Saturday, March 18, 2006
Now it's a suspected Al Qaeda man, Mahmoud Suliman Ahmed Abu Rideh, that Britain's first Muslim member of the House of Lords has invited to Westminster: 'Al Qaeda' in Commons
...He was invited to Westminster on Tuesday by Lord Ahmed, who met him at Regent’s Park mosque three weeks ago.
The father of five — suspected of being a money man for terror groups — was given a SECURITY sticker for his Parliamentary visit...
...Shadow Home Secretary David Davis last night said Abu Rideh had been able to “walk around one of the UK’s biggest terror targets”.
Lord Ahmed confirmed he invited Abu Rideh, 34, to see him — and said he QUIZZED him over the suspected al Qaeda link...
...“I asked him, ‘Have you ever been linked with al Qaeda?’ and he denied it.”...
...The Palestinian suspect came to Britain in 1995 and was given permission to remain permanently in 1998.
He was detained as a terror suspect in December 2001, accused of fundraising for groups linked to al Qaeda.
David Blunkett directly accused him of the link to Osama bin Laden’s organisation when Home Secretary.
(Via Dodgeblogium and LGF)
Of course, this isn't the first time Lord Ahmed has had a controversial guest in. Not long ago, the gentleman had virulent anti-Semite Israel Shamir in to deliver a speech. See posts here and here for links to Stephen Pollard who'd been covering it at the time. Pollard called to get a statement from Ahmed about his invitation to this well-known Jew hater and found himself hung up on.
The reader may also be interested in Lord Ahmed's appearance in an exceptional NPR interview following some troubling poll results concerning Muslim Britain's reaction to the July 11 bombings, here.
