Hate crime divides communities and the CPS has an absolute commitment to bring perpetrators to justice and support victims and witnessed through the criminal justice system.

Iman Atta OBE, Director Tell MAMA

We have seen a rise over the last five years in the reporting of anti-Muslim hatred. Tell MAMA has been at the vanguard of supporting victims of anti-Muslim hatred, whilst collecting evidence and mapping, monitoring and measuring incidents across the United Kingdom. Through partnership work in the production of materials such as this guide, we hope that we can collectively make it easier for people to report, take charge and feel confident when they report hate incidents. We stand together with other communities in working to counter hatred, intolerance and bigotry.

https://cst.org.uk/news/blog/2017/08/23/hate-crime-a-guide-to-those-affected

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MIM: Who is guarding the guardians?

London Orthodox synagogue hosts Jihadist Muslim cleric

'Our community's naďve support for people and organizations such as these helps them to mask underlying messages of violence and terrorism.'

Mordechai Sones, י"ד באלול תשע"ז, 9/5/2017

Catford and Bromley United Synagogue, a London Orthodox synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue movement, hosted a Muslim cleric who has called for a jihad against Jews in the Land of Israel.

Shakeel Begg is head of Lewisham Islamic Centre and preaches to thousands of followers. In 2013 he sought to sue the BBC for defamation in a High Court case that concluded in October of last year, after Sunday Politics presenter Andrew Neill called him "an extremist preacher… with extremist positions", reported Jewish News Online.

Begg unsuccessfully denied the presenter's remarks in the trial. The judge found that Begg "promoted and encouraged religious violence," after scrutinizing Begg's speeches from 2006-11.

The court noted Begg's predeliction for quoting Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Baz, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until he died in 1999, a leader within Salafi-Wahabi Islam.

The judge found that Begg quoted bin Baz "without equivocation" saying "solidarity amongst Muslims means making jihad against the Jews and fighting the Jews in an Islamic Jihad until the Territory goes back to its proper people".

The judge said this was "encouraging offensive jihad against Jews to recover Palestine and return it to the Muslims". Begg's lawyers claimed that this is not Begg's intention, and he had referred to jihad in another context.

Synagogue leadership had defended Begg in the past. Reverend David Rome, a chazan, spoke on Begg's behalf mentioning the imam's "significant inter-faith work". Gerald Rose, a retired schoolteacher, spoke of Begg's "valuable work with different schools, including Jewish schools".

Rome, together with Reverend Stewart Myers of South London Synagogue, spoke on a podium with Begg at Catford in a July event entitled "‘Religious Symbols in Faith."

Synagogue Chairman Joe Burchell at that time praised the event as "proving yet again the benefit of being part of all communities in South London, an example that other synagogues in north-west London might like to follow".

This week community members expressed anger at Begg's inclusion and asked why the synagogue was associating with Begg, given his past remarks.

"Yet again the Orthodox Jewish community has proudly given a hescher to supposed interfaith ‘partners' who in fact espouse some of the worst forms of extreme Islamism," said London resident Jacob Lyons, board member of Patrons of the Conference of European Rabbis.

"Our community's naďve support for people and organizations such as these helps them to mask their underlying messages of violence and terrorism. It hence poses a danger not only to the community, but to the public as a whole. The Orthodox rabbinate would better spend its time and energies focused on the promotion of Jewish life rather than politics."

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/235074



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