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belied his stance on homophobia and amputation of limbs in
Islamic states and that he had fabricated claims about his professional experience, including a false claim that he was a lawyer. Haras Rafiq, former director of CENTRI, a counter-extremism organisation, called Ansar a "Frankenstein's monster that's been created by the media" who "lies blatantly". Murray, of the
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An unlikely pairing saw the
English Defence League (EDL) founder and former leader with prominent British Muslim Mo Ansar, who wants the group banned, in a BBC One documentary on Monday. Mr Ansar told Jo Coburn that Tommy Robinson was a "complex character", and also that there were "soft sides to
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in which he questioned Ansar's professional credentials, reiterating Dale's view that Ansar had "invented himself as a rent-a-quote commentator" and said Ansar had a
Twitter alias account that denigrated those he disagreed with. Bartlett wrote that Ansar's "language of tolerance and moderation"
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reported that Al
Shabaab denied having threatened the lives of any of the Muslims featured in the video and claimed instead that their aim was "to expose anyone who spoke out after the killing in Woolwich as not representative of the truth".
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over slavery in antiquity, during which he had tweeted "If slaves are treated justly with no oppression whatsoever, who could possibly object, Tom".
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