NOW MUSLIMS GET THEIR OWN LAWS IN BRITAIN

MUSLIM radicals have established their own draconian court systems in Britain.

Controversial Sharia courts have been set up in major towns and cities to impose Islamic law and enable Muslims to shun the legitimate British legal system.Last night religious leaders and politicians expressed outrage that Sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in our society.Critics insisted that the Government is allowing a two-tier legal system to flourish in the name of political correctness and that the authority of UK justice is being undermined.

The Daily Express can reveal that one of the controversial courts has been set up in the home town of the 7/7 London bombings ringleader.

Mohammed Siddique Khan was responsible for the Edgware Road Circle Line explosion which killed six people and injured 120. Our investigation has found that the Sharia court system has been set up in the heart of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and that it is a model for others across the country which are operating outside the British legal process.

The Dewsbury court is called the Sharee Council – another term for Sharia – and operates as a Muslim judiciary making decisions by which attendees must abide.In many countries, hard-line interpretations of the Islamic law allow people to be stoned to death, beheaded or have their limbs amputated.Non-Muslims are excluded from the secretive court which is registered as a charity to receive British tax benefits.Although the court has no official legal standing, scales of justice adorn a sign outside a former pub building which has been converted by the Islamic Institute of Great Britain.

last night the Sharia courts were blasted by both Christian and Muslim groups for their non-democratic attempts to establish their legal system.Mark Wallace, campaign manager of the Freedom Association said: "British society must be one of free speech, free personal choice, democratic freedom and fairness. "If individual Muslims wish to inform their decisions by the teachings of Sharia, that is fine, but they must do it within the structures of British law and they must understand that sharia will never be acceptable as the legal system of the UK." His views were echoed by the Muslim Council of Britain, whose spokesman Inayat Bunglawala said: "We believe one legal code should apply for all citizens of the UK.

There is no place for multiple legal systems for people of different religious or ethnic backgrounds." Dewsbury councillor Imtiaz Ameen, a Muslim, said: "Some people advocate total Sharia law but you cannot have it being the case in any country that there is one law for one and one law for another."Critics say the Government has not done enough to stop radical Muslim groups establishing their brand of law.

Liberal thinkers in the Government claim that the law enables full-face veil-wearing Muslim women who are afraid of British courts to gain justice the "traditional way".But one insider told the Daily Express that the Sharia court, which is run from the backroom of a Madrasa – an Islamic education centre – in Dewsbury is just one of "dozens" operating in Asian communities. And a leading Muslim commentator claimed similar courts exist in every major city across Britain.The Madrasa – which is a former pub situated less than a mile from the one-time home of London bombing mastermind Khan – sits as a court every other weekend and hears up to 10 cases a day.

Four Muslim scholars, who have spent their life studying and preaching the Koran, sit in judgment on an array of cases alongside a Muslim solicitor whose role is to advise on the implications of their rulings in British law.The operation is headed by prominent scholar Sheikh Yaqub Munshi.

Accounts for the Dewsbury court’s parent company the Islamic Research Institute of Great Britain, show that it was registered in Dewsbury as a charity in 1996 with the ethos of promoting the advancement of Islamic religion and education in the United Kingdom.Charitable status allows the organisation to claim tax relief and apply for government grants and trustee funding.Between April 1999 and April 2004 its gross annual turnover rocketed from £2,500 to above £177,000. At the end of the last financial year it recorded total funds of £255,000 but it is not known if or how it charges for use of the service.At the moment, the leaders insist they only deal with civil matters such as Muslim divorces, wedding dowries and asset sharing. But the secretive Muslim-only nature of the dealings will provoke fears that radical Sharia law could be allowed to spread across the Muslim population.

The source said: "These courts take the law into their own hands and dish out punishment for bad behaviour.

"I have not heard of physical punishments being used but those in the wrong are often ordered to pay compensation. Many who have no respect for British law are the most stringent observers of Sharia law." Sheikh Yaqub admitted that introducing Sharia law into the UK has been his goal since moving to Britain from Pakistan in the 1960s.But he insisted its main aim is to help repressed women who are trapped in bad or violent marriages and who dare not use British law.He said: "Ever since I arrived here in the 1960s there has been a case of women being forced to get married, others forced to get married, but unhappy afterwards. Until now there was no organisation which could Islamically solve their problems."Sharia is derived from the Arabic translation Sariah and outlines Islamic law according to the Koran. The term means "way" or "path" and gives the Islamic framework within which people must regulate their lives according to the Muslim faith.After the Sharia court has ruled in judgment, solicitors process matters officially through UK courts on their clients’ behalf.

Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, said: "Sharia courts now operate in most larger cities, with different sectarian and ethnic groups operating their own courts that cater to their specific needs according to their tradition."Philip Davies, the Tory MP for Shipley, said: "I am absolutely appalled and find the prospect of such courts totally terrifying. Places like this should be closed down or else everybody will want to establish their own courts.

"How many more places like this are there in the UK? Who knows where it could all end? It simply cannot be tolerated."

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Five get life over UK bomb plot

Omar Khyam, 25 - jailed for life (40 years minimum)
Jawad Akbar, 23 - jailed for life (35 years minimum)
Salahuddin Amin, 32 - jailed for life (35 years minimum)
Waheed Mahmood, 35 - jailed for life (40 years minimum)
Anthony Garcia, 24 - jailed for life (40 years minimum)

Five men have been jailed for life for a UK bomb plot linked to al-Qaeda that could have killed hundreds of people.
Jurors in the year-long Old Bailey trial heard of plans to target a shopping centre, nightclub and the gas network with a giant fertiliser bomb.
The judge, Sir Michael Astill, said the men, all British citizens, had "betrayed their country".
It has also been revealed some of the plotters met two of the 7 July London suicide bombers.
Mohammed Sidique Khan was spotted on four occasions in 2004 with at least one of the fertiliser bomb conspirators. At one point MI5 officers followed Khan back to his home in Leeds but no further action was taken.
In the wake of the convictions both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have both called for an independent inquiry into the 7 July link.
The call for an inquiry was echoed by Graham Foulkes, whose son David died in the 7 July attacks. He said an inquiry was needed so "lessons could be learned".
The new director general of MI5, Jonathan Evans, issued a statement in which he denied being "complacent" and added: "The attack on 7 July in London was a terrible event. The sense of disappointment, felt across the service, at not being able to prevent the attack (despite our efforts to prevent all such atrocities) will always be with us."
He added: "The Security Service will never have the capacity to investigate everyone who appears on the periphery of every operation."
This was not a group of youthful idealists. They were trained, dedicated, ruthless terrorists who were obviously planning to carry out an attack against the British public Peter Clarke
Britain's top anti-terrorist policeman, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, said: "This was not a group of youthful idealists. They were trained, dedicated, ruthless terrorists who were obviously planning to carry out an attack against the British public."
Police smashed the plot in 2004 after MI5 had watched an Islamist extremist network with links across the world.
The link with 7 July was deliberately kept from the Old Bailey jury for fear of prejudicing their deliberations on the fertiliser bomb plot.
The fertiliser bomb plot investigation linked back to senior al-Qaeda figures in Pakistan and Afghanistan, including one who was detained by US forces in Iraq at the weekend.
Omar Khyam, 25, from Crawley, West Sussex, was found guilty of conspiring to cause explosions likely to endanger life between 1 January 2003 and 31 March 2004.
Also convicted were Waheed Mahmood, 34, and Jawad Akbar, 23, also of Crawley; Salahuddin Amin, 31, from Luton, Bedfordshire; Anthony Garcia, 24, of Barkingside, east London.
The judge told them: "You have betrayed this country that has given you every opportunity."
He also warned them: "All of you may never be released. It's not a foregone conclusion."
Two other men, Nabeel Hussain and Shujah Mahmood, were found not guilty.
Home Secretary John Reid said: "Five dangerous terrorists are now behind bars thanks to the hard work of our police and security services...Today's case reminds us all that the terrorist threat we face is real and severe."
In one of the largest terrorism trials ever brought before the British courts, the Old Bailey heard the plotters had come together over a number of years.

TARGETS DISCUSSED Bluewater shopping centre Utilities network Ministry of Sound nightclub Parliament Football stadium

The men had started out sympathetic to Muslim causes around the world - but the key plotters decided that violence was the answer as they came together for secret military training camps in Pakistan.
Back in Britain, they discussed various schemes, including targeting the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent on a busy Saturday or the Ministry of Sound nightclub in central London.
They also talked of attacking the gas or electricity network and Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament.

The group had bought 600kg of ammonium nitrate from an agricultural merchants and kept it at a storage unit in Hanwell, west London.
This fertiliser was to be the key component in the massive bomb - similar to those used in other terrorism attacks around the world.
But unbeknown to the men, some of them were already on MI5's radar while, at the same time, staff at the storage unit tipped off police.
They replaced the ammonium nitrate with a harmless substance and kept the group under surveillance before swooping in a series of raids.

TRIAL FACTS 3,644 witness statements taken 105 prosecution witnesses Trial lasted for 13 months Jury was out for record 27 days

The Old Bailey heard the defendants had at least two fellow conspirators.
One of them, an American called Mohammed Junaid Babar, admitted his role in the plot after being arrested by the FBI and became a vital prosecution witness.
The other was Mohammed Momin Khawaja, awaiting trial in Canada.
The jury deliberated for 27 days, a record in British criminal history.
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said the deal allowing Babar to testify was unprecedented in British courts.
Outside court a solicitor read out a statement on behalf of Nabeel Hussain. He said: " I have always maintained my innocence of the allegations against me. I have never been an extremist or believed in extremism... I am so glad this ordeal is over."

Verdicts and charges in full

Abu Izzadeen Charged

Supporters of the arrested Muslim "activists" demonstrated outside the Paddington Green police station on Friday, but British media completely ignored the event; here are some more photographs at Buzznet by "Gaiaseye


here’s video of Abu Izzadeen speaking inside the Regent’s Park Mosque, followed by MPACUK’s reaction to his arrest.



Of course MPACUK are far too "principled" to criticise their brothers, so they keep schtum and concentrate on slagging off the Jews - sorry - Israel.

Muslims shun project funded by lottery

An unfinished community centre for use by Muslims has become a rat-infested eyesore, shunned by the people it was intended to serve because it was funded by a Muslim lottery winner.
The skeletal framework of the community centre in the Bastwell area of Blackburn, Lancashire, has been rotting and abandoned for eight years after a £300,000 donation from Britain’s first lottery millionaire.
Mukhtar Mohidin, from Blackburn, won £17.9 million in 1994. But his attempts to give something back to his community have proved fruitless, after a dispute broke out among local Muslims, who said that the centre had been built using "filthy money" because Islam does not allow gambling.
The community centre scheme was led by the nearby Masjid Al Momineen Mosque, which has been unable to raise the £400,000 pounds needed to finish the building because of opposition from Muslims in the area.
The Lancashire Council of Mosques said that the mosque was unable to obtain donations because gambling is prohibited by the Koran.
Andy Kay, a local councillor in charge of regenerating the borough, said that the centre was likely to stay in its current state until someone bought the building for another purpose.
An Islamic study centre had been given planning permission, but approval was later obtained for a community centre once the involvement of Mr Mohidin, who became known as Mr Millions, was announced. He paid for the steel work and foundations but the project ground to a halt after those sections were completed in late 1998.
A member of the mosque’s committee said that it was applying for European funding and hoped that work could restart early next year.
He said: "There have been a lot of delays but we are trying to get the money. We have never been out to anyone from the Muslim community to ask for money. It would be a community centre for everyone, not just Muslims."
But Salim Mulla, secretary of the Lancashire Council of Mosques, said that when money was needed for projects, mosques across the country would be approached.
He said: "Because they accepted lottery money, they have been classed as outcasts, so now no mosque will work with them.
"They are unable to get the money from Muslim communities, which is why it is at a standstill. They are not going to be able to get any money. That is their dilemma."
Mr Mulla said that he was responsible for coordinating collections at the mosque which he attends, and that he would not have allowed money to be collected for this scheme.
He said: "As Muslims we are not allowed to accept money from gambling. Clean money is what people have worked for, not got from gambling, betting or the lottery.
"The management committee at that time decided to take the money but the consequences were that everybody in the UK got to find out about it. Because they accepted the money it looked very, very bad throughout the UK and also in Muslim areas of the world."
Taj Ahmed, whose takeaway food outlet overlooks the site, said: "We have been having problems with rats. Because it used to be housing, there are drains underneath it."
He added: "It doesn’t make a good impression for customers coming here. At the end of the day, something needs doing about it."

hate preacher,dont throw me out.

Courtroom Jihad from Sheikh Abdullah El-Faisal. This case should be thrown out of court

immediately. The idea of a man who

"urged followers to kill Jews, Hindus

and Americans" bringing a human rights

case ought to be shown up for the absurdity

that it is, and Sheikh Abdullah El-Faisal deported immediately to Iran or another such place where such preaching is not only tolerated, but invited

by government officials, who indulge in such

rhetoric themselves.
From the Evening Standard,

hate preacher blamed for indoctrinating one of

the July 7 bombers is using human rights law to

fight deportation from Britain, it emerged today.
Sheikh Abdullah El-Faisal - a Jamaican-born Muslim convert who urged followers to kill Jews, Hindus and Americans - is due to be freed from prison within

weeks after serving two thirds of a seven-year sentence

for inciting murder.
The Home Office has begun legal moves to deport the fanatic, who Ministers say is a continuing threat to national security.
Its official report of the July 7 attacks described El Faisal as a

"strong influence" on Jermaine Lindsay, who detonated the Russell Square

tube bomb that killed 26 people.
But El Faisal, a twice-married father of four, has lodged an appeal

on the grounds that deportation would be a breach of his human right

to a family life.
He has already lost one hearing, but is now dragging the case to the High

Court in the latest setback to Tony Blair's promise to boot out preachers

of hate.

i thought the muslims would be greatful for these arrests

About 150 supporters of a man arrested by anti-terror police have staged a march and protest over his detention.
Officers raided Rajib Khan's home in Vestray Close, Luton, on Tuesday.
Scotland Yard confirmed Mr Khan, 28, and five other men were suspected of incitement to commit terrorism overseas and terrorist fund-raising.
People from Regent's Park mosque joined the supporters after Friday prayers and they marched to Paddington Green police station in London to stage a protest.
Those held include Abu Izzadeen, also known as Omar Brooks, who made headlines when he heckled Home Secretary John Reid at an event last year.
The other men arrested are a 24-year-old, 35-year-old and 21-year-old, all from east London, and a 27-year-old from Southall in the west of the capital.
The BBC understands that the arrests are connected to an alleged incident at a mosque in 2004.

UK terror suspects win key ruling

Two Libyan terror suspects have won an appeal against deportation from the UK in a major defeat for the government.
The men, known only as DD and AS, argued they could be jailed and tortured if sent home, despite a special deal between the countries.
But in the first test of the case, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission said the men could not be sent back.
The government said it was "very disappointed" by the defeat and would immediately appeal the ruling.
Under international human rights law, the UK does not deport people to regimes where they may face persecution or torture.
But in October 2005, the government signed an historic deal with Libya, under which Colonel Gaddafi's government pledged not to mistreat anyone deported to Tripoli from the UK.
Similar memorandums of understanding (MOU) have been signed with Jordan and Lebanon. A different diplomatic agreement is in place with Algeria covering the treatment of returnees.
But Mr Justice Ouseley, chairman of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, the body that deals with deportation of terror suspects, said that the Libyan men faced a real risk of mistreatment.
The European Convention on Human Rights could be breached if the two men were removed to Libya, he said, although he indicated it was not a "probable risk".
"There is also real risk that the trial of the appellants would amount to a complete denial of a fair trial," he added.
The two men, held in Long Lartin prison, have been granted bail in principle, with restrictive terms to be finalised.
In a statement, a Home Office spokesperson said they were "very disappointed" and it intended to appeal.
"We believe that the assurances given to us by the Libyans do provide effective safeguards for the proper treatment of individuals being returned and do ensure that their rights will be respected.
"These individuals have been found by SIAC to represent a real risk to the national security of this country."
Controversial deals
The MOUs signed with Libya, Jordan and Lebanon are a key plank of the government's strategy to deport terrorism suspects it says it cannot put on trial in the UK.
The government had also been seeking to put in place independent monitoring of the welfare of any returnees to ensure Libya lived up to the deal.
According to the ruling, the body that would have been is Libya's main human rights group, whose president is one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons. However, the government's own investigations into the body convinced officials that it was independent of the regime and capable of monitoring the welfare of returnees.
But in a statement, solicitors for DD and AS said: "It was common ground between the government and [our clients] that political opponents of the Gaddafi regime are reasonably likely to be tortured or otherwise ill-treated if returned to Libya."
Kate Allen OF Amnesty International said: "Today's judgment underlines the principle that no one should be returned to a country where they may face torture. Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) offer no protection from torture and are not worth the paper they're written on.
"If people are suspected of committing a crime, they should be charged and put on trial."

Libyan terror suspects could be released within days

Trio 'linked to terrorist films'

Three men helped to distribute films of beheadings and bomb-making instructions to be used for attacks on non-Muslims, a court has heard.
One of the young al-Qaeda followers was told to think about the suicide bombers in Iraq his online terrorist propaganda was inspiring, the court heard.
Younes Tsouli, 23, is one of three accused of distributing the films.
Mr Tsouli and Tariq Al-Daour, 21, both from west London, and Waseem Mughal, 24, from Kent, all deny terror charges.
Mr Tsouli told co-defendant Mr Mughal that he wanted to "stand in the trenches" in Iraq, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
'Media work'
Prosecutor Mark Ellison told the jury that in an online chat Mr Tsouli told Mr Mughal: "It sucks we are here and not there. But I suppose someone has to be here."
But Mr Mughal urged him to continue with his "media work" as it was "very, very important".
The footage is alleged to have included terrorist beheadings, bomb-making instructions and terrorism handbooks.
Mr Ellison said that Mr Mughal added: "A lot of the funding that the brothers are getting is coming because of the videos. Imagine how many have gone (to Iraq) after seeing the videos. Imagine how many have become shahid (martyrs)."
The prosecutor said Mr Tsouli, who holds a Moroccan passport, had recently been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK at the time of his arrest.
What was it that brought the defendants and Bektasevic together? What was the common interest between them? Prosecutor Mark Ellison
In emails and chat room conversations, Mr Tsouli and Mr Mughal talked about the financial difficulties involved in constantly setting up new sites as others were "killed off", the jury heard.
Mr Tsouli told Mr Mughal he had been asked by "AQ", an acronym for al-Qaeda said Mr Ellison, to translate their official "e-book" into English.
The court also heard two men arrested in Bosnia for possessing a video thought to be a blueprint for attacks on "non-believers" in countries which had sent troops to Iraq may have been in contact with the men.
'Mujahideen badge'
One of those arrested in Bosnia, 21-year-old Swede Mirsad Bektasevic, had the men saved in a "buddy list" on his computer which allowed him to carry out encrypted conversations with them.
Mr Ellison said: "So what was it that brought the defendants and Bektasevic together? What was the common interest between them?"
He said messages obtained from Mr Tsouli's computer related to the design of a "mujahideen badge" needed before the anniversary of the 11 September attacks.
When Bektasevic was arrested in house near Sarajevo in October 2005, authorities found 18kg of explosives, electrical wiring, timing devices and detonators and a suicide bomber's belt loaded with explosives, the jury was told.
The jury was also shown the video officers recovered from the same house.
On the video, a voice was heard to say: "Here are the boys preparing for the attacks.
"They are showing us the stuff they are going to use for the attack. These boys are prepared to attack and Inshallah, God willing, they will attack Kuffar (non-believers) who are killing our brothers and Muslims in Iraq, in Afghanistan, Chechnya and many other countries."
The three men deny charges under the 2000 Terrorism Act of possessing documents or records likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
Clip seen in court
The case continues.

Sensible assumption" jihadists will strike again in U.K.

London police's anti-terrorist chief said on Tuesday it was a "sensible assumption" that Islamist militants will strike again in Britain.
Reviewing British counter-terrorism efforts since the September 11 attacks on U.S. cities, Peter Clarke said the strategic threat from Islamist militants was "enduring and to a significant extent targeted at the United Kingdom."
"Within the country we have people who are sympathetic to the terrorist cause and prepared to carry out attacks against their fellow citizens," he said in a lecture.
The police and security service had stopped a number of attacks in Britain and more than 100 people were awaiting trial on terrorist-related charges, he said.
"Nevertheless, we suffered the appalling attacks of July 2005 and the only sensible assumption is that we shall be attacked again," he said.
"The extremists have a momentum that must be stopped," he added.
In the 2005 London attacks and in other cases, police had spotted a trend for groups of British citizens to travel to Pakistan for training and then returning to Britain and building up their networks in preparation for launching attacks, he said.
This has become known as the "Al-Qaeda Pipeline
Clarke said the threat from al Qaeda was very different from the threat Britain faced for 30 years from Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrillas opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland.
The al Qaeda networks are large, mobile and resilient, he said.
"We have seen how al Qaeda has been able to survive a prolonged, multinational assault on its structures, personnel and logistics. It has certainly retained its ability to deliver centrally directed attacks here in the UK," he said.
"Arrested leaders or key players are quickly replaced, and disrupted networks will re-form quickly. Suicide has been a frequent feature of attack planning and delivery," he said.
see also.Al-Qaeda ‘planning big British attack’

'No guarantee' in terrorism fight

The government "cannot guarantee 100% success" in its fight against terrorism, the home secretary says.
John Reid said he could only promise "100% commitment" from police, security services and the Home Office as it shifts its focus to security.
He said the "struggle" against terrorism would "be unrelenting and of lengthy duration."
He also said terrorists could cause devastation through an "electronic attack" on the UK's infrastructure.
The Home Office is to be split from 9 May, to concentrate on crime reduction, terrorism and mass migration.
The reforms will boost security and provide a "more agile" response to terror threats, Mr Reid told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute.
He said al-Qaeda's aim was to "bleed us to bankruptcy", adding that Western energy supplies could be among targets threatened.
"It is easy to appreciate the devastation of a physical attack and what it can bring but we must not underestimate the potentially devastating consequences of an electronic attack," he said.
The new Office for Security and Counter Terrorism would play a "pivotal role" by enabling the Home Office to focus on personal, community and national security, he added.
Mr Reid said: "It will provide that faster, brighter and more agile response to the terrorist threat through a new drive, cohesion, and by providing a greater strategic capacity to our fight against terrorism."

We are making these changes because we cannot afford one ounce of complacency in this struggle against terrorism John Reid
However, he added: "I can promise you 100% commitment from everyone involved, 100% dedication, but I have to be straight: we cannot promise 100% success.
"That would be an insult to your intelligence, to my integrity, to indicate that we can ever guarantee that in fighting terrorism.
"We are making these changes because we cannot afford one ounce of complacency in this struggle against terrorism."
He praised the work of the police and security services in "heroically defending this nation from terrorist attacks," saying that they had averted "half a dozen" tragedies in recent years.
"The changes that we are introducing by refocusing the Home Office on immigration, crime and counter-terrorism are intended to supplement those efforts," Mr Reid said.
His comments came a day after the UK's counter-terrorism chief condemned as "beneath contempt" people who leak anti-terrorism intelligence.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke of the Metropolitan Police said leaks had compromised investigations, revealed sources of life-saving intelligence and "put lives at risk" during major investigations.
Mr Reid told MPs that boosting the Home Office's counter-terrorism effort was expected to cost £15m.
Permanent Secretary Sir David Normington confirmed the department would recruit an extra 150 staff to work in the area.
"This is not just redesignating a minister," Mr Reid told MPs.
"This is adding real capacity, strategic thought, integration, personnel, and resources in the battle against counter terrorism."
The plans to split the Home Office have attracted criticism from some former home secretaries, including Mr Reid's predecessors, Charles Clarke and David Blunkett.

Muslim veil 'allowed in courts'

Muslim women will be allowed to wear a
veil in court under new guidelines issued following a dispute last year.

The Judicial Studies Board's Equal Treatment Advisory Committee examined whether women should be allowed to wear the full facial covering, the
niqab.
Decisions should be made on each case and veils should not interfere with
the administration of justice, it found.
It follows the adjournment of a case in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, after a legal advisor refused to remove her veil.

Judge George Glossop said he was having difficulty hearing legal executive Shabnam Mughal at the immigration court in November.
The guidelines say forcing a woman to choose between her religious identity and taking part in a court case could have a "significant impact on that woman's sense of dignity" and could serve to "exclude and marginalise" her.
Committee chairwoman Mrs Justice Cox said: "We respect the right for Muslim women to choose to wear the niqab as part of their religious beliefs, although the interests of justice remain paramount."

She said a judge may consider taking action to allow a fair hearing
for women wearing a niqab and others in proceedings.
The guidelines say if the wearer is a victim it should not be "automatically assumed" that the niqab would create a problem.
"Nor should it ever be assumed without good reason that it is inappropriate
for a woman to give evidence in court wearing the full veil."
Any request to remove a veil should be considered carefully and be
"thoughtful and sensitive" and the courtroom could be cleared of those
not involved in the case for her proceed.
Judges should assume female Muslim lawyers are entitled to wear the veil,
the guidelines say.

A judge may consider excusing a juror if a challenge is made by one of the parties, providing the objection is genuine.

Six arrested in anti-terror raids

Six men have been arrested on suspicion of incitement offences by anti-terror officers from the Metropolitan Police.
They include Abu Izzadeen, also known as Omar Brooks, who made headlines when he heckled Home Secretary John Reid at an event last year.
Five arrests took place in London and the sixth in Luton, Bedfordshire.
Scotland Yard said the arrests related to allegations of inciting others to commit acts of terrorism abroad and fund-raising for terrorists.
'Complex inquiry'
The BBC understands that the arrests are connected to an alleged incident at a mosque in 2004. The men were taken to an unnamed police station in central London.
The BBC understands that among the six arrested is Rajib Khan, a 28-year-old man from Luton.
The other men arrested are a 24-year-old, 35-year-old and 21-year-old, all from parts of East London, and a 27-year-old from Southall in the west of the capital.
Mr Izzadeen, a former electrician, lives in east London and is married with three children.
Scotland Yard added that searches were continuing in connection with the raids.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "The arrests form part of a long-term pro-active and complex investigation into alleged incitement and radicalisation for the purposes of terrorism, as well as alleged provision of financial support for international terrorism."

one of his sermans.....

"I want bomb, big bomb in London, again. I want make jihad!”

Ed Hussain, a Muslim from London, found racism, sexual hypocrisy, and widespread jihadist sentiment as a teacher in Saudi Arabia. Read it all -- here are just a few salient excerpts. "How a British jihadi saw the light," from the Times

British Cultural Suicide Watch

Muslims keen to comply with the financial strictures of religious Islamic law may be able to buy Premium Bonds for the first time after a government review announced yesterday.
Ed Balls, the Treasury Minister in charge of City affairs, wants all types of government-sponsored savings products to be accessible to those who adhere to Sharia.
Premium Bonds, a favourite among small savers for 50 years — with the numbers that decide the winning bonds generated by a machine called "Ernie" — will be among the National Savings products to be tested for suitability. All other National Savings accounts will also be examined.

Britain is no longer facing "creeping" shari’a Now it’s happening at a breakneck pace

Al Qaeda Planning Massive Attack

The UK government may be doing their best to appease the fanatical
Islamists by issuing shari’a-compliant bonds, but they aren’t moving
fast enough for the "armed wing:"

Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was planning an attack on "a par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki" in an attempt to "shake the Roman throne", a reference to the West.
Another plot could be timed to coincide with Tony Blair stepping down as prime minister, an event described by Al-Qaeda planners as a "change in the head of the company".
The report, produced earlier this month and seen by The Sunday Times, appears to provide evidence that Al-Qaeda is active in Iran and has ambitions far beyond the improvised attacks it has been waging against British and American soldiers in Iraq.
There is no evidence of a formal relationship between Al-Qaeda, a Sunni group, and the Shi’ite regime of President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad, but experts suggest that Iran’s leaders may be turning a blind eye to the terrorist organisation’s activities.
The intelligence report also makes it clear that senior Al-Qaeda figures in the region have been in recent contact with operatives in Britain.
It follows revelations last year that up to 150 Britons had travelled to Iraq to fight as part of Al-Qaeda’s "foreign legion". A number are thought to have returned to the UK, after receiving terrorist training, to form sleeper cells.

Three men 'urged holy war on web'

Three men linked to al-Qaeda used extremist websites to incite Muslims to join a violent holy war against non-believers, a court has heard.
Younis Tsouli, Waseem Mughal and Tariq Al-Daour used the internet to encourage others to follow the views of Osama Bin Laden, Woolwich Crown Court was told.
The court heard the men, from west London and Kent, believed there was a "global conspiracy" to eradicate Islam.
The men, all in their 20s, deny charges under the 2000 Terrorism Act.
Mark Ellison, prosecuting, said "behind the apparent outward normality of their daily lives" the three men "firmly believed and supported and set about inciting others to follow an extreme ideology of violent holy war against so-called disbelievers".
"It's the ideology of, most notoriously, Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda," he said.
The court was told that the three men had a "particularly close affiliation" with al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Mr Ellison said for those following these extremist views, disbelievers or "kuffars" fell into four groups.
The first two were America, Israel and their allies and individuals or organisations that supported their governments, including voters who elected them.
The third was all Muslim countries who did not govern "by Allah's law alone", along with those who supported them, and the last was any organisation which sought to determine the affairs of Muslim countries, such as the United Nations.
In a series of raids on the homes of the three defendants on 21 October 2005, police seized computers, notebooks and digital material.
The court was told that among the items found at the home of Mr Tsouli, 23, who was born in Morocco, was a handwritten list of e-mail addresses and websites linking all three men to the administration of extremist websites.
It is also alleged that a leaflet on using rocket-propelled grenades and pages from The Book of Jihad were also found at the home of Mr Al-Daour, 21, who was born in the United Arab Emirates.
Each defendant had in his possession a "significant quantity" of material promoting holy war, Mr Ellison said.
The significance lay "in the nature of that material in terms of its usefulness to someone preparing or committing an act of terrorism... or as to whether the defendants incited others to commit acts of terrorism as charged", he said.
The court was also told that Mr Tsouli and Mr Mughal, 24, who was born in Britain, were part of a plot to commit murder in Bosnia after becoming involved with two Bosnian men arrested in October 2005.
In a video, the Bosnian men, who allegedly had a suicide belt, said they were ready to attack "kuffars" who were killing Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya, the court heard.
The jury was later shown an hour-long film called The 19 Martyrs about the 11 September 2001 attacks on New York, which was narrated by Osama Bin Laden and was claimed to have been found at Mr Al-Daour's home.
Mr Tsouli, from Shepherd's Bush, west London, Mr Mughal, from Chatham, Kent, and Mr Al-Daour, from Bayswater, west London, all deny inciting others to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the UK.
Mr Tsouli and Mr Mughal also deny charges of conspiracy to murder.
Mr Al-Daour has also pleaded not guilty to conspiring with others to defraud banks, credit card companies and charge card companies.

'Sex slave girl bought for £50'

THE owner of an East Lancashire restaurant bought a girl for £50 to be used as a sex slave for staff, a court heard.
The jury at Preston Crown Court heard how Mohammed Islam, 40, who owned India Cottage in Samlesbury, went to collect the 22-year-old victim from Manchester.
The victim, who suffers from epilepsy, had earlier been flown into the UK and had been forced to work as a prostitute in Manchester, the prosecution alleged.
She was taken to the isolated Vicarage Road resturant where she was forced to work in the kitchens during the day and used by staff for sex at night, it was claimed.
It was while at the restaurant that the prosecution alleges she was raped twice by chef Rojon, 41.
He faces two allegations of rape, which he denies.
A total of 11 defendants have gone on trial.
Five, including Islam, face allegations of trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation.
Three face charges of controlling a prostitute for gain.

bigamys ok if muslim.

Polygamous husbands settling in Britain with multiple wives can claim extra benefits for their "harems" even though bigamy is a crime in the UK, it has emerged.
Opposition MPs are demanding an urgent change in the law, claiming that the Government is recognising and rewarding a custom which has no legal status and which is "alien" to this country's cultural traditions.
Officials said yesterday a review was now under way into whether the state should continue to pay out income support, jobseeker's allowance and housing and council tax benefits to 'extra' spouses.
Islamic law allows a man to take up to four wives, providing he can provide for them fairly and equally. But British law only ever recognises one spouse, while bigamy is punishable by up to seven years in jail.
However, if a husband and his wives arrive and settle in Britain having wed in a country where polygamy is legal, then the UK benefits system recognises his extra wives as dependents and pays them accordingly.
The Department of Work and Pensions admitted yesterday it had no figures on how many families are claiming for multiple wives.
Official DWP guidelines on housing and council tax benefit states: "If you were legally married to more than one partner under the laws of a country that permits this, then your relationship is called a polygamous marriage.
"In this case your household consists of you and any partners who live with you and to whom you are married."
Officials were unable to say when the rules were brought in, claiming they had "evolved over decades".
Tory MP for Monmouth David Davies condemned the arrangements as "appalling", and called for an immediate halt to the payments.
He said: "People who come to this country must be prepared to abide by our laws and rules. Polygamy is completely alien to our cultural and legal tradition, and it's disgraceful that our benefits system is recognising and rewarding it.
"Why are some people in Government falling over themselves to undermine every tradition that has made this country what it is?"
There are thought to be thousands of polygamous marriages in Britain not recognised in law - mostly within the Muslim community.
Muslim couples are only married in the eyes of the state if they undergo a register office wedding as well as a Nikah, or religious ceremony.
A spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain said it was quite common for men here to undergo more than one Nikah with different wives. This does not count as bigamy since only the first marriage is legally recognised.
A DWP official insisted the rules did not "reward" polygamy, as second wives receive less in benefits than single women. A single person can claim just under £60 per week in jobseeker's allowance, while couples receive up to £92.80, but each 'additional spouse' in a polygamous marriage receives an extra £33.65.
It's still money they wouldn't have otherwise, and it's also still taxpayer money, which those taxpayers could surely put to good use for their own families. And it's just plain bad policy that undermines British culture and the rule of civil law.

Three guilty of Somali mob murder

Three people have been found guilty of murdering a teenager, who was beaten to death in a gang attack.
Images of Mahir Osman being set upon by up to 40 people in Camden, north London in January 2006, were captured on CCTV.
Ismail Mohamed, 20, Liban Elmi, 20 and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on 11 May.
The jury at the Old Bailey heard that the attack was the result of a feud between rival Somali gangs.
The gangs were from the Camden and Tottenham-Edmonton areas of London.
The CCTV images showed Mr Osman being punched, stamped on and stabbed 20 times on a Saturday night near Camden Tube station.
The jury was shown footage of the mob carrying wooden bats, bottles, hammers and knives.
"It is all over literally in seconds," Brendan Finucane, QC, prosecuting, had said during the trial.
"He was set upon by a gang of up to 40 Somali youths. It lasted less than a minute."
After the attack, they tried to get away on a bus before it was stopped by police, the court was told.
Some of the gang evaded arrest by climbing out of the emergency exit at the back of the bus.
A man, aged 25, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found guilty of conspiracy to wound and violent disorder.
Mohamed Mohamud, 18, Abdirahman Mohamed, 18, and youths, aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were found guilty of violent disorder, conspiracy to wound and conspiracy to have weapons.
Det Ch Insp Michael Broster said: "This group of men went to Camden with the sole intention of attacking anyone belonging to the opposing group.
"It was a premeditated attack using a level of violence I have rarely seen."

paedophile-tracking tactics to monitor Muslim extremists

MI5 is adopting tactics used by the police to keep tabs on
paedophiles and other sex offenders to monitor the activities
of known or suspected Islamic extremists, The Times has learnt.

Staring is Islamophobia

Schools in Scotland have been issued an advisory warning pupils and teachers that staring at a Muslim is Islamophobia.

This example of delusional preemptive appeasement is even too ridiculous for the Muslim Association of Britain.

PUPILS and teachers have been told by an official body not to stare at Muslims for fear of causing offence.
A document intended to educate against religious intolerance and sectarianism urges teachers to “make pupils aware of the various forms of Islamophobia, ie stares, verbal abuse, physical abuse”.
But Learning Teaching Scotland (LTS), which issued the advice to schools north of the border, has been criticised by politicians and Muslim leaders for going “over the top”.
The document states: “Some Muslims may choose to wear clothing or display their faith in a way that makes them visible. For example, women may be wearing a headscarf, and men might be wearing a skullcap. Staring or looking is a form of discrimination as it makes the other person feel uncomfortable, or as though they are not normal.”
Osama Saeed, a spokesman for the Muslim Association of Britain, accused officials of going too far. “There are far more serious elements of Islamophobia. People look at all sorts of things — that can just be a glance. A glance and a stare are two different things — glances happen naturally when all sorts of things catch your eye whereas a stare is probably gawking at something.
“Personally I have not encountered much of a problem with people staring. I don’t know how you legislate for that.”ave been issued an advisory warning pupils and teachers that staring at a Muslim is

study has found that almost 90% of UK Muslims think it’s the government that needs to change, not them:

And this Telegraph article is packed with linguistic inversions, as it asserts repeatedly that repressive clothing for women is somehow the equivalent of “freedom.”
Britain’s Muslim community overwhelmingly believes that women should be allowed to wear the veil, despite fears that it presents a barrier to integration, a study has found.
Muslims believe women should be free to wear veils
Almost nine in 10 Muslims think that any government moves to ban the veil would hurt social cohesion. [A veiled threat? —ed.]
Schools already have the power to ask pupils to remove the niqab - which covers the entire face apart from a slit for the eyes - to improve safety, security and learning.
There have been calls for a wider debate on whether it is appropriate for the full veil to be worn in public at all. But a Gallup Poll to be published this week found most Muslims firm in the belief that Islamic women should be free to wear it.
While 55 per cent of all those polled thought that removing the veil was vital for integration, only 13 per cent of Muslims agreed.
Instead, they thought that the Government needed to change its economic and political policies toward Islamic countries and show greater respect to Islam.

IS THIS SUNNI vs SHIA VIOLENCE IN THE UK?

Police have launched an investigation after violent clashes involving up to 200 people outside a mosque.
Crowds gathered outside the Central Mosque in the Uxbridge area of Burton in Staffordshire on Monday evening.
The clashes, which lasted five hours, followed tensions among people who use the mosque and is the second such incident in two years, police said.
Dozens of officers were needed to deal with the trouble which saw punches thrown and a number of people injured.
Staffordshire Police said order was maintained overnight due to the presence of police officers in the area.
The spokesman added that they expect to make some arrests after examining the evidence.
Chief Supt Keith Smy said: "I am appalled that this is the second time in two years this on going dispute within the community has led to violence erupting on the streets of Burton.
"It is a matter of great regret that many people lost control and seemed not prepared to use the well understood methods of resolving issues within their community but instead were prepared to resort to threats and violence.
"I want to make it clear that police treat this incident of public disorder extremely seriously and we will be examining all the evidence available. I expect arrests to be made on the evidence we already have.
"Finally, I would appeal to the whole community for calm and good sense. I also ask that everyone in the community supports my officers during their investigations to ensure this does not happen again."

Mullahs Promise More Kidnappings

It’s shocking, I know, but the mullahs are gloating and promising more of the same for Britain: "Buoyant Teheran warns of further kidnappings.

Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to and do so with impunity.
The bullish reaction from Teheran will reinforce the fears of western diplomats and military officials that more kidnap attempts may be planned.
The British handling of the crisis has been regarded with some concern in Washington, and a Pentagon defence official told The Sunday Telegraph: "The fear now is that this could be the first of many. If the Brits don’t change their rules of engagement, the Iranians could take more hostages almost at will.
"Iran has come out of this looking reasonable. If I were the Iranians, I would keep playing the same game. They have very successfully muddied the waters and bought themselves some more time. And in parts of the Middle East they will be seen as the good guys. They could do it time and again if they wanted to."
Americans also expressed dismay that the British had suspended boarding operations in the Gulf while its tactics are reassessed.

Hospital 'bans hot cross buns at Easter to avoid offending non-Christians'

Gee, I wonder which non-Christians. By James Mills in the Daily Mail,

It is hard to imagine anyone being offended by a hot cross bun.

But kitchen staff at Poole Hospital in Dorset claim they were banned from handing out the traditional Easter treats in case they upset non-Christians.
The decision left patients bemused and disappointed and prompted an angry backlash from staff in the catering department.
In an email to their local paper, sent on Good Friday, the caterers said: "We the kitchen staff of Poole Hospital were disgusted to find that the patients were not getting hot cross buns this morning.
"The manager of the catering department said he was worried about the ethnic minorities that work here."
The workers, who do not want to be individually named, said they had been inundated with calls from nurses on the wards asking why there were no hot cross buns.
Hospital bosses were forced into a U-turn on the issue after complaints from patients and buns were given out, along with an apology, on Easter Monday instead.
The ban is seemingly the latest example of official bodies attempting to remove the religious message from Christian festivals in the name of policital correctness.

Britain "takes step" toward regulating mosques and imams

Hopefully the first of many steps, which should deal with more substantive matters of Islamic teaching, rather than appearances. "Britain takes step toward regulating mosques and imams," by Jane Perlez for the International Herald Tribune:

The British government on Thursday took a first step toward regulating Muslim religious leaders and mosques, declaring that imams working in government prisons and hospitals would be required to meet certain criteria, including a good grasp of English.
In addition, the minister of local government and communities, Ruth Kelly, said the government planned to offer financial benefits to mosques that registered as charities and showed themselves willing to take an anti-radical stand.
How do they aim to enforce that?
Speaking at a mosque known as the Muslim Cultural Heritage Center, in Ladbroke Grove, a relatively affluent area of west London, Kelly appeared to take the matter of regulation of Muslim religions affairs into government hands, despite sensitivities in Britain about official interference in religion.
Kelly is leading the Blair government's efforts to win over disaffected Muslims, as Britain struggles to counter radical jihadist ideologies that have taken hold among some Muslim youth.
More than 1.6 million Muslims live in Britain. Since the deadly July 2005 attacks on the London transit system by four suicide bombers of Pakistani origin, the government has tried to supplement its stepped-up security expenditures with softer approaches.
Government-appointed committees with Muslim members were charged with creating programs, but have had limited success.
A national advisory board, led by a Muslim member of the House of Lords, Nazir Ahmed, was asked last year to come up with guidelines for the operation of mosques and the education of their leaders, but has yet to do so.
"There are too few homegrown imams," Kelly said, "and some key institutions - like mosques - need strengthening."
Kelly said she was determined to "isolate and push out a tiny minority who spread hatred and intolerance." The government would do this, she said, by emphasizing the need for Muslim immigrants to be British as well as Muslim.
As an example of government support for moderate Muslims, Kelly said the Bradford Council of Mosques in West Yorkshire was distributing material on the meaning of British citizenship to madrasas, where children are given after-school religious instruction.
"At the heart of this teaching is a message about being proud to be British, proud to be Muslim, about how to live out the values of justice, peace and respect both as a person of faith and as a citizen," she said.
On the question of setting criteria for Muslim religious leaders who work in government institutions, Kelly said her department would start giving them "leadership and communication skills," meaning English language training, according to a department spokesman.
A number of imams in Britain were born in Pakistan, speak limited English and preach in Urdu, making it difficult for the government to know what is going on in some mosques and the prisons.
In order for Muslim preachers to be employed in government hospitals, colleges and prisons, they would have to meet this "framework of standards," she said.
A number of moderate mosques and imams signed an open letter organized by the government in support of Kelly's program.
But the Muslim Council of Britain, the best known of several national Muslim groups, declined to sign an open letter organized by Kelly that called for the importance of rebutting the extremist arguments.
"To say to us you're not playing your role can be very demoralizing," said Ibrahim Mogra, chairman of the council's interfaith relations committee.

Three charged over 7/7 bombings

Three men have been charged in connection with the 7 July suicide bombings in London.
Mohammed Shakil, 30, Waheed Ali, 23, and Sadeer Saleem, 26, were charged with conspiracy to cause explosions on transport or at tourist attractions.
Scotland Yard said the hunt for those involved in the bombings was not over and more arrests were expected.
Four suicide attacks killed 52 people on three London Underground trains and a bus in 2005.
Mr Shakil, from Beeston, West Yorkshire, and Mr Ali, from Tower Hamlets, east London, who was previously known as Shipon Ullah, were boarding a flight to Pakistan at Manchester Airport when they were detained in March.
Mr Saleem, also from Beeston, was arrested at an address in Leeds.
The three are accused of conspiring with the 7 July bombers between the 1 November 2004 and the 29 June 2005 to cause explosions on the London transport system or at tourist attractions in the city.
"The allegation is that they were involved in reconnaissance and planning for a plot with those ultimately responsible for the bombings on the 7 July before the plan was finalised," said Sue Hemming, head of the Counter Terrorism Division of the Crown Prosecution Service.

I firmly believe that there are other people who have knowledge of what lay behind the attack in July 2005 Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke

Bombers Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Germaine Lindsay, 19, and Hasib Hussain, 18, all died in the blasts, and the latest charges are the first to be made over the attacks.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command, said police had taken 15,000 statements and followed 19,000 leads during its 21-month investigation into the "murder of 52 innocent victims".
"I appreciate that bringing these charges will have an impact on many people," he said. "For some it will bring back horrible memories of that terrible day.
"For others there may be some relief that after such a length of time there is some visible progress in an investigation that has had to be kept secret."
He went on to appeal for more people, especially from West Yorkshire, to come forward to help with the investigation.
"I firmly believe that there are other people who have knowledge of what lay behind the attack in July 2005 - knowledge that they have not shared with us, in fact I don't only believe it, I know it for a fact."
Mr Clarke said the police particularly required information about the movements of the four 7 July suicide bombers as well as the three men who had been charged.
He said it was "highly likely" that more arrests would be made and described the 7 July investigation as a "complicated jigsaw with thousands of pieces".
"We now have enough of the pieces in the right places for us to see the picture, but it is far from complete. Because of that, the search is not over."
The three men are due to appear at London's City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

Moves to marginalise extremists

The government is planning to intervene in some mosques to support Muslims who want to marginalise extremists.
Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly will announce a new role for the Charity Commission, strengthening its task of overseeing religious institutions.
A £600,000 faith unit within the commission will help Muslims strengthen governance and leadership in mosques.
Ministers are also changing how prosecutors target extremists, with new specialist counter-terrorism teams.
The plans are part of the government's broader counter-terrorism strategy.
In February, ministers announced support for pilot projects to root out Islamist extremists grooming young men in British cities.
In a speech on Thursday, Ruth Kelly is expected to say: "I do not under-estimate the difficulties we face or the scale of this challenge. But I know from my conversations with Muslim communities up and down the country that the desire and commitment to tackle extremism is there.
"Success will hinge on forging a new alliance against violent extremism. We need to reach out and give greater support to the overwhelming majority who are disgusted by terrorist attacks carried out in the name of Islam."
Ms Kelly's department has changed government strategy by launching talks with a broader range of Muslim groups. But at the same time, the largest body, the Muslim Council of Britain, has fallen out of favour, leading to claims that ministers are talking only to those prepared to agree with government.
Prosecutions move
In a related move, the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said specialist prosecutors are beginning to work with police officers to improve how they target extremist preachers.
"For some time I have been concerned that we have not taken sufficiently effective action against a very small minority of extremists among our communities who incite others to terrorism," said Lord Goldsmith.
"By bringing together the law enforcement agencies and the prosecutors we now have a commitment to tackle these cases in an effective, focused and well co-ordinated way and the structures to enable that to happen."
New study
The strategy is part of the government's attempts to develop a plan to prevent extremism, a key plank of counter-terrorism policy.
New research commissioned by the government links radicalisation of young Muslims with a failure of traditional mosque leadership.
The study, written by a Muslim academic, is understood to pinpoint a conveyor belt towards extremism which starts with identity crises during teenager years. These problems are then easily compounded by discrimination, lack of opportunity and the poor quality of religious leadership in some traditional mosques.
The BBC understands the research warns the government that extremist groups successfully recruit by exploiting a combination of alienation and religious illiteracy among youths.
But at the same time, the report predicts that a positive British-Islam voice can emerge to defeat extremists, if there is investment in religious leadership.

UK Springs Into Action

Britain has a new plan to deal with Islamic supremacists who want to destroy Western civilization, slaughter infidels, and institute a global Islamic state.
They’re going to give the jihadis civic lessons

Muslim “opinion formers”, including imams, are to be given lessons in civic leadership under a new plan to tackle Islamic extremism in Britain.
Ruth Kelly, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, will this week announce details of a £6 million “hearts and minds” drive to deal with growing radicalism among young British Muslims which can fuel terrorist plots.
Also part of the plan are school-twinning projects, in which pupils from mainly Muslim schools will undertake joint projects, such as music and drama, with children from predominantly white establishments. The schools could go on trips together, while groups of pupils could spend days in each other’s classrooms.
Miss Kelly will also announce a major increase in the number of “forums against extremism” - regional groups which meet regularly and which were set up in the wake of the July 7 London bombings to enable Muslims to discuss ways of tackling extremism.

At the same time, British schools are dropping the Holocaust and the Crusades from history lessons, as we noted below....

Britain's Rather Large Problem

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked study has revealed.
It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.
There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades - where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem - because lessons often contradict what is taught in local mosques.
The findings have prompted claims that some schools are using history 'as a vehicle for promoting political correctness'.
The study, funded by the Department for Education and Skills, looked into 'emotive and controversial' history teaching in primary and secondary schools.
It found some teachers are dropping courses covering the Holocaust at the earliest opportunity over fears Muslim pupils might express anti-Semitic and anti-Israel reactions in class.
The researchers gave the example of a secondary school in an unnamed northern city, which dropped the Holocaust as a subject for GCSE coursework.
The report said teachers feared confronting 'anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'.
It added: "In another department, the Holocaust was taught despite anti-Semitic sentiment among some pupils.
"But the same department deliberately avoided teaching the Crusades at Key Stage 3 (11- to 14-year-olds) because their balanced treatment of the topic would have challenged what was taught in some local mosques."
A third school found itself 'strongly challenged by some Christian parents for their treatment of the Arab-Israeli conflict-and the history of the state of Israel that did not accord with the teachings of their denomination'.
The report concluded: "In particular settings, teachers of history are unwilling to challenge highly contentious or charged versions of history in which pupils are steeped at home, in their community or in a place of worship."
But Chris McGovern, history education adviser to the former Tory government, said: "History is not a vehicle for promoting political correctness. Children must have access to knowledge of these controversial subjects, whether palatable or unpalatable."
The researchers also warned that a lack of subject knowledge among teachers - particularly at primary level - was leading to history being taught in a 'shallow way leading to routine and superficial learning'.
Lessons in difficult topics were too often 'bland, simplistic and unproblematic' and bored pupils.