A very un-surprising revelation..... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

mikemover · #1 07-22-2005, 11:59 AM

......about the GUARDIAN newspaper in London.
____________________________________

The Guardian of the Caliphate
By Val MacQueen Published 07/22/2005

Did Britain's leftist newspaper The Guardian know that its trainee reporter is an active member of the radical terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir and, if so, when did they know it?
Hizb ut-Tahrir, which seeks to reimpose the Caliphate by the sword or, in today's world, the bomb, is a radical Islamic splinter group banned in most countries but legal in Tony Blair's Britain.

British blogger Scott Burgess became suspicious when he read an article by "trainee journalist" Dilpazier Aslam in which the writer referred to today's youthful Muslim malcontents in Britain, including suicide bombers, as "sassy". Aslam suggested that no one should have been shocked by the suicide bombings on the London Transport system, because "shocked would be to suggest that the bombings happened through no responsibility of [Londoners'] own." Further down Aslam's article appeared this paragraph:

"The Muslim community is no monolithic whole. Yet there are some common features. Second- and third-generation Muslims are without the don't-rock-the boat attitude that restricted our forefathers. We're much sassier with our opinions, not caring if the boat rocks or not."

Burgess wrote about the curiously sassy Dilpazier in his blog, The Daily Ablution, and did some fast follow-up work. He discovered that the Guardian "apprentice" did, in fact, have previous journalistic experience. Aslam has had incendiary pieces published in Hizb ut-Tahrir's own blood-thirsty magazine with articles in which he specifically called for the overthrow of the state and the forceful imposition of the Kilafah (the Caliphate) -- especially with reference to Israel. Burgess quotes from one of his articles: "Muslims grant their loyalty and allegiance to their deen and the Ummah, not to a football team or nation state." Not even to a team! That's harsh!

The question Burgess, an American living in Britain, wanted cleared up was, when it hired Aslam as a trainee, did The Guardian know it was hiring a radical young man who had a history of promoting terrorism? Burgess guesses the answer is yes, on the theory that the best way for a young journalist to prove that he can write is to show the editors previously published work, and Aslam does not seem at first glance to be a young man who would miss a trick.

Burgess wrote a letter to The Guardian's comment editor, asking for an explanation that was met, of course, by a wall of silence.

Meanwhile, despite the fact that The Daily Ablution is a blog popular with people in the publishing industry, most mainstream media members kept their heads down and didn't rock the boat. Rocking radical Islamic boats, they are learning, is a dangerous business. However, surprisingly, fellow "liberal" paper, The Independent, (paid link omitted) home of loony anti-war greenies, haters of George Bush and carbon emissions jihadis, not only picked up the ball and ran with it, but succeeded in getting a response out of The Guardian, which wrote the weasel words that they had been thinking their journalistic staff was "too male and pale".

Hizb ut-Tahrir peddles such radical Islam that they don't even have time for Saddam's best friend and silver-tongued apologist for Islam George Galloway. When he was campaigning, during a recent by-election in London's heavily Islamic constituency of Bethnal Green & Bow, a crowd of Islamic thugs pushed their way into an apartment he was calling on and, refusing to allow him to leave, issued a freelance fatwah. Galloway, who knows these people better than do most Brits, was clearly frightened. In his own words: "Hizb ut-Tahrir suddenly filled the room and blocked the door.

"I tried speaking calmly. They then said I was parading as a false prophet and served a sentence of death on me. They were claiming I was representing myself as a false diety and for this apostasy I would be sentenced to the gallows."

Readers of Aslam's think pieces had no reason to know that they were tainted with the poisonous drip of radical Islam. Worse, though, was his reporting of events, rather than opinions, as though a dispassionate observer instead of a heavily involved activist.

A 15 year old Islamic schoolgirl in Luton decided the Islamic uniform the school had -- foolishly, in my opinion -- designed for Muslim girls wasn't Islamic enough to satisfy her burning religious fervor. She lobbied for permission to wear the full Muslim monty. The school said no. She was encouraged to fight her case all the way up to the court of appeal, along the way giving the papers some suspiciously sophisticated quotes for a little adolescent attention-seeker. Where was she getting the wherewithal and the encouragement to pursue this essentially vexatious case? Uh, none other than Hizb ut-Tahrir. She finally triumphed, with the help of famed "human rights" lawyer Cherie Blair, and sassy Dilpazier wrote of her ecstasy ("I could scream with happiness!") in The Guardian, supposedly as a dispassionate reporter, without mentioning that he was a member of the radical organization, which had promoted the case.

Even after he was outed by Scott Burgess, the paper continued to publish his work.

This whole disreputable episode is made even more ironic by the fact that, on that sickening morning, a British Guardian employee lost his life in the bombings.

___________________

A European leftist newspaper hiring a terrorist-sympathizer as a reporter? Is anyone as UN-surprised by this as I am?........and the $h!t keeps getting deeper....

Mike

H2O2 · #2 07-22-2005, 12:22 PM

...yet another target ripe for an attack, invasion and occupation--so many "enemies", so little time.

mikemover · #3 07-22-2005, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H2O2

...yet another target ripe for an attack, invasion and occupation--so many "enemies", so little time.

Yes, Z.... We all know you're very unconcerned about all of this "nonsense"....

Mike

H2O2 · #4 07-22-2005, 12:53 PM

...not unconcerned, just able to avoid the hysteria, and use my BS-meter to detect...uh, stuff.

Botnst · #5 07-22-2005, 01:10 PM

Like Z, I am completely unconcerned about trained part-time terrorists being a full-time a journalist. It's sort of like an Al Queda version of the National Guard.

I mean, even a barking-mad f**king bomber needs to make a living.

boneheaddoctor · #6 07-22-2005, 01:12 PM

THe Guardian is to the BBC.....what NPR is to CBS here....

All a bunch of left wing whacko's trying to give foriegn terrorists more rights than law abiding citizens.

mikemover · #7 07-22-2005, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H2O2

...not unconcerned, just able to avoid the hysteria, and use my BS-meter to detect...uh, stuff.

So you'd hire an unabashed advocate of terrorism to write for your publication (if you had one)?

Mike

elau · #8 07-22-2005, 02:11 PM

Why not? It is easier to know who they, what they do and where they go. Don't you agree? Best part, company doesn't has to pay for his insurance if he is injured/killed by his own bomb.

H2O2 · #9 07-22-2005, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikemover

So you'd hire an unabashed advocate of terrorism to write for your publication (if you had one)?

Mike

...well, if he was a good writer and could meet deadline, why not?

mikemover · #10 07-22-2005, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elau

Why not? It is easier to know who they, what they do and where they go. Don't you agree? Best part, company doesn't has to pay for his insurance if he is injured/killed by his own bomb.

Why not?!?!...... You actually have to ask this question?!

If they want to maintain ANY shred of credibility as a publication, they'll ditch that guy immediately.

I won't be holding my breath.

Mike

mikemover · #11 07-22-2005, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H2O2

...well, if he was a good writer and could meet deadline, why not?

.....which tells everyone what I have long known about you , Z.

Mike

H2O2 · #12 07-22-2005, 02:31 PM

...it's hard to find a guy who can meet deadline--it really is.

#13 07-22-2005, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H2O2

...it's hard to find a guy who can meet deadline--it really is.

Thats because you hire hippies, try a soldier.

mikemover · #14 07-22-2005, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H2O2

...it's hard to find a guy who can meet deadline--it really is.

Apparently.

Mike

mzsmbs · #15 07-22-2005, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikemover

So you'd hire an unabashed advocate of terrorism to write for your publication (if you had one)?

Mike

H202 at an interview: So, tell me a little bit about yourself.

interviewee: I love terrorism! allah ahbar...

right!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
1984 280SL - Surprising Smog Test Results	ctaylor738	Tech Help	1	06-07-2005 12:08 AM
Surprising	jamesnj	Off-Topic Discussion	11	07-25-2003 05:41 PM
revelation -- some cars aren't Diesels	sixto	Off-Topic Discussion	5	04-27-2002 04:48 AM
A New Revelation Just Came to Me..	Maruzo	Car Audio and Multimedia	5	04-02-2001 01:21 PM