“This is so annoying – last week I was condemning Hizb ut-Tahrir, now I’m forced to defend them with the government ban. Today’s announcement has exposed serious flaws in the way Labour deals with Muslim and non-Muslim groups. I am no fan of HT as it has always been clear on these pages, but there needs to be a sense of perspective and equal rights for everyone.”

Sunny Hundal at Asians in Media, 5 August 2005