Should we be surprised at Patrick Mercer's (MP) racist comments? It hasn't been the first time he's said something so offensive and he is a member of Conservative Friends of Israel so what more can we expect!
And why oh why is Sunny Hundal so damn obsessed with Muslim organisations? I've come across his rants for some time and have noticed a slight pattern. If you are a Muslim who is vocal and active in defending the Palestinians against Israeli occupation - then you are either labelled anti-semitic or extremist - he has done this time and time again with the likes of MPACUK and the MCB - both credible pro-Palestinian Muslim organisations. If you object to Israel's crimes and occupation against the defenceless Palestinians - he will automatically have something to say about it.
There's something not quite right with him. He seems to use any excuse possible to attack and discredit Muslims. This one here as a prime example: http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/1040
When it came to the Holocaust Memorial Day, he attacked Salma Yaqoob and Inayat Bunglawala (of the MCB) for not 'mentioning' the massacre and genocide of Bengalis in 1971 by Pakistani soldiers. Fair enough but I don't see Hundal himself holding to account other massacres- namely the current one ongoing in Palestine!
He is the editor of Asians in the media (an informative site when it wants to be) but here comes the dodgy part - he also runs Pickled Politics - which is very hospitable to Islamophobes and far right fascists. He seems very chummy with the racists at Harry's Place and apparently the BNP organised a march 'in honour' of Hundal...!
Anyway, the point of my rant here is who is Sunny Hundal to go round attacking and vilifying groups like these and what exactly is his agenda? I for one can see the benefits reeling from racists like Harry's Place, Islamophobes and pro-Israeli lobbies - he is doing their dirty work for them by smearing and discrediting influential Muslim groups... but what's in it for Hundal?
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