Talk:Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq

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"Extensive knowledge", "selfless dedication" etc etc. This is not appropriate language for an encyclopedia.

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== Allegations of extremism ==

It is impossible to avoid the allegations made against ul Haq and I have started a new section. I have chosen to highlight the work of one journalist who was granted considerable space in the Times newspaper for both a news article and a more incisive "comment" article. I understand these outbursts came when there was talk of ul Haq being "in line to become the spiritual leader of the Deobandi sect in Britain" so the section is currently restrictted to the events of that one year, 2007. There was said to have been an attack on ul Haq by the BNP at http://www.bnp.org.uk/news_detail.php?newsId=1698 which would have been worth a mention, since the the date-line appears to have been the same as Andrew Norfolk's attack and hence might be seen as being part of the same campaign. However, the BNP no longer carries this article.

New section added -> Allegations of Extremism

In September 2007 The Times carried a news item by Andrew Norfolk accusing Riyadh ul Haq of being the "homegrown cleric who loathes the British" and a commentary article from the same author claiming there was a "hardline takeover of British mosques" led by ul Haq. Norfolk claimed that ul Haq was in line to become the spiritual leader of the Deobandi sect in Britain, despite having views that support armed jihad and preaching contempt for Jews, Christians and Hindus. Simultaneously, Andrew Norfolk published a further "comment" piece in the Times calling the Deobandis historically anti-British, and the opposing views of Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, the chairman of the Muslim Council of Britain’s interfaith relations committee. Graduate of the same Deobandi seminary in Bury, Greater Manchester, that Mr ul Haq attended. Mr Mogra has a vision of a pluralistic, tolerant Islam "starkly at odds with mainstream Deobandi thinking", believing that for British Muslims "our loyalty to Britain must be unquestionable".

The next day Andrew Norfolk published two more opinion pieces, also in the Times, the first describing two British Muslims in a "sinister" Karachi maddrassa of mutually opposing view points. The second opinion piece named a different world respected Deobandi scholar (Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani) in Pakistan calling for followers to live peacefully in countries such as Britain only until they gain enough power to engage in jihad or battle.

Amongst the immediate responses the Guardian carried a "Comment is Free" opinion article by Inayat Bunglawala, media secretary for the Muslim Council of Britain, calling Norfolk's work "A toxic mix of fact and nonsense" and the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK) claiming on their own web-site that the Berelvis (ie most Sunnis, who are themselves 80% of the world's Muslims) were coming out in defence of Riyad al Huq. 2 days later, MPACUK called the attacks on ul Haq a "decapitation strategy. - banned user.

Harsh critics of Islam such as the British National Party (BNP) called ul Haq a hard-line cleric who promoted separate ways for Muslims. Templar98 (talk) 11:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC) - banned user.

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