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September 7, 2007
Almost Half Of Britain's Mosques Taken Over By Hardline Islamists
Topics: Understanding IslamAccording to an investigation by TimesOnline (UK), almost half of Britain's mosques are under the control of a hardline Islamic sect whose leading preacher hates Western values and has called on Muslims to "shed blood" for Allah:
Riyadh ul Haq, who supports armed jihad and preaches contempt for Jews, Christians and Hindus, is in line to become the spiritual leader of the Deobandi sect in Britain. The ultra-conservative movement, which gave birth to the Taleban in Afghanistan, now runs more than 600 of Britain's 1,350 mosques, according to a police report seen by The Times.While the TimesOnline investigation uncovers the fact that nearly half of Britain's mosques are infected by radical Islamists, I suspect that if the real truth were known, the number would more likely greater than is the case here in America - which is more than 80% back in 2002, now possibly more!The Times investigation casts serious doubts on government statements that foreign preachers are to blame for spreading the creed of radical Islam in Britain's mosques and its policy of enouraging the recruitment of more "home-grown" preachers.
Mr ul Haq, 36, was educated and trained at an Islamic seminary in Britain and is part of a new generation of British imams who share a similar radical agenda. He heaps scorn on any Muslims who say they are "proud to be British" and argues that friendship with a Jew or a Christian makes "a mockery of Allah's religion".
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Posted by Abdul at September 7, 2007 9:42 AM
Anything in the report on the congregation sizes at these mosques? The report might be bad journalism trying the sensationalize. If mosques have anything like the normal power-laws in these cases, it is possible that 50% of mosques is only 5% of Moslims.
Posted by: Nic Fulton at September 7, 2007 2:57 PM
Not hardly an exageration, and way over 60% - your 5% toys with fantasy. The 2002 census reported that over 975,000 Muslims in the UK attended mosques, more people than attend the Church of England. The same census reported 1.6M Muslims in the UK.
And the radicalization of mosques in the UK is only slightly worse than in the U.S., where a full 80% are known to funded by the Saudis and steeped in Wahabbist doctrine. And to make matters even worse, I know personally of multiple cases in my own community in which my Muslim friends have complained to CAIR about mixing its radical political beliefs in at the end of Friday prayers - CAIR being steeped in Hamas leanings and also funded by the Saudis.
Posted by: Richard at September 7, 2007 11:42 PM
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