New mosque in a Preston conservation area

Work to start on mosque

The site of the Masjid-e-Salaam mosque on Watling Street Road, Fulwood

 

 Work will start on building a huge new mosque in a Preston conservation area next month.

Crews have completed the demolition of the Masjid-e-Salaam mosque on Watling Street Road, Fulwood, and are expected to clear the site this week.

Alban Cassidy, planning agent from Preston-based Cassidy and Ashton, confirmed contractors Leach Structural Steelwork expect to start work on a 12-month project on the new purpose-built within weeks.
A spokesman for the Preston Muslim Society said the new mosque would be built with “only the best materials” and to a high specification to ensure it sticks to planning permission granted earlier this year.
He said work to take around two years to complete with the new building expected to be “water-tight” within 12 months.

During a two-year building programme, the society is hosting prayers in a temporary mosque on a site on nearby Sharoe Green Lane, once earmarked for a new mosque.

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MUSLIM extremists fighting to build a “mega-mosque”

MUSLIM extremists fighting to build a “mega-mosque” in East London are banning women from their own weddings.

Hardline separatists Tablighi Jamaat, dubbed an “antechamber of fundamentalism” by intelligence officials, insist on segregation between sexes.

Last night Dr Taj Hargey, imam of the Oxford Islamic Congregation and director of the Muslim Education Centre of Oxford, said: “The ceremony is normally a male-only affair where a male relative, usually a father or brother, signs on behalf of the woman and the service is conducted by a male priest, an imam, in front of male witnesses exclusively.

“We totally denounce this kind of sexism.”

Dr Jenny Taylor, of Lapido Media, a charity dedicated to ­raising awareness of religious ­affairs, branded the practice ­“medieval”.

She said: “Women are not allowed even to attend their own marriages. It is ludicrous to think this promotes social cohesion.

“When I visited the head- quarters in Delhi they were very nice to me but I was made to do my interview sitting with my back to the ­professor. This is where the international training is done. There were British Muslims present when I did my interview.

“We need to encourage people to integrate in the country they live in, otherwise you end up with enclaves of Western-phobia which generate suspicion and hatred.”

Earlier this month we revealed the Islamist group could be planning Britain’s first Sharia-controlled zone if plans to move their UK headquarters from Dewsbury, in West Yorkshire, to a site in ­Newham, east London, get the go-ahead.

Dr Taylor added: “Children are being brought up in places where contact with the mainstream is minimal. The Dewsbury HQ is now a Tablighi enclave.

“Masses of research has been done on this as a result of 7/7 but it seems to be almost ­completely ignored by ­government.

“Different norms start to ­prevail as is evidenced with this question of women’s marriage. Allowing a huge centre to be built in Newham that will churn out these values is appallingly irresponsible.

“This is a country where women died for freedom.

“Are we wanting to see the east of London become completely Islamic and split off from the mainstream country? It would be an absolute catastrophe.”

She added: “This is not diversity but apartheid.”

The religious writer and commentator was backed by Tehmina Kazi, the director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy and a former project ­officer at the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

She said: “Female members are kept ­secluded and the values surrounding their seclusion are transmitted to their children.”

Two of the July 7 bombers, Shehzad ­Tanweer and Mohammad Sidique Khan, plus failed shoe bomber Richard Reid, are believed to have prayed at the Tablighi HQ in Dewsbury.

Last night trustees of the Riverine centre, who run the TJ site in Newham, were ­unavailable for comment.

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Undermining British law: Lords debate sharia reform

Religious arbiters claiming full legal powers will face a five year prison sentence under a bill going before the House of Lords this morning.

Lady's Cox's arbitration and mediation services (equalities) bill targets anyone in a sharia or Jewish beth din court pretending they have legal jurisdiction.

"What the bill is seeking to do is address a rapidly increasing alternative quasi-legal systems which undermine the fundamental principal – one law for all," she told Radio 4's Today programme.
"I think it's unacceptable in this country that a woman should be coerced into not having a civil marriage, only a religious one.

"Her husband can use violence which is often condoned by a sharia council."

At the moment a sharia or beth din council can act as an arbitrator in civil cases such as business disputes or divorces, provided both parties are consenting.

But many legal experts and human rights activists are concerned some Muslim women may be coerced in to using the courts without understanding they have no authority in common law.

But many legal experts and human rights activists are concerned some Muslim women may be coerced in to using the courts without understanding they have no authority in common law.

The bill is not specific to sharia or beth din courts, and would apply to all arbitrators posing as legally binding judges.

The bill would, if passed by the Lords, have to go through the full committee stages in the upper house before being debated and voted on in the Commons, which is unlikely to happen until the New Year at the earliest.

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Second mosque planned for Purley

TWO mosques could now be opened in Purley instead of one.

A disagreement within Muslim group Purley Islamic Community Centre (PICC) means a splinter group is also actively seeking its own place of worship, the Advertiser understands.

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   Monir Mohammed of PICC said plans for a place of worship in Russell Hill Place are still on the agenda and welcomed any plans for a second Islamic centre in Purley
   
   

An Islamic centre already planned for Russell Hill Place, which could still open after an appeal was lodged with the Planning Inspectorate, would be just one of two places of worship within a few miles of each other.

The Advertiser understands the disagreement arose because what is now the splinter group believes there are too many local Muslim families to fit into the former Venture Photography shop in Russell Hill Place.

Monir Mohammed, who remains part of the wing dedicated to the Russell Hill plan, said: "Within groups of people there will always be a number of people who disagree with certain points of view. People will always have differences of opinion.

"Sometimes it is venting frustration or it is a gripe because people can't get their own way.
"However, this new site is a great idea because it may be that they can offer additional services to the community and we could share the burden.

"There is more than one church, there is more than one grocery shop in Purley, and there has to be choice in other things, too. But we have all the money for our site in Russell Hill Place and we have not changed our objective."

A source close to PICC, who did not wish to be named, claimed the splinter group has looked at a number of sites on Brighton Road.

Discussions have also been opened with local estate agents.

One building being looked at already has D1 planning status – meaning planning permission would not be required to turn it into a place of worship.

A similar planning tactic is being used by Tesco to turn the former Swan and Sugar-Loaf pub, in South Croydon, into one of its branches. The former pub already has retail planning status, meaning no formal planning permission is required.

In March, PICC lodged an appeal after the Russell Hill Place plan was rejected by Croydon Council at a heated planning meeting, by an all-Conservative six votes to an all-Labour five.

At the time of submitting the plans, PICC said it was aiming to cater for around 120 people.
The Government's Planning Inspectorate is expected to make a final decision on the plans in November.

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Golden Dawn to form employment agency for Greeks

As unemployment continues to rise in Greece against the background of a deepening recession, the nationalist party Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) plans to open an employment agency for Greek citizens. 

 

As the latest figures show that youth unemployment in Greece has now soared to 55.4 percent, the highest in the European Union, To Vima reported "Golden Dawn announced the creation of 'recruiters for Greeks'".

Xryshavgh announced the new measure is a non-profit charitable effort to support and show solidarity for Greek compatriots.

Employers who wish to recruit Greeks in their businesses can contact the local organizations of Golden Dawn, which are now established in many towns.

Golden Dawn further noted that much work is offered exclusively to illegal immigrants According to figures released by the Ministry of Labour, cited by Keep Talking Greece, 47.4 percent of the foreign laborers work without insurance and social security, compared to just over one third of Greeks working without insurance.

The move follows Golden Dawn's calls for blood donors to donate blood for Greeks only, a move slammed by doctors, and the distribution of food to needy Greeks.

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Officials in Boston are so worried about a population boom

Officials in Boston are so worried about a population boom caused by immigrant workers that they have drawn up a detailed plan on how they will cope with the change.

Over recent years there has been a big rise in the number of Eastern Europeans living and working in the Lincolnshire town. The new report makes 28 recommendations - ranging from cracking down on anti-social behaviour to calling on the Government to look at migration levels.

Immigration inquiry papers are released

EVIDENCE gathered during Boston Borough Council’s inquiry into immigration has been published in full on the authority’s website.

Full transcripts from each of the meetings held during the Task and Finish Group process have been released to allow members of the public access to all that was said over the four-month investigation, including information from educators, employers, the police and a specialist in immigration issues.

It comes ahead of the publication of an interim report by the committee leading the process, which will include recommendations on how to deal with social issues related to migration into the local area.

Chairman of the committee Coun Paul Kenny said: “I had always been determined that all of the evidence gathered would be available for all to see, in its entirety. It is now available for all to read through.

“From all of this we will make recommendations for real change to improve situations in areas we can influene, and perhaps some recommendations in areas where we have less influence.”

Next month’s report, which is a precursor to the final document, will go to public consultation before it is completed.

Coun Kenny added there would be no ‘ducking’ of the issues raised during the investigation, which saw evidence collected over eight different sessions based on questions from members of the committee and members of the public.

Click here for the immigration inquiry transcripts of the evidence gathered.
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No charges over mosque assault claim, say police

POLICE investigating an allegation of assault at a mosque have not charged anyone with an offence.

A woman claimed she had been assaulted in the female-only area of the Anjuman E Zinatul Islam madressah on Taylor Street, Batley, on August 27.

A police spokeswoman said: “We interviewed two men who attended the police station voluntarily and no charges have been brought against them.”

A statement from the mosque’s committee said: “We would like to thank the police for their support in assisting us in clearing this matter up. They have been very helpful.

“Our main concern is the safety of our children, staff and volunteers.

“The community’s aim is to take the madressah forward for its betterment. Islamic education is paramount to the community’s objective.

“This matter, as far as we are concerned, is in the past. If any parents, the community or the wider public have any concerns they can contact the madressah.”

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They were waiting outside the school gates at 3 o'clock: Victim of Rochdale gang talks of ordeal

It all began just a few feet from the school gates.

The men persuaded her to get into their car before plying her with alcohol and taking her to various houses for sex with other men.
 
It was a routine repeated on a daily basis.

For the girl, who was only 15 at the time, there seemed no way out.

And as the weeks and months passed she realised she was alone and utterly helpless.

Like the other victims of the Rochdale child sex gang, she was well known to social services and the police. But they were unwilling to help her.

‘These men would be picking me up from school – as soon as I walked out of the gates at three o’clock – and take me to houses,’ she said.

‘I was getting phone calls in school asking me to walk out of school.

‘I was coming into school with flea bites all over my body, dirty clothes, smelling of alcohol, smelling of being unclean. I was very quiet.
 
‘Quite a few people rang social services, school, the police, the  sexual health team. Even my own Dad rang social services to get help.’ 

At one point she was arrested for smashing the counter of the takeaway where the gang operated, and decided to report the abuse.

‘I was at the police station and I thought, “It’s now or never, I’m already here”,’ added the victim, who is now 19.

‘I thought if I say something now, it will be over and they will do something. It will get stopped and I won’t have to see anybody again.

‘Social services told my Mum and Dad that I was a prostitute and it was a lifestyle choice and that because I was only six months off turning 16, they weren’t going to do anything.
‘Then when I found out I was pregnant, social services threatened to remove my child at birth, but they never did anything to help me.

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Michael Coren: It is islam that should apologize

VIDEO: David Cameron fails British history test

David Cameron found himself stumped on the Late Show with David Letterman when he failed to answer questions on who composed Royal Britannia or what Magna Carta translates to

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'Missed chances' by authorities led to major child exploitation scandal

Social workers, police and the Crown Prosecution Service "missed opportunities" to stop a child exploitation ring abusing young girls, a report into the scandal revealed today.

"Deficiencies" in the way children's social care responded to the victims' needs in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, were caused by "patchy" training of frontline staff, the Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board (RBSCB) said in its review into child sexual exploitation (CSE).

The review was ordered in the aftermath of a trial which saw nine Asian men jailed for grooming young white girls for sex.

The picture which emerges from the report is one of vulnerable young girls, some as young as 10, who were being targeted for sexual abuse, being written off by those in authority who believed the girls were "making their own choices".

The review comes just days after The Times published a report which alleged that agencies in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, were aware of extensive and co-ordinated abuse of white girls by some Asian men and detailed a range of offences for which no-one has been prosecuted.

Rochdale Council said it has used the review's findings to implement a catalogue of changes and improvements.

The report looked at how agencies including the council, police, NHS and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) worked between 2007 and 2012 to safeguard children and young people who were at risk of sexual exploitation.

The report, which specifically followed the treatment of one 15-year-old victim, says: "While some organisations were consistently supportive in their response, overall child welfare organisations missed opportunities to provide a comprehensive, co-ordinated and timely response and, in addition, the criminal justice system missed opportunities to bring the perpetrators to justice."

The report also says: "Activity to disrupt alleged offenders was developing
  on the ground but this was not always followed through at a more senior level.

"The early investigations of crimes and the prosecution of alleged offenders were flawed."

RBSCB chairwoman Lynne Jones said: "We have responded to this review and improvements have been implemented. I believe organisations are working better together, sharing information to ensure children are protected and that perpetrators of these crimes are prosecuted."

She added: "Raising awareness so that young people are better equipped to understand what is happening to them or their friends has been delivered to 10,000 young people.

"Staff training has ensured that professionals are now more aware and able to respond appropriately.
"We are also seeing stronger joint working on police operations to bring people to justice."
The review found:

:: Specific training for frontline practitioners in the borough was patchy and lessons were absorbed inconsistently;

:: There were deficiencies in the way that children's social care responded to the victims' needs;

:: In children's social care, the focus was on younger children at risk of abuse from family and household members, rather than on vulnerable adolescents;

:: Agencies which referred potential victims were said to be "frustrated" that they were not "being adequately assessed and dealt with by the local authority", and staff failed to escalate their concerns successfully;

:: Agencies and organisations in Rochdale made faltering early progress in developing a satisfactory framework for managing allegations of child sexual exploitation;

:: The need for a specialist resource was identified in 2008, but its development was inadequately co-ordinated and supported;

:: There was a poor response by children's social care to cases where children were at risk of sexual exploitation.

The report concludes: "Although, between 2009 and February 2012, some improvements had been consolidated, the review acknowledges there were missed opportunities, over the last five years, to safeguard children and young people who have been affected by sexual exploitation."

The gang of nine men received jail sentences of between four and 19 years in May from a judge who said they treated their victims "as though they were worthless and beyond any respect".

The offences happened in and around Rochdale in 2008 and 2009.

The five girls - aged between 13 and 15 - were given alcohol, food and money in return for sex but there were times when violence was used.

Police said the victims were from "chaotic", "council estate" backgrounds and as many as 50 girls could have been victims of the gang.

A chance to stop the gang was missed in 2008 and both the police and the CPS were forced to apologise for their failings.

The first victim, who was 15 when the abuse began, told the police what had been happening to her in August 2008.

She specifically spoke of her abuse at the hands of two members of the gang who would later be jailed four years.

Her complaint was not taken seriously and she carried on being abused by the gang until December 2008 when she fell pregnant and moved away.

Rochdale Council said the recommendations in the review have led to improvements being implemented which include:

:: More than 10,000 staff in agencies in the borough have received briefings in respect of recognition and response to sexual exploitation;

:: More than 1,500 staff have had face-to-face training with plans to reach the whole workforce by the end of this year;

:: The formulation of a multi-agency strategy to ensure a more co-ordinated response to child sexual exploitation;

:: An increase in staffing in the Sunrise Team, created to prevent and tackle child sexual exploitation;
:: New procedures to follow when staff refer possible child sexual exploitation cases;

:: The introduction of one point of contact for referrals of concern and all referrals to children's social care services for children over the age of 12 being screened for early signs of child sexual exploitation;

:: Regular meetings to ensure services share concerns about possible victims, abusers and hotspots in the borough and develop appropriate responses.

Jim Taylor, chief executive of Rochdale Borough Council, said: "We must not forget these terrible acts were committed by criminals and I applaud the bravery of the young women for bringing these cases to court.
"This review highlights that all agencies did not work together adequately and it is very clear that, in the past, council services missed opportunities to offer assistance. I deeply regret this.

"The council accepts the findings of this review, which has shown deficiencies in our children's social care service and, in parts, an unacceptable level of support.

"There was more that could and should have been done to protect the victims when allegations first came to light.

"Unacceptable practice is being investigated and dealt with in line with our procedures.

"We are well aware of the issues the review raises and the way the council and its partners now approach the issue of child sexual exploitation has changed. We are now more able to intervene earlier and more robustly."
The council's own review of internal processes and procedures will be published next month.

Chief Superintendent Annette Anderson, Divisional Commander for Rochdale, said: "This report once again highlights the complex nature of child sexual exploitation and we acknowledge its findings.

"We have already stated that there were issues with an initial inquiry into CSE in Rochdale in 2008.
"However, the IPCC are currently supervising an investigation into that inquiry so it would be inappropriate for us to go into further details at this moment.

"What we can say is that GMP's (Greater Manchester Police's) force-wide approach to child sexual exploitation and child abuse in general has changed significantly over the last few years.
"Locally, with our partners at the council and the health service, Rochdale division now has formal working strategies to tackle head-on child exploitation.

"Integral to this has been an intensive programme of raising awareness with officers which has now happened to such an extent that they all now see CSE as part of a wider pattern of behaviour and offending.
"What cannot be lost, however, is that we are talking about the abuse of children by adults and it is the criminals themselves who take ultimate responsibility for their actions."

Today's report is only one of a number of reviews that are set to be published in the coming months, including the IPCC and a full Serious Case Review, due for publication in 2013.

Simon Danczuk MP, representing Rochdale, said: "Some months ago I spoke in Parliament about the appalling attitudes shown by Rochdale social workers in blaming the young victims of rape for their abuse.

"The Independent Safeguarding Board's investigation confirms this culture within Rochdale council, as case files show social workers believed young girls who were raped were 'making their own choices' and 'engaging in consensual sexual activity'.

"What this report shows is that young girls' cries for help were systematically ignored and I'm in no doubt that the poor response by council services would have emboldened the criminal to make them think they could carry on abusing with impunity."

He added: "They knew the girls had been to the police and social services and because nothing happened they must have thought 'we can get away with raping girls for as long as we want'. This report only looks at one case and clearly shows a culture of neglect. The more thorough Serious Case Review I am sure will reveal an even worse picture."

Richard Scorer, a solicitor for some of the abused girls, said it was "very likely" they would be taking legal action against the authorities for failing to protect them.

Mr Scorer told ITV's Daybreak programme the report was "very, very damning", and highlighted "a whole catalogue of failings, mainly by Rochdale social services".

He said: "I think based on the evidence in this report it is very likely that we will be going forward with legal action.

"It is fairly unusual for social services to be sued. It does happen but it is fairly unusual.
"Most of the cases we have seen in the past have tended to involve younger children, so this case is fairly novel.

"But I think it is right that where social services have failed in this way that they are held properly to account."
Asked whether the girls have been able rebuild their lives and come to terms with what happened to them, Mr Scorer said: "Of course they are deeply traumatised and distressed by these events, which have lasted over many years.

"But they want to have the opportunity to rebuild their lives, the means, the wherewithal to do that, and that of course is part of the reason for bringing this case.

"What they also want to see is some cultural change in social services and hopefully the report is the first stage of that, but they want to press home that point and the legal action is part of achieving that."
He added: "I think there was a view in social services that somehow these girls were making their own choices about this.

"The reality is that they were trapped in this situation. They were victims of violence and threats of violence, they were trapped in the situation, they couldn't escape from it and they needed the help and support of social services and the police to do that.

"Of course eventually that came, but it came many years too late."

Thurnby Lodge Islamic centre protest in Leicester

A protest attended by about 100 people has been held at Leicester City Hall opposing a move to lease an empty Scout hut to a Muslim group.

A 1,500-name petition opposing the move was also given to the city council.

Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby met the group and assured them all views were being considered and a final proposal had not been drawn up.

The authority is considering handing over the hut at Thurnby Lodge to the Muslim group As-Salaam.
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The protesters want the disused property to be developed for use by the wider community.
Eight demonstrations have been held since they started at the end of July.

Organisers said they were not anti-Islamic but they were upset with the city council.

The As-Salaam Trust has said its community centre aimed to provide food sharing services, drug and alcohol advice and education to make community life better for everyone.

Protesters predicted that the community centre would cause traffic problems, but the As-Salaam Trust said many users would walk to the facility.

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Population growing by 1,000 a day, Office for National Statistics shows

The population of England and Wales continues to grow by 1,000 a day, latest figures show. 

Over the past decade the number living in the country has grown by twice the European average, fuelled by record levels of immigration and a higher birth rate.

 "Two-thirds of our population increase is down to immigration.

Only Germany and France, which are far bigger, are now home to more people than Britain, the Office for National Statistics said.

Its latest estimates highlight the scale of the challenge faced by ministers in meeting their goal of reducing net migration – the number who settle each year minus those who move abroad – to the “tens of thousands” from the current level of 200,000.

Sir Andrew Green, chairman of the pressure group Migration Watch UK, said: “It is absolutely absurd to find that our population is continuing to shoot up in this way.

“Two-thirds of our population increase is down to immigration. That is the only element that the Government can control and it is high time they did so.”

The ONS’s latest calculations show that the population of England and Wales increased by 95,000 (0.17 per cent) between Census day last year, March 27th, and the mid-year point, June 30th.

This works out at more than 1,000 people a day, taking the total to 56,170,900.
The population changed over the three months in 2011 as 187,600 babies were born and 121,000 people died.

Some 98,200 foreign nationals moved to Britain with the intention of staying for more than a year, while 68,500 people left the country, putting net migration over the period at 28,400.
The ONS noted: “Immigration flows are comparatively lower for the three-month period between end of March and June.”

Historical figures showed the population of England and Wales has grown by 20million over the past century including a 4m rise in the past decade as border controls with Eastern Europe were relaxed.
“The increase in population between 2001 and 2011 was the largest in percentage terms in the last century,” the ONS said, excluding the Second World War.

The population increased by 7.3 per cent since the turn of the millennium, twice as much as the 3.5 average across the Continent.

England and Wales now has the fourth largest population among 26 nations in Europe, but Britain as a whole is third in the rankings.

In order to reduce net migration, the Home Office is cutting the number of visas offered to international students and restricting the number who can stay after graduation. Only the most skilled foreign workers can take up jobs in Britain and must earn at least £18,600 if they want to bring their spouses over as well.

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Anarchy in German school where 83% of the pupils are of foreign descent

Germanophobia: "Don't Speak To Her, She's Just A German Slut"

"I will beat you to death, one muslim school boy says to the cameraman.........." Often they're ridiculed, often they're even beaten. In class barely anybody speaks to them, they keep back, rarely voice their opinion - in short, they're not integrated in school.

But these are not immigrant children in a German school, but German children in a secondary school (5th-9th grades) in Essen. "They're not threatened with a knife every day. but the children of immigration background clearly have their way here," says the school principal. The female teachers have to deal with students saying "don't speak to her, she's just a German slut."

Glass bombed in Burnley (Share it)

As a reporter is interviewing two women on the Islamisation of their town and the effects it has, a Muslim mob gathers, signals each other and traps the reporter and his camera man before throwing glass bombs at them.

Note: The identity of some individuals has been faded out for their own safety

Fury over East End Mela festival ‘being used for people trafficking’ into UK

An independent review of the annual Mela street festival in London’s East End has been called after allegations that it’s being used again for “people trafficking” to get illegal immigrants into Britain

The call by Tower Hamlets councillors follows the arrests of 19 men by the UK Border Agency in Bangladesh earlier this year.

Meanwhile, protesters from the East End’s own Bengali community picketed the Town Hall on Wednesday demanding cancellation of the nine-year contract Mayor Lutfur Rahman has given the Baishankhi Mela Trust.

Protest organiser Gulam Chowdhury handed a petition to the council meeting claiming the Mela was being used for trafficking.

He told councillors: “The event has become subject of scandals and allegations of abuse and misuse.

“There are repeated incidents of arrests of those linked with the Mela.”

Mr Chowdhury called for regular open tendering to run the Mela.

He had earlier told the Advertiser: “A nine-year lease is too long. It should be open to tendering at least every three years.”

Councillors then voted to call on Mayor Rahman to carry out a review of the 2012 Mela to make sure all obligations were met and make the findings public.

Labour’s deputy leader Motin Uz-Zaman said: “People are saddened by activities which have tarnished the reputation of this council and the Mela.

“There are questions of accountability and the way the Mayor has given out a contract for nine years—I cannot recall any organisation getting such a contract.”

Tory group leader Peter Golds warned he would have “no hesitation to go to the District Auditors” if there were problems with the Mela.

Allegations of ‘trafficking’ were being taken seriously by Mayor Rahman’s own cabinet.

Cllr Oliur Rahman said: “Trafficking is not acceptable under any circumstances. Whoever is responsible must face full punishment, whoever they are.”

But Culture lead member Rania Khan insisted there was transparency over the way the Mela was being run. The accounts would be available through Companies House at the end of the year, she pointed out. Top accountants had also been brought in to audit the books.

Opposition councillors called for the Mela to be taken over by the Town Hall—like it was when trafficking and corruption allegations emerged five years ago.

Former council leader Denise Jones said: “We took it in-house for two years and worked well. It’s sad this issue has come back to the council.”

The turbulent history of the Brick Lane Mela goes back to 2007 when the Town Hall cut links with organisers after the-then Bethnal Green MP George Galloway called for an inquiry over whether it had been used to smuggle illegal immigrants.

It was cancelled the following year when the council refused to allow any public park to be used, then taken over in 2009 before being handed back to the community.

But trafficking allegations resurfaced this year, with the arrests of 19 men in Bangladesh on May 24 trying to get visas with forged bank statements pretending to get work at the Mela. The UK Border Agency and British High Commission had been tipped off by the Mela Trust.

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A Statistical Study and Analysis of Immigration into Europe from 2012 to 2083

SWEDISH ROYALS HARBOR A SOMALI REFUGEE IN THIER HOME, HE ROBS THEIR JEWELS…….

Just saying, multiculturalism isn’t all a bed of roses

"Norwegian man" trained by al-Qaeda, poised to attack the West

What an intriguing report. One wonders how it is that European security officials know so much about this Muslim, but apparently are not in a position to apprehend him. Note also that AP, like all mainstream media sources, and probably taking their cue from those Eurocops, thinks that the most salient detail about this al-Qaeda-trained Muslim, the one to put in the headline and lead paragraph, is not his Islamic faith, although he himself would point to it as his motivation, but his Norwegian nationality, although it is utterly irrelevant to his actions.

Meanwhile, yet another convert to Islam misunderstands his new, peaceful faith. And yet Muslim groups in the West have done nothing -- nothing -- to keep new converts from misunderstanding their new religion in the same way. Now, why is that?

"Norwegian trained by al-Qaida, awaiting orders to attack," from Associated Press, June 25 (thanks to all who sent this in):

 STOCKHOLM — European security officials say a Norwegian man has received terrorist training from al-Qaida’s offshoot in Yemen and is awaiting orders to attack the West.

Western intelligence officials have long feared such a scenario: a convert to Islam trained in terrorist methods who can blend in easily in Europe and the United States and travel without visa restrictions.

Officials from three European security agencies confirmed Monday that the man is “operational,” meaning he has completed his training and is about to receive a target. All requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case.

One official described the man as a Norwegian in his 30s who became radicalized after converting to Islam in 2008. He spent “some months” in Yemen and is still believed to be there.

Radical Muslims In Belgium

Use Of The Rationale,Use Of Intellect Is Dangerous In Islam