20 October 2011

UCL student society announces event with hate preacher within days of Provost Malcolm Grant claiming extremism is ‘made-up’

Interfaith activists at StandforPeace and students at the University College of London have criticised Malcolm Grant after UCL Medical School Islamic Society announced its intention to host a hate preacher within days of Malcolm Grant telling reporters that extremism on his campus was ‘made-up’.

Zahir Mahmood has been invited to the Islamic Society’s annual charity dinner on the 28th October at UCL. Mahmood has a history of glorifying Hamas, a recognised terrorist group by the EU, and has called for Muslims to refrain from integrating into British society. [StandforPeace] Read more