A scissor-wielding maniac who killed a Good Samaritan by stabbing him more than 130 times as he tried to protect his elderly neighbour may be sectioned under the mental health act.
Jon Cooper Taylor, 60 of Cypress Road, South Norwood, rushed to the home of the 83-year-old woman when he heard the noise of crockery smashing from the flat above.
The self-employed IT Consultant burst in to find the distraught pensioner attempting to rid crazed Rafiq Kashmiri, 49 of Valnay Street, Tooting, from her house.
When Mr Taylor attempted to reason with the Kenyan, he pulled out a pair of scissors and inflicted more than 130 wounds on the divorced dad-of-one.
The dad-of-one died at the scene from loss of blood.
Kashmiri was due to be sentenced on Friday after admitting manslaughter due to diminished responsibility when psychiatrists found he was suffering from manic depression.
He also admitted wounding and indecently assaulting the 83-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Kashmiri was facing life imprisonment but the case was adjourned by Judge Richard Hawkins until June after new psychiatric reports questioned the Kenyan's current mental state.
The elderly woman had first met Kashmiri when he assisted her after she fell on a bus in May last year.
He helped her gather her shopping together and waited with her until an ambulance arrived.
As a thank you gesture, she invited him round for "high tea", but he unexpectedly arrived on June 23 late in the evening.
Describing the horrific attack after Kashmiri pleaded guilty to the killing, Detective Inspector Bob Webb said: "She had obviously been reluctant to allow him at that time of night and as it got later she asked him to leave.
"His behaviour had started to become a little strange and she was uncomfortable at having him there.
"But he wouldn't pick up his things and go and as she tried to make him leave a plate somehow fell off the wall and alerted Mr Taylor who lived below.
"Mr Taylor was a well liked and caring individual who took an interest in all his neighbours and he held a spare key to her flat.
"He thought there might be something wrong and let himself into the flat and told Kashmiri it was time to leave.
"Mr Taylor was very conciliatory and in no way confrontational, even sitting down in a chair.
"But suddenly Kashmiri attacked him with scissors and he suffered an excess of 130 wounds."
The woman also suffered cuts to her hands as she tried to pull Kashmiri off Mr Taylor.
During the struggle the Kenyan thumped the elderly lady in the jaw leaving her unable to speak.
Other neighbours who heard the screams of the victims called the police who arrested Kashmiri at the scene.
He claimed he was acting in self-defence after Mr Taylor attacked him for no reason.
But when the woman regained her speech she was able to tell officers the truth.
Kashmiri will be sentenced on June 20.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Police search Muslim centre after new arrest over Exeter nail bombing
Police have searched a Muslim centre following the arrest of a third suspect in connection with a terror bombing in Exeter.
The man was arrested at 5.30pm yesterday and the investigation team said it would not be releasing any details of the suspect or where he was arrested.The explosion took place in a busy shopping centre at lunchtime last Thursday in the Giraffe restaurant.Following the blast, police arrested Muslim convert Nicky Reilly, from Plymouth, Devon.
They have since searched a number of premises in Plymouth and on May 23 arrested one man at gunpoint in the city centre.A fourth man is helping officers with their inquiries.Devon and Cornwall Police Assistant Chief Constable Bob Spencer said officers were now searching the Muslim Community Centre in the St Jude's area of Plymouth.He said: ‘This arrest is part of our wide-ranging and complex investigation into last week's incident, therefore we are unable to give any further details on it at this stage.‘We can also confirm that the force has begun a search at the Muslim Community Centre.‘This search, as well as another being carried out at a residential address in Plymouth today, are both linked to the arrest of the man made earlier in the day.
‘No arrests were planned or made at the community centre.’The search is one of a number at premises in Plymouth since the attack including an address in Connaught Avenue which was searched by specialist officers.Since the explosion, officers have spent hours searching Reilly's first-floor flat in King Street with bags of items being taken away.The 22-year-old, who recently changed his name to Mohammed Rasheed, is understood to be the only one injured in the blast.He received eye and facial injuries when the device partially went off in the shopping centre restaurant at lunchtime.Police found two other devices nearby.Reilly, who had been under police guard in hospital, is now in custody in the Devon and Cornwall force area as is the second man arrested at gunpoint on Friday.
The man who was helping police with their inquiries left the police station on Monday and was continuing to assist the force, a police spokesman said.The trustees of the Muslim Community Centre released a statement saying they were ‘shocked’ by the explosion.The statement said: ‘We are as shocked as everyone by the recent events that have unfolded at Exeter and Plymouth.‘We have been working in partnership with the police and community to build the centre and we are now committed to assisting the police with their inquiries.
'We are offering them any assistance they may require.‘We look forward to the centre being returned to work as soon as possible.’
The man was arrested at 5.30pm yesterday and the investigation team said it would not be releasing any details of the suspect or where he was arrested.The explosion took place in a busy shopping centre at lunchtime last Thursday in the Giraffe restaurant.Following the blast, police arrested Muslim convert Nicky Reilly, from Plymouth, Devon.
They have since searched a number of premises in Plymouth and on May 23 arrested one man at gunpoint in the city centre.A fourth man is helping officers with their inquiries.Devon and Cornwall Police Assistant Chief Constable Bob Spencer said officers were now searching the Muslim Community Centre in the St Jude's area of Plymouth.He said: ‘This arrest is part of our wide-ranging and complex investigation into last week's incident, therefore we are unable to give any further details on it at this stage.‘We can also confirm that the force has begun a search at the Muslim Community Centre.‘This search, as well as another being carried out at a residential address in Plymouth today, are both linked to the arrest of the man made earlier in the day.
‘No arrests were planned or made at the community centre.’The search is one of a number at premises in Plymouth since the attack including an address in Connaught Avenue which was searched by specialist officers.Since the explosion, officers have spent hours searching Reilly's first-floor flat in King Street with bags of items being taken away.The 22-year-old, who recently changed his name to Mohammed Rasheed, is understood to be the only one injured in the blast.He received eye and facial injuries when the device partially went off in the shopping centre restaurant at lunchtime.Police found two other devices nearby.Reilly, who had been under police guard in hospital, is now in custody in the Devon and Cornwall force area as is the second man arrested at gunpoint on Friday.
The man who was helping police with their inquiries left the police station on Monday and was continuing to assist the force, a police spokesman said.The trustees of the Muslim Community Centre released a statement saying they were ‘shocked’ by the explosion.The statement said: ‘We are as shocked as everyone by the recent events that have unfolded at Exeter and Plymouth.‘We have been working in partnership with the police and community to build the centre and we are now committed to assisting the police with their inquiries.
'We are offering them any assistance they may require.‘We look forward to the centre being returned to work as soon as possible.’
Radical Islam filling void left by collapse of Christianity
The decline of Christian values is destroying Britishness and has created a "moral vacuum" which radical Islam is filling,
one of the Church of England's leading bishops has warned.
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, claimed the "social and sexual" revolution of the 1960s had led to a steep decline in the influence of Christianity over society which church leaders had failed to resist.
He said that in its place, Britain had become gripped by the doctrine of "endless self-indulgence" which had led to the destruction of family life, rising levels of drug abuse and drunkenness and mindless violence on the streets.
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, claimed the "social and sexual" revolution of the 1960s had led to a steep decline in the influence of Christianity over society which church leaders had failed to resist.
He said that in its place, Britain had become gripped by the doctrine of "endless self-indulgence" which had led to the destruction of family life, rising levels of drug abuse and drunkenness and mindless violence on the streets.
The bishop warns that the modern politicians' catchphrases of respect and tolerance will not be strong enough to prevent this collapse of traditional virtues, and said radical Islam is now moving in to fill the void created by the decline of Christianity.
His claims, in an article published in the new political magazine Standpoint, come just days after he accused the Church of England of failing in its duty to convert British Muslims to Christianity.
Dr Nazir-Ali claims in the new article that Britain, previously a "rabble of mutually hostile tribes", would never have become a global empire without the arrival of Christianity.
But he said the Church's influence began to wane during the 1960s, and quotes an academic who blames the loss of "faith and piety among women" for the steep decline in Christian worship.
He says Marxist students encouraged a "social and sexual revolution" to which liberal theologians and Church leaders "all but capitulated".
"It is this situation that has created the moral and spiritual vacuum in which we now find ourselves. While the Christian consensus was dissolved, nothing else, except perhaps endless self-indulgence, was put in its place."
The bishop, who faced death threats earlier this year when he said some parts of Britain had become "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, said Marxism has been exposed as a nonsense but went on: "We are now confronted by another equally serious ideology, that of radical Islamism, which also claims to be comprehensive in scope."
Asking what weapons are available to fight this new "ideological battle", the bishop said the values trumpeted by modern politicians such as "respect, tolerance and good behaviour" are "hardly adequate for the task before us".
"The consequences of the loss of this discourse are there for all to see: the destruction of the family because of the alleged parity of different forms of life together; the loss of a father figure, especially for boys, because the role of fathers is deemed otiose; the abuse of substances (including alcohol); the loss of respect for the human person leading to horrendous and mindless attacks on people."
The bishop added that Christian hospitality has been replaced by the "newfangled and insecurely founded" doctrine of multiculturalism, which has led to immigrants creating "segregated communities and parallel lives".
He said many values respected by society, such as the dignity of human life, equality and freedom, are based on Christian ones. But he warned that without their Christian backbone they cannot exist for ever, and that new belief systems may be based on different values.
"Radical Islamism, for example, will emphasise the solidarity of the umma (worldwide community of the Muslim faithful) against the freedom of the individual.
"Instead of the Christian virtues of humility, service and sacrifice, there may be honour, piety and the importance of 'saving face'."
In an implicit criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent claim that the adoption of some parts of Islamic law is unavoidable, Dr Nazir-Ali said: "Recognising its jurisdiction in terms of public law is fraught with difficulties precisely because it arises from a different set of assumptions from the tradition of law here."...
Monday, May 26, 2008
Three quizzed over park killing
Three youths have been arrested after the battered body of a teenager was found in a park in West Yorkshire.
Amar Aslam, aged 17, was found "brutally" attacked in Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury at 1930 BST on Sunday.
Mr Aslam, of Dewsbury, was found with head injuries in a walled garden by two members of the public.
Two youths aged 15 and a man aged 20 are being questioned by detectives at separate police stations across West Yorkshire.
Police are looking into suggestions the death was linked to a gang fight. They said Mr Aslam, who was Asian, suffered a "sustained and brutal attack".
Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik said the attack was unlikely to have been racially motivated.
He said: "I can now confirm that the three men who are in custody are actually all Asian, which means that the race motive so far, perhaps, is not one that might be the cause of the death."
Det Supt Chris Thompson calls for witnesses to come forward
Det Supt Chris Thompson, who is leading the investigation, refused to say whether a murder weapon had been used. A post-mortem examination showed he died from head injuries.
"This young man was subjected to a sustained and brutal attack," said Mr Thompson.
"As it was a sunny day it was very busy and there was a large number of young people in the park," he said.
"I'm anxious to trace these people in order that we can paint a picture of events leading up to this incident. At this moment, the motive is unclear."
Police said they wanted to speak to anyone who was in the park between 1400 and 2000 BST on Sunday, to establish a "clearer picture".
"It is crucial that people put their faith in the police and not jump to any conclusions."
The youth was dressed in white tracksuit bottoms and a white Bench top.
The area where his body was found had recently been transformed into a wildlife garden.
Police have now reopened part of Crow Nest Park, while officers continue to investigate areas close to where the boy's body was found.
Amar Aslam, aged 17, was found "brutally" attacked in Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury at 1930 BST on Sunday.
Mr Aslam, of Dewsbury, was found with head injuries in a walled garden by two members of the public.
Two youths aged 15 and a man aged 20 are being questioned by detectives at separate police stations across West Yorkshire.
Police are looking into suggestions the death was linked to a gang fight. They said Mr Aslam, who was Asian, suffered a "sustained and brutal attack".
Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik said the attack was unlikely to have been racially motivated.
He said: "I can now confirm that the three men who are in custody are actually all Asian, which means that the race motive so far, perhaps, is not one that might be the cause of the death."
Det Supt Chris Thompson calls for witnesses to come forward
Det Supt Chris Thompson, who is leading the investigation, refused to say whether a murder weapon had been used. A post-mortem examination showed he died from head injuries.
"This young man was subjected to a sustained and brutal attack," said Mr Thompson.
"As it was a sunny day it was very busy and there was a large number of young people in the park," he said.
"I'm anxious to trace these people in order that we can paint a picture of events leading up to this incident. At this moment, the motive is unclear."
Police said they wanted to speak to anyone who was in the park between 1400 and 2000 BST on Sunday, to establish a "clearer picture".
"It is crucial that people put their faith in the police and not jump to any conclusions."
The youth was dressed in white tracksuit bottoms and a white Bench top.
The area where his body was found had recently been transformed into a wildlife garden.
Police have now reopened part of Crow Nest Park, while officers continue to investigate areas close to where the boy's body was found.
Muslim lag axes 'Allah' jail dog
A PRISON officer and his sniffer dog have been moved after a Muslim inmate complained he had named it Allah.
Chris Langridge, 28, who served at Britain’s top high-security jail, insisted his labrador was called Ali, not Allah – which is the name of Muslims’ God.
But the prisoner – in Belmarsh, South East London, for burglary – made an official complaint and the dog handler was switched to another prison.
One Belmarsh officer said: “This is political correctness gone mad.”
The Category A nick houses some of Britain’s most notorious extremist Muslims, including hook-handed Abu Hamza.
It also has the highest proportion of Muslim prisoners of any jail in Britain.
A source said: “Muslims don’t like dogs and it would have been an insult to their religion if the dog had been called Allah, which is sacred to them.
“It is disgraceful the way the management kow-towed to them despite Chris’s denial.”
Mr Langridge and his dog, who swept Belmarsh for drugs, now work at Swaleside jail on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
A Prison Service source said last night: “There is no suggestion that he did call the dog Allah but, on balance, it was thought better to transfer him.”
The Prison Service claimed the move was for “training purposes”.
Chris Langridge, 28, who served at Britain’s top high-security jail, insisted his labrador was called Ali, not Allah – which is the name of Muslims’ God.
But the prisoner – in Belmarsh, South East London, for burglary – made an official complaint and the dog handler was switched to another prison.
One Belmarsh officer said: “This is political correctness gone mad.”
The Category A nick houses some of Britain’s most notorious extremist Muslims, including hook-handed Abu Hamza.
It also has the highest proportion of Muslim prisoners of any jail in Britain.
A source said: “Muslims don’t like dogs and it would have been an insult to their religion if the dog had been called Allah, which is sacred to them.
“It is disgraceful the way the management kow-towed to them despite Chris’s denial.”
Mr Langridge and his dog, who swept Belmarsh for drugs, now work at Swaleside jail on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
A Prison Service source said last night: “There is no suggestion that he did call the dog Allah but, on balance, it was thought better to transfer him.”
The Prison Service claimed the move was for “training purposes”.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
"MI5 fears jihadis will use mentally ill as suicide bombers,"
Islamic terrorists may be targeting mentally disturbed or disabled people in Britain in a bid to form a new “brigade” of home-grown suicide bombers, security officials fear.MI5 and police say the case of Nicky Reilly, who is being held over a nailbomb attack in Exeter, may indicate a new strategy of targeting vulnerable people with mental health problems to carry out attacks.
A counterterrorism official said MI5 was investigating the extent to which Reilly had been manipulated by a “charismatic” Al-Qaeda recruiter.
“It is a grotesque concept but they are using people who are clearly mentally subnormal,” the official said. “We know they have clever radicalisers who will take advantage of anyone they think they can manipulate, whether they have an IQ of 60 or 140,” he said.
Reilly, 22, is a Muslim convert who has spent time detained in a mental health hospital. He has been described as a shambling introvert with the mental age of a 10-year-old. He is believed to have Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism, and may also suffer from schizophrenia.
Security officials say Al-Qaeda appears to have exported the tactic from Iraq, where disabled “foot soldiers” have been used to devastating effect....
Iran paid Iraqi jihadists to kill UK soldiers
Iran has secretly paid Iraqi insurgents hundreds of thousands of American dollars to kill British soldiers, according to a leaked government document obtained by The Telegraph.
The allegations are contained in a confidential "field report" written by a British officer who served in Basra during one of the most dangerous periods of the conflict. The report, which has never been made public, shows the full level of Iran's involvement in the insurgency for the first time.
The document states that the Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) – also known as the Mahdi Army – one of the most violent insurgent groups operating in Basra, used money from Iran to recruit and pay young unemployed men up to $300 (£150) a month to carry out attacks against the British. The findings have been passed to the highest levels in the military....
The allegations are contained in a confidential "field report" written by a British officer who served in Basra during one of the most dangerous periods of the conflict. The report, which has never been made public, shows the full level of Iran's involvement in the insurgency for the first time.
The document states that the Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) – also known as the Mahdi Army – one of the most violent insurgent groups operating in Basra, used money from Iran to recruit and pay young unemployed men up to $300 (£150) a month to carry out attacks against the British. The findings have been passed to the highest levels in the military....
Muslim inmate concern at prison
A Prison Service report has expressed concern about problems with the high number of Muslim inmates at one of Britain's high-security jails.
A review of Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire found staff were fearful of doing the wrong thing, "shifting the power dynamic towards prisoners".
The Howard League for Penal Reform said the report was "extremely disturbing".
The Prison Service says it will examine how to manage gangs and terrorist prisoners at the jail.
The report, written by the Prison Service's Directorate of High Security, was obtained by the Howard League under the Freedom of Information Act.
It found staff at Whitemoor Prison near March, Cambridgeshire, "appeared reluctant to challenge inappropriate behaviour, in particular among black and minority ethnic prisoners, for fear of doing the wrong thing".
"This was leading to a general feeling of lack of control and shifting the power dynamic towards prisoners," the report said.
"A wing itself felt particularly unstable with a general lack of confidence among staff."
The report said there was an "ongoing theme of fear and instability" around the prison and many staff believed a "serious incident" was imminent.
It said the "very high Muslim population" - more than one in four of the 500 inmates - appeared to be "leading to anxiety and apprehension among some staff".
"There is a danger of this leading to hostility and Islamophobia if it is not addressed," the report adds.
Andrew Neilson, assistant director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, which obtained the report under the Freedom of Information Act, said the findings were of concern.
"One of the things the report does flag up is that low grade prison officers feel unable to confront with sensitivity Muslim prisoners.
"And therefore they're not really aware whether these are criminal gangs or criminal gangs with a darker side where radicalisation is also going on."
The report recommended an "intelligence assessment of the Muslim prisoner group of concern and their possible activities" and "more cultural awareness and diversity training".
Whitemoor governor Steve Rodford asked for the wide-ranging review after five prisoners committed suicide between November 2006 and December 2007.
A 14-strong Prison Service team carried out the investigation in February.
The Prison Service said a "programme of work" was planned "to increase mutual understanding between staff and prisoners", including a "development day for staff on the Muslim faith".
A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "Appropriate training and staff awareness are crucial in tackling radicalisation.
"The prison will continue to work closely with the Prison Service's Extremism Unit and the police to monitor and assess issues around extremism, and work will be undertaken to examine the management of gangs and terrorist prisoners within the prison."
A review of Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire found staff were fearful of doing the wrong thing, "shifting the power dynamic towards prisoners".
The Howard League for Penal Reform said the report was "extremely disturbing".
The Prison Service says it will examine how to manage gangs and terrorist prisoners at the jail.
The report, written by the Prison Service's Directorate of High Security, was obtained by the Howard League under the Freedom of Information Act.
It found staff at Whitemoor Prison near March, Cambridgeshire, "appeared reluctant to challenge inappropriate behaviour, in particular among black and minority ethnic prisoners, for fear of doing the wrong thing".
"This was leading to a general feeling of lack of control and shifting the power dynamic towards prisoners," the report said.
"A wing itself felt particularly unstable with a general lack of confidence among staff."
The report said there was an "ongoing theme of fear and instability" around the prison and many staff believed a "serious incident" was imminent.
It said the "very high Muslim population" - more than one in four of the 500 inmates - appeared to be "leading to anxiety and apprehension among some staff".
"There is a danger of this leading to hostility and Islamophobia if it is not addressed," the report adds.
Andrew Neilson, assistant director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, which obtained the report under the Freedom of Information Act, said the findings were of concern.
"One of the things the report does flag up is that low grade prison officers feel unable to confront with sensitivity Muslim prisoners.
"And therefore they're not really aware whether these are criminal gangs or criminal gangs with a darker side where radicalisation is also going on."
The report recommended an "intelligence assessment of the Muslim prisoner group of concern and their possible activities" and "more cultural awareness and diversity training".
Whitemoor governor Steve Rodford asked for the wide-ranging review after five prisoners committed suicide between November 2006 and December 2007.
A 14-strong Prison Service team carried out the investigation in February.
The Prison Service said a "programme of work" was planned "to increase mutual understanding between staff and prisoners", including a "development day for staff on the Muslim faith".
A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "Appropriate training and staff awareness are crucial in tackling radicalisation.
"The prison will continue to work closely with the Prison Service's Extremism Unit and the police to monitor and assess issues around extremism, and work will be undertaken to examine the management of gangs and terrorist prisoners within the prison."
England Flag will offend immigrants!
A furious driver was ordered by police to remove an England flag from his car “in case it upset immigrants”.Traffic police told Ben Smith that he faced a £30 fine if he refused.They found nothing wrong with his 2003 Vauxhall Corsa but spotted a St George flag on his parcel shelf.Ben, an 18-year-old upholsterer from Melksham, Wilts, said: “It is quite incredible. He checked everything and said all was in order until he saw the St George’s flag. He then said I was racist towards the immigrants in our country. I laughed because I thought he was having a joke.
Then he said he was serious and would give me a £30 fine unless I took it down at once. All I was doing was supporting my country.”Ben says the flag was not obscuring his vision.Laura Midgley of the Campaign Against Political Correctness said: “This is a national flag and it’s in his car – what’s the problem? Haven’t the police got better things to do than faff around with this nonsense? Laura Midgley of the Campaign Against Political Correctness Would they have done the same if it was a Jamaican or Polish flag for example? I doubt it.
We have become obsessed and lost the plot over trying to be politically correct.It’s crackers and utterly unhelpful for race relations and the exact behaviour that causes problems in the first place. I have never heard an immigrant say they are offended by the Cross of St George.”Ben added: “I just want people to realise how silly the police are getting.”Wiltshire Police defended their actions yesterday.Chief Inspector Charlie Dibble said: “Having looked into this matter we have no reason to believe that this was anything other than a road safety matter.Officers are encouraged to take positive action in this regard and this would apply if it was any object obscuring the driver’s view.”And they wonder why we are so pissed off when every body else can freely display their national flag in their own country with no comments at all, but an England flag in England is racist or offensive?
Watch the Eurovision song contest on the telly tonight and watch all the nationalists supporting their country and waving their flags, I am not offended, so what's the problem?
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Calls to rename East End station
A proposal has been made to change the name of a revamped station due to open in the East End in two years time. Shoreditch High Street station will open as part of the East London Line.
Tower Hamlets councillor Abdal Ullah said the new station should be called "Banglatown" to reflect the strong Bangladeshi community.
Transport for London (TfL) said changing the name would cost about £2m and warned the proposals could cause some confusion.
"The Bangladeshi community of this area are the custodians of the community," said Mr Ullah.
This area has been a haven for migrant communities and the Bangladeshi community by far is one of the largest at the moment and they want to leave a symbol for future generations."
But a TfL spokesman said: "The cost of changing the name of a station can be substantial and time consuming, as it is not just the physical station signs that have to be addressed but also maps, leaflets, related publications and pre-recorded announcements.
This area has been a haven for migrant communities and the Bangladeshi community by far is one of the largest at the moment and they want to leave a symbol for future generations."
But a TfL spokesman said: "The cost of changing the name of a station can be substantial and time consuming, as it is not just the physical station signs that have to be addressed but also maps, leaflets, related publications and pre-recorded announcements.
"It is important that a station name takes into account the street or the official name of its area, as recorded on official maps."
Two years ago, Mr Ullah launched a campaign to rename Aldgate East tube station Brick Lane - without success.
Female Mayor Shunned - Despite Pandering...
THE Departing Mayor of Kirklees launched a blistering attack on a group of orthodox Muslims for refusing to pose with her in photographs.Coun Jean Calvert (Lab, Ashbrow) said it proved 'we are no further down the road' of women's rights than when she first became a councillor in 1992.Her comments came in her departing speech as she handed over mayoral duties to Coun Karam Hussain (Lib Dem, Dewsbury West).Coun Calvert was referring to her invitation to attend a community cohesion event at Dewsbury Town Hall in March.It was organised by the North Kirklees Sunni Muslim Council of Mosques and local imams to mark Eid-Milad-Un-Nabi, the prophet Mohammed's birthday.
In her tearful speech to the full council and members of the public at Huddersfield Town Hall on Wednesday, Coun Calvert said she had checked whether the invitation was really for her rather than deputy mayor Coun Karam Hussain, but organisers insisted she was welcome.She said: "I attended this event and was horrified to be left on my own in a room full of people that I didn't know.
The press wanted to take photographs of the group with the mayor."The photographer was told in no uncertain terms that 'we don't have photographs taken with women.'"That was bad enough but then to stand on my own for a further 15 minutes while photographs were being taken of all the other guests in the room was very upsetting."In her early years as councillor, Coun Calvert was chairwoman of the Women's Rights Committee and helped to launch the council's domestic violence policy.She said: "I started my life in politics trying to even out the injustices of women's rights, anti-poverty measures and to make for a more equal society.
"These actions have made me realise that we are no further down that road today than we were in 1992 when I became a councillor."The question is when are things going to change? I'll leave that question with the leader of the council and the cabinet to solve."But an organiser of the community cohesion event said he had contacted the mayor's office in advance to explain Coun Calvert could not appear in photographs with orthodox clerics.Waseem Riaz, of Heckmondwike Jamia Mosque, said: "We confirmed this beforehand with the mayor's office that we wanted the mayor to come along but, just to keep things culturally sensitive, if it would be okay that the mayor doesn't appear in photos.
"He said it was the custom of orthodox Muslims to keep the sexes apart and it would have been the same if a male mayor had met a group of female orthodox Muslims.He said: "It is a part of orthodox Islamic beliefs that unless it's a person's own wife that it's better not to have photographs taken."Some orthodox Muslims would not even have photographs taken with their own wives."
Son of Abu Hamza Caught Burglarizing Houses...
The son of hate preacher Abu Hamza has been arrested over a suspected burglary attempt.
Mustafa Kamel, 18 - one of hook-handed extremist Hamza's seven children - was one of two youths arrested after a man caught someone breaking into his home.
The householder saw the suspect climbing in through a window at the rear and managed to chase him off.
Police suspect Kamel was not the youth breaking in, but was acting as a look-out while another man perpetrated the crime.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "The male resident challenged the suspect, who made off down an alleyway.
"The resident followed and called police on his mobile.
"Officers responded and arrested two men, both 18, on suspicion of attempted burglary."
It is understood a laptop was found discarded in bushes after the arrests in Chelsea.
Kamel, who lives with Hamza's second wife Nagat Mostafa in Shepherd's Bush, was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "The male resident challenged the suspect, who made off down an alleyway.
"The resident followed and called police on his mobile.
"Officers responded and arrested two men, both 18, on suspicion of attempted burglary."
It is understood a laptop was found discarded in bushes after the arrests in Chelsea.
Kamel, who lives with Hamza's second wife Nagat Mostafa in Shepherd's Bush, was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Amr Abdel-Sama, 18, was charged with burglary yesterday at West London magistrates' court and bailed until 1 July.
A police source told The Sun: "Kamel didn't break into the house.
"But it is suspected he may have been part of a joint enterprise because he took off with the other youth.
"Checks on his background established that he is the son of Abu Hamza."
He added: "The joke is that according to the extreme version of Sharia law which Hamza preaches, anyone caught stealing can have a hand cut off."
Hamza, 49, is currently serving a seven-year sentence at high-security Belmarsh Prison for incitement to murder and racial hatred, and is facing extradition to the US on terrorism allegations.
A police source told The Sun: "Kamel didn't break into the house.
"But it is suspected he may have been part of a joint enterprise because he took off with the other youth.
"Checks on his background established that he is the son of Abu Hamza."
He added: "The joke is that according to the extreme version of Sharia law which Hamza preaches, anyone caught stealing can have a hand cut off."
Hamza, 49, is currently serving a seven-year sentence at high-security Belmarsh Prison for incitement to murder and racial hatred, and is facing extradition to the US on terrorism allegations.
Muslim man threatens to sue driving school for sending transsexual instructor to teach his wife
For the past 12 months, she had proudly taken to the road as part of an all-female driving school.But Emma Sherdley is not exactly all woman.
Until a few years ago she was a married father-of-two called Andrew.
She is, though, in the middle of treatment to change gender and has the legal paperwork to prove it.
But that wasn't enough to satisfy one client who claimed he had been shortchanged when he booked a female instructor to teach his wife how to drive.
He phoned the Laugh 'n' Pass driving school threatening to sue after Miss Sherdley, 42, turned up for the lesson.
'You have sent me a man. Send me a proper female. How dare you send a man with a deep voice,' he told Joanne Dixon, who runs the school in West Yorkshire.
The man, a Muslim from the Meadowhall district of Sheffield who has not been named, claimed the company deliberately sent a man disguised as a woman.
'His attitude and behaviour was outrageous and has upset me and Emma and everyone else who works here,' Miss Dixon said.
'We are not racist. We are not sexist-If anyone was being so it was that man.'
She said no other learners had complained about being taught by Miss Sherdley, an experienced instructor.
As for Miss Sherdley, she is trying to develop a thicker skin.
She said the man's comments had been 'hurtful, offensive and deeply upsetting' and had even made her think of quitting her job.
His wife had apparently cut their two-hour lesson short after an hour, claiming she had to go home to breastfeed her baby.
Miss Sherdley said: 'I always knew as a child that I was a woman stuck in a man's body.
'I tried hard to be a man, getting married and having children but it never worked and never would.
'For the past six years I have been what is correctly called "transitioned". I still have to undergo final surgery but legally I am a woman.
That is what my birth certificate says and that is what the gender recognition certificate proves. For that prejudiced and biased man to threaten to sue me and the driving school is totally and utterly wrong.'
There are currently 32 female pupils on the books at the school. Miss Dixon employs 20 female instructors who teach learners throughout Yorkshire.
The school, which has been running for ten years, boasts a high pass rate.
'We say each of our female instructors promise to be friendly, professional and patient - that is exactly what Emma is,' Miss Dixon said.
'For her to be subjected to abuse and threats is simply intolerable.'
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Woman Converts to Islam, Starves Daughter to Death...
A seven-year-old girl who starved to death had been removed from school after being bullied for wearing Islamic clothes, it emerged today.
Tragic Khyra Ishaq was taunted about her traditional hijab, which eventually led to her mother removing her and her siblings from school about three months ago.
The move apparently prompted social workers to visit the family home
But today it emerged council staff had only been to see Khyra's mother Angela Gordon once - and had never returned.
Khyra and her five brothers and sisters was discovered by paramedics at the house in Handsworth, Birmingham, on Saturday.
The little girl, who one neighbour described as having 'the face of an angel' died in hospital shortly afterwards.
Her emaciated siblings, who are now in council care, were so hungry that they had been seen trying to steal bread left out for the birds.
Khyra and her five brothers and sisters was discovered by paramedics at the house in Handsworth, Birmingham, on Saturday.
The little girl, who one neighbour described as having 'the face of an angel' died in hospital shortly afterwards.
Her emaciated siblings, who are now in council care, were so hungry that they had been seen trying to steal bread left out for the birds.
Khyra had attended Grove School near her home.
Neighbour Melissa Ware, 26, a mother of two, said: "The rumours around here are that Khyra was being bullied at school which is why her mother decided to take her out.
"I heard that because she was wearing a Muslim hijab, other kids were picking on her.
"My children used to play with Khyra and her brothers and sisters. She was a lovely, bubbly little girl. She had a real sparky personality and a face of an angel.
"She had a real innocence about her, it makes what happened to her even more harrowing, if that's at all possible.
"Khyra always was quite a petite little child but she seemed healthy and full of beans. I certainly had no reason to think there was anything untoward."
Melissa added: "I always thought Angela was quite a good mother but you don't know what might have happened since I last spoke to her.
"The house they lived in was OK but it was furnished very minimally.
"I think she was on benefits and didn't work and one of the children was disabled and had to go to a special school.
"When the police were there on Tuesday, I saw them come out with a mattress wrapped up in brown paper to protect it and what looked like bedding in evidence bags.
"There is no impression that Angela was struggling with looking after her children.
"She spoke nicely to them and was really nice and patient.
"The only time her children used to play was when she was with them because they weren't really allowed outside unless she was there.
"I saw the birth dad at the house a few months ago but he left the house about two years ago and has remarried."
Today, fury at Khyra's death - and the role of Birmingham City Council's social services department continued to grow.
"The only time her children used to play was when she was with them because they weren't really allowed outside unless she was there.
"I saw the birth dad at the house a few months ago but he left the house about two years ago and has remarried."
Today, fury at Khyra's death - and the role of Birmingham City Council's social services department continued to grow.
Labour MP Khalid Mahmood said he had been told an educational social worker went to the children's family home once but never returned.
Mr Mahmood is now calling for a full-scale inquiry by the City Council into how social workers could have missed the children's plight.
He told GMTV today: "Obviously, something has gone wrong somewhere.
"What I am calling for is Birmingham City Council to look at this, for the chief executive to review the procedures and come back and report to us and let us know what has gone wrong."
The MP for Birmingham Perry Barr has already accused both the local education authority and social services of ' huge incompetence'.
"It just beggars belief that we have allowed this to happen. I understand there was at least one visit by an education social worker after the children left school, but not one follow-up visit," he said last night.
"I find that an amazing dereliction of duty that they have not followed it through. There is some sort of structural failure here. It should not have been allowed to get to this stage.
"We have to be far more stringent with people who don't take their children to school.
"They appear to have allowed the children to disappear out of school, not even with a follow-up call to social services. I find it amazing that six children can go like this and nobody cares."
Child protection officials in Birmingham have so far refused to say whether the family were "known'" to them.
A City Council spokesman said: "We are deeply saddened by the death of this child and our sympathies go to the child's family and friends at this difficult time.
"This death is now the subject of a police inquiry and Birmingham City Council are fully supporting the investigation. We are therefore unable to make any further comment."
Paramedics were called to the house in the early hours of Saturday after they were told a girl was having breathing difficulties.
But after seeing the state of Khyra, her three brothers, aged 12, nine and eight, and two sisters, aged 11 and four, they called police. One paramedic was said to have been in tears.
Officers arrived to find the six starving children lying on mattresses in a bedroom on Saturday. All were seriously emaciated and Khrya died in hospital hours later.
Khyra's mother Angela Gordon, 33, and her live-in boyfriend Junaid Abuhamza, 29, have appeared in court accused of neglect and been remanded in custody.
Court officials said they will face a second charge of causing or allowing the death of a child when they appear again next week.
Agonised questions are now being asked about how yet another child could have been allowed to die such an appalling death.
One neighbour who lives near to the family home said he thought the family must have moved because he had not seen them for so long and demanded that Khyra's school and authorities be investigated for their failure to notice anything was wrong.
He said: "You should really be tough on them at the school and the authorities because they are supposed to be looking after our children.
"I have a daughter at the same school and I asked them, 'Why didn't you do something about the children? If they weren't going to school, the school should have known why.
"The school should have known something. They couldn't tell me, they just said there will be an investigation."
He added that Khyra had been to his house two years ago for a party and stood out because she was "such a happy girl".
"She was positive and smiling and full of life, like children should be."I noticed her because she was such a happy girl", he said.
The case has chilling similarities to that of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie, whose death from neglect and abuse at the hands of her aunt and her boyfriend in February 2000 was meant to lead to a massive overhaul of child protection.
It brings back the same questions about how a child could have been allowed to die of hunger and whether child protection officers, teachers, doctors or neighbours were aware the family had problems.
Khyra's aunt Valerie Frances speaks to the press outside the house where her niece died
Miss Gordon - a Muslim convert whose family came to Britain from Jamaica - had told her neighbours the children had been bullied at school, apparently because they wore Muslim clothes.
She was said to have had been making arrangements for them to be taught at home and a pile of English and Maths teaching books could be clearly seen on one of the window ledges yesterday.
Unemployed Miss Gordon, who previously used the name Angela Greenland, has lived in the racially-mixed Handsworth area for more than a decade.
She rented her terraced house from a local housing association.
She lived there initially with Khyra's father Delroy Frances, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Abu Zaire Ishaq, but he moved out more than three years ago.
His sister Valerie arrived at the house yesterday, holding a young child, and unaware of her niece's terrible death.
Court officials said they will face a second charge of causing or allowing the death of a child when they appear again next week.
Agonised questions are now being asked about how yet another child could have been allowed to die such an appalling death.
One neighbour who lives near to the family home said he thought the family must have moved because he had not seen them for so long and demanded that Khyra's school and authorities be investigated for their failure to notice anything was wrong.
He said: "You should really be tough on them at the school and the authorities because they are supposed to be looking after our children.
"I have a daughter at the same school and I asked them, 'Why didn't you do something about the children? If they weren't going to school, the school should have known why.
"The school should have known something. They couldn't tell me, they just said there will be an investigation."
He added that Khyra had been to his house two years ago for a party and stood out because she was "such a happy girl".
"She was positive and smiling and full of life, like children should be."I noticed her because she was such a happy girl", he said.
The case has chilling similarities to that of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie, whose death from neglect and abuse at the hands of her aunt and her boyfriend in February 2000 was meant to lead to a massive overhaul of child protection.
It brings back the same questions about how a child could have been allowed to die of hunger and whether child protection officers, teachers, doctors or neighbours were aware the family had problems.
Khyra's aunt Valerie Frances speaks to the press outside the house where her niece died
Miss Gordon - a Muslim convert whose family came to Britain from Jamaica - had told her neighbours the children had been bullied at school, apparently because they wore Muslim clothes.
She was said to have had been making arrangements for them to be taught at home and a pile of English and Maths teaching books could be clearly seen on one of the window ledges yesterday.
Unemployed Miss Gordon, who previously used the name Angela Greenland, has lived in the racially-mixed Handsworth area for more than a decade.
She rented her terraced house from a local housing association.
She lived there initially with Khyra's father Delroy Frances, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Abu Zaire Ishaq, but he moved out more than three years ago.
His sister Valerie arrived at the house yesterday, holding a young child, and unaware of her niece's terrible death.
She said she had not seen the children since the beginning of the year, adding: "When I saw them last, they were in perfect health.
"I've been coming here all the time, knocking on the door and no-one came to the door. "I am very unhappy about the way I have found this out. The family should have been told in a proper way. I don't think my brother knows."
The door and ground-floor windows of the house have been covered with metal shutters and forensic experts and police had earlier taken away items including carpets and clothing.
Neighbours were in shock as they watched the activity.
One, who did not wish to be named, said: "We knew they were going through some trouble about a year ago.
"Before that we used to see the children and they looked happy and normal, but after that we didn't see them.
"They seemed like normal, happy kids, but then they disappeared.
"The house wasn't very well kept. It's not the cleanest of places."
Another resident, Lilian Costello, said: "I saw Miss Gordon on Christmas Eve and I wished her a Merry Christmas but she said she didn't celebrate it, she celebrated the Muslim Eid.
"I didn't see her again for another four months.
"When I saw her at the beginning of May, I asked her if she had moved and she said she was still living in the road.
"I didn't see her again for another four months.
"When I saw her at the beginning of May, I asked her if she had moved and she said she was still living in the road.
"I asked how the children were and she said they were all right."
Mrs Costello added: "She seemed very devoted to the children. She used to let them come out to play with the other children and she always stood at the front of the house watching them."
Another neighbour, Mohammed Khalil, said he used to see some of the children in their uniforms on their way to the nearby Grove School in Handsworth but that he had not seen them for many months.
A Polish woman living nearby, who gave her name as Marta, said Miss Gordon had recently accused her of giving the children bread.
She said: "The mother was very angry. I told her nobody had given her anything.
"I can only think this poor girl had gone into our back garden and taken bread from the bird table."
The conditions of the other children are not said to be life threatening.
Muslim convert held after nail bomb blast in restaurant
A Muslim convert was being held tonight after two bombs were found in a family restaurant toilet following an explosion at lunchtime.
Police and bomb disposal teams were called in after a young white man apparently attempted to detonate a nail bomb.
Diners heard three blasts which sounded like gunshots go off in a toilet at the Giraffe cafe in Exeter city centre as they were having lunch today.
Eyewitnesses said officers had to break down the cubicle door because the 22-year-old refused to come out.
When he emerged, wearing jeans and a dark t-shirt, blood was running down his face and all over his clothes.
He was arrested at the scene and taken to hospital, where he is under armed guard, for treatment to a severely lacerated eye and facial burns. None of the customers or 15 staff at the restaurant was hurt.
There were claims the suspect was a Muslim convert and detectives are now trying to determine whether he has links to Islamic extremism.
Devon and Cornwall police refused to say what offence he was being held on suspicion of but sources close to the inquiry now fear the man was arming a bomb when part of it blew up in his face.
Police revealed that a second device had been found nearby.
Police forensic teams are believed to have recovered one or two canisters of sodium-based home made explosive either from the toilet or outside the restaurant.
A 14-strong team from the Metropolitan's Counter Terrorism Command has travelled to Exeter to assist in the investigation.
Architect Peter Lacey, 63, and his wife Celia, 60, had just arrived to have lunch at Giraffe when the explosions went off at about 12.50pm.
Mr Lacey, from Exeter, said: "I heard a noise which sounded like a gunshot and at first I thought it was a kitchen accident of some sort, albeit a very noisy one.
"About a second afterwards there was another identical sound and maybe a second later a third.
"I think everyone in the restaurant thought the same as us.
"They thought the first blast was something normal, when they heard the second there was doubt and when the third one happened it turned to concern.
"There was absolutely no panic and I heard one customer say after the first bang they thought a light bulb had popped.
"We were sat very close to the opening where there were doors to the two toilets, one of which is disabled and the other is a cubicle used by both men and woman.
"I could tell the sound came from the cubicle but I was not in a position to see if there was a flash.
"Afterwards I saw a little piece of orange material which looked as if could have come from a cartridge and which may have been blown under the door.
"The staff tried to get into the toilet but it was locked and they must have called the police.''
Giraffe is a national chain of restaurants which are popular with families as they encourage children by giving out balloons and crayons.
Another diner, who would be identified only as Trudy, said: "It was definitely an explosion, it sounded like the lights were exploding.
"There was a lot of glass. I think it came from the toilet.
"There was concern, I wouldn't say there was panic, everyone got up and the staff were very good getting everyone out."
There have been attacks on shopping centres in the West Country over the past 25 years which have been linked to animal rights extremists but sources said last night that initial inquiries suggested the incident was not connected.
The Princesshay shopping centre, where the restaurant is situated, was evacuated before a Royal Navy bomb disposal team were sent in to make the devices safe.
Bob Astley, 70, from Melbourne in Australia, was shopping in Exeter, Devon, with his sister when the bomb went off.
He said: "I heard three loud bangs. Police were here immediately. They have cordoned off a really large area.
"I am just feeling very lucky and thankful at the moment.'
Devon and Cornwall chief constable Stephen Otter said: "There were two devices, one in the cafe and one nearby.
"We do not know precisely how bad it could have been if they had gone off but it would have been quite serious.
"That is why we are treating this as a serious incident and investigating it quite thoroughly.
"I cannot confirm if it was a nail bomb. We are still examining the devices.
"In terms of motive we will look at all possibilities. I just cannot say what the motive is at this stage.
"We always work with the Metropolitan Police when there has been an explosion and we do not understand the motive."
Witness Margaret Sellars, 63, said: "It was chaos. I have never known anything like it. You might expect it in London or other big cities but not Devon.''
Mother-of-one Louise Platt, 27, said: "I was walking around the shops and I felt a strong vibration. There was a loud noise which sounded like work from a building site.
"Somebody shouted 'a bomb has gone off'. I was very afraid. Police arrived and pushed us away from the area and cordon it all off.''
Eyewitness Alison Fewins, 27, added: "We were out shopping and were about three or four shops away when we heard a noise.
"We didn't connect it with any kind of explosion. A few people were running around and we heard police cars.
"I am a bit shaken. It's all a bit scary that it happened."
Police investigated reports of three other devices in a McDonald's, Primark and another shop in the city centre following calls from members of the public but no further devices have been found.
Thousands of office and shop workers left for home when they realised they would not be able to return to workplaces as police sealed off the city centre.
Many shoppers were forced to abandon their cars in the main car park inside the cordon and only yards from the blast site.
Juliet Joffe, a director of Giraffe which has 21 restaurants and five franchises across the UK, said: "I have been given no explanation. As far as I am aware only one man was hurt, the man they think walked in with the device.''
Police and bomb disposal teams were called in after a young white man apparently attempted to detonate a nail bomb.
Diners heard three blasts which sounded like gunshots go off in a toilet at the Giraffe cafe in Exeter city centre as they were having lunch today.
Eyewitnesses said officers had to break down the cubicle door because the 22-year-old refused to come out.
When he emerged, wearing jeans and a dark t-shirt, blood was running down his face and all over his clothes.
He was arrested at the scene and taken to hospital, where he is under armed guard, for treatment to a severely lacerated eye and facial burns. None of the customers or 15 staff at the restaurant was hurt.
There were claims the suspect was a Muslim convert and detectives are now trying to determine whether he has links to Islamic extremism.
Devon and Cornwall police refused to say what offence he was being held on suspicion of but sources close to the inquiry now fear the man was arming a bomb when part of it blew up in his face.
Police revealed that a second device had been found nearby.
Police forensic teams are believed to have recovered one or two canisters of sodium-based home made explosive either from the toilet or outside the restaurant.
A 14-strong team from the Metropolitan's Counter Terrorism Command has travelled to Exeter to assist in the investigation.
Architect Peter Lacey, 63, and his wife Celia, 60, had just arrived to have lunch at Giraffe when the explosions went off at about 12.50pm.
Mr Lacey, from Exeter, said: "I heard a noise which sounded like a gunshot and at first I thought it was a kitchen accident of some sort, albeit a very noisy one.
"About a second afterwards there was another identical sound and maybe a second later a third.
"I think everyone in the restaurant thought the same as us.
"They thought the first blast was something normal, when they heard the second there was doubt and when the third one happened it turned to concern.
"There was absolutely no panic and I heard one customer say after the first bang they thought a light bulb had popped.
"We were sat very close to the opening where there were doors to the two toilets, one of which is disabled and the other is a cubicle used by both men and woman.
"I could tell the sound came from the cubicle but I was not in a position to see if there was a flash.
"Afterwards I saw a little piece of orange material which looked as if could have come from a cartridge and which may have been blown under the door.
"The staff tried to get into the toilet but it was locked and they must have called the police.''
Giraffe is a national chain of restaurants which are popular with families as they encourage children by giving out balloons and crayons.
Another diner, who would be identified only as Trudy, said: "It was definitely an explosion, it sounded like the lights were exploding.
"There was a lot of glass. I think it came from the toilet.
"There was concern, I wouldn't say there was panic, everyone got up and the staff were very good getting everyone out."
There have been attacks on shopping centres in the West Country over the past 25 years which have been linked to animal rights extremists but sources said last night that initial inquiries suggested the incident was not connected.
The Princesshay shopping centre, where the restaurant is situated, was evacuated before a Royal Navy bomb disposal team were sent in to make the devices safe.
Bob Astley, 70, from Melbourne in Australia, was shopping in Exeter, Devon, with his sister when the bomb went off.
He said: "I heard three loud bangs. Police were here immediately. They have cordoned off a really large area.
"I am just feeling very lucky and thankful at the moment.'
Devon and Cornwall chief constable Stephen Otter said: "There were two devices, one in the cafe and one nearby.
"We do not know precisely how bad it could have been if they had gone off but it would have been quite serious.
"That is why we are treating this as a serious incident and investigating it quite thoroughly.
"I cannot confirm if it was a nail bomb. We are still examining the devices.
"In terms of motive we will look at all possibilities. I just cannot say what the motive is at this stage.
"We always work with the Metropolitan Police when there has been an explosion and we do not understand the motive."
Witness Margaret Sellars, 63, said: "It was chaos. I have never known anything like it. You might expect it in London or other big cities but not Devon.''
Mother-of-one Louise Platt, 27, said: "I was walking around the shops and I felt a strong vibration. There was a loud noise which sounded like work from a building site.
"Somebody shouted 'a bomb has gone off'. I was very afraid. Police arrived and pushed us away from the area and cordon it all off.''
Eyewitness Alison Fewins, 27, added: "We were out shopping and were about three or four shops away when we heard a noise.
"We didn't connect it with any kind of explosion. A few people were running around and we heard police cars.
"I am a bit shaken. It's all a bit scary that it happened."
Police investigated reports of three other devices in a McDonald's, Primark and another shop in the city centre following calls from members of the public but no further devices have been found.
Thousands of office and shop workers left for home when they realised they would not be able to return to workplaces as police sealed off the city centre.
Many shoppers were forced to abandon their cars in the main car park inside the cordon and only yards from the blast site.
Juliet Joffe, a director of Giraffe which has 21 restaurants and five franchises across the UK, said: "I have been given no explanation. As far as I am aware only one man was hurt, the man they think walked in with the device.''
Monday, May 19, 2008
Mosque worshippers pray in wrong direction
A mosque in Blackburn has undergone a refurbishment after discovering that worshippers were praying in the wrong direction.
Experts using modern satellite technology discovered that prayers at the mosque, which should have been in the direction of Mecca, were over 30 degrees out. The location of the Qiblah, which is what worshippers pray towards as a guide to the direction of Mecca, has now been changed at the Masjid-e-Sajideen mosque in Plane Tree Road, Little Harwood. It has been moved during a routine renovation following research from local academics which found that prayers were in the direction of Africa rather than Mecca.
Work at the mosque has seen the layout of the main prayer room altered and the Qiblah, as the focus of the room, which is similar to an alter in a Christian church, has been moved. Research has shown that it is not unusual for mosques in the UK to change the direction of the Qiblah if errors are discovered. A spokesman for the Lancashire Council of Mosques said: "There is a common problem in finding the Qiblah and it is not unusual for this sort of thing to happen.
"Often there is some error at many mosques but not always as much as 30 degrees."
Experts using modern satellite technology discovered that prayers at the mosque, which should have been in the direction of Mecca, were over 30 degrees out. The location of the Qiblah, which is what worshippers pray towards as a guide to the direction of Mecca, has now been changed at the Masjid-e-Sajideen mosque in Plane Tree Road, Little Harwood. It has been moved during a routine renovation following research from local academics which found that prayers were in the direction of Africa rather than Mecca.
Work at the mosque has seen the layout of the main prayer room altered and the Qiblah, as the focus of the room, which is similar to an alter in a Christian church, has been moved. Research has shown that it is not unusual for mosques in the UK to change the direction of the Qiblah if errors are discovered. A spokesman for the Lancashire Council of Mosques said: "There is a common problem in finding the Qiblah and it is not unusual for this sort of thing to happen.
"Often there is some error at many mosques but not always as much as 30 degrees."
Body-fluid spray man in court
A MAN was in court today charged with spraying urine at two supermarkets, a pub and a book shop.
Sahnoun Daifallah, 42, allegedly squirted a "foul-smelling" substance over frozen chips and wine bottles at a Tesco in Gloucester.
He is also said to have carried out a similar attack in Morrisons four miles away on the same day.
Prosecutor Liz Thomas claimed that, two days earlier, Daifallah used an improvised device to shower hundreds of children’s books at Waterstones in Cirencester, Gloucs.
"Foul-smelling"
That day he is also said to have squirted the liquid over food in the Air Balloon pub, near Cheltenham, Gloucs.
Ms Thomas said the total damage was �10,000, although the final bill for cleaning up the supermarkets and replacing the food would come to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Daifallah, of Bibury Road, Gloucester, indicated not guilty pleas to four charges of contaminating products between May 14 and May 16 this year.
Wearing a black top, with a full beard and long black wavy hair, Daifallah, spoke to confirm his name and address.
Magistrates in Cheltenham remanded Daifallah in custody and adjourned the case to May 28 when he will appear via videolink at Stroud for committal proceedings.
The Tesco store in Quedgeley, and the Morrisons, in Glevum Way, were both shut for much of Friday and all day on Saturday while all the stock in each store was removed.
Ms Thomas said a "squeezy sports bottle" had been used to propel the liquid into a freezer of chips, and later over a wine rack.
After going into the toilets at Waterstones in Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Daifallah is alleged to have ruined 706 books, many of them in the children’s section, with a "very smelly, brown, unpleasant substance".
Previously that day he was said to have released the liquid in the Air Balloon at Birdlip after making offensive comments to a barmaid.
Preliminary tests by Tesco have shown the fluid to be a mix of urine, faeces and domestic products, the court heard.
Ms Thomas said a possible motive had yet to be established.
This case is reminiscent of past posting " I'll think I'll pass on this cake" from February 2008. In this case Cardiff Wales muslim Pizzaria shop owners, Saeed Hasmi and Jan Yadgari, "accidentally" sold chocolate cake with human faeces on top. Must be a new muslim icing recipe. Of course these "culinary specialists" admitted the charge but have no idea how the cake got those brown "sprinkles" on top - guess they were airborne."
Or another recent case from Dallas, USA where Behrouz Nahidmobarekeh, 49, is on trial for allegedly throwing the feces on pastries at a Fiesta grocery store. Police said that during an investigation, they found a pile of human feces by his bed. Investigators believe Nahidmobarekeh would dry the feces, either by microwave or just letting it sit out, grate it up with a cheese grater and then sprinkle it at the store. A young boy, maybe 3 years old, was later seen on the surveillance tape, eating one of the defiled cookies."
There appears to be a nasty and disgusting pattern emerging - muslim men conducting a body waste Jihad. Such body fluids would be considered hazardous waste in a medical setting. With the numbers of serious and often fatal diseases, including polio and hepatitis, that can be carried by human waste - there needs to be harsher penalties for fecal jihadists.
Sahnoun Daifallah, 42, allegedly squirted a "foul-smelling" substance over frozen chips and wine bottles at a Tesco in Gloucester.
He is also said to have carried out a similar attack in Morrisons four miles away on the same day.
Prosecutor Liz Thomas claimed that, two days earlier, Daifallah used an improvised device to shower hundreds of children’s books at Waterstones in Cirencester, Gloucs.
"Foul-smelling"
That day he is also said to have squirted the liquid over food in the Air Balloon pub, near Cheltenham, Gloucs.
Ms Thomas said the total damage was �10,000, although the final bill for cleaning up the supermarkets and replacing the food would come to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Daifallah, of Bibury Road, Gloucester, indicated not guilty pleas to four charges of contaminating products between May 14 and May 16 this year.
Wearing a black top, with a full beard and long black wavy hair, Daifallah, spoke to confirm his name and address.
Magistrates in Cheltenham remanded Daifallah in custody and adjourned the case to May 28 when he will appear via videolink at Stroud for committal proceedings.
The Tesco store in Quedgeley, and the Morrisons, in Glevum Way, were both shut for much of Friday and all day on Saturday while all the stock in each store was removed.
Ms Thomas said a "squeezy sports bottle" had been used to propel the liquid into a freezer of chips, and later over a wine rack.
After going into the toilets at Waterstones in Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Daifallah is alleged to have ruined 706 books, many of them in the children’s section, with a "very smelly, brown, unpleasant substance".
Previously that day he was said to have released the liquid in the Air Balloon at Birdlip after making offensive comments to a barmaid.
Preliminary tests by Tesco have shown the fluid to be a mix of urine, faeces and domestic products, the court heard.
Ms Thomas said a possible motive had yet to be established.
This case is reminiscent of past posting " I'll think I'll pass on this cake" from February 2008. In this case Cardiff Wales muslim Pizzaria shop owners, Saeed Hasmi and Jan Yadgari, "accidentally" sold chocolate cake with human faeces on top. Must be a new muslim icing recipe. Of course these "culinary specialists" admitted the charge but have no idea how the cake got those brown "sprinkles" on top - guess they were airborne."
Or another recent case from Dallas, USA where Behrouz Nahidmobarekeh, 49, is on trial for allegedly throwing the feces on pastries at a Fiesta grocery store. Police said that during an investigation, they found a pile of human feces by his bed. Investigators believe Nahidmobarekeh would dry the feces, either by microwave or just letting it sit out, grate it up with a cheese grater and then sprinkle it at the store. A young boy, maybe 3 years old, was later seen on the surveillance tape, eating one of the defiled cookies."
There appears to be a nasty and disgusting pattern emerging - muslim men conducting a body waste Jihad. Such body fluids would be considered hazardous waste in a medical setting. With the numbers of serious and often fatal diseases, including polio and hepatitis, that can be carried by human waste - there needs to be harsher penalties for fecal jihadists.
HUNDREDS OF UK MUSLIM WOMEN FIND OUT THEY AREN'T REALLY MARRIED
HUNDREDS of Muslim women in Bolton married in a mosque or at prestigious venues like the Reebok may not actually be married.
Marital law expert Mr Nick Lewis of Bolton solicitors KBL said that he had been consulted "on a number of occasions" by Muslim women who had come about a divorce. "But," he stated, "they have been distressed to find that they have not been married at all."
Mr Lewis explained that in many cases the ceremony was conducted by an Imam (holy man) either in a mosque or elsewhere, in a traditional ceremony. The couple then signed a register which would have been kept at the mosque.
He said: "Unfortunately, the simple fact is that, unless the venue is registered for the solemnisation of marriage and the person conducting the ceremony is authorised under Civil Law to do so, there is no legal marriage. There must be a separate civil ceremony."
This meant that, for many women who had thought they were married "the upsetting truth is that they have been deprived of the protection given to them and their children by virtue of being married".
Mr Lewis added: "In these circumstances, they are not entitled to maintenance for themselves, and the court cannot make orders -- save in exceptional circumstances - in respect of any property owned by them."
He stated that the problem had been "bubbling under for several years without any successful resolution to it." Mosques had been encouraged to become registered but, said Mr Lewis, "few have done so".
Of course - it is the British taxpayers who will pick up the support payments, housing benefits, etc. that the "ex"-husband is now free to abstain from paying.
Marital law expert Mr Nick Lewis of Bolton solicitors KBL said that he had been consulted "on a number of occasions" by Muslim women who had come about a divorce. "But," he stated, "they have been distressed to find that they have not been married at all."
Mr Lewis explained that in many cases the ceremony was conducted by an Imam (holy man) either in a mosque or elsewhere, in a traditional ceremony. The couple then signed a register which would have been kept at the mosque.
He said: "Unfortunately, the simple fact is that, unless the venue is registered for the solemnisation of marriage and the person conducting the ceremony is authorised under Civil Law to do so, there is no legal marriage. There must be a separate civil ceremony."
This meant that, for many women who had thought they were married "the upsetting truth is that they have been deprived of the protection given to them and their children by virtue of being married".
Mr Lewis added: "In these circumstances, they are not entitled to maintenance for themselves, and the court cannot make orders -- save in exceptional circumstances - in respect of any property owned by them."
He stated that the problem had been "bubbling under for several years without any successful resolution to it." Mosques had been encouraged to become registered but, said Mr Lewis, "few have done so".
Of course - it is the British taxpayers who will pick up the support payments, housing benefits, etc. that the "ex"-husband is now free to abstain from paying.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Dennis Pennis mum-in-law killed at Gaza
THE mother-in-law of Dennis Pennis comedian Paul Kaye has been killed by a terrorist rocket fired from Gaza.Shuli Katz, 69 — mum of Paul’s wife Orly, 43 — died when a missile landed a yard away from her.
The rocket was fired into Israel from the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Yesterday Paul, 42, told how his family had been left heartbroken.
He said: “Orly is in severe shock. Shuli was such a gentle and beautiful lady and you just can’t imagine her having such a violent end.
“It was instant, so at least we can thank God for that.”
The TV comic blasted Palestinians who celebrate terror blasts. He said: “To think they handed out sweets after a bombing — it’s sick.
“The idea of people celebrating Shuli’s death is just too awful.
“I have no hate for the Palestinians. It is those who fight a war against Israel I abhor. This can only ever bring death and more death.”
Shuli, a nurse, was visiting her sister-in-law Leora in Moshav Yesha on Monday.
Her son Yariv, 40, had left her side for a moment and survived the blast. Paul said: “He’s in a terrible state. He was very close to his mother.”
“I have no hate for the Palestinians. It is those who fight a war against Israel I abhor. This can only ever bring death and more death.”
Shuli, a nurse, was visiting her sister-in-law Leora in Moshav Yesha on Monday.
Her son Yariv, 40, had left her side for a moment and survived the blast. Paul said: “He’s in a terrible state. He was very close to his mother.”
His own children Jordan, 16, and Geffen, one, are devastated, he said — especially as his own mum died of cancer two months ago.
Paul said: “Jordan is inconsolable. It’s just awful at that age.
“He’s got his GCSEs coming up but I said he should go to Israel to be with the family. That’s more important.”
Paul said: “Jordan is inconsolable. It’s just awful at that age.
“He’s got his GCSEs coming up but I said he should go to Israel to be with the family. That’s more important.”
The comedian said he last saw Shuli when she visited to see his dying mum in December. The family had planned to go to Israel next week to celebrate her 70th birthday.
Paul, of Hendon, North London, rose to fame as rude interviewer Dennis Pennis in the Nineties.
Paul, of Hendon, North London, rose to fame as rude interviewer Dennis Pennis in the Nineties.
Abu havin' a laugh?
TAXPAYERS face a £1MILLION bill to keep terror cleric Abu Qatada in a life of luxury when he is released from prison.
Evil Qatada — Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe — will enjoy a FREE house and THOUSANDS of pounds in benefits.
And the public will have to fork out a fortune on police and security services to guard him round the clock.
Qatada, 44, is wanted by Jordan on suspicion of plotting terror atrocities, but was granted bail by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission earlier this month.
He could be free under curfew in weeks.
The staggering cost of keeping him in the UK was revealed amid a row over how to stop Qatada posing a threat to Brits.
He is demanding to return to his £750,000 home in West London — where his family’s £4,000-a-month rent is paid by the State.
Expense
But police and security services insist that the cleric should live in a Government safe house so he can be monitored more easily.
They will argue over the arrangements with his lawyers at a hearing next week.
But a security source told The Sun: "Either way, when he gets out he’ll be living at the expense of the taxpayer. It sticks in the craw."
Qatada’s family currently receive up to £1,000 a month in handouts — while the taxpayer picks up the £700,000-a-year cost of tracking him.
And the State must pay his £250,000 costs as he fights a Home Office bid to overturn a ban on his deportation — sending the overall annual bill to more than £1million.
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis last night led protests against the scandal.
He said: "Not only are the public having their safety put at potentially serious risk, they are having to pay for the privilege."
Dad-of-five Qatada is understood to have racked up nearly £75,000 in benefits since he was first arrested in 2002.
He was briefly freed for a few months in 2005 — and was in possession of £170,000 in CASH when he was re-arrested.
Once Qatada is released from high-security Belmarsh Prison, South East London, he will be monitored by a specialist team — costing around £14,000 a week.
His curfew will see him allowed out for just two hours a day, making it impossible to work and ensuring handouts.
A security source said: "It will cost a fortune to watch Qatada 24 hours-a-day — but he is so dangerous that there is no alternative once he is released.
"It is criminal that the taxpayer has to foot the bill."
Last month the Appeal Court blocked his extradition to Jordan, over fears he may be tortured. The Home Office has lodged an appeal against the deportation ban. If it fails Qatada will be placed under a less strict control order.
The cleric arrived in Britain 14 years ago on a forged United Arab Emirates passport and was granted refugee status after claiming asylum.
He denies being Bin Laden’s "European Ambassador" — but British security forces believe he is at the centre of al-Qaeda terrorist activity in the UK.
Evil Qatada — Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe — will enjoy a FREE house and THOUSANDS of pounds in benefits.
And the public will have to fork out a fortune on police and security services to guard him round the clock.
Qatada, 44, is wanted by Jordan on suspicion of plotting terror atrocities, but was granted bail by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission earlier this month.
He could be free under curfew in weeks.
The staggering cost of keeping him in the UK was revealed amid a row over how to stop Qatada posing a threat to Brits.
He is demanding to return to his £750,000 home in West London — where his family’s £4,000-a-month rent is paid by the State.Expense
But police and security services insist that the cleric should live in a Government safe house so he can be monitored more easily.
They will argue over the arrangements with his lawyers at a hearing next week.
But a security source told The Sun: "Either way, when he gets out he’ll be living at the expense of the taxpayer. It sticks in the craw."
Qatada’s family currently receive up to £1,000 a month in handouts — while the taxpayer picks up the £700,000-a-year cost of tracking him.
And the State must pay his £250,000 costs as he fights a Home Office bid to overturn a ban on his deportation — sending the overall annual bill to more than £1million.
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis last night led protests against the scandal.
He said: "Not only are the public having their safety put at potentially serious risk, they are having to pay for the privilege."
Dad-of-five Qatada is understood to have racked up nearly £75,000 in benefits since he was first arrested in 2002.
He was briefly freed for a few months in 2005 — and was in possession of £170,000 in CASH when he was re-arrested.
Once Qatada is released from high-security Belmarsh Prison, South East London, he will be monitored by a specialist team — costing around £14,000 a week.
His curfew will see him allowed out for just two hours a day, making it impossible to work and ensuring handouts.
A security source said: "It will cost a fortune to watch Qatada 24 hours-a-day — but he is so dangerous that there is no alternative once he is released.
"It is criminal that the taxpayer has to foot the bill."
Last month the Appeal Court blocked his extradition to Jordan, over fears he may be tortured. The Home Office has lodged an appeal against the deportation ban. If it fails Qatada will be placed under a less strict control order.
The cleric arrived in Britain 14 years ago on a forged United Arab Emirates passport and was granted refugee status after claiming asylum.
He denies being Bin Laden’s "European Ambassador" — but British security forces believe he is at the centre of al-Qaeda terrorist activity in the UK.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Afghan plane hijacker is now working as a cleaner at Heathrow
One of the nine Afghans who won the right to live in Britain after hijacking a plane is now working at Heathrow airport as a cleaner, it emerged last night.
Nazamuddin Mohammidy was one of a group who took over an internal Afghan flight in 2000 and landed it in the UK, where they threatened to kill those on board unless they were granted asylum.
Now it has emerged Mohammidy, 34, was recently arrested while driving a car around the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport.
Police suspected he was an unlicensed cab driver but were stunned when checks revealed he was one of the hijackers. He even had a British Airways pass on him.
Mohammidy was among the gang, who claimed they were fleeing the Taliban, which took over an Ariana Airlines jet on an internal flight in Afghanistan in February 2000 armed with firearms and hand grenades.
The Boeing 727, with 160 passengers on board, was diverted to Stansted Airport in Essex. There, the hijackers kept police and SAS marksmen at bay for four days before giving themselves up.
All were jailed, but later had their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal.
They have since been living in West London rent-free and on state benefits at an annual cost of £150,000 to the taxpayer.
Mohammidy has been living in Hounslow, Middx, with his family and has spent months employed by a firm that has a contract to clean a BA training centre at Heathrow.
Sources last night insisted the BA pass didn't give him airside access, but did allow him into secure areas.
When police pulled him in Mohammidy, wasn't arrested for terror offences but for breaching his bail conditions over an assault charge. He is accused of beating up his former landlord.
Yesterday Mohammidy appeared in court over the bail breach, but magistrates in Uxbridge bailed him again - meaning he is back on the streets.
A Scotland Yard spokesman last night confirmed that Mohammidy had appeared in court over the bail breach, which took place in December.
He will reappear before magistrates in Ealing on May 19.
The spokesman added: "In December 2007 Officers stopped and searched a man under section 44 of the Terrorism Act at Terminal 5. Inquiries revealed he was in breach of bail."
Mohammidy, and brothers Ali and Mohammed Safi, were jailed along with Abdul Shohab, Taimur Shah, Abdul Ghayur, Mohammed Kazin, Mohammed Showaib and Reshad Ahmadi in 2001 over the hijack.
But in 2003 the Court of Appeal ruled their convictions for hijacking, false imprisonment and possessing guns and explosives were unsafe.
The men were released and settled in private properties in Hounslow, where they, their wives and children enjoyed a standard of living far removed from the life they left behind in Afghanistan.
Their houses had large gardens, computers, video recorders and hi-fi systems. The Afghans were also been given lessons in English and computer skills at a nearby college.
In 2006 Mr Justice Sullivan caused widespread outrage after ordering the Home Office to grant the gang 'discretionary leave' to remain in Britain as Afghanistan was 'unsafe' to return to.
The judge also ruled there had been an 'abuse of power' at the highest level in the handling of the case and singled out former Home Secretary David Blunkett and his successor Charles Clarke for acting 'unlawfully.'
A BA spokesman said last night: "We have been helping police with their inquiries into a man who is employed by a cleaning contractor."
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Channel 4 wins Muslim 'preachers of hate' case
In January last year, an investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches programme claimed to have discovered "an ideology of bigotry and intolerance" being preached at several mosques in Birmingham.
News: Channel 4 wins Muslim 'preachers of hate' case
Among the comments made by imams during the film, Undercover Mosque, were: "Take that homosexual man and throw him off the mountain", and "We hate the kuffar" (a derogatory term for non-Muslims). West Midlands constabulary investigated but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) concluded there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges for a breach of public order.
Astonishingly, the police then asked the CPS to consider whether a prosecution could be brought against Channel 4 for broadcasting a programme including material likely to stir up racial hatred. When that was ruled out, the police and the CPS reported the programme makers to Ofcom, the TV regulator, alleging "complete distortion" in the way the programme had been edited.
Undercover Mosque became embroiled in the wider "fake TV" controversy before Ofcom concluded it was "a legitimate investigation, uncovering matters of important public interest".
Now, because they refused to withdraw their allegations, the police and the CPS - in other words, the taxpayer - have been required to pay a six-figure sum in libel damages to compensate Dispatches. It is a welcome vindication for Channel 4 at the conclusion of a very sorry episode.
The police maintained that the documentary "had an impact in the community and the cohesion within it". But the real damage is being caused by the separatist political ideology preached by extremists. It is not for the police to traduce those seeking to expose it on the spurious grounds of maintaining community harmony.
We trust there will be no further attempts to close down legitimate journalistic investigation in order to appease those who perpetuate division in our society.
News: Channel 4 wins Muslim 'preachers of hate' case
Among the comments made by imams during the film, Undercover Mosque, were: "Take that homosexual man and throw him off the mountain", and "We hate the kuffar" (a derogatory term for non-Muslims). West Midlands constabulary investigated but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) concluded there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges for a breach of public order.
Astonishingly, the police then asked the CPS to consider whether a prosecution could be brought against Channel 4 for broadcasting a programme including material likely to stir up racial hatred. When that was ruled out, the police and the CPS reported the programme makers to Ofcom, the TV regulator, alleging "complete distortion" in the way the programme had been edited.
Undercover Mosque became embroiled in the wider "fake TV" controversy before Ofcom concluded it was "a legitimate investigation, uncovering matters of important public interest".
Now, because they refused to withdraw their allegations, the police and the CPS - in other words, the taxpayer - have been required to pay a six-figure sum in libel damages to compensate Dispatches. It is a welcome vindication for Channel 4 at the conclusion of a very sorry episode.
The police maintained that the documentary "had an impact in the community and the cohesion within it". But the real damage is being caused by the separatist political ideology preached by extremists. It is not for the police to traduce those seeking to expose it on the spurious grounds of maintaining community harmony.
We trust there will be no further attempts to close down legitimate journalistic investigation in order to appease those who perpetuate division in our society.
Monday, May 12, 2008
MUSLIM MEN RAPE FOUR BRITISH SCHOOLGIRLS AT AMUSEMENT PARK
TWO men face charges of rape allegedly committed on Blackpool's Big One roller coaster.
The duo, who are charged with sexual assault involving four schoolgirls on a trip to the Pleasure Beach, have made their first appearance at court. The sex attacks on the four 13-year-old girls are alleged to have taken place in the queue for and on the roller coaster on September 7 last year
Mechanic Asad Mahmood, 19, and Haqnawez Razzaq, 26, who are both of Oldham, each face one charge of rape and four charges of sexual touching. The defendants were bailed to appear at Preston Crown Court on August
Now what does the Quran/Islam tell us about muslim men raping kafir or non-muslim girls?:
"Islam gives an open license to Muslim men to have sexual intercourse with women as long as these women are not Muslims and/or when these Muslim men are living in an infidel country." Link
and in regards to paedophilia --This is what Imam Khomeini, the top shia authority says:
“A Muslim man can have sexual pleasure with a little girl as young as a baby. But he should not penetrate her vaginally, however he can sodomize her”. (Tehriro vasyleh, fourth edition, Qom, Iran, 1990) Link
We are also told that the Prophet Mohammed was married to a six year old girl and consummated the marraige when little Aisha was just nine years old:
"Sunan Nasai Bk of Marriage, No 3256A'ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was six and had sexual intercourse with me when I was nine and I was playing with dolls. Link
Let us also remember. according to Islamic beliefs - that women/girls not wearing headscarves or dressing in Western clothing are "asking for rape":
"An Islamic mufti in Copenhagen, Shahid Mehdi, has sparked political outcry,... after stating in a televised interview that women who do not wear headscarves are "asking for rape." Link
Muslim violence against Western women is evident in the large numbers of rapes that are occuring in other European countries that have a high population of muslim immigrants:
"According to Swedish Radio on Tuesday, statistics from Sweden’s National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet) show that the number of reported rapes against children is on the rise". Link
The huge increase in rape in Oslo Norway is overburdening their hospitals:
"Nearly 300 women have sought help so far this year from Oslo's emergency clinic handling rape victims. That's a higher per capita rate than New York City's, and the clinic is having trouble meeting demand." Link
Yet the Norwegian government continues to hide the fact that 2 out of 3 rapes are committed by muslims Link
The duo, who are charged with sexual assault involving four schoolgirls on a trip to the Pleasure Beach, have made their first appearance at court. The sex attacks on the four 13-year-old girls are alleged to have taken place in the queue for and on the roller coaster on September 7 last year
Mechanic Asad Mahmood, 19, and Haqnawez Razzaq, 26, who are both of Oldham, each face one charge of rape and four charges of sexual touching. The defendants were bailed to appear at Preston Crown Court on August
Now what does the Quran/Islam tell us about muslim men raping kafir or non-muslim girls?:
"Islam gives an open license to Muslim men to have sexual intercourse with women as long as these women are not Muslims and/or when these Muslim men are living in an infidel country." Link
and in regards to paedophilia --This is what Imam Khomeini, the top shia authority says:
“A Muslim man can have sexual pleasure with a little girl as young as a baby. But he should not penetrate her vaginally, however he can sodomize her”. (Tehriro vasyleh, fourth edition, Qom, Iran, 1990) Link
We are also told that the Prophet Mohammed was married to a six year old girl and consummated the marraige when little Aisha was just nine years old:
"Sunan Nasai Bk of Marriage, No 3256A'ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was six and had sexual intercourse with me when I was nine and I was playing with dolls. Link
Let us also remember. according to Islamic beliefs - that women/girls not wearing headscarves or dressing in Western clothing are "asking for rape":
"An Islamic mufti in Copenhagen, Shahid Mehdi, has sparked political outcry,... after stating in a televised interview that women who do not wear headscarves are "asking for rape." Link
Muslim violence against Western women is evident in the large numbers of rapes that are occuring in other European countries that have a high population of muslim immigrants:
"According to Swedish Radio on Tuesday, statistics from Sweden’s National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet) show that the number of reported rapes against children is on the rise". Link
The huge increase in rape in Oslo Norway is overburdening their hospitals:
"Nearly 300 women have sought help so far this year from Oslo's emergency clinic handling rape victims. That's a higher per capita rate than New York City's, and the clinic is having trouble meeting demand." Link
Yet the Norwegian government continues to hide the fact that 2 out of 3 rapes are committed by muslims Link
Second Priest Attacked & Beaten by Muslim Thugs...
A SECOND priest has been beaten up in his own churchyard in the space of just eight weeks in London’s East End — this time over an argument about a football.
The Rector of St Matthew’s in Bethnal Green, The Rev Kevin Scully, was attacked on Tuesday afternoon by three drunken youths who had returned to take their revenge for a row three days before.He had taken their ball last Saturday after he saw them using a cross on the church as a basketball hoop.He has been taunted with religious and racist abuse in the past, but believes the beating was more alcohol-fuelled than anything more sinister.The attack follows the vicious assault on Canon Michael Ainsworth at St George-in-the-East church in Shadwell in March.
But although that attack was treated as a ‘faith hate’ crime, police consider the latest incident as simple assault.Fr Scully, 45, who was left with two black eyes, cuts and bruises, told the Advertiser: “I’m still a bit shaken up.“It came out of an incident where some teenagers were using the front of the church as a basketball hoop. “I took their ball and told them to leave—but they came back on Tuesday, drunk, to demand their ball back and attacked me.”He recalled: “One of them was instigating the violence.“I thought the other two were going to stop it, but in the end they joined in. “Even a passer-by who saw what was going on and tried to intervene got a kicking too.“I was punched twice in the face, hard, hit again, and kicked from behind. “I crouched down to ward off the blows before running to the Rectory and calling police.”Fr Scully added: “My biggest concern was getting the door locked as I thought they might follow me inside.
“But they ran off and I’ve not seen them round here since.”He branded them “drunken yobs” and said the area suffered anti-social and criminal behaviour. Mr Scully, however, insists it was not a ‘policing’ problem, but a ‘community’ problem. “These are someone’s sons, someone’s brothers,” he said. “These people are known in the community.”“There is a certain racial and religious element to this,” adds.“I have been and was taunted religiously — and that is a worrying aspect of it.“But I would not make that a ‘flag of convenience.’“These are drunken yobs and that is the shame of it. “They could probably have a very bright future ahead of them if they only did something about it.”Police are investigating the assault and say they are looking for three Asian youths, all aged about 16.The attack has also brought condemnation from Tower Hamlets Council.
The authority’s community cohesion spokesman, Cllr Ohid Ahmed, said: “The idiots who carried out this attack have let their community down as well as themselves and their families.“We will continue to work with the people of Tower Hamlets to stamp out such mindless acts and to encourage tolerance, understanding and co-operation among everyone—regardless of faith beliefs.”
The Advertiser launched a campaign backed by Tower Hamlets council to improve security in the East End’s churchyards, following the March attack on Canon Ainsworth at St George’s in Shadwell.
Grateful Immigrant Rapes Woman in her Own Home...
DETECTIVES in Pendle have charged a man with attempted rape following allegations a 34-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in her own home on Wednesday.
Muzaffar Iqbal (42) of Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, will appear before Pennine magistrates.
Muzaffar Iqbal (42) of Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, will appear before Pennine magistrates.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Muslim extremist arrested
ANTI-terror police are today questioning a man who has claimed to have recruited hundreds of British Muslims to fight for al-Qaeda.
Hassan Butt was arrested at Manchester Airport yesterday, where he was reportedly waiting for a flight to Lahore, Pakistan.
A police spokesman said: "Greater Manchester Police's Counter Terrorism Unit arrested one person under the Terrorism Act on the afternoon of Friday May 9.
"Officers are currently searching three addresses with warrants under the Terrorism Act.
"No armed officers were involved in the arrest."
Manchester-born Butt has spoken widely through the media about his past involvement with terrorist activity, which he says he has now renounced.
In an interview with BBC Newsnight last month, he said: "I started realising it's not as black and white - how could I justify killing these people because these people are living amongst us."
He was a former spokesman of now banned extremist group Al Mouhajiroun.
Al-Muhajiroun
leader: Self-styled Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed
Membership: Refused to reveal numbers
One of the largest Islamist parties in Britain. The organisation is banned from campuses of many British universities which it uses as a fertile recruiting ground.
Formed after a breakaway from Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Muhajiroun ("The Emigrants") has one purpose, establishing the Islamic state. Its members are regularly seen with loudhailers exhorting mainstream Muslims and non-believers to embrace their particular brand of fundamentalism, which calls for those practising homosexuality, adultery, fornication and bestiality to be stoned to death.
It now denies that it recruits for jihad but it boasted of this before September 11. Bakri Mohammed said of the al-Qaida attacks on the US embassies in Dar-as-Salaam and Nairobi: "We would not carry out terrorist activity ourselves, but we endorse the use of violence. Bin Laden is a hero to all Muslims." He adds: "I want Britain to become an Islamic state. I want to see the flag of Islam raised in 10 Downing Street."
Hassan Butt was arrested at Manchester Airport yesterday, where he was reportedly waiting for a flight to Lahore, Pakistan.
A police spokesman said: "Greater Manchester Police's Counter Terrorism Unit arrested one person under the Terrorism Act on the afternoon of Friday May 9.
"Officers are currently searching three addresses with warrants under the Terrorism Act.
"No armed officers were involved in the arrest."
Manchester-born Butt has spoken widely through the media about his past involvement with terrorist activity, which he says he has now renounced.
In an interview with BBC Newsnight last month, he said: "I started realising it's not as black and white - how could I justify killing these people because these people are living amongst us."
He was a former spokesman of now banned extremist group Al Mouhajiroun.
Al-Muhajiroun
leader: Self-styled Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed
Membership: Refused to reveal numbers
One of the largest Islamist parties in Britain. The organisation is banned from campuses of many British universities which it uses as a fertile recruiting ground.
Formed after a breakaway from Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Muhajiroun ("The Emigrants") has one purpose, establishing the Islamic state. Its members are regularly seen with loudhailers exhorting mainstream Muslims and non-believers to embrace their particular brand of fundamentalism, which calls for those practising homosexuality, adultery, fornication and bestiality to be stoned to death.
It now denies that it recruits for jihad but it boasted of this before September 11. Bakri Mohammed said of the al-Qaida attacks on the US embassies in Dar-as-Salaam and Nairobi: "We would not carry out terrorist activity ourselves, but we endorse the use of violence. Bin Laden is a hero to all Muslims." He adds: "I want Britain to become an Islamic state. I want to see the flag of Islam raised in 10 Downing Street."
Friday, May 02, 2008
Stop pandering to Muslims says 'silent majority'
The government's attempts to placate Muslims will cause long-term damage to communities, a charity said yesterday.
The warning came from Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, chair and co-founder of the British Muslims for Secular Democracy, a new organisation claiming to represent the "silent majority who feel no conflict between their faith and democracy".
Speaking before the launch, attended by Baroness Kishwer Faulkner and former Islamist Ed Husain, the journalist said the government was pandering to Muslims by granting too many concessions, fuelling their separation from the rest of society.
"The government has found a way of placating Muslims in a way that will only damage us in the long term, Muslims wanting separate schools or different measures. There must be one law for all.
"This differential accommodation leads to us being pushed to the edges. How is it that the Sikhs and Hindus can live in democracy but not Muslims?"
She added: "The perception is that Muslims receive a disproportionate amount of attention and funding and that perception is justified. This ridiculous, distorted, exaggerated single identity has made us no friends."
The group cited an IPSOS Mori review of surveys, conducted since 2005, that revealed most British Muslims believed their faith to be compatible with democracy.
The group's projects include publishing a booklet for teachers on how to negotiate with Muslim parents who ask for special treatment and citizenship workshops.
The warning came from Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, chair and co-founder of the British Muslims for Secular Democracy, a new organisation claiming to represent the "silent majority who feel no conflict between their faith and democracy".
Speaking before the launch, attended by Baroness Kishwer Faulkner and former Islamist Ed Husain, the journalist said the government was pandering to Muslims by granting too many concessions, fuelling their separation from the rest of society.
"The government has found a way of placating Muslims in a way that will only damage us in the long term, Muslims wanting separate schools or different measures. There must be one law for all.
"This differential accommodation leads to us being pushed to the edges. How is it that the Sikhs and Hindus can live in democracy but not Muslims?"
She added: "The perception is that Muslims receive a disproportionate amount of attention and funding and that perception is justified. This ridiculous, distorted, exaggerated single identity has made us no friends."
The group cited an IPSOS Mori review of surveys, conducted since 2005, that revealed most British Muslims believed their faith to be compatible with democracy.
The group's projects include publishing a booklet for teachers on how to negotiate with Muslim parents who ask for special treatment and citizenship workshops.
Claiming damages, the Muslim policeman removed from Blair guard duty
Firearms officer Amjad Farooq, 40, was transferred from the elite Diplomatic Protection Group on the advice of MI5, after it had carried out vetting checks on him.
Now, in what is believed to be a first for employment tribunals, the hearing into his claim that he suffered racial and religious discrimination is being held behind closed doors on the grounds of national security.
The case centres on concerns over a mosque that PC Farooq and his family attended in Swindon.
Intelligence service vetting is understood to have revealed an alleged link between a former imam at the Jamia Masjid mosque in Swindon and the Sipah-e-Sahaba terror group in Pakistan.
Believed by intelligence agencies to be a part of the Al Qaeda network, Sipah is outlawed in Pakistan and is on the Home Office's list of 15 banned Islamic terror groups in the UK.
PC Farooq insists he did not associate with any radicals at the mosque.
He was a firearms specialist with Wiltshire Police before being promoted in 2003 to the Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG) in London, responsible for guarding Tony Blair and other senior figures.
He was appointed after the Metropolitan Police launched a programme to "recruit more black and minority ethnic officers and staff into specialist units".
But he was told he would not be allowed to carry a gun until he had received full counter-terrorism clearance (CTC).
It is claimed that on December 16, 2003, he was approached by a detective chief superintendent from Special Branch who informed him that he had failed his CTC and he was transferred to a lesser post in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
By then, PC Farooq had been with the DPG for six weeks.
The Met told the officer that they had evidence to justify the refusal of the CTC.
They referred to the fact that two of PC Farooq's five children, sons then aged nine and 11, had attended their local mosque for religious studies when the building was associated with an imam whom the police suspected had links to the Sipah group.
In Swindon, a source at the mosque said: "There was an imam here who was forced to step down because the other imams did not approve of his association with Sipah-e-Sahaba. The imam went to madrassas in Pakistan in the 1980s and met this group which is banned there."
On December 31, when PC Farooq went to collect his belongings from the DPG, he was taken to a room and searched, he has claimed.
He appealed to the Security Vetting Appeal Panel, which is run by the Cabinet Office, and demanded to know how he had failed the CTC test. But the Met refused to give any details, citing "national security".
The officer was also told his presence might upset the U.S. secret service which works with the Met's close-protection unit that guards Downing Street and the U.S. Embassy.
Scotland Yard has refused to say publicly why PC Farooq was barred from working in the DPG. But it insists its decision had been "proportionate and justified".
Security sources there were "broad" concerns about PC Farooq's suitability to work in the DPG. "It does not relate just to the mosque," said one.
PC Farooq, now working as a police trainer in central London, is believed to be seeking damages in the region of £25,000.
Central London Employment Tribunal was yesterday due to hear opening speeches by lawyers on both sides.
It is understood a special advocate has been appointed to represent PC Farooq. The lawyer has security clearance to challenge the reasons for transferring the officer from the DPG.
She will be present when, on the grounds of national security, PC Farooq and his legal team will be barred from attending parts of the proceedings.
The outcome of the tribunal will be known in the summer.
PC Farooq's solicitor Lawrence Davies said: "This is the first employment tribunal where the public and Press have been barred on grounds of national security. The decision sets a dangerous precedent."
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Matalan advert outrages Muslims
A COUNCILLOR today called for more control over advertising posters in "culturally sensitive" areas of Birmingham.
Coun Talib Hussain made his plea after a billboard on the corner of Sydenham Road and Golden Hillock Road, in predominantly Muslim Sparkbrook, was defaced.
The hoarding, close to mosques in Anderton Road and Golden Hillock Road and visible to parents and children walking to Montgomery Primary School, promotes Matalan's new swimwear range and features three scantily-clad models.
The models have been covered in thick white paint to conceal bare flesh.
Coun Talib Hussain (Ind, Sparkbrook) criticised the vandalism but said it was a result of the lack of action from city council bosses. He said: "I condemn the people that did this but at the same time it's wrong for companies to put that kind of advert in sensitive wards.
"I have received complaints on a number of occasions not to put adverts like that in Sparkbrook. "The city council should not give permission to advertising like that in these wards. "Having families seeing naked pictures does not bring the community together, it provokes things."
The vandalism is similar to a spate of attacks in 2005 and 2006 by a group called Muslims Against Advertising.
A Birmingham City Council spokesman, said: "Our only power is to approve where advertising can take place, but not what is put on it. "That is between the Advertising Standards Agency and the firm itself."
The ASA said the content of billboard adverts was controlled by billboard owner and the advertiser, and that the agency only had "responsive" powers.
"If we receive complaints we will consider if an advert should be removed."
No-one was immediately available for comment from Matalan.
Coun Talib Hussain made his plea after a billboard on the corner of Sydenham Road and Golden Hillock Road, in predominantly Muslim Sparkbrook, was defaced.
The hoarding, close to mosques in Anderton Road and Golden Hillock Road and visible to parents and children walking to Montgomery Primary School, promotes Matalan's new swimwear range and features three scantily-clad models.
The models have been covered in thick white paint to conceal bare flesh.
Coun Talib Hussain (Ind, Sparkbrook) criticised the vandalism but said it was a result of the lack of action from city council bosses. He said: "I condemn the people that did this but at the same time it's wrong for companies to put that kind of advert in sensitive wards.
"I have received complaints on a number of occasions not to put adverts like that in Sparkbrook. "The city council should not give permission to advertising like that in these wards. "Having families seeing naked pictures does not bring the community together, it provokes things."
The vandalism is similar to a spate of attacks in 2005 and 2006 by a group called Muslims Against Advertising.
A Birmingham City Council spokesman, said: "Our only power is to approve where advertising can take place, but not what is put on it. "That is between the Advertising Standards Agency and the firm itself."
The ASA said the content of billboard adverts was controlled by billboard owner and the advertiser, and that the agency only had "responsive" powers.
"If we receive complaints we will consider if an advert should be removed."
No-one was immediately available for comment from Matalan.
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