Above the blog article Lawrence cited is an
interesting story of censorship at the Telegraph
in the name of ... who can say?
I checked the "Islamophobia Watch" Web site for
their explanation of why the Telegraph article was
censored. (Surely it's in their interest to
explain, I thought.) They give none, but instead
say the editor was sacked because the Telegraph's
circulation dropped. Guess even they can't spin it.
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1142024149.shtml_________
In an article written for the London Telegraph, Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo says:
"You have to distinguish between ordinary Muslims and their self-appointed leaders," explains Dr Sookhdeo. "I agree that the best hope for our collective future is that the majority of Muslims who have grown up here have accepted the secular nature of the British state and society, the division between religion and politics, and the importance of allowing people to choose freely how they will live."
According to the Telegraph, Dr. Sookhdeo is a secular Briton. According to Islamophobia Watch, Dr. Sookhdeo is a Nazi and an Islamaphobe.
Islamophobia Watch also labels Hirsi Ali as a right-wing "provocateur"
The Telegraph believed that an article about Dr. Sookhdeo's criticism of some Muslim leaders and their efforts to bring Sharia to the UK, titled 'The day is coming when British Muslims form a state within a state' should be published.
Someone with influence disagreed. The article has now been pulled from the Telegraph's website, for "legal reasons"
It was also removed from Google's cache. It is, however, still in Yahoo's cache. It's also reprinted in parts here, here here and here:
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