The government's pushing through of the 42-days legislation is intended to keep us safe from the worst of the Islamist ideologues who threaten our way of life. So the fact that one of the worst offenders, Abu Qatada, has just been released is certainly embarassing for the government.
What is strange is that Abu Qatada should not have to be freed. Not should he have to be held without charge. Abu Qatada has said things equal to the statements which landed Abu Hamza and Abdullah Faisal in prison. In an effort to help the government and police, the Centre for Social Cohesion last night released excerpts from transcripts of translated recordings we discovered on one of the UK's leading Islamist sites. The full report can be read here, but people might be interested in the particular utterances of Mr Qatada which can be read here.
They include the following:
"Our countries have been infiltrated by kaffirs [non-Muslims]. It is farid [duty] for us to turn our swords on to them and kill them."
