“Just as Senator Joseph McCarthy ruined the lives of countless Americans during the 1950s when he and his committee smeared innocent people as communists, the Muslim hierarchy in Britain have used witchhunts to maintain their unquestioned theological power….

“Islam in Britain has been taken over by the followers of a warped manifestation of the faith. The Muslim Council of Britain, the main Muslim newspapers and many of the big mosques are dominated by men who subscribe to a virulent and backward-looking brand of Islam that has been exported from the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.”

Poor, persecuted Taj Hargey writes in the Times, 10 April 2009

But Hargey does have his admirers – Melanie Phillips for one. And you can see why, can’t you?

Update:  See the comment at ENGAGE, 14 April 2009

And by Yusuf Smith at Indigo Jo Blogs, 14 April 2009