 July 25 | 6:35 pm Eastern Official correspondence, released under the United Kingdom's Freedom of Information law, reveals that U.S. radio talk-show host Michael Savage's name was placed on a list of people banned from Britain in order to provide "balance" to a "least wanted" list dominated by Muslim extremists, and the decision was made "at the highest level of government," the London Daily Mail reported today. "We will want to ensure that the names disclosed reflect the broad range of cases and are not all Islamic extremists," reads a draft recommendation, marked "Restricted," that was obtained as part of Savage's libel lawsuit against the government and former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith Refering to Savage by his birth name, one of the newly released e-mail messages, dated Nov. 27, 2008, from an unnamed Home Office official, says, "with Weiner, I can understand that disclosure of the decision would help provide a balance of types of exclusion cases." Savage had earlier accused Smith of having plucked his name out of a hat because he was "controversial and white." These latest revelations add weight to Savage's charge. Savage told WND today the Home Office chose him to balance the list of Muslim extremists because he is Jewish. "The name Dreyfus comes to mind. They have attempted to destroy my reputation to avoid offending those Muslims who want to destroy them! The Warsaw ghetto comes to mind, where some Jews threw other Jews into gestapo hands to live another day," he said. Make no mistake about this – they 'chose' me because I am the only talker in the top five who is Jewish! The old anti-Semitic strain has resurfaced in England, not among the right wing, but on the socialist left. This should galvanize every member of the U.S. media, but will it?" Another e-mail, released under FOI, points to complicity by other agencies and even Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Read more here... Source: WND
 By Carla Marinucci San Francisco-based conservative talk show host Michael Savage -- whose sharp-tongued right-wing commentary has earned him headlines across the U.S. -- is making news again: He's been banned in Britain. Savage told The Chronicle in an exclusive interview this morning that he was shocked to learn the news that he was included in the British government's first-ever list of nearly two dozen people from across the globe who are banned from entering the nation for allegedly fostering extremism or hatred. "When I woke up and saw this this morning ... my first thought was, damn, there goes the summer trip where I planned to have my dental work done," the "Savage Nation" host joked. "My second thought was, darn ... there goes my visit to the restaurants of England for their great cuisine." But, he added, the issue is no laughing matter -- and represents a serious threat to free speech. Read more ...Source: San Francisco Gate
 HOME secretary Jacqui Smith is facing a double standards row after it was revealed that an Islamic extremist exposed by the Sunday Mercury is set to travel to the UK. In November 2008 the Sunday Mercury revealed that Ibrahim Moussawi, a journalist linked to terrorist group Hezbollah, had been awarded a PhD from Birmingham University and was still allowed in to Britain. The Home Secretary is under pressure to refuse an entry visa to Moussawi, who has been invited to speak at a London University, after she stopped right wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders from coming into the UK to protect ‘community harmony’. Moussawi, 43, who lives in the Lebanon, is judged so dangerous that he was denied a visa to enter Ireland in 2007 and Tory leader David Cameron has called for him to be banned from Britain. But he was allowed to travel to the UK in February 2008 and proceeded to address rallies in London, Birmingham and Bristol. Tory Peer Baroness Neville-Jones wrote to Ms Smith warning her that Moussawi should not be allowed into the UK. Read more ...Source: Sunday MercuryH/T: WNDJacqui Smith
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 By Kevin Myers | 20 February
It's been a good few days for Islamicists. In Europe, an elected MEP, Geert Wilders, has been banned from Britain by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
He had been invited to show his anti-Islamic film ‘Fitna' to MPs in the House of Commons. Since the ban, I've had the exquisite pleasure of witnessing various “British” Muslims on television welcome the ban, meanwhile hastening to add that they had not seen the film. Well, naturally.
The egregious Smith justified the ban on the grounds that Mr Wilders' presence in Britain “would threaten community harmony and therefore, public security in the UK”. In other words, if Muslims in Britain don't like something going on in the House of Commons, there will — according to the Home Secretary herself — be violence which will threaten the lives and welfare of British people.
So, what do British leaders do when confronted by such blackmail? Do? Why, they back down, of course! Never mind for a moment that on the London stage you can have Christ sodomised, or the Virgin Mary turned into a whore, as has happened in recent theatrical productions. How is such anti-Christian blasphemy acceptable? Because it is not insulting to Christians? Or because Christians, once insulted, do not take violently to the streets, in the way of “angry Muslims” (as the estimable Ian O'Doherty asked the other day: “is there any other kind?”).
So what would the wretched Smith creature have done to the author of the following words, had he tried to enter the United Kingdom?
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
“A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
“Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.
“No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytising faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.”
The author of those sentiments (which were rediscovered by Mark Steyn) was none other than Winston Churchill, who penned them precisely 110 years ago, during his account of ‘The River War' against the Mahdi, written in early 1899.
How enchanted — but perhaps not surprised — Churchill would have been to learn that a century and a decade later, western troops — including a large body of Irish soldiers — would be trying to curtail the ravages of the neo-Mahdist terrorists of the Janjaweed. Churchill had gone almost directly to the Sudan from north-west India, where he had been serving with the Malakand Field Force against Islamicist insurgents.
So in an almost sublime coincidence, we learnt this week that what is now the Malakand District of Pakistan is to introduce Sharia law as state law.
Some 30,000 sq km, and five million people, will effectively become an autonomous Islamic republic within the secular- governed state of Pakistan. This is in return for merely a 10-day ceasefire in the terrorist campaign by Pakistan's Taliban in the Swat valley, in the course of which through an informal Taliban enforcement of Sharia law, “executions” and floggings have become commonplace.
In other words, in exchange for only a temporary ceasefire — what you might call their Sudetenland moment — Taliban have effectively taken a legal foothold in Pakistan: and no election, no police force, no popular demonstrations — (ha!) — will henceforth remove them. Thus the old despotic refrain: one-man, one-vote, one-election.
‘The Times of India' predicts this capitulation will be replicated in other regions of Pakistan's North West Frontier Provinces. “And then,” it notes grimly, “it's a leap to Islamabad.”
Quite so: and Islamabad not merely has the Bomb, but it also has four flights a week to Bradford Airport, none of whose passengers seem ever to be treated in the way that Geert Wilders MEP was at Heathrow. Islamabad's airport is (for the time being, anyway) named after Benazir Bhutto, who was, of course, murdered by al-Qa'ida/Taliban just over a year ago; and it was her husband, now president, Asif Zardari, who abjectly authorised the Malakand deal.
So who says that violence doesn't pay? In the course of a week, Shariah law imposed on Malakand and a Christian MEP banned in Britain. Thus the irreducible ratchet-effect, with no going back, either way. Source: Belfast Telegraph
 London, 18 Feb.
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada will be deported from Britain on terrorism charges and could be sent back to his native Jordan, despite fears he may be tortured there. The upper house of the British parliament, sitting as Britain's highest court, unanimously rejected an appeal from Qatada against being repatriated to Jordan, where he faces jail for terrorism.
Qatada had claimed that his conviction in Jordan was based on evidence extracted by torture.
The 48-year-old cleric, once described by a judge as 'Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe' is currently in London's Belmarsh high security prison.
Britain's interior ministry has long campaigned for Qatada's deportation and interior minister Jacqui Smith said she was "delighted" at the ruling.
Qatada's final removal may not take place until the European Court of Human Rights hears his case.
Campaign group Amnesty International criticised the ruling, saying there was a real risk that Qatada would be tortured.
Human Rights Watch also criticised the ruling, saying it damaged the global ban on torture.
"The Law Lords have given the government a green light to send people back to places where they risk torture and ill-treatment," said HRW's senior counter-terrorism adviser Julia Hall.
"Jordanian military courts are not independent and evidence is obtained by the use of torture," Hall added.
The Law Lords also ruled on Wednesday that two unnamed Algerian terrorism suspects would be deported to Algeria, another country where there is well-documented evidence that prisoners have been tortured.
Qatada was first arrested in the wake of Al-Qaeda's 9/11 attacks on the United States amid allegations that he was one of the most influential Islamist preachers in Europe and played a critical ideological role.
The Jordanian father-of-five, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman, claimed asylum when he arrived in Britain in September 1993 on a forged passport.
A Spanish judge investigating the deadly 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings described him as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe.
Qatada issued a 1995 fatwa or religious edict justifying the killing of converts from Islam, their wives and children in Algeria. In a 1999 sermon, he called for the killing of Jews and praised attacks on Americans. The same year, Qatada was convicted in his absence of planning terrorist attacks in Jordan.
Videos of Qatada's sermons were also found in the flats of some of the 9/11 hijackers in Amsterdam. He was arrested by British anti-terror police in February 2008 and found in possession of nearly 200,000 euros in cash, including 1,000 euros in an envelope marked 'for the mujahadeen in Chechnya'.
In 2008 a British appeals court blocked Qatada's removal after accepting his argument that he had not faced a fair trial in his absence.
He was released on bail - but then re-arrested and returned to prison because security officials said they had intelligence that he was considering fleeing the UK.
Qatada's convictions in Jordan relate to an alleged conspiracy to bomb hotels in the capital Amman along with allegedly providing finance and advice for other plots. Source: Adnkronos
Dutch MP Geert Wilders is "seriously considering" taking steps to sue Jacqui Smith over her decision to ban the controversial film-maker from the UK.By Joan Clements Christopher Hope The legal action would have the backing of the Dutch Government, in a move which could aggravate the diplomatic row over the ban between London and Amsterdam. Mr Wilders said he was looking to take legal action against the Home Secretary for "blatant discrimination" in the High Court or International Court in the Hague. The Dutch Politician and film maker was sent back to Holland on Thursday night after trying to enter Britain to show his anti Muslim film Fitna in the House of Lords. Mr Wilders had been invited to Westminster by Ukip peer Lord Pearson to show is 17 minute film Fitna, which criticise the Koran as a "facist book". Mr Wilders is being encouraged to sue the Government by Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch foreign minister who is still furious with the Home Office's decision. He said he would back Wilders in a possible decision to bring a case against the British Government's "disgraceful decision". More ... Source: TelegraphH/T: Atlas Shrugs
 A right-wing Dutch politician is to be sent back to the Netherlands after attempting to defy a ban on entering Britain. Geert Wilders arrived at Heathrow airport this afternoon and was presented with a letter that refused him entry to the UK. Mr Wilders said he was detained by UK Border Agency officials on arrival, had his passport taken away, and was told he would be sent home within two hours. The politician had been invited to Westminster to show his 17-minute film Fitna, which criticises the Koran as a 'fascist book', by a member of the House of Lords. Speaking from Heathrow, Mr Wilders branded Gordon Brown the 'biggest coward in Europe' and said freedom of speech in Britain had been 'set back centuries'. Read more ...Source: Daily MailThe International Free Press Society: An Open Letter to the Government of the UKJacqui Smith
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terrorist attacks as 'anti-Islamic activity'By Steve Doughty Politically correct language is hampering the fight against terrorism, a Whitehall report warned yesterday. Town halls and other public sector bodies were told by ministers last year to replace the phrase ‘terrorist attacks’ with ‘anti-Islamic activity’. They were urged not to refer to ‘extremism’ and instead talk about ‘community resilience’. But far from rallying Muslims against terrorists, the language has spread confusion, says the report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Audit Commission. The watchdogs warned ministers the Government should listen to local concerns before handing out instructions. It quoted one anonymous local government leader: ‘The key thing is about who the words come from. ‘If they come from a respected religious or community member they will have more impact than if they come from a Government minister.’ Rules on terrorism and language were sent to town halls by the Home Office just under a year ago. Rules on terrorism and language were sent to town halls by the Home Office just under a year ago. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith drove home the message in a speech in which she referred to terrorist attacks as ‘anti-Islamic activity’. Read more ...Source: Daily MailJacqui Smith
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 By David Cohen Just days after Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced tough new measures to name and shame foreign-based extremists and prevent them coming from abroad to stir up hatred in the UK, firebrand preacher Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad cocked a snook at her new initiative, the Evening Standard can reveal. More than 200 Muslims at a packed public meeting in Tower Hamlets were told by organiser Anjem Choudary: "We have a special surprise, a special treat for you. Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad will be joining us on a live feed from Lebanon." He added: "As Muslims, we will not submit to any man-made law, any government, or any prime minister - Bush or Brown - or [to] Jacqui Smith. We submit to Allah." Choudary, who with Bakri led the fanatical Al-Muhajiroun organisation - notorious for its glorification of terrorism and the 9/11 attacks before its banning and dissolution in 2004 -warmed up the crowd, two Sundays ago, with his own inflammatory rhetoric. "It is our religious obligation to prepare ourselves both physically and mentally and rise up against Muslim oppression and take what is rightfully ours," he said. "Jihad is a duty and a struggle and an obligation that lies upon the shoulders of us all. We will not rest until the flag of Allah and the flag of Islam is raised above 10 Downing Street." Read more ...Source: Evening StandardH/T: Jihad WatchOmar Bakri Muhammed
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 Jacqui Smith said coming to the UK is a "privilege"A "presumption in favour of exclusion" is being introduced to make it easier to prevent extremists entering the UK, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said. Ms Smith said it would now be up to the individual concerned to prove they would not "stir up tension" in the UK. For the first time a list of the names of those excluded - including so-called "preachers of hate" - will be published and shared with other countries. Since 2005 230 people have been barred from entering the UK. About 80 of them are religious extremists. Ms Smith said: "Through these tough new measures I will stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country. Read more ...Source: BBCBritish Home Office
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offered counselling under new plansIslamic extremists could receive counselling instead of criminal charges under new Government plans to 'deradicalise' religious fanatics issued today. The move is part of a £12.5m Home Office plan which give councils guidance about how to prevent extremism spreading. People who fall under the influence of violent organisations will not automatically face prosecution under the new plan. Instead it will concentrate on a national 'deradicalisation' programme that will try to persuade extremists to change their views through therapy and counselling from community groups. The scheme will seek to reverse the process of indoctrination carried out by al Qaida-related extremists, using unnamed 'specialised techniques'. Community groups and councils in England and Wales will get cash from a £12.5m fund to implement the new measures. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: 'The national security challenges we face demand fresh approaches. 'A key element of our strategy aims to stop people getting involved in extremist violence. 'We are investing at local level to build resilient communities, which are equipped to confront violent extremism and support the most vulnerable individuals.'  Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that a 'fresh
approach' was needed towards national securityHowever the plan came in for criticism for being pointless. Shadow home secretary David Davis said of today's publication: 'This is pointless when the Government is fuelling the problem it is seeking to solve with its draconian approach to 42 days.' Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that a 'fresh approach' was needed towards national security Ms Smith is facing a battle with MPs to extend the time police can hold terror suspects without charge from 28 days to 42 days. The 72-page plan also said councils should make sure they have systems to remove funding or other support from inappropriate groups. Councils should ask police to vet anyone involved in projects that receive government anti-radicalisation funding, it urged. However local groups that challenge the messages of violent extremists should be supported, it went on. If a group is found to be promoting violent extremism, local agencies and the police should consider disrupting or removing funding, and deny access to public facilities, the document added. The measures on 'de-radicalisation' are based on examples overseas and on a scheme in Leicester which 'aims to encourage young people to feel more valued and to eradicate myths and assumptions which lead to young people becoming alienated and disempowered'. Read more ...Source: Daily MailJacqui Smith
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 LONDON - Jonathan Evans, the director-general of MI5, has warned the government that donations of hundreds of millions of pounds from Saudi Arabia and powerful Muslim organizations in Pakistan, Indonesia and the Gulf Straits have led to a "dangerous increase in the spread of extremism in leading university campuses," according to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. Eight of Britain's leading universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, have accepted more than 236 million pounds sterling, about $460 million, in donations from Muslim organizations, "many of which are known to have ties to extremist groups, some have links to terrorist organizations." The bulk of the donations have come in the past five years during a period when terrorist activities in Britain have increased. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced over the weekend that MI5 was now investigating "42 current terror threats and the possibility of attacks is increasingly real." Universities that have accepted the money also include the London School of Economics, the City of London, Exeter and Dundee universities. All have a growing number of Muslim students. Read more ...Source: WND
 By James Slack Ministers have adopted a new language for declarations on Islamic terrorism. In future, fanatics will be referred to as pursuing "anti-Islamic activity". Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that extremists were behaving contrary to their faith, rather than acting in the name of Islam. Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating mainstream Muslim opinion. In her first major speech on radicalisation, Miss Smith repeatedly used the phrase "anti-Islamic". Read more ...Source: Daily MailH/T: Jihad WatchBritish Home Secretary Jacqui Smith
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