Quilliam nonsense
This is why I regard the Quilliam Foundation (or is it just Quilliam?) with disdain: they attack Osama Saeed (who I have also disagreed with in the past) over his support for ‘extremists’, yet they defend a warmongering idiot like Michael Gove on their FAQ page.
In fact, this is why I regard a number of Muslim liberals* with disdain: their silence on racism, empire and war, if not outright complicity with it.
*Or ‘liberal Muslims’ — should there be a difference?
thabet, 
Ali Abdullah and one other person are discussing.
plimfix 1:02 pm on April 19, 2009 Permalink |
Now correct me if I’m wrong, but (1) the Quilliam Foundation is anti-Islamist, and (2) Quilliam (the person they named it after) was an Islamist.
http://www.yahyabirt.com/?p=136
Ali Abdullah 7:35 pm on April 19, 2009 Permalink |
Reading that, anyone can see that Abdullah Quilliam was for everything the Quilliam Foundation is against. He was pro-Caliphate – he actually officially represented the Caliph. He called for a boycott of the British Army over the war in Sudan! How can QF misuse his name like this!?
No surprise about having Michael Gove as an advisor – QF is happy to have James Brandon (ex-CSC) working for them!
PI.info 8:05 pm on April 19, 2009 Permalink |
Is a liberal Muslim in the UK the same thing as a Muslim neoconservative in the US?
thabet 1:04 am on April 20, 2009 Permalink |
I guess it is.