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extremism, and said that four of Begg's speeches indicated that he promoted such violence; in two speeches, the imam espoused extremist positions. "Shakeel Begg is something of a Jekyll and Hyde character," Haddon-Cave said. "He appears to present one face to the general, local and inter-faith community and another to particular Muslim and other receptive audiences. The former face is benign, tolerant and ecumenical. The latter face is ideologically extreme and intolerant."
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disappointed and disturbed by this judgement, by its skew replete with incorrect and fanciful assumptions that rely unequivocally on the speculative, specious and rigid testimony of one âexpertâ witness - even when this testimony clearly contradicts the Quran and authentic
Hadiths of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) â as representing the myriad of normative Islamic opinions ... We shall continue to review this judgement.
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My legal team and I are continuing to study the judgment very carefully and we are considering all options, including an appeal ... In the meantime, it is important for the public, both
Muslims and non-Muslims to understand that this is a civil case of defamation, which I pursued to restore my
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Trustees of The Lewisham Islamic Centre (LIC) confirm our unequivocal and unwavering continued support of our Head Imam. We reassert that Imam Begg is not an extremist, has never espoused extremist views, nor is he by any stretch of the imagination an extremist speaker ... We are truly
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said: "Begg clearly promotes and encourages violence in support of Islam and espouses a series of extremist
Islamic positions. On occasions when it has suited him ... he has shed the cloak of respectability and revealed the horns of extremism." The judge gave a 10-point definition of Islamic
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reputation. Even though the ruling has gone in the BBCâs favour, it is important to stress that the BBC and Andrew Neil have not been 'cleared' of anything, and I have not been 'convicted' of anything ... I will be making further comments regarding this issue in the near future.
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A spokesman for the BBC said, "We were right to stand by the journalism of the Sunday
Politics. The judge has concluded, based on the evidence, that Imam Begg has preached religious violence and an extremist worldview in his remarks." In
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for calling him an extremist. The ruling was notable for the level of the court, the prominence of the defendant, the fact that a representative of the
British Muslim community was the plaintiff and its probable
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Islamic extremism in a young mind, which is then liable to be propagated on the internet."
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Islamic extremist. That month, the
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