An article in the new freesheet, the London Line, on Ulil Abshar-Abdalla of the Indonesian organisation Jaringan Islam Liberal, contains a major blooper. Apparently London is “home to Hizb ut-Tahrir, one of Islam’s extreme voices … its members recently issued death threats against Respect candidate George Galloway”.
Don’t they read the papers? Over a week ago the Evening Standard – and Galloway himself – were threatened with legal action when they falsely reported that he had been attacked by members of Hizb ut-Tahrir (see here and here). London Line better hope that their lawyers are more competent than their fact-checkers.