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Daud Abdullah To Sue Hazel Blears Over Smear

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Saturday, 04 April 2009 08:34
  Several of today's news outlets report that Dr Daud Abdullah, the Deputy Secretary-General at the Muslim Council of Britain, has via his lawyers sent a letter to the Communities Secretary Hazel Blears calling on her to publicly apologise for her remarks about him or face a libel suit.

As ENGAGE reported last week, Blears had in a letter published in the Guardian (now removed from its online edition) made a ludicrous and incendiary allegation that the Gaza Declaration that Daud Abdullah had signed 'advocated attacks on Jewish communities all around the world.' That was simply baseless and appeared to be clearly designed to malign and smear Daud Abdullah in the public eye.

It comes as no surprise, of course, that Blears was vocally supported in her actions by pro-Israeli websites like Harry's Place and 'ex-Islamists' such as Shiraz Maher who now works for the discredited neo-con outfit, Policy Exchange.

Daud Abdullah is right to ask for a public apology for a smear that was made in public. Blears cannot claim parliamentary immunity and will now have to prove her wild allegations in a court of law.

We hope that Daud's decision to stand up to Blears' crass bullying will send a clear signal to all that government Ministers cannot act in such a cavalier manner and that they are not above the law.

Blears has been an utter disaster as Communities Secretary. The imperial manner by which she has sought to try and intimidate independent voluntary Muslim organisations such as the Muslim Council of Britain into becoming government propaganda outlets like the Quilliam Foundation suggests that she has delusions of grandeur. She should be sacked before matters get much worse.

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Sack Blears  - What a twit!   |2009-04-04 07:46:21
Blears should be ditched by the government and sent packing back to the back-benches.

She is firmly in the pockets of the Zionist Harry's Place crowd.

Stand up to racist Zionism!
Ashraful  - Mending relations   |2009-04-04 12:55:10
If Dr Abdullah is going to go ahead with legal action then I think this is a worrying development. At a time when the MCB and the Government should be trying to mend relations, taking a course of action of such to seek damages is likely to result in a more unfavourable situation. I personally would prefer it if he dropped his plans to sue Hazel Blears.
Sack Blears  - Response to Ashraful   |2009-04-04 14:28:54
What is the 'worrying development' you are concerned about? Is it the fact that someone like Daud Abdullah is prepared to stand up to a twit like Blears - unlike many who would prefer to lick her boots?

Blears made a libellous comment about Dr Abdullah so she should now be prepared to prove it in the courts.
vandana  - Shameful   |2009-04-06 05:48:58
Erm, the fact that he signed the Istanbul Declaration is shameful, does he really want everyone to know?

Actually it would be really great if the public understood more about what preoccupies some people minds that leads them to sign such hate declarations.
William Wallace   |2009-04-06 08:48:12
Br Ashraful, where is your sense of principle and justice...we need to preserve our dignity and make a clear decleration that we are willing to engage and will work towards the defeat of extremism, but will not do so at the expense of our core beliefs and values. Dr Daud has many on his side.
Anonymous   |2009-04-06 20:26:35
Hate declerations Vandana...do you mean the Balfour Decleration, the basis of all the hate, destruction, theft and murder that the Palestinians have endured for over 70 years?
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