 | By Anthony Posner
October 23, 2010 | Share |
Andrew Gilligan writes on his Telegraph blog:
"No Islamist sympathiser in Bangladesh has unfettered control over a £1 billion budget. Bangladesh, in short, has less of a problem with Islamic radicals than Tower Hamlets."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100060304/labour-london...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100060409/britains-isla...
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/40102/galloway-backed-extremist-new-to...
Interesting to note what is going on in Tower Hamlets. This comes hot on the heels of the recent expose of Islamists at City University, which I have recently blogged.
But I wonder what Cameron and Clegg will say about these developments. My guess is that they will keep shtumm, and by doing so, will inevitably push voters into the arms of The EDL and BNP.
If our government is unwilling to speak out against home grown Islamists, then it is inevitable that other groups in the UK will fill the political vacuum.
Since this is a JC Blog, I would be interested to read Stephen Pollard's views. Does he think that the UK govt should be saying more about The Islamists, who are operating quite legally, within The UK?
Perhaps, Stephen has been told by the JC's owners (The Kessler Foundation) not to bring this matter up?
Anthony Posner
23 October, 2010 - 07:38
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On July I5th, I wrote the following letter to The JC. I republish it since it also dealt with the influence that the Kessler Foundation might be having on the JC's editorial policy.
Dear Sir,
Stephen Round wrote in The JC on March 11th 2010:
“Nicholas Saphir, a Sussex-based farmer who is also a trustee of the Kessler Foundation which oversees the running of the JC, rejects any suggestion that the NIF was responsible for 94 per cent of submissions to the Goldstone Committee as asserted by right-wing group Im Tirzu.”
As you know, Mr Saphir is also Chairman of the New Israel Fund as well as being involved in “overseeing the running of The JC.” In such circumstances, could The JC’s current editorial policy actually be influenced by Nicholas Saphir and his New Israel Fund’s political views? If so, are we to conclude, as seems evident from reading your publication, that The JC is now moving very much left of centre, in the various debates concerning Israel and diaspora Jewry?