*Thread* This is a car bomb, packed with gas canisters, petrol cans, and hundreds upon hundreds of nails. It was parked outside the Tiger Tiger club in London in 2007. A similar car bomb was parked a street away. The aim was to slaughter scores, first in the crowded club...1/10

...and then fleeing survivors in the street. Fortunately, the bombs failed to detonate and the two terrorists, Kafeel Ahmed and Bilal Abdulla, went on the run. 2/10

Next, the terrorists attacked Glasgow airport with another vehicle bomb. Their target was the departures hall, which was very busy at the time. Ahmed died of burns he suffered in the attack. Abdulla survived and was put on trial. He was found guilty and sentenced to life. 3/10

Sentencing him, the judge called Abdulla a “religious extremist and a bigot” and "a very dangerous man". He added: "The club represented everything that you and Ahmed held in contempt and despised about Western culture: drink, association between the sexes, and music." 4/10

Awful, right? Not if you are Cage figurehead Moazzam Begg. After meeting Abdulla in prison, Begg called him “unbelievably warm, kind, gentle, loving, unextreme to the maximum”. He only made a "mistake", and it was "understandable", if not justifiable. 5/10 https://tinyurl.com/yyvqbc6p 

This is the way with Cage. It whitewashes terrorists who want to murder us. This has been going on for well over a decade now. So why on earth do Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP plan to publish a volume edited by Cage leader Asim Qureshi? 6/10 https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526151469/ 

The Press says it wants "books that promote positive change, enrich cultural life and push the boundaries of knowledge". Cage is all about terrorist support, not "positive change". It "enriches" nothing. This is common knowledge now - there are no "boundaries" to push. 7/10

Nor is this about freedom of speech. Cage and Asim Qureshi have long enjoyed it. Go way back to 2006, for example, to find Qureshi openly backing jihadis at a Hizb ut-Tahrir rally in London, including those attacking our troops. Plus ça change. 8/10

Though Cage would deny freedom of speech to its critics. Even a Prime Minister. 9/10 https://twitter.com/habibi_uk/status/1283387496722837509

Universities have played a key role in mainstreaming dangerous Islamist extremism and lending legitimacy to some of the worst. This must end. The Press should send Cage on its way.

“Unbelievably warm, kind, gentle, loving, unextreme to the maximum", uh huh. 10/10