There’s always one…

Mohammad Naseem, the chairman of Birmingham’s central mosque believes Muslims are being unfairly blamed in the war on terrorism. He claims also that the eight suspects in the two bombing attacks on London “could have been innocent passengers”.

Mohammad Naseem, the chairman of the city’s central mosque, called Tony Blair a “liar” and “unreliable witness” and questioned whether CCTV footage issued of the suspected bombers was of the perpetrators.

He said that Muslims “all over the world have never heard of an organisation called al-Qa’eda”.

So Blair’s a liar. Nobody doubts that but what’s that got to do with the police and the security services that are running the counter-terrorist operation?

The irony of the cleric’s outburst was that he made it at a press conference that involved police and Birmingham City council and was designed to allay fears of racial or religious tension after a spate of arrests there. From today’s Daily Telegraph:

He said: “Tony Blair has told lies on going to Iraq and in a court of law if a witness has proved to be a liar he ceases to be a reliable witness. So we cannot give our blind trust to the Government.

“To have that trust it is important that the process of law should be independent, open and transparent. I am also sad that unfortunately the impression has been given that Muslims are to be targeted in this war against terror. There seems to be a directive to target Muslims. Why do we not have an open mind about this?

“Muslim bashing seems to be more earnest than the need for national unity and harmony. Terrorists can be anybody - we will have to see [whether the bombers are Muslims]. The process is not open; the process is not transparent; the process is not independent. I do not have faith in the system as it stands.”

Quoted on the BBC News site he explained his doubts about the existence of al-Qaeda:

Speaking to BBC Radio WM on Thursday he questioned the existence of al-Qaeda.

“I don’t think al-Qaeda exists because we Muslims all over the world have not known this organisation,” he said.

“The only information about this organisation is coming from the CIA. Now, the CIA is not known for telling the truth.”

How representative of British Muslims is this man? I suspect - would like to suspect - that today British Muslims reading his words are breathing a collective sigh of frustration and wish the man would just quietly disappear. Thing is, I only have the insistent assertions of the politically correct police ‘authorities’ - the very PC PC Blair - and the very gay, sometime contributor to anarchist publications Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick - to go by. Paddick has already shown his own mental insanity by saying that ‘Islam’ and ‘terrorist’ don’t go together when clearly, to a minority, they go together like toast and marmalade.

Methinks British Muslims need to tell these mullahs where to get off.

Thankfully, one already has:

Mr Khalid Mahmood, the first Muslim to be elected into Parliament, said: “What he has done is brought into disrepute the role of the chair of the Central Mosque and the Muslim community in Birmingham.

“If he wants to make cheap political points then he really ought to relinquish his position as chairman and let somebody who is neutral and has the interests of the community do it.”

Yes, he ought to relinquish his post. Or, maybe, British Muslims should give him the push he needs to vacate it…