Archive for November 11th, 2010

Who's really running Tower Hamlets? East London mosque, home to the Islamic Forum of Europe, the shadowy organisation behing Mayor Lutfur Rahman's election campaign

They’re certainly not wasting any time with their Islamisation programme at the Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets, the London Borough with a $1.6 biliion budget, now run by a Muslim mayor with questionable connections. More excellent work by Andrew Gilligan, as he continues his mission to uncover the insidious rise of Islamic extremism in British politics:

Two weeks after the extremist-backed politician, Lutfur Rahman, became mayor of Tower Hamlets, his council has placed CDs of sermons by an extremist Islamic preacher in its Town Hall.

The preacher, Abdur Raheem Green, has stated that “Islam is not compatible with democracy.” He also says that a husband has the right to administer “some type of physical force… a very light beating” to his wife, to prevent her from committing “evil.” There is, of course, a considerable irony here. You may remember that Lutfur won the mayoralty with the help of smear literature falsely claiming that his Labour opponent was… a wife-beater. Read the rest of this entry »

They fought against tyrrany, in order that we wouldn't have to: British WW1 veterans and heroes (l-r) Henry Allingham, Harry Patch and Bill Stone, who all died peacefully last year. RIP, gentlemen.

The Dead Heroes

Flame out, you glorious skies,
Welcome our brave,
Kiss their exultant eyes;
Give what they gave.

Flash mailèd seraphim,
Your burning spears;
New days to outflame their dim
Heroic years.

Thrills their baptismal tread
The bright proud air;
The embattled plumes outspread
Burn upwards there.

Flame out, flame out, O Song!
Star ring to star,
Strong as our hurt is strong
Our children are.

Their blood is England’s heart;
By their dead hands
It is, their noble part
That England stands.

England—Time gave them thee;
They gave back this
To win Eternity
And claim God’s kiss.

Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)

Dedicated to the dead of all nations, who fell fighting for our liberty in the Great Wars.