Great Britain is on spotlight for all the right reasons, gori sarkar has done all the wrong things she could do to earn bad name and to strengthen Muslim reservations against UK. Yesterday, they decided to opt out of vote that endorsed Goldstone Report and declared Israel a war criminal. I am reading that it was mainly due to state of indecision. Writing in The Times, Richard Beeston slammed the government …
Many well-crafted arguments will no doubt emerge to justify the British indecision. There was not enough time to study the text, consult capitals, win concessions. In short, the British have pioneered a new form of diplomacy — "the dog ate my homework".
In another blow to government, the court has ordered to release secret US intelligence material on the former Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed. Binyam Mohammad wants to expose all the culprits in his torture saga, he said to BBC…
The public needs to know how far the involvement of the UK Government in my case is," he said. "There is information in there which I'm 99 per cent sure states that the US subcontracted the UK Government to do its dirty work."
Also, The Guardian revealed that "Government anti-terrorism strategy 'spies' on innocent". The government and police have repeatedly denied that the £140m programme is a cover for spying on Muslims in Britain. But sources directly involved in running Prevent schemes say it involves gathering intelligence about the thoughts and beliefs of Muslims who are not involved in criminal activity. Instances around the country include:
• In the Midlands, funding for a mental health project to help Muslims was linked to information about individuals being passed to the authorities.
• In a college in northern England, a student who attended a meeting about Gaza was reported by one lecturer as a potential extremist. He was found not to be.
• A nine-year-old schoolboy in east London, who was referred to the authorities after allegedly showing signs of extremism – the youngest case known in Britain. He was "deprogrammed" according to a source with knowledge of the case.
• Within the last month, one new youth project in London alleged it was being pressured by the Metropolitan police to provide names and details of Muslim youngsters, as a condition of funding. None of the young Muslims have any known terrorist history.
