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July 16, 2005
That Guardian Trainee
You might recall Dilpazier Aslam? The Guardian trainee journalist who has written extensively for and recently been a member of Hizb Ut Tahrir ? The one with the Sassy remark? Vicki Woods today:
The girl who insisted on wearing a jilbab instead of
perfectly acceptable Muslim-type school uniform should not have been
allowed to. Full stop.
Especially when Hizb ut Tahrir, who seem to have spread out a bit from Uzbekhistan and gone to live among our friends in the north, targeted her school, and backed her. And even though that brisk barrister Cherie Booth won her case for her.
Our Cherie does seem to take some odd cases, doesn’t she? Of much greater import, one of the missing:
Not when (to name only one) a 22-year-old Guardian trainee journalist, David Foulkes, whose future on the morning of July 7 was rose-coloured, smiles out of my paper under the heading: Missing.
I do wonder how Mr. Aslam’s views are being discussed in the Guardian newsroom now we have all those pieces of information. Must be difficult being an apologist for those who have killed your co-worker.
Update: Those of you coming from Tim Blair’s will already have seen this but a comment that requires a wider audience:
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Comments
The Guardian hires a Hizb ut-Tahrir writer (and presumably, member) as a reporter and then uses that reporter to write an article on the Hizb ut-Tahrir-backed jilbab fight. From Aslam's Guardian article:
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Shabina Begum, 16, described the court of appeal verdict against Denbigh high school in Luton as a victory for all Muslims "who wish to preserve their identity and values despite prejudice and bigotry".
The Guardian would be well-placed to land that exclusive wouldn't it? Aslam's connection to the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir is nowhere disclosed. This relationship between the Guardian and Hizb seems pretty cozy. Aslam quotes the girl quoting Islamist propaganda (unchallenged of course):
Our belief in our faith is the one thing that makes sense of a world gone mad, a world where Muslim women, from Uzbekistan to Turkey, are feeling the brunt of policies guided by western governments. I feel I've made people question the jilbab issue again.
Posted by: Brian O'Connell | Jul 16, 2005 4:16:29 PM
Quisling bastards the lot of 'em.
Posted by: James | Jul 16, 2005 6:14:33 PM
The one with the Sassy remark?
What you are doing is offensive. Are you telling me that you honestly think any reasonable interpretation of the article is that the author means that the terrorist attacks are "opinions."
The author wrote, "We're much sassier with our opinions, not caring if the boat rocks or not."
You guys really ruin public discourse when you do these dirty and dishonest things. An "opinion" may figuratively "rock the boat" but, by definition, it does not destroy or kill. By definition an opinion is not a physical act.
opinion n.
* A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion (Elizabeth Drew).
* A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion.
* A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts.
* The prevailing view: public opinion.
It is disgusting that you play such games about life and death issues. The author did not say that the bombers were sassy. The author referred to opinions shared by many Muslims, the term "sassy" CLEARLY referred to those opinions, not the bombings. You are a fool or a liar if you think otherwize.
Posted by: Tom Murphy | Jul 19, 2005 12:30:39 PM
‘Dilpazier’? I think they stopped prescribing that when it was found to cause birth defects.