An update on this story. Obviously, an investigation is promised to be forthcoming. "Leading Palestinian activist arrested in London," by Alan Travis for the Guardian, June 29:
The home secretary, Theresa May, has ordered "a full investigation" after a leading Palestinian activist in Israel entered Britain despite a travel ban.
Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, was detained at 11pm on Tuesday and taken to Paddington Green police station in west London.
May has said the UK Border Agency is taking steps to deport him. "We do not normally comment on individual cases but in this case I think it is important to do so. I can confirm he was excluded and that he managed to enter the UK. He has now been detained and the UK Border Agency is making arrangements to remove him. A full investigation is now taking place into how he was able to enter."
Salah's solicitor, Farooq Bajwa, said Salah had no knowledge of any ban and had made no attempt to conceal his identity when he entered Britain on Saturday. He had addressed a meeting in Leicester on Tuesday night and been due to attend a Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting in the House of Commons on Wednesday evening attended by Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burden.
It is understood that the Home Office accepts Salah was open about his identity when he arrived. The investigation is believed to be about how the exclusion order could have been made but not served on Salah before his arrival and how UKBA officials waved him through once he landed.
The decision to arrest Salah followed an appeal by the Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green, Mike Freer, to May in the Commons on Monday that Salah be banned from Britain because of his "history of virulent anti-semitism".
"I have been questioning the propriety of providing a platform to a speaker who reportedly peddles the conspiracy theories of Jewish involvement in the 9/11 plots," Freer said. "I am pleased he will not be speaking in parliament."...
What a surprise! Now hate preacher cites his human rights to fight deportation
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009664/Hate-preacher-Raed-Salah-cites-human-rights-fight-deportation.html
Yes; inevitably:
"Banned hate preacher fights deportation"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23965901-banned-hate-preacher-fights-deportation.do
due to attend a Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting in the House of Commons on Wednesday evening attended by Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burden.
The House of Commons is conducting a Palestinian Solidarity Campaign meeting? Is 'Palestinian Solidarity' official UK policy?
The British are good at keeping out dangerous undesirables...Geert Wilders and Michael Savage are on their list...
. .indeed Thomas. .and the loaded statement from Salah's lawyer, Tayab Ali, is noteworthy: ''This is a really interesting case to British Muslims[sic] as it will show them where their[sic] government draws the line over acceptable interpretations of Islam''.
This example can serve as a confidence builder. If you can deport one radical islamist, then the UK can deport more.
Confidence builder? We'll believe it when they start deporting radical resident aliens, not before then.
All jihadwatchers, in their respective countries, should be keeping two Lists.
The first list contains those politicians who shill for Jihad.
The second list - much shorter, and more select - contains those who, one way or another, show a little fight *against* jihad.
Interestingly enough, one tends to find genuine Friends of Zion, that is, friends of Israel and of the Jews generally, among the latter group, and Haters of Zion and of the Joooz, among the former.
This article usefully provides us with two names to add to the former list, and a name to add to the latter list, the list of 'Has Potential, Possibly Educable'.
FRom the article " Salah...had addressed a meeting in Leicester on Tuesday night and been due to attend a Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting in the House of Commons on Wednesday evening attended by Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burden."
Add Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burden, MPs, to the Rogues Gallery of Dhimmis and/ or Janissaries of Jihad.
And now for the *other* list, the list of people with at least a bit of backbone -
'The decision to arrest Salah followed an appeal by the Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green, Mike Freer, to May in the Commons on Monday that Salah be banned from Britain because of his "history of virulent anti-semitism".
"I have been questioning the propriety of providing a platform to a speaker who reportedly peddles the conspiracy theories of Jewish involvement in the 9/11 plots," Freer said. "I am pleased he will not be speaking in parliament."...'
Good on you, Mr Mike Freer, MP, Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green.
I do hope British jihadwatchers, whether Gentile or Jew, will have written to Mr Mike Freer to commend him for speaking up as he has done. For he will *undoubtedly* have copped an avalanche of hate mail in response, from both Muslim and non-Muslim Jew-haters, accusing him of being a puppet of the Eevil Jooz, etc etc and so forth. Send him some love mail. He deserves it. And if he gets a lot of it, he may be encouraged to repeat his effects.