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Antisemitic London mosque is a 'place of peace,' Jeremy Corbyn claims
2023-09-06
[Jpost] Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn praised Finsbury Park Mosque on X as a "place of peace, hope and solidarity" only a few days after the Jewish Chronicle exposed the tax-funded mosque as having hosted a number of antisemitic imams and other Moslem officials.

On September 2, Corbyn published on X: "Finsbury Park Mosque offers a place of peace, hope and solidarity to so many people in our community. We will not be divided by those in our media who seek to sow hatred and fear. It is love for our neighbours, whatever their faith, that unites us all."

The Mosque, which is based in north London, has received almost £300,000 (NIS 1,433,145.60 or $377,549.70 USD) from Islington Council between 2017 and 2022, according to the JC.

In one of several incidences at the mosque, they hosted an Egyptia holy man who pledged to "liberate" al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem from the "filth of the Jews."

Additionally, the mosque’s general secretary Mohammed Kozbar praised Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as a "the master of the deaders of resistance, the mujahid [holy warrior] sheikh, the teacher" during his trip to Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
in 2015. While Hamas is registered as a terrorist organization by the United Kingdom, at this point in time it was only the military wing of the organization that was categorized as such.

Gary Mond, chairman of the UK's National Jewish Assembly told the Jerusalem Post that "Hate speech being promoted by places of religious worship, whether taxpayer funded or not, is utterly unacceptable in our society and should be prosecuted with the full force of the law."

"It serves ultimately as a cause of violence, especially against Jews in this country. Hate crimes against Jews constitute about 25% of all such incidents although Jews comprise barely 0.5% of the UK population."

"Those who indulge in hate speech belong in prison, and institutions that facilitate it should be closed. The fact that public funds appear to support mosques which host hate speakers begs questions. It is not just how this happened, but how deep the problem really is, and needs full investigation."

TAX-FUNDED EXTREMISM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
The expose made by the JC brought to light a number of tax-funded mosques that hosted krazed killer speakers.

Birmingham mosque, which received the largest government stipend of £2.2 million, hosted a speaker who has described Jews as "people of envy" who "killed the prophets and the messengers."

The controversial speaker also has a viral video in which he states that adulterous women should be stoned to death.

In Lewisham Islamic Centre, which received £540,000 from the British government, chief imam Shakeel Begg reportedly once called on young Moslems to "go to Paleostine and fight the Zionists."

Recently, growing concern has developed around krazed killer funding in the UK, as the Jerusalem Post reported in July. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office refused to disclose how it ensures its funding for the Paleostinian Authority does not fund the PA's 'Pay for Slay' program which incentivizes terrorism. We Believe in Israel and B’nai B’rith UK are maintaining a legal course of action to gain said information.
Related:
Finsbury Park Mosque: 2019-10-02 UK: Gang of 16 knife wielders single-out white victims in Londonistan
Finsbury Park Mosque: 2018-10-24 US appeals court upholds terror conviction for imam
Finsbury Park Mosque: 2018-02-19 North London Mosque opens to visitors
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Islington: 2019-12-02 UK military interventions fuelled terror, extremism: Labour leader Corbyn
Islington: 2019-11-14 An Orthodox Jew Is Running For Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliamentary Seat
Islington: 2019-10-02 UK: Gang of 16 knife wielders single-out white victims in Londonistan
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Mohammed Kozbar: 2018-02-19 North London Mosque opens to visitors
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Sheikh Ahmed Yassin: 2018-12-11 Decision to assassinate Arafat approved by Saudis: Former senior advisor
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin: 2017-05-07 Ismail Haniyeh elected new head of Hamas
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin: 2017-04-02 Hamas Mulls Revenge after Commander Killed
Related:
Birmingham mosque: 2019-12-08 London Bridge attacker laid to rest in AJK
Birmingham mosque: 2015-04-22 Family Spokesman: Alabama Woman Joins Islamic State In Syria
Birmingham mosque: 2014-07-24 British teachers formed Islamist instant messaging group
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Lewisham: 2020-04-01 UK NHS Nurses Banned from Wearing Uniforms in Public After Abuse
Lewisham: 2019-02-15 Police 'unintentionally' shoot man after captive woman call
Lewisham: 2016-08-25 Terrified crowds flee for lives as shots fired at London bus stop
Related:
Shakeel Begg: 2015-04-08 Syrian Preacher Found Shot Dead In London
Shakeel Begg: 2006-11-13 Islamists infiltrate 4 UK universities
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We Believe in Israel: 2023-06-25 UK watchdog asked to look at Foreign Office over opaqueness on Palestinian aid
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Britain
Bank apologises to Nigel Farage over account closure
2023-07-23
In which the Dawn editorialist whines because a free-thinking English politician in the end is not quite treated like a bunch of convicted, jihad-supporting Moslem organizations by English banks.
[Dawn] British politician and former Brexit party leader Nigel Farage on Thursday received an apology from a private bank over the closure of his account, but the entire episode left some raising questions about the silence and lack of support surrounding bank account closures linked to British Moslems. Mr Farage made headlines in the United Kingdom this week after Coutts, a private wealth management company catering to royals and the ultra rich, had shut his accounts with no explanation. It prompted Tory MPs and even the prime minister to criticise the move as "wrong".

This week, the Brexit campaigner released documents obtained from the bank, which stated it was concerned about Mr Farage’s "xenophobic, chauvinistic and racist views" and believed maintaining his accounts posed a risk to the bank’s reputation. The Chief Executive of the Natwest Group, of which Coutts is a part, apologised for the "deeply inappropriate comments" made about Mr Farage in an internal report.
NatWest Group plc is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
But the scandal has prompted some to draw parallels between Mr Farage’s bank account closure scandal to the close of scores of accounts linked to Moslem individuals and Moslem charities in the UK.

Several news reports in the last decade covered how British NGOs such as the Finsbury Park mosque in north London,
...former pulpit of Abu Hamza al-Masri (Mustafa Kamel Mustafa to his mother, and possibly his wife), the one-eyed, hook-handed, Al Qaeda-linked preacher extradited to America to stand trial for everything evil except mopery and dopery on the spaceways. He makes his home in the Florence, Colorado supermax prison now, which must be an illuminating experience...
international development charity the Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT)
...also called the Amanat Charity Trust. Opened in 2001, it’s based in the UK but operates schools and masjids in sixteen countries of the Ummah ...
and the Cordoba Foundation thinktank
...an Islamist pressure group that offered a platform to the international jihad feeder group Hizb ut-Tahrir...
had their HSBC bank accounts closed because banks said their accounts fell "outside of our risk appetite". Though Moslems called this out at Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
at the time, the bank denied the accusations and defended its decisions.

Writing for Middle Eastern Eye, prominent British journalist and broadcaster Peter Oborne compared Mr Farage’s banking conundrum with that of British Moslems, saying "Welcome to the world of British Moslems."

He drew attention to the articles he had written about the closing down of Moslem charities accounts, and how little space they got in newspapers as compared to Mr Farage’s case.

"Contrast the Westminster reaction when a Moslem loses her or his account — total lack of any interest, let alone concern, but when Farage supposedly loses his, Fleet Street has an attack of the vapours."

He continued, "I can’t help comparing the alacrity with which the government has gone into battle on behalf of Farage to its total indifference to the fate of British Moslems and others over many years. This shows two things: first and foremost, the structural Islamophobia which has long poisoned British media and politics. When Moslems have their bank accounts closed, nobody cares. When the same thing allegedly happens to Nigel Farage it’s close to a national scandal."

Not everyone agrees with the comparison. Wasiq Wasiq, an academic and counter-terrorism commentator, told Dawn. "’The closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account, based on his political views, sets a dangerous precedent — that if your views do not align with those of the organization, then you are not welcome to bank with us. This can have an impact on not only prominent political figures, but also the general public.

"However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
the closure of accounts is something banks are entitled to do. Nearly a decade ago, it was widely reported by the BBC, Guardian and the Independent that HSBC closed the bank accounts of prominent Moslems and Islamic NGOs. At the time, the accusation levied against HSBC was that the decision was based on ’Islamo­phobia’. But the decision to close the accounts was because they fell ’outside of our risk appetite’.

"It is important to note, because of the regions these organizations were working in, they were vulnerable to exploitation by money launderers and forces of Evil seeking to use them for financing purposes. This risk is not the same as the potential risk of Nigel Farage having an account with Coutts. To conflate the two, makes a mockery of when banks act in a way that could affect the average Brit, as opposed to organizations being vulnerable to exploitation by money launderers and terrorists."

UK banks are free to deny services to customers for a number of reasons, including suspicions over financial crime. Banks can also choose to close or refuse an account if they believe customers pose a risk to their reputation — one of the key reasons Coutts cited for shutting Nigel Farage’s account.

Mr Farage has had the support and sympathy of several key people in government who criticised Coutts and asked for an explanation, with some ministers saying a new law could be drawn up to prevent banks closing accounts of people because of their political views.
Related:
Nigel Farage: 2023-06-03 How Sweden Became a Gangster's Paradise
Nigel Farage: 2022-10-21 What Really Just Happened In The UK...
Nigel Farage: 2022-06-29 Over 90 Per Cent of Failed Asylum Seekers Were Not Deported in 2020
Related:
Finsbury Park mosque: 2017-06-30 Paris man attempts to ram car into crowd outside mosque in Creteil suburb
Finsbury Park mosque: 2017-06-19 Finsbury Park: Number of casualties as 'van hits pedestrians' on Seven Sisters Road
Finsbury Park mosque: 2014-05-15 Abu Hamza Evidence 'Overwhelming' Jurors Told
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Mustafa Kamel Mustafa: 2022-01-17 Hook-handed hate preacher's TOXIC family: Abu Hamza's seven sons are all criminals or extremists
Mustafa Kamel Mustafa: 2018-10-24 US appeals court upholds terror conviction for imam
Mustafa Kamel Mustafa: 2017-06-19 Finsbury Park: Number of casualties as 'van hits pedestrians' on Seven Sisters Road
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Ummah Welfare Trust: 2004-07-20 NGOs warned against 'obscenity'
Related:
Cordoba Foundation: 2014-11-16 UAE blacklists 82 groups as 'terrorist'
Cordoba Foundation: 2009-03-13 We must be mad to give £90m to these fanatics - and I should know, I used to be one
Cordoba Foundation: 2008-03-04 Hizb-ut-Tahrir votes against voting
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Britain
UK Muslim groups brace for rise in hate crime after killing of David Amess
2021-10-19
[Garowe] Britannia’s leading Moslem organization is to issue new guidance to help British Somalis and other individuals and mosques deal with any incidents of hatred emerging in the aftermath of Sir David Amess’s death.

Zara Mohammed, the secretary-general of the Moslem Council of Britannia, said that mosques in and around Southend were devastated by the killing of the local MP, and "they had regarded him as a member of their family".

"This is a heinous crime and we utterly condemn it," Mohammed said. "Nobody in the local Moslem community could believe how anybody could brutally murder anyone, never mind Sir David, who was so engaged with them."

But she added there was "definitely an apprehension for Moslem communities at this time" after it emerged that Ali Harbi Ali, the 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing, came from a British Somali family.

Details about Ali’s motivations remain scarce, although the investigation into Amess’s death at his constituency surgery on Friday lunchtime is being treated by police as terror-related following initial questioning of the suspect.

There has been anecdotal evidence of threats against some British Somalis since the tragic incident, Mohammed said, particularly towards "visibly Moslem Somali women" — and against some Somali organizations.

"Our own social media has been rife with hatred," Mohammed added, after the MCB released statements over the weekend in support of the late Conservative MP and his family, and condemning the killing as "an attack on democracy".

As a result, the MCB was working on producing updated guidance on "reporting hate crime", which would be also translated into Somali and would be partly shared via WhatsApp, a popular means of communication among the community in the UK.

Fresh guidance will also be sent out to all mosques, Mohammed added, "reminding them of simple things like making a risk assessment, ensuring CCTV is fully functional and working with local communities and friends".

It would also include a particular emphasis on the safety of Friday congregations. Four years ago worshippers at two Finsbury Park mosques were rammed by a van driver in a violent mostly peaceful incident that left one dead and nine injured.

The British Somali community dates back more than 100 years, and there are at least 100,000 British Somalis in the UK, according to census data, although the figure is generally believed by experts to be an underestimate. The majority live in London, although there are well-established communities in Cardiff, Liverpool, and other major cities.
All facts good to know.
Kahiye Alim, director of the Council of Somali Organisations, which represents 200 groups including 40 mosques, said his organization, which had condemned the attack on Amess, was also braced for a possible rise in community tensions. "We are preparing material for community safety and personal safety on how to report hate crime," he said.

One of its members based in London had received a death threat on Friday, Alim added and had reported the incident to local police. "We are concerned the way this story has been running," he added, citing the focus on the family background of the man arrested.

Mohammed said she hoped communities would remain united in response to the killing of the Conservative MP: "Division is what the bandidos Death Eaters want. A true remembrance of Sir David’s life would be about coming together and showing we can build a better Britannia."
Related:
David Amess: 2021-10-17 Day 2: Terror suspect in murder of British MP David Amess identified
David Amess: 2021-10-16 Good Morning
David Amess: 2021-10-16 Terror police will probe murder of Sir David Amess
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Finsbury Park: 2019-10-02 UK: Gang of 16 knife wielders single-out white victims in Londonistan
Finsbury Park: 2018-10-24 US appeals court upholds terror conviction for imam
Finsbury Park: 2018-07-15 Trump Says Mayor Of London Has Done A Terrible Job About Terrorism
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Britain
UK: Gang of 16 knife wielders single-out white victims in Londonistan
2019-10-02
[VOA] A gang of sixteen knife-wielding thugs robbed a group of young athletes in London’s Finsbury Park,
...home of Finsbury Park Mosque, whose pulpit was presided over by Ol’ Hook Hand himself, Abu Hamza al-Masri, now gracing the Florence, CO supermax prison. He and the mosque were connected to more planned and executed terror plots and jihadis around the world over the past several decades than you can shake a stick at, some of them Al Qaeda...
threatening to kill the three white people if they didn’t hand over their phones, but telling the black people who were with them "you’re good."

The six victims, reportedly the ’biggest athletes’ from the sports academy, were walking home through the park last Monday at around 8:00 pm when they discovered they were being pursued by a group of 16 males, the Islington Gazette reports.

"They were being tailed by one of them on a bike. Then there were 16 of them. They circled them and picked one off to the side and said: ’Give me your phone or I will stab you ‐ put in your Apple Pay password," Adrian Klemens, a coach of the Dynamic Sports Academy recalled.

"Out of our group three were white and three were black and they said to the black guys: ’You’re good,’ and just attacked the white guys," Klemens continued.
What odds, sociologically speaking, that the gang members are either black or “Asian”, dear Reader, and that this is just a little bit of local jihad? One notes that they are never described...
After the victim put his password in wrong several times since the account wasn’t his own, one of the assailants told him: "If you get this wrong again you’re dead."

Thanks to his athleticism and his nerve, the victim grabbed his phone and made a mad dash out of the situation. The two other white victims in the group ‐ aged 17 and 22 ‐ weren’t so lucky and had their phones stolen.
Related:
Finsbury Park: 2018-10-24 US appeals court upholds terror conviction for imam
Finsbury Park: 2018-07-15 Trump Says Mayor Of London Has Done A Terrible Job About Terrorism
Finsbury Park: 2018-02-19 North London Mosque opens to visitors
Related:
Abu Hamza al-Masri: 2018-10-24 US appeals court upholds terror conviction for imam
Abu Hamza al-Masri: 2015-03-31 Mentally ill British man pleads guilty to US terrorism charges
Abu Hamza al-Masri: 2014-05-20 British Cleric Guilty in U.S. Terror Trial
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Home Front: WoT
US appeals court upholds terror conviction for imam
2018-10-24
[IsraelTimes] A US appeals court has upheld the conviction and life prison sentence given to a London imam for supporting terrorism.

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday there was overwhelming evidence against Mustafa Kamel Mustafa.
...the Egypt-born one-eyed, hook-handed hate preacher generally known as Abu Hamza al-Masri, previously of Finsbury Park Mosque. He now graces the Florence, Colorado supermax prison, and was connected to more planned and executed terror plots and jihadis around the world over the past several decades than you can shake a stick at, some of them Al Qaeda...
The court also ruled that Mustafa’s 2012 extradition to the US from England didn’t come with conditions preventing his incarceration at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.

Mustafa is missing both hands. His lawyers say he belongs at a prison better suited to people with disabilities.
Ol’ Hook Hands is a dyed-in-the-wool villain of the first water. Very few are as deserving as he of a lifetime spent in Supermax solitary — made especially piquant in his case because he stupidly blew off his hands while failing to learn how to manufacture bombs in Afghanistan. In line with longstanding trial lawyer practice, his advocates, having neither law nor facts on their side, are busily pounding the table.
Mustafa was convicted in 2014 of ensuring there were satellite communications for kidnappers during a 1998 attack that killed four tourists in Yemen, of supporting plans to open an al-Qaeda training camp in Bly, Oregon, and sending someone to an Afghanistan training camp.
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Britain
Trump Says Mayor Of London Has Done A Terrible Job About Terrorism
2018-07-15
h/t Instapundit
[VictoryGirlsBlog] President Trump held an interview with UK’s The Sun while in Belgium for the NATO summit. While many are going to focus on the ZOMG! He said Prime Minister May handled BREXIT all wrong!, he also had some very pointed words regarding London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan.

"I look at cities in Europe, and I can be specific if you’d like. You have a mayor who has done a terrible job in London. He has done a terrible job.

"Take a look at the terrorism that is taking place. Look at what is going on in London. I think he has done a very bad job on terrorism.

"I think he has done a bad job on crime, if you look, all of the horrible things going on there, with all of the crime that is being brought in."

London was hit by four terror attacks last year ‐ including in Westminster, London Bridge, Parsons Green Tube station and Finsbury Park’s mosque.

Yes, London has been hit with some major terror attacks in the last year. We’ve documented them all. Yet what has the Mayor done in his city to combat terrorism? Posters, slogans and knife bans.

Mayor Khan’s solution:

"No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife," Khan tweeted. "Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law."

Believe you me, many looked at that knife ban and said WUT? President Trump wasn’t having it.

Mr Trump also clashed with Mr Khan after last June’s van and knife rampage on London Bridge and Borough Market ‐ mocking the mayor for his appeal to Londoners to stay calm.

The President tweeted: "At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ’no reason to be alarmed!’"

You see, there isn’t any reason to be alarmed and no reason to carry a knife to defend yourself! Are you sure?

At least 51 people have been fatally stabbed in London since the beginning of the year.

So far in 2018 there have been 1,296 stabbings in London up to the end of April, according to official statistics from the Met Police.

A glut of cocaine flooding the country has been partly blamed for the country’s violent crime.

In February more than 250 knives and swords were seized across London in just one week and 283 people, many of them teenagers, were arrested for carrying them.

By June, stabbings were reported on a nearly daily basis.

I’d say that the knife ban isn’t working very well. So again, is President Trump wrong about how the Mayor of London has handled and responded to major incidents of terrorism in his city? I don’t think he is.
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Britain
North London Mosque opens to visitors
2018-02-19
[AA.TR] Finsbury Park Mosque>Finsbury Park Mosque in North London opened its doors Sunday afternoon to members of the public as part of the annual Visit My Mosque event.

During the six-hour event, visitors were given a tour of the mosque, spoke to worshippers, enjoyed a free meal, and took part in a question-and-answer session with the mosque committee and its management.

Attendees included Moslem Council of Britannia head Harun Khan, local Labour MP Emily Thornberry, and the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.

"This year’s Visit My Mosque Day, held this Sunday 18 February, comes at a particularly sensitive time, being the first one since the attack last year. For the mosque this is an important opportunity to build upon the spirit of local solidarity and show that Finsbury Park Mosque is more than just a mosque," said Mohammed Kozbar, Finsbury’s chairman.

The Islamic center was the scene of a terrorist attack last year when Darren Osbourne drove a van into a nearby crowd of worshippers, killing one and injuring many.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Corbyn described today’s event as an "excellent open day at the mosque," adding: "I have been supporting and have been involved in this mosque for more than 30 years. I saw it being built and I have held advice bureaus here, and so having the open day bringing in the entire community of all faiths is great.
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Britain
London attack accused hoped to kill Corbyn
2018-01-31
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A man accused of deliberately driving a van into a group of London Moslems told his trial on Tuesday that he wanted to kill the British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Darren Osborne said killing the leftist Labour leader would have been "one less terrorist off our streets", while killing Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan as well "would have been like winning the lottery".

Osborne is accused of murdering 51-year-old Makram Ali and trying to kill others in the Finsbury Park area of north London on June 19 last year, after growing angry at recent terror attacks and child sexual exploitation scandals involving gangs of mainly Moslem men, the trial has heard.

Osborne, 48, from the Welsh capital Cardiff, denies the charges.

He is accused of deliberately driving a van at a group of Moslems who had been attending Ramadan prayers at local mosques.

Taking the stand at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London, Osborne claimed he had plotted with two men called Terry Jones and Dave to "plough through as many" people as possible at a pro-Paleostinian march.

Corbyn was believed to be attending the central London event but was not there, and road closures meant there was no way for the vehicle to get close to marchers, Osborne said.

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Britain
Finsbury Park Mosque says it was 'unaware' trustee is senior member of Hamas
2017-11-09
[INDEPENDENT.CO.UK] Finsbury Park Mosque says it was unaware that one of its trustees has been appointed to Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,’ political bureau.

Representatives of the institution told The Independent it has no relationship with the Islamist Paleostinian political party following a high-profile trip to Russia by representatives including Mohammed Sawalha.

Hamas named him alongside senior members in coverage of the visit, dealing a blow to the mosque’s efforts to dispel its former reputation as a hub for al-Qaeda supporters and bad boy preachers including Abu Hamza.

Mr Sawalha, who is one of Finsbury Park Mosque’s six trustees, was identified as part of Hamas' political bureau in coverage of the "fruitful" visit to Moscow.

He was among senior members of the organization to meet Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
’s Middle East envoy Mikhail Bogdanov.

Hamas released photos of the three-hour meeting in September, where it said delegates discussed its reconciliation with the Paleostinian Authority and alleged Israeli abuses against Paleostinians in Gazoo, West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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Britain
The Latest on Subway Incident: London Ambulance says 18 22 people hospitalized
2017-09-15
LONDON (AP) ‐ The Latest on an incident at a subway station in London (all times local):

11:25 a.m.

The London Ambulance Service says 18 people have been taken to hospitals after a fire at a subway station that police are calling a terrorist attack.

The ambulance service says none of the injuries is thought to be serious or life-threatening.

Passengers reported seeing people with burns to their faces and bodies after the fire on a Tube train at Parsons Green station.

The ambulance sevrice says it was called at 8:30 a.m. Friday and the first crews were on the scene within five minutes.

11:05 a.m.

The mayor of London says the city "will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism."

Sadiq Khan says the city "utterly condemns the hideous individuals who attempt to use terror to harm us and destroy our way of life."

He says Londoners should remain "calm and vigilant" after a fire on a subway train that police are calling a terrorism incident.

London has been targeted by attackers several times this year, with vehicle attacks near Parliament, on London Bridge and near a mosque in Finsbury Park in north London.

Khan says he will be attending a meeting of the government’s COBRA emergency committee with Prime Minister Theresa May later.
Update at 10:25 a.m. ET:
2:45 p.m.

Terrorism analyst Magnus Ranstorp with the Swedish Defense University says Londoners have been very fortunate because the bomb placed on a subway appears not to have fully detonated.

After studying photos of the device, he said Friday the bomb had only “partially” burned since much of the device and its casing remained intact. He said that will make it easy for police and security services to determine what chemicals and methods were used to make the bomb.

He says “they were really lucky with this one, it could have really become much worse.”

He said the bomber chose to conceal the device in a bucket and a plastic shopping bag rather than a backpack. He also says, from the photos, “it seems that this was hastily put together. Probably not very well mixed together.”

In all, 22 people were wounded by the bomb on Friday.
Besoeker's BBC liveblog has a photo of the bomb at 8:13 -- scroll down.
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Europe
Paris man attempts to ram car into crowd outside mosque in Creteil suburb
2017-06-30
One incident is merely that. Two incidents suggest concern. Three incidents show a trend. We are now at two.
[DW] Gay Paree police have said that no one was hurt in the attempted attack and that the man were tossed into the calaboose. Reports indicate that the perpetrator had wanted to avenge attacks linked to the so-called "Islamic State."

Gay Paree police have said that no one was hurt in the attempted attack and that the man were tossed into the calaboose. Reports indicate that the perpetrator had wanted to avenge attacks linked to the so-called "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
French authorities on Thursday night said that the attacker had failed to run his car into a crowd outside a mosque in the Gay Pareeian suburb of Creteil because of barriers set up in front of the religious site.

The driver reportedly tried to repeatedly break through the barrier, but expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after realizing he couldn't go further. He was later incarcerated
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
in his home.

Local media reported that the man had wanted to avenge attacks carried out by the so-called "Islamic State" jihadist group, which over the past years have killed dozens of people in the French capital. French news agency Agence La Belle France Presse (AFP) said the man had made "confused remarks" about the jihadist attacks carried out in La Belle France in recent years.

Unconfirmed reports suggest the perpetrator was a 43-year-old Armenian.

The incident mirrors last week's attack outside a mosque in the Finsbury Park area of north London, when a man plowed a van into a crowd of worshippers, killing one and injuring about a dozen peope. The perpetrator, identified as 48-year-old Darren O., was detained soon after and charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder.

"What has happened in Creteil seems to justify the fears I expressed following the attack by the Finsbury Park mosque in London," Abdallah Zekri of the French Council of the Moslem Faith told AFP.

However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
French authorities said that an investigation into Thursday's failed attack would continue to be carried out by regular police, rather than by an anti-terrorism unit. Police said they would first determine whether the perpetrator was sane and could be held accountable for his actions.
What's the French word for "intifada?"
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Britain
Finsbury Park van attacker: 'Darren? He's a bloody psycho': Ex-friends say dad-of-four terror suspect who split from partner six months ago is a heavy-drinking brawler who was thrown out of pub for cursing Muslims day before attack
2017-06-20
Attempted suicide by cop with a Muslim escort after his life fell apart?
[DailyMail]
  • The 47-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder and terror charges is named as Darren Osborne, from Cardiff

  • He is accused of driving van into crowd outside Muslim Welfare House near Finsbury Park Mosque at 12.20am

  • Father-of-four was born in Singapore but grew up in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and now lives in Cardiff

  • White suspect 'yelled: 'I'm going to kill all Muslims - I did my bit' and smiled, waved and blew kisses at public'

  • Imam and other worshippers pinned him down as he urged them to kill him but they kept him there until arrest

  • Drinkers in his local pub in Cardiff have this evening claimed he was thrown out on Saturday after being drunk

  • Muslims were leaving taraweeh, late night prayers observed during the festival of Ramadan when the van hit

  • One confirmed fatality is a man who was receiving first aid from members of the public at a bus stop nearby

  • In the months before the alleged terrorist attack, jobless mechanic Osborne was on a downward spiral and his relationship with the mother of his children was on the rocks, locals said.
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