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Hassan Butt admits telling lies for money and fame

Monday, 09 February 2009 19:19

The extent of Hassan Butt’s fabrication of his ‘ex extremist’ past have come to light today as restrictions on his evidence given in court in December 2008 have been lifted.

Hassan Butt, who courted much media attention by describing himself as someone who had helped British Muslims attend al Qaeda type training camps abroad admitted that:

"At no point have I ever been training, have I ever been a jihadi."

Explaining his motives on fabricating a violent extremist past, he said he told stories ‘the media wanted to hear’ and that he did so ‘to make money’.

Under cross examination by Andrew Edis QC, Butt was asked: "So, you were a professional liar then?

Butt replied: "I would make money, yes."

Edis continued: "If the money's right you'll say absolutely anything?"

"Absolutely anything, yes," Butt replied. "If I wasn't going to cash up on it, someone else was going to cash up on it”, he said.

So lucrative is the market for so called ex extremists, and so well courted are those that blame ‘Islamism as an ideology’ for terrorism, that the truth behind claims such as Butt’s are rarely probed or scrutinized.

By placing the blame for threats to security on Islam and ‘radicalised Muslims’, people like Butt have allowed the government and neo-cons to deflect attention from its actual causes; the war on terror and British foreign policy.

Ziauddin Sardar noted in a comment piece following the establishment of the Quilliam Foundation, that:

‘British foreign policy has a direct bearing on nurturing extremism. The occupation of Iraq, the byproducts of the "war on terror", the perpetual suffering of the Palestinians are not amenable to Sufi solutions or deprogramming techniques. So we don't need neocon ex-extremists to tell us what extremism is about. They are part of the problem, not the solution.’

But when the government, the media and neo-cons will court those that point the finger of blame at Muslims and pay them handsomely for telling lies, is it any wonder that opportunists like Butt arise?

Update: See Inayat Bunglawala's Cif blog 'The 'Islamist' who wasn't'

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Beavis - Another opportunist

|2009-02-09 23:26:07

God help us against these opportunists.

Do they have no self-respect? Do they not fear the Day of Judgement?

SP	\|2009-02-10 12:37:48

A perfect example of a Muslim doing more to damage Islam and taint its real meaning than the non Islamic counterparts. Do these type of people not think before they act or speak?

Give Ya Head A Wobble !!

|2009-02-11 16:41:51

This turns my stomach! Nifaq (hypocrisy) being the antithesis of Iman (faith) is truly reprehensible - May Allah (swt) protect & preserve our Iman & enable us to be shining examples of it also for others to come closer - not appalling sellouts who only serve to repel people! Aameen!

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