tim chapman timc2ubhcom httpmediaguardiancoukbroadcastcomment0749378176900html hamzas horrid must tolerate rod liddle wednesday august 28 2002 guardian sheikh abu hamza almasri maddest mad mullahs cartoon bogeyman scare kiddies spent quiet contemplative bank holiday playing children victoria park hackney ive often wondered incendiary islamic fundamentalist clerics statutory public holidays head beach maybe swing bq way home hoped beguiling vision hamza paddling sea icecream cone one good hand waves tickling shins sheikh mentally preparing fix pesky shelves kitchen instead planning extermination zionism america maybe bq day seaside probably beyond hamzas budget since bank england froze assets victoria park sounded happy enough spoke babble tiny cheerful islamic protowarriors background must know hamza hes imam designed would seem daily mails cartoonist mac large metal hook place left hand one eye covered patch baleful watchful milkywhite dont mock disabled days unless someone like hamza dont like youll excuse inapt phraseology gloves come hamza known vaulting imagination typical british right captain hook articles usually call arrest extradition us deportation back home egypt maybe pakistan afghanistan fought russians years thus sustained disabilities anywhere really cant lock chuck country maybe force shut dont like hamza much werent fond september 11 afterwards nervy paranoid months thought sky might fall disapprobation turned political persecution daily mirror agitating arrest theyve got hold secret videos man behaving even inflammatory manner urging warfare looting enemies islam context long time ago says imam unduly bothered perhaps reputation broadmindedness tolerance towards people like hamza thinning even mirrors scoop hamza preaches preached scary finsbury park mosque earlier year charity commissioners banned allegedly inflammatory remarks didnt know charity commissioners meant stuff like passport seized returned assets frozen tailed police every access media restricted internal policing within broadcasting corporations press last point tell endlessly repeating mantra fervently wishing true hamza representative british muslims british muslims simple homogenous thing single voice one could turn every explanation perhaps succour trouble first month twin towers attack revealed rather representative list governmentapproved muslim spokesmen uncomfortably suspect dragooned briefly statements support war terrorism blanket condemnation taliban opinion poll commissioned radio 4s today programme revealed overwhelming majority british muslims george bushs crusade one six put mildly ambivalent attack us remainder condemned attack unequivocally large majority thought war terrorism war islam hamza said repeatedly something time didnt want hear quiz man present policy home abroad comes across superficially least someone liberal left war iraq britain become independent us foreign policy attempt rapprochement arab states stronger action israel mistrust global capitalism redistribution wealth particularly antisemitic far tell although dont suppose holidaying eilat year yesterdays guardian chief rabbi expressed willingness talk hamza grateful sheikhs message condolence london synagogue attacked say hamza peaceable jeffersonian democrat wilfully misrepresented without question rather inflammatory private sermons people public ideology arid uncompromising interpretation islam would happy truly islamic society stone women death adultery example would find many perhaps views utterly repellent thats point hamza true test apparent desire multicultural multiculturalism surely cheerful appropriation bits inoffensive minority cultural behaviour ruling hegemony sort syncopated monoculturalism multiculturalism rather ability society tolerate views antithetical dominant culture maybe learn fbi investigating hamza course found nothing remotely incriminating real reason vilification persecution simply pungency views often said shut arrest rhetoric increases hostility muslim population generally perfectly noble argument wash dont defuse difficult situation pretending doesnt exist british muslims maybe minority maybe feel growing sense unease mystification direction western foreign policy led direction hamza shutting man therefore wont make difference rather louis macneice glass falling hour hour glass fall ever break bloody glass wont hold weather yahoo groups sponsor 4 dvds free sp join httpusclickyahoocompt6ybbnxieaamvfiaa7gsolbtm unsubscribe group send email forteanaunsubscribeegroupscom use yahoo groups subject httpdocsyahoocominfoterms wed 28 aug 2002 093347 0100 zzzzteana wacky imam