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This report from the Centre for Social Cohesion (thanks to Robert) indicates that there is much more to the Islam Is Peace campaign in Britain than meets the eye.
The public face of Islam-is-Peace is campaign coordinator Yusra Khreegi and spokesman Ihtisham Hibatullah - both also high-profile figures in the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB). Islam-is-Peace's website does not name the group's directors, and the group has refused to name any of its 15-member leadership committee.[...]
Press releases on Islam-is-Peace issued by the Muslim Council of Britain and the British Muslim Initiative (a MAB offshoot run by Anas Altikriti) name Ihtisham Hibatullah as the group's media contact. Hibatullah is long-time Media Director for the MAB and has also acted as spokesman for the BMI, using the same mobile phone number in all three capacities.
When contacted by The Centre for Social Cohesion, Hibatullah said that the MAB supported but did not direct Islam-is-Peace, and that his own involvement was personally motivated. He refused to name the group's leaders.
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The MAB is dominated by four men: founder Kamal Helbawy, former president Anas Altikriti, spokesman Azzam Tamimi and former president Mohammed Sawalha - all allegedly involved with the Muslim Brotherhood, including its Palestinian branch, Hamas.
Egyptian-born Kamal Helbawy joined the Muslim Brotherhood at age twelve, and later served as its spokesman in Europe. He founded the MAB in 1997.
Anas Altikriti is the son of Osama Altikriti, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq.
Azzam Tamimi, a Palestinian, worked as spokesman for the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood from 1989 to 1992. Ihtisham Hibatullah, the Islam-is-Peace spokesman, has described Tamimi as "one of our leading political thinkers and a leading member of the Association".
Mohammed Sawalha fled the Palestinian territories for Britain in 1990, wanted by Israeli authorities for Hamas activism. From London, he allegedly raised and channelled funds for Hamas until 1993, when Israeli authorities arrested one of his key operatives.
Read it all.
Here are links to my video series about the Islam Is Peace campaign:
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Posted by Robert at December 20, 2007 7:48 AM
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You mean, Islam isn't peace?
I wonder whether the authentically Western Muslims like M. Zuhdi Jasser aren't also having the effect of making Muslim immigration palatable, when their real contribution would come from a straightforward conversion.
I suppose Jasser is asked that all the time.
Posted by: StillBreathing![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at December 20, 2007 8:08 AM
Here's a suggestion for a contest: Finish the sentence:
Islam is_____________
Posted by: Seymour Paine at December 20, 2007 8:21 AM
What?!! Muslims involved in terrorrism create/organize a campaign aimed at showing that Islam has nothing to do with terrorrism?
That is like Saudi Arabia lecturing the civilized world about human rights.
at December 20, 2007 8:35 AM
Some reason I can't view Robert's links at Hot Air where he talks about that Islam is peace campaign.
Posted by: Sneakyzionistcrusader at December 20, 2007 8:44 AM
"Islam-is-Peace's website does not name the group's directors, and the group has refused to name any of its 15-member leadership committee."
Now, how can we have a "dialogue" with people who are hiding their identities? It reminds me of an obscene phone call, you know--pick up the ringing phone only to hear heavy breathing on the other end.
Why don't the leaders of this wonderful group, with their laudable mission want to be identified? Are they afraid of being executed by their coreligionists for being traitors to their illah?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: Abscedere at December 20, 2007 9:15 AM
Here's a suggestion for a contest: Finish the sentence:
Islam is_____________
Here's a clue. Think of a song by Cheap Trick with a one-word title.
Posted by: Bigfoot at December 20, 2007 9:16 AM
Got this Islamic prayer from youtube, which might as well call itself terrortube. As you can see from the devout followers, Islam IS Peace.....
"..DEATH to the US, DEATH to the EU, DEATH to ISRAEL, DEATH to IRAN, and DEATH to the Evil KAFFIRS, MUSHRIKS and MUNAFIQUN.
As long as there is Islam, there is the Muslims, and as long as there is the Muslims, there is the Jihad. and Islam Is Eternal!..."
Posted by: An_Arbreshe at December 20, 2007 9:20 AM
Islam is Rest In Peace (RIP).
Posted by: TheOmegaMan at December 20, 2007 10:33 AM
Bigfoot, Seymour Paine,
Since I still listen to Cheap Trick on my HiFi turntable, several titles popped to mind:
Islam is Busted - (Which I'm pretty sure was the groove Bigfoot had in mind)
Islam is Voices
Islam is Hummer
Islam is Flame
Islam is Downed
Islam is Mandocello
But, a 3 word Cheap Trick title works oh, so well:
Islam is Wrong All Along
Cheers
Posted by: Doctor Bulldog at December 20, 2007 10:34 AM
Should anyone who posts here be even surprised in the slightest that known Islamic supremacists are behind the Islam Is Peace campaign? The campaign is nothing more than taquiya anyway, only the clueless multicultis would buy into that schlogg.
Of course, we're Islamophobic for even implying the whole campaign is a scam. Which it is.
Posted by: Proud Infidel at December 20, 2007 10:45 AM
As Gomer Pyle would have said, "surprise, surprise, surprise."
Posted by: Wellington at December 20, 2007 1:24 PM
Blast it Wellington. You beat me to it.
Posted by: Kevin at December 20, 2007 4:03 PM
Islam Is A Religion Of Peace! Believe It OR ELSE!!
at December 20, 2007 4:58 PM
Robert,everything you say is just so true,keep up the good work of exposing these Godless pagans.
Posted by: Paul at December 22, 2007 4:04 PM
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