.... At first glance that sounded elitist, isolationist, not condusive to integration and diversity. Then when we realised that the organisation making the booking was the Muslim Research and Development Foundation headed by Haitham al Haddad it becamse cause for concern.
This was not not a friendly neighbourhood mosque arranging something comparable (other than in its elite isolationism) to the Sunday school picnic.
Haitham al Haddad, as many of you will know is an Islamic cleric who features high on the official government list of 'Hate preachers' whose activities are monitors lest they spread "ideological hatred at universities, mosques and other public places." The Sunday Times reported on him in December. [The Iconoclast] Read more
