Sep 2007 24

Tower Shamlets 'defend' Islamist books2

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a report by the Centre for Social Cohesion that exposed the shocking amount of Islamic Fundamentalist literature stocked in Tower Shamlets’ taxpayer-funded libraries.  So I wrote to the leader of the council and got a reply from their head of Idea Stores (Chief Librarian to you and me):

"Dear Councillor Jones,

In reading the latest Centre for Social Cohesion report into Islamic Fundamentalist literature stocked in public libraries, would you care to explain how and why taxpayers’ money has been used to stock public libraries with books promoting hate, violence and Islamic Fundamentalism?

Yours sincerely,

Tim Aker"

Have a read of thier reply below and tell us what you think of their response in the comments section.  Are Tower Shamlets dodging the questions?  Should they spend taxpayers’ money on terrorist manuals?  Let us know what you think!

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  • William Norton

    Their defence appears to be: we don’t have 80 copies of a particular book, only 41.
    So, the slaphappy jobsworths have let someone pinch 48.75% of their stock, have they? What’s that cost the council tax payer of Tower Hamlets?
    You might also want to have a look at the spectacular cock-up these jerks made out of the sale of Limehouse Library.

  • CG

    I don’t think that have dodged the question at all.
    There is no reason why Islamic texts should not be available in a library if that is what is requested and used by their patrons.
    On the point of the number of copies of the book in question,I think he was trying to point out that the original report was factually incorrect.