Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Finally!

From the Daily Telegraph comes good news:

Britain's most prominent Muslim leader last night demanded a crackdown on "rogue" Islamic preachers, blaming them for brainwashing young men with sermons promoting holy war against the West.

Iqbal Sacranie, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, was backed by the families of some of the eight men arrested in Tuesday's anti-terrorism raids in south-east England.

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Mr Sacranie said he had been urging the Government for some time to introduce an offence of incitement to religious hatred.

People such as Omar Bakri Mohammed, the leader of Al-Muhajiroun, which campaigns for an Islamic state in Britain, brought "much harm to the Muslim community".

He said: "These elements are preaching a message of hatred and violence that is against the Koran.

"They have nothing to do with Islam. There are more than a thousand mosques in Britain. We are not aware of this sort of activity in more than one or two."
Fantastic to hear this kind of thing! Let's hope for more.

[HatTip to Tim Blair.]
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