I am a member of another organisation, but I - like most Muslims - have no doubt that MPACUK is doing a great job... One concern that I have is that your approach on a particular issue will turn away people from MPACUK. That is issues relating to 'Sufis/Brelvis' as your website refers to them.

In the Washington Post David Ignatius observes that, in their testimony to the Senate on the war in Iraq, General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker portrayed the malign and nefarious influence of Iran as lying at the very core of the ongoing difficulties in Iraq. Ignatius makes two very important points:

Muslim leaders have condemned a new war game where teams of soldiers shoot at enemies dressed as Arabs. Players can pay to dress up in camouflaged military gear and fight opponents wearing shemaghs - the traditional headdress of Arab men - at a 20-acre former RAF hospital in Nocton, Lincs. Participants use replica machine guns, pistols and sniper rifles which fire 6mm BB rounds. Images from the Zulu 1 website show soldiers pointing rifles at hooded "Arab" men spreadeagled on the floor.

Trinity Institute's Bob Scott talks with author and academic Tariq Ramadan about religion and violence.

The Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPACUK) would like to invite you to our Birmingham branch meeting which will be held this coming weekend on Sunday 13th April. As you may be aware, MPACUK are expanding around the country and we are asking Muslims to join us into ending the injustices we see around us everyday.

Tower Hamlets councillor Oliur Rahman was detained at Heathrow airport today (last  Wednesday) under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. He has expressed outrage over the incident. Cllr Rahman was held for more than 30 minutes and quizzed by Special Branch about why he had attended the sixth Cairo international anti-war conference in Egypt.