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How British libraries
encourage Islamic
extremism
James Brandon
& Douglas Murray
CENTRE
FOR SOCIAL
COHESION
ISBN 1-903386-62-4
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All the Institute’s publications seek to further its
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The views expressed are those of the authors,
not of the Institute.
Hate on the State:
How British libraries encourage
Islamic extremism
James Brandon &
Douglas Murray
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Islamist books in Tower Hamlets libraries . . . . .6
The collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Salafi and Wahhabi writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Books relating to Jamaat-e-Islami . . . . . . . . . . 17
Convicted preachers of hate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Other strands of extremist thought . . . . . . . . .23
Views on women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Non-violent Islamists and other writers . . . . . . 27
Other libraries’ collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Introduction
British libraries are funded by the UK taxpayer to educate and entertain the British
public. Their range of books reflects the breadth of interests of the nation. However
a number of public libraries in the UK stock substantial quantities of literature
preaching violent jihad in the most heavily Muslim areas of the country.
Although this problem exists in numerous public libraries, in Waltham Forest,
Birmingham and Blackburn, the following report mainly focuses on one such library
service – that of Tower Hamlets in east London which has the largest Muslim
population of any London borough. Tower Hamlets’ eight lending libraries contain
several hundred books and audiotapes by radical Islamists, stocking the works and
words of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat-e-Islami, many senior
Wahhabi clerics and even preachers who have been convicted in the UK of incitement
to murder.
Many of these books stocked in the Islam section of libraries:
• Glorify acts of terrorism against followers of other religions
• Incite violence against anyone who rejects jihadist ideologies
• Endorse violence and discrimination against women
In a number of cases these books are not only on library shelves but are also given
special prominence in displays. Such books abuse traditions of rationalism and
tolerance and risk damaging community cohesion. In the worst cases they are the
tools of radicalisation and increase the risk of Islamic terrorism.
Two examples are particularly striking:
Abu Hamza al-Masri
is currently in prison, serving a seven year sentence for
incitement. His sermons in Finsbury Park Mosque influenced, among others, Zacarias
Moussaoui, the convicted ‘twentieth hijacker’ of 9/11, and Richard Reid, the ‘shoe-
bomber’. In Tower Hamlets libraries several copies of Abu Hamza’s writings on jihad are
freely available and are uncritically presented on open shelves.
Abdullah al-Faisal
was jailed for soliciting murder in 2003, having repeatedly
called for the murder of all non-Muslims. After serving his sentence he was deported
in 2007. One of the 7/7 London bombers, Germaine Lindsay, attended his sermons.
Yet in Tower Hamlets libraries several copies of al-Faisal’s books can be read by any
member of the public.
The work of such convicted criminals are the tip of the iceberg. The libraries of Tower
Hamlets also play host to disproportionate quantities of radical literature by people
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