Blair-link Muslims backed bin Laden

The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 03/10/2002 | Charlotte Edwardes and Chris Hastings

[Pokey78]

LEADERS of an allegedly moderate Muslim organisation with close links to the Prince of Wales and Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, have distributed literature on behalf of Osama bin Laden.

Inayat Bunglawala, a senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain, circulated material written by bin Laden, whom he regarded as a "freedom fighter", to hundreds of Muslims in Britain last year.

He sent the material before last September's attacks on the World Trade Centre, but after bin Laden had masterminded the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that left 224 dead.

Mr Bunglawala, the organisation's media director, last night admitted to The Telegraph that he had sent an email from bin Laden to "hundreds of other Muslim activists and supporters".

He said: "You have to remember I circulated this information five months before the September 11 atrocity. Then I regarded Osama bin Laden as a freedom fighter in the struggle against the Soviets - so did a lot of other people. I do not support what happened to the World Trade Centre."

The disclosure is a major embarrassment for Mr Blair, who has publicly endorsed The Muslim Council of Britain, as the "mainstream face of Islam in Britain". Senior figures have also been welcomed into Number 10 and St James's Palace on numerous occasions, including at the Prime Minister's key meeting on September 28 to discuss the terrorist attacks.

[GuillermoX]

A moderate Muslim is the same as a tame cobra...a fantasy.

[GuillermoX]

When will these morons recognize the goal of Islam is to subdue the earth?

One cannot be a Muslim and reject the Koran, and the Koran calls for a worldwide Islamic theocracy.

[Dialup Llama]

Rumsfeld made a statement recently saying the Middle East cannot be a hotbed of terrorism. The truth is the hotbed of terrorism is Europe, the UK and US. Terror groups have freedoms in the west that they cannot have in a place like Egypt. It is true that most terrorists get their ideology from Saudi or Pakistan etc...<p.But the 9-11 terror cells were recruited in the UK and Germany. They established support cells in the US and freely circulated there making use of easy to obtain false IDs and fradulent credit. The cure, which would be to remove illegals and visa overstayers from the US, and to regard id theft and credit fraud as the national security problem it is, is being ignored by officials who are more comfortable returning to business as usual.

[Dialup Llama]

>Inayat Bunglawala, a senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain,
>Mr Bunglawala, the organisation's media director,

Check out the guy's last name.

[Shermy]

Right on Dailup. Ironically, Mubarak, King Hussein, even Gaddafi complained that Europe and America provide the grounds for terrorism.

[Free the USA]

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[Michael2001]

He said: "You have to remember I circulated this information five months before the September 11 atrocity. Then I regarded Osama bin Laden as a freedom fighter in the struggle against the Soviets - so did a lot of other people. I do not support what happened to the World Trade Centre."

Nice attempt at saving face. This was long after Bin Laden called for a Jihad against America and Americans.