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| Officer fired for anti-Muslim articles |
| 2004-09-02 |
| A PRESS officer for the British Council has been sacked after writing anti-Muslim articles in the Sunday Telegraph using a pseudonym, British media reported today. The council, a government-funded body which promotes British culture and sponsors multicultural activities, confirmed it had fired senior press officer Harry Cummins over the affair. In four articles signed Will Cummins, he denounced the "black heart of Islam" and accused Muslim voters of having a "global jihadi agenda", according to newspapers. "Christians are the original inhabitants and rightful owners of almost every Muslim land and behave with a humility quite unlike the menacing behaviour we have come to expect from the Muslims who have forced themselves on Christendom," he wrote in the right-leaning Sunday Telegraph. A journalist at the rival left-wing Guardian newspaper revealed Cummins' identity four weeks ago, spurring a wave of complaints from Muslim groups. A British Council spokesman told the Daily Telegraph it had been "a pretty distressing and damaging period". A council spokesman described Cummins' work to the Guardian as "the antithesis of everything that we stand for." The Sunday Telegraph would not comment to the British media on the affair. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 " A council spokesman described Cummins’ work to the Guardian as *the antithesis of everything that we stand for.*" What does he mean? A dhimmitude? Or is he a mooslime? Closet one or otherwise? Of course Cummins' work would be an antithesis to everything they stand for. So would I. |
| Posted by: Zarathustra 2004-09-02 3:42:27 PM |
| #6 Right! Possibly: Abu Cummins, Ali Cummins... |
| Posted by: RN 2004-09-02 2:05:22 PM |
| #5 Guardian journos - no integrity presumed. How did he/she/it get to know the information? I have to add that Mr Cummins (nom de plume "Mr Cummins") could have exercise a little bit more imagination in thinking up a moniker for his alter ego. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-02 5:56:25 AM |
| #4 Maybe some not-too-loonie think tank can use a good wordsmith - I hate to see him canned for truth-telling. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-09-02 5:41:26 AM |
| #3 If only the Muslim Council of Britain were so scrupulous about the opinions of their staff. God Bless The Torygraph! |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-02 5:32:27 AM |
| #2 Well only if you are a leftist, commie, socialist, scumball and the person outed is a conservative/moderate or non socalist type. Go spend some time lurking on lefty forums. Once you get over the puking and feeling ill you can develop a real |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-02 4:34:03 AM |
| #1 "A journalist at the rival left-wing Guardian newspaper revealed Cummins’ identity four weeks ago, spurring a wave of complaints from Muslim groups." Guess it's OK to out sources of other journalists. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-02 3:56:51 AM |