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| British government breaks ties with Muslim Council of Britain |
| 2009-03-24 |
| The Government has broken off relations with the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) ahead of a launch today of the Contest 2 plan which aimed to build stronger links between Government and British Muslims. The tensions between the Labour Government and the Muslim community escalated with the unprecedented step of a Government front bencher demanding a member of the MCB remove an individual from its executive. The decision to sever links between Whitehall and the MCB came about because of allegations that one of the leaders of the organisation had made statements against Israel and comments to support violence against the Jewish state. Daud Abdullah is said by The Guardian to have signed a declaration last month "which the government interpreted as calling for violence against Israel and condoning attacks on British troops". The Government has demanded via Hazel Blears the Communities Secretary that Abdullah "be asked to resign" from the MCB for signing a statement supporting Hamas and celebrated the "victory" against the "this malicious Jewish Zionist was over Gaza". The MCB replied:"The MCB is appalled by the high handed and condescending action of the Secretary of State, Hazel Blears." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 Q: "Do any Rantburgers have some hard facts on the matter..." A: www.rantburg.com |
| Posted by: Hyper 2009-03-24 20:21 |
| #5 mom - Yesterday, Rantburg had this post about the MCB rejecting Blears' demand. Most major British papers seem to have a version of this news. So far, the only other source that I've able to find to confirm that the ties have actually been broken is this link, at the Independent. It also has a comments section, which seems to be dominated by Israel bashing (from the superficial glance that I gave it). |
| Posted by: ryuge 2009-03-24 19:22 |
| #4 I just looked up the original article, and there were no posted comments listed. Do any Rantburgers have some hard facts on the matter, with which to help the British lion wake up from its slumber? |
| Posted by: mom 2009-03-24 18:40 |
| #3 Didn't we just jettison CAIR? Suppose behind the curve is better than nothing. |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2009-03-24 18:40 |
| #2 Did somebody finally wake up over there? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-24 12:09 |
| #1 The MCB have always been an Islamist organisation with links to Hamas!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2009-03-24 10:42 |