Stephen Pollard gives a nice digested version of the FCO story that's been brewing for a few days: "Mockbul Ali, the FCOs Islamic issues adviser, pressed for the granting of entry visas to Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, which exists to promote the establishment of an Islamic state brought about by jihad..." 
"Mr Ali has also championed entry for Delwar Hossain Sayeedi a Bangladeshi MP who demands further terror against the West because the UK and the US deserve all that is coming to them for overthrowing the Taleban in Afghanistan... His colleague Angus McKee has even proposed direct funding of groups dedicated to wiping out Western civilisation".
For those of you who can't quite recall the name 'Yusuf al-Qaradawi', he has a television show called "Sharia and Life" and has published lots of books about sharia law. He believes in democracy and thinks that extremist acts should be condemned. He also believes in executing anyone who is found guilty of homosexuality (although quite how they should be executed is a matter of serious scholarly debate: chucking them from a high place, burning, etc.), supports female circumcision and killing anyone who leaves the Muslim faith. He condemns 9/11 but supports Palestinian terrorists blowing up buses filled with innocent people.
But he does believe that singing and dancing are acceptable and that cinema is lawful. So, you can cut up your daughter's vagina without her consent and kill infidels, but because you can sing and dance about it afterwards, that is the mark of a moderate. Ken Livingstone's doing us such an important service by having tea with this lovely man. If he weren't so busy preaching fire and brimstone around the world, he'd be a great "community leader". You can read more about him here.
