tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post4162193676192711059..comments2009-10-16T02:31:36.100+01:00Harry Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099597763862011749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-47375297360823692672009-10-15T20:39:17.184+01:002009-10-15T20:39:17.184+01:00I love the &quot;celebrity Labour blogger Derek Draper&quot;<br /><br />If there is anything less celebrity-like than Derek Draper, I&#39;ve yet to find it.Any Colour but Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-87528502773345664582009-10-14T22:36:10.662+01:002009-10-14T22:36:10.662+01:00Onwards and upwards.<br /><br />Now can we consider the writ issued against <i>The Guardian</i> by solicitors representing a Mr Mueen-Uddin, &quot;director of Muslim Spiritual Care Provision in the NHS, who was until recently vice-chairman of the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre and was involved in setting up the Muslim Council of Britain&quot;. Who, morever, is doubtless an &quot;all-round good egg&quot;, another one of the self-appointed great and good.<br /><br />Phew!<br /><br />Last week, <i>The Guardian</i> repeated a claim from a 1995 Channel 4 documentary, suggesting that &quot;Mueen-Uddin is alleged to have been part of a group that abducted and &#39;disappeared&#39; people. Witnesses at the time describe seeing him kidnapping a university professor and a journalist in Dhaka during the war.&quot;<br /><br />Since the aforesaid all-round, good egg has the considerable financial backing of Jamaat-e-Islami, the Muslim Council of Britain and the East London Mosque/London Muslim Centre, <i>The Guardian</i> has withdrawn the contested paragraphs.<br /><br />More at https://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/10/14/the-guardian-has-received-another-libel-threat/Malcolm Redfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907427518823910875noreply@blogger.com