That Makes a Lot of Sense
The London Telegraph reports that:
A Muslim accused of anti-Semitism is to be appointed to a government role in charge of rooting out extremism in the wake of last month's suicide bombings in London.
Accused of anti-Semitism? Well that sounds pretty bad, but not necessarily terrible. Some people throw around "anti-Semitic" a little too freely - hell, we've been accused of anti-Semitism this week. What did this poor fellow do?
Mr Bunglawala's past comments include the allegation that the British media was "Zionist-controlled".
Writing for a Muslim youth magazine in 1992, he said: "The chairman of Carlton Communications is Michael Green of the Tribe of Judah. He has joined an elite club whose members include fellow Jews Michael Grade [then the chief executive of Channel 4 and now BBC chairman] and Alan Yentob [BBC2 controller and friend of Salman Rushdie]."
Oh, well that does sound pretty bad now doesn't it. Well, sure, anti-Semitism is not great in a guy who's supposed to be dedicated to rooting out terrorists, and it certainly means he's off of our Hanukkah list, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he's not going to call out global jihadism when he sees it:
Five months before 9/11, Mr Bunglawala also circulated writings of Osama bin Laden, who he regarded as a "freedom fighter", to hundreds of Muslims in Britain... Mr Bunglawala's job at the Home Office will be to help to organise a programme to tackle radicalism and extremism among young Muslims.
Awesome.
A Muslim accused of anti-Semitism is to be appointed to a government role in charge of rooting out extremism in the wake of last month's suicide bombings in London.
Accused of anti-Semitism? Well that sounds pretty bad, but not necessarily terrible. Some people throw around "anti-Semitic" a little too freely - hell, we've been accused of anti-Semitism this week. What did this poor fellow do?
Mr Bunglawala's past comments include the allegation that the British media was "Zionist-controlled".
Writing for a Muslim youth magazine in 1992, he said: "The chairman of Carlton Communications is Michael Green of the Tribe of Judah. He has joined an elite club whose members include fellow Jews Michael Grade [then the chief executive of Channel 4 and now BBC chairman] and Alan Yentob [BBC2 controller and friend of Salman Rushdie]."
Oh, well that does sound pretty bad now doesn't it. Well, sure, anti-Semitism is not great in a guy who's supposed to be dedicated to rooting out terrorists, and it certainly means he's off of our Hanukkah list, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he's not going to call out global jihadism when he sees it:
Five months before 9/11, Mr Bunglawala also circulated writings of Osama bin Laden, who he regarded as a "freedom fighter", to hundreds of Muslims in Britain... Mr Bunglawala's job at the Home Office will be to help to organise a programme to tackle radicalism and extremism among young Muslims.
Awesome.
