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| '''Inayat Bunglawala''' is media secretary of the ]. | '''Inayat Bunglawala''' is media secretary of the ]. | ||
| He has written articles for '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'' focusing on ] and current affairs. He is an activist for Islamic concerns and and joined the ] UK in ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/inayat_bunglawala/profile.html |title=Comment is free profile |publisher=]}}</ref> | He has written articles for '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'' focusing on ] and current affairs. He is an activist for Islamic concerns and and joined the ] UK in ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/inayat_bunglawala/profile.html |title=Comment is free profile |publisher=]}}</ref> | ||
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| In May of 2006, ], the owner of political blog ], received an e-mailed death threat that he traced back to '']'', where Mr. Bunglawala is employed. Johnson believed it to be from Mr. Bunglawala, but he could provide only circumstantial evidence to support the allegation. In the comment section of one of his editorials for '']'' he first brushed off the threat as "Zionists...up to mischief", and then with a more detailed "I will repeat: I did not send any message to LGF. I have never sent any message to LGF either by email or through posting on their website. I wholeheartedly detest LGF and the space it gives to racist and anti-Muslim tirades." denial, further down the page. | In May of 2006, ], the owner of political blog ], received an e-mailed death threat that he traced back to '']'', where Mr. Bunglawala is employed. Johnson believed it to be from Mr. Bunglawala, but he could provide only circumstantial evidence to support the allegation. In the comment section of one of his editorials for '']'' he first brushed off the threat as "Zionists...up to mischief", and then with a more detailed "I will repeat: I did not send any message to LGF. I have never sent any message to LGF either by email or through posting on their website. I wholeheartedly detest LGF and the space it gives to racist and anti-Muslim tirades." denial, further down the page. | ||
| Following a complained filled at Reuters by ] he received the following response from ] – head of operations at ]: | |||
| <blockquote>Following your email regarding the posting of an offensive message that was sent from a Reuters IP address, I can confirm that an employee has been suspended pending further investigation. The individual was not an employee of Reuters’ news division. Yours sincerely Ed Williams </blockquote> | |||
| Bunglawala opposed a government proposal to ban ], an ] organization, under ].<ref>, ''The Guardian'', ] ]</ref><ref>, by Ahmad Maher, IOL Staff, ], ], 2006</ref> Bunglawala sees the late ], the co-founder and leader of ], as a renowned Islamic scholar and has not supported the expulsion of the ] from the Muslim Council, although senior MAB member ] supports suicide bombings in Israel.<ref>, transcript of an interview with Ware on ]'s '']'', ], ], 2005</ref> | Bunglawala opposed a government proposal to ban ], an ] organization, under ].<ref>, ''The Guardian'', ] ]</ref><ref>, by Ahmad Maher, IOL Staff, ], ], 2006</ref> Bunglawala sees the late ], the co-founder and leader of ], as a renowned Islamic scholar and has not supported the expulsion of the ] from the Muslim Council, although senior MAB member ] supports suicide bombings in Israel.<ref>, transcript of an interview with Ware on ]'s '']'', ], ], 2005</ref> | ||
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Inayat Bunglawala is media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain. He has written articles for The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Express, The Observer and The Sun focusing on Islam and current affairs. He is an activist for Islamic concerns and and joined the Young Muslims UK in 1987.
Despite accusations of anti-Semitism, he was selected as one of seven "conveners" for a Home Office task force with responsibilities for tackling extremism among young Muslims. He rejects these accusations as "traditional Zionist tactic" aimed to "silence critics of Israel". Bunglawala's past comments include the allegation that the British media was "Zionist-controlled", he is hold to be an apologist for Osama bin Laden and other terrorists.
In January 1993 Bunglawala wrote a letter to Private Eye, a satirical magazine, in which he called the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman "courageous." After Abdel-Rahman's arrest on charges of masterminding the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York in July that year, Mr Bunglawala guessed that it was only because of his "calling on Muslims to fulfill their duty to Allah and to fight against oppression and oppressors everywhere". Five months before the September 11, 2001 attacks, Bunglawala also circulated writings of Osama bin Laden, whom he called a "freedom fighter", to hundreds of Muslims in Britain. He strongly objects to the use of the phrase "Islamic terrorism," and demands that Osama bin Laden be described not as an "Islamic" or "Islamist" terrorist but as an "international" one.
In May of 2006, Charles Johnson, the owner of political blog Little Green Footballs, received an e-mailed death threat that he traced back to Reuters, where Mr. Bunglawala is employed. Johnson believed it to be from Mr. Bunglawala, but he could provide only circumstantial evidence to support the allegation. In the comment section of one of his editorials for The Guardian he first brushed off the threat as "Zionists...up to mischief", and then with a more detailed "I will repeat: I did not send any message to LGF. I have never sent any message to LGF either by email or through posting on their website. I wholeheartedly detest LGF and the space it gives to racist and anti-Muslim tirades." denial, further down the page.
Bunglawala opposed a government proposal to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist organization, under Terrorism Act 2006. Bunglawala sees the late Ahmed Yassin, the co-founder and leader of Hamas, as a renowned Islamic scholar and has not supported the expulsion of the Muslim Association of Britain from the Muslim Council, although senior MAB member Azzam Tamimi supports suicide bombings in Israel.
References
- "Comment is free profile". The Guardian.
- ^ Alasdair Palmer (2005-08-21). "Top job fighting extremism for Muslim who praised bomber". The Telegraph.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - New sources inflame an old hatred, The Age, January 3, 2004
- Muslim anti-Semitism in Britain and Australia, Transcript of a Radio National programme, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 28 2005
- The protocols of the elders of the BBC, by Rod Liddle, The Spectator, August 20, 2005
- A Perverse Habit, by Daniel Johnson, The New York Sun, July 10, 2006
- "Muslim leaders accuse BBC of witch hunt", by Martin Bright, The Observer, August 21, 2005
- "Terror & Denial", Book Review by Daniel Johnson, Commentary, 2006
- Full text: The prime minister's statement on anti-terror measures, The Guardian, 5 August 2005
- "Banned Groups Unpopular, Move Ineffective: UK Activist", by Ahmad Maher, IOL Staff, Islamonline.net, July 18, 2006
- John Ware on Muslim Council of Britain, transcript of an interview with Ware on BBC Radio 4's Today, BBC News, July 14, 2005
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