Government moves to isolate Muslim Council of Britain with cash for mosques

by Richard Kerbaj
Times Online
March 30, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1534/government-moves-to-isolate-muslim-council

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Mosques and local Muslim community groups are to be given money and direct access to government ministers under a radical plan to isolate Britain's largest Islamic organisation, which the Government accuses of endorsing violent extremism.

The move follows criticism of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which claims to represent half of the country's Muslims, by Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary. Ms Blears attacked the group for refusing to sack its deputy leader, Daud Abdullah, after he endorsed a pro-Hamas declaration that appeared to call for violence against Jews and Israel and condone attacks on British troops.

The Government is planning to deny the organisation's representatives ministerial briefings across all departments in a move designed to undermine its standing among British Muslims.

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