Good riddance Abu Qatada

Posted 7 Jul 2013 by Walaa Idris

Abu Qatada

Be happy, even elated that Abu Qatada is finally back in Jordan. I am positively over the moon with the news of his departure. But also be very angry and determined to sort out our legal process, human rights laws and legal aid system.

They were all manipulated and abused to keep him in the UK. And they successfully did so despite eight years in courts and the attempts of as many Home Office Secretaries to deport him back to his own country.

Not begrudging anyone their moment of glory, but let’s be very clear here. Abu Qatada only left when he stopped using our own legal system to keep him in the UK.

The laws, whether they are made in the UK or the EU, that benefit criminals over the public wishes and safety must change.

Human rights are one thing, but using them to keep a dangerous and notorious terrorist is another thing altogether and is more treacherous.

Well done to Theresa May for her persistence and for finally pushing the evil cleric out. But we must now look seriously at our laws and overhaul those that allowed him to stay despite the nation’s desire.

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Think maybe it’s time for May to rock the boat and stir things a little.

Posted 24 Apr 2013 by Walaa Idris

Theresa May

It seems once a month Theresa May tries to legally deport the cleric Abu Qatada, and once a month he appeals and wins to stay in the UK. She then issues a statement explaining what went wrong and promises to not give up on her crusade to send him back. And once a month Yvette Cooper responds with some lame confused middle of the road response insinuating that she and her party could do a better job!

I don’t know about everyone else, but I am tired of hearing about Abu Qatada and his human rights. Sick of May tip toeing around the courts and Cooper pretending she could do a better job, when for years, regarding this hate preacher, all Lab did was look the other way.

Theresa May has so far been a very lucky Home Office Secretary; unlike her predecessors, not much has rocked her post. Despite being the second woman to hold this office, unless she shakes things a little, she risks being forgettable or worst remembered as the one who could not send this nasty dangerous man back home.

So why doesn’t she turn the table around and defy the courts? She already has her assurances from Jordan that Qatada will get a fair trial. Then why not keep her promise to her country? Show she is a no nonsense woman and just put Qatada on a plane out of the UK and back to Jordan? Let him use the law, his human rights and his money to fight his way back into the UK.

The Prime Minster is not alone in feeling frustrated about this case. Abu Qatada and his preferred human rights make the whole country’s “blood boil” with exasperation, by sending him back May might defy a law and tarnish her perfect stint at the Home Office, but she will be remembered as the second British woman to say “No. No. No.”

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