Sunday, February 28, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
The infiltration of Labour - Radicals with hands on the levers of power - 'The IFE's (Islamic Forum of Europe) fundamentalist beliefs would not matter that much if it had no access to political power. But the particular skill of the organisation, and its allies, is to use secular politicians of many parties and the democratic process for its own, very different ends. At the last election, when George Galloway won the Bethnal Green and Bow seat for his new Respect party, it was partly – as he said – a verdict on Muslims’ anger with the war in Iraq. Unknown to most voters, however, it was also an important victory for the IFE...' [Important stuff also at Harry's here and here.]
