IHRC Briefing: Community Security Trust demonises Muslims

Islamic Human Rights Watch has published a briefing document analysing articles appearing on the Community Security Trust (CST) website about Islam and Muslims. The CST is a Jewish organisation that provides security advice to British Jews and actively monitors anti Semitic incidents.

The CST state on their website that the ‘CST believes that the fight against antisemitism and terrorism is an integral part of safeguarding our wider democratic British society against extremism and hatred.’

One would perhaps expect the CST to know better than others that Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are interchangeable in this regard and that the fight against extremism and hatred in our society is an agenda shared by the overwhelming majority of Muslims and Jews.

Strange then that the IHRC document should unveil articles published on the CST site by authors Michael Whine, Mark Gardner and Dave Rich, which ‘serve to demonize Islam and depict its adherents as being an intolerant and violent ‘other’.’

The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, was guest of honour at a dinner hosted by the CST earlier this year.

Update: The CST have posted a response to this briefing document: ‘The Islamic Human Rights Commission and CST’.