British Muslims are lying, hypocrites.of course.

 

Bruce

 

 

British Muslims denounce strike as London man linked to attack

Islamic reformist hosts website used by group to claim responsibility


 


Ian MacLeod


The Ottawa Citizen


Saturday, July 09, 2005

 

LONDON - As British Muslim leaders intensified their condemnations of the
terror strikes against the city, a London Islamic reformist was identified
yesterday as the operator of the website al-Qaeda sympathizers used to claim
responsibility for the carnage.

The Evening Standard newspaper says London-based Saudi dissident Saad
Al-Fagih, an Iraqi-born doctor and founder of the Movement for Islamic
Reform in Arabia, runs the Al-Qal'ah Internet site used by a group calling
itself the Secret Organization of al-Qaeda in Europe to claim responsibility
for Thursday's attacks.

Authorities have yet to verify the claim by the previously unknown group and
Mr. Al-Fagih, 48, has denied involvement.

But the newspaper said Mr. Al-Fagih has previously been linked to terrorism
by U.S. officials.

In December, his assets, including his comfortable suburban home, were
frozen by the Bank of England after U.S. Treasury officials accused his
website of being routinely used to transmit clandestine messages to groups
affiliated with al-Qaeda and to potential new terror recruits, the newspaper
said.

The report comes as a rift appears to be surfacing between some of the
city's hardline Muslims and religious and community leaders who have roundly
condemned the attacks amid rising tensions about a possible backlash against
their community.

The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission received a threatening
e-mail yesterday morning, said Massoud Shadjareh, the group's chairman. "A
gentleman said: 'I hope some football hooligan is going to kill as many of
you guys as possible.' "

Hours later and with scores of police standing guard, hundreds of Muslims
gathered yesterday for prayers at the city's notorious Finsbury Park mosque
-- accused in recent years of links to Muslim terror suspects. Officially
known as the North London Central Mosque, its extremist cleric, Abu Hamza,
was charged by British authorities last year with, among other things,
inciting the killing of Jews and other non-Muslims. Those charges have
delayed his possible extradition to the U.S., where he is wanted on
terrorism charges.

Though the vast majority of those who attend the mosque are law-abiding,
peaceful Muslims, its other worshippers have included "shoe-bomber" Richard
Reid, who tried to blow up a flight to the U.S. a few years ago; Zacarias
Moussaoui, a French national who is the only person convicted so far in
connection with the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks; Djamel Beghal, accused of
plotting terrorist attacks in France; and Feroz Abbasi, a Briton detained by
the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The mosque is so infamous here, that a cab driver refused to take this
reporter there yesterday.

But given the rising anger among Britons over this week's attacks, the
mosque adopted a conciliatory public tone yesterday.

Speaking to reporters after prayers, spokesman Mohammed Kozbar said mosque
leaders urged followers, "to show their anger and their concern about what
has happened and, that this has nothing to do with Islam as a religion.

"We're pretty sure that some of (those who carried out the attacks) will be
Muslims. We hope that these people will be caught and brought to justice.
Our advice to the community is to keep quiet and calm and live their lives
as usual."

But as Mr. Kozbar spoke, Ahamed Uddin, 26, handed out leaflets nearby to
people leaving the prayer service to support a group calling itself Hizb
ut-Tahrir, dedicated to liberation of Islamic lands from western powers.
"Stay strong and firm to Islam," it read, adding western politicians and the
media are using this week's attacks, "to further the spread of suspicion
against our community.

"Britain could become a new frontline in the conflict between Islamic
militants and the West," Muhammad Saalah, an expert on militancy at the
pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hay-at said this week. "It has become harder for
militants to reach the United States. That makes Britain a more tempting
target, especially because the militants have had a long time to establish
networks there."

Attack on London

C The Ottawa Citizen 2005

 

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