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’Radical’ cleric allowed into UK
Egyptian-born Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks and supporting suicide bombers. BBC religious affairs correspondent Martha Doyle said although respected in the Arab world, his visit has angered leaders of Jewish community groups. Labour MP Louise Ellman said it would be "an outrage" to let him visit, and create "enormous security problems". The Liverpool MP accused Dr Al-Qaradawi of encouraging women and children to be suicide bombers and seeking the destruction of Israel. Mrs Ellman is calling for his speeches to be monitored.

But the Muslim Association of Britain Association for Cultural Domination in the UK, which is hosting Dr Al-Qaradawi, regards him as a moderating voice. The organisation claims that his views on suicide bombers are irrelevant. On its website, it said Dr Al-Qaradawi arrived in London on Monday for a week-long visit during which he would take part in a number of functions. That included chairing the European Council of Fatwa and Research, which will open under the auspices of Mayor Ken Livingston at the Greater London Assembly in London on Wednesday, it said. Our correspondent said the cleric had publicly supported Palestinian suicide bombers. He is expected to preach at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, where imprisoned Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri was imam, she said. Dr Al-Qaradawi, who is based in Doha in Qatar, has been banned from the US since 1999.

So much for the infamous Finsbury Park Mosque becoming a more moderate institution as promised. The organisation claims that his views on suicide bombers are irrelevant Sheesh! I can only imagine MI5/6 have this one planned in orderto drag the scum out of the woodwork for a photo opportunity.
Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-07
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