http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/2901 <!--paging_filter--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Windows User 12.00 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p><strong>ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS </strong></p><p>The Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) has been the subject of much scrutiny since Andrew Gilligan's <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7333420/Islamic-radicals-infiltrate-the-Labour-Party.html">investigation</a> into them revealed that the group was using effective entryist tactics to infiltrate and influence local politics in East London. Local MP Jim Fitzpatrick even went so far as to say that the IFE was &quot;trying to get individuals selected and elected&quot; so that they could eventually achieve their goal of establishing an &quot;Islamic social and political order&quot; in Britain.  The IFE and its parent organisation the East London Mosque (ELM), have since been protesting against accusations of extremism.  Despite this, senior IFE member, Azad Ali, <a href="http://blog.islamicforumeurope.com/?p=1118">wrote a blog</a> yesterday in which he suggested an ideological affinity between his group and Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT).<p><a href="/node/2901"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/2901#comments Andrew Gilligan Azad Ali Haitham al-Haddad IFE Islamic Forum of Europe Muslim Brotherhood War on Terror Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:07:53 +0100 Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens 2901 at http://standpointmag.co.uk