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Guardian trainee Dilpazier Aslam—whose defence of Muslim sassiness is reprinted in today’s Melbourne Age—maintains a range of interests outside of journalism, prompting this email from Scott Burgess to the Guardian’s op-ed editor:
As you may be aware, there’s been a bit of a stir raised by “sassy” Guardian trainee Dilpazier Aslam and his article published Wednesday.
Apparently, Mr. Aslam is, or was until very recently, a member of Hizb Ut Tahrir - an organisation which, according to the BBC, “promotes racism and anti-Semitic hatred, calls suicide bombers martyrs, and urges Muslims to kill Jewish people."
My readers are interested in knowing whether Guardian newspapers were aware of Mr. Aslam’s affiliations before he was hired.
If so, one wonders whether it is standard Guardian policy to employ members of extremist organisations like Hizb Ut Tahrir (which was described in a Guardian article of November 11, 2004 as “Britain’s most radical Islamic group"). The question is raised as to whether you would hire, and provide a forum for, a known member of an international group of right-wing extremists who expressed similar views.
If not, one wonders first about your screening procedures, and secondly whether Mr. Aslam will remain employed by the Guardian now that you are aware of his affiliations.
Thanks very much for your attention.
Another Guardian trainee, David Foulkes, died in the Edgware Road blast. Observes Tim Worstall: “Must be difficult being an apologist for those who have killed your co-worker.”
UPDATE. Must-read: Burgess reviews The Independent’s powerful attempt to out-appease The Guardian. It’s a clash of appeasement titans!
Cub reporter… Jimmy Aslam? Except instead of hanging out with Lois and yelling for Superman to save him, he hates Jews.
Posted by Jim Treacher on 2005 07 16 at 06:27 AM • permalinkDilpazier Aslam is probably the Guardian’s liaison with Hizb Ut Tahrir.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 07 16 at 06:42 AM • permalinkSo I am guessing, in the interest of balance, they will hire a member of young BNP to write for them as well.
Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge on 2005 07 16 at 07:38 AM • permalinkIf so, one wonders whether it is standard Guardian policy to employ members of extremist organisations
Of course it is. The Guardian is an extremist organisation. Totalitarian fanatics have to stick together.
Posted by Jim Geones on 2005 07 16 at 09:26 AM • permalinkMust be difficult being an apologist for those who have killed your co-worker
No, it’s not difficult at all, when the self-hating apologists think that we in the west because bloody well deserve it.
Paging Mr. Fisk… white courtesy stone… paging Mr. Fisk.
Paging Robert Fisk…
So here is a guy that can understand what drove the terrorist because of what happened in Fallujah and all the Iraqi civillians killed. He doesn’t care that the ‘insurgents’ had torture and execution chambers that were discovered in Fallujah or that many of the civillians killed are by the ‘insurgents’ or even that most Muslims world wide are mainly killed by fellow Muslims - it only matters when the Infidel kills. And this coming from a guy that belongs to and organisation that calls for Muslims to kill Jews wherever you find them. Before writing for the Guardian he wrote for Kalifah.com which promotes a world wide Islamic Caliphate. If he represents the sassy Muslims of today then he has made it very clear that their anger isn’t about injustices done to the Muslims, it is about absolute and total contempt for the Infidel.
pravda on the yarra is reaching new depths under jaspan - Tim, revive The Truth & you’ll wipe the floor with the Glesga moron
by the way, check the suspicious shade of chestnut his rug is - as if a dye job could make such a hideous troll less hideous
aaiiiiiieeeeee it’s a mutantOne of the major criticism that Israel has over the years from outside and also within Israel is the policy of levelling the houses of the families - collective punishment - for those involved in suicide bombings. However, it is a dissincentive to would-be mass murderers who have grown up on a culture of the glory of martyrdom. The UK is not in the same situation yet but certainly feeling more empathy for the family of the perpetrators than the victims is not helpful
A pictorial history of previous instances of Islamicist “sassiness,” with Phil-Hartman-esque commentary:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/104535.php
Very, very sassy.
Posted by aceofspadeshq on 2005 07 16 at 01:48 PM • permalinkI’ve got some background on the Hizb ut-Tahrir - Guardian connection here.
Posted by Brian O'Connell on 2005 07 16 at 03:05 PM • permalink
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