Arshad Ali is the organiser of this Friday’s Israel hatred rally in Bradford, featuring Jeremy Corbyn, Richard Burgon and Labour councillor Jennifer Lynn.
He is an excellent man for the “Stop the War Coalition” job. So excellent that it is difficult to count the ways. 1/11
Here he is promoting a crazed tirade against America and Israel by Leo Muhammad of the Nation of Islam. Hatred takes Muhammad so far that he salutes the tyrant Saddam Hussein, a “strong man for his people”, and backs Iraqis cutting Western forces “into tiny little pieces”. 2/11
Speaking of the indefatigable Saddam, Ali is a big fan of George Galloway. He chaired the Bradford “Respect” party and was a leading organiser for Viva Palestina, Galloway’s Hamas support operation. 3/11
Here he is behind Galloway at a Viva Palestina meeting in Syria, where the tyrannical regime aided the convoy. The man at the microphone is the Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook. On the wings are Hamas UK operatives Mohammed Sawalha (left end of table) and Zaher Birawi (right). 4/11
Onwards! How about top rank crank Norman Finkelstein abusing a young woman who is already visibly upset by Nazi comparisons? Brought to you by a Russian propaganda platform? “Shut up!” says Finkelstein. "No more crocodile tears!" Yay! 5/11
More horrid abuse, this time of Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States. It was orchestrated by Muslim students at the University of California at Irvine. Hurrah! They were suspended, the brave souls. 6/11
And more Nazis. TruNews is a far-right American conspiracy and hatred outfit. Here is its founder, Rick Wiles, saying Israelis act like Nazis. Brilliant!
Wiles has been permanently banned from YouTube. 7/11
And more! Erdogan is of course a hero to arch haters. 8/11
Ah, inspiration! Moroccans calling on Arabs to fight “the greedy Jews”! 9/11
Ali certainly does like posting pretty pictures on social media. 10/11
Labour treated us to a great big song and dance about how awful George Galloway is during the Batley campaign. I couldn't agree more.
But the truth is that some of its people are perfectly willing to work with one of his biggest fanboys, all for the cause of Israel hatred. 11/11
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On 8 October, all of us could see the hideous crimes of Hamas.
In Birmingham, some reacted to the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust with joy, expressed at a protest *against* Israel before it had even counted its dead.
“I am very happy, I am very happy!” 1/6
This man spoke for the Muslim Association of Britain, a nasty Islamist outfit that organises the hate marches.
He got an early start.
“We are gathered today in solidarity with the right to resist." "We are supporting any human being trying to resist.” 2/6
“Thanks be to God! It’s victory! We should be celebrating!”
First the hate speech, then the ludicrous denials.
The Mahmud Sabir - Al Furqan mosque in Birmingham, a registered charity, told The Telegraph a few days back that it "refutes any claim of promoting hateful messages".
The article covered a talk at the mosque by Abdullah Saif, Midlands and Wales manager for the Islamist pressure group MEND.
Is Gaza a “concentration camp”? No. It was. But now it is an “extermination camp”.
And this in a talk on the best “language” for the war. Yes, really. 2/9
Saif stands by those foul words.
Amusingly, the Mend tirade against The Telegraph calls the nutty friend of terrorists Norman Finklestein "an acknowledged world authority on Palestine".
While the ultra racist Chris Williamson is merely an "advocate of Palestinian rights". 3/9