بريطانيا: وقف تقديم المنح لمنتدى الجمعيات الخيرية الإسلامية

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أعلن وزير المجتمعات والحكومة المحلية "إيريك بيكلز" إيقاف المِنَح التي تقدِّمها الحكومة لمنتدى الجمعيات الخيرية الإسلامية، زاعمًا أن المنتدى لم يقدِّم ضمانات للحكومة تؤكد أن لديه إجراءات صارمة لمراقبة أعضائه والتحقيق معهم، لضمان عدم ارتباطهم بأي جهات تأتي على قائمة الجماعات الإسلامية المحظورة في "بريطانيا".

وأشار في البيان الصادر عن وزارته أن الحكومة لن تدعم إلا الجمعيات والبرامج التي تدعم وتشجِّع القيم لبريطانية الأساسية والاندماج.

وردًّا على ذلك الإجراء، أكد المتحدث عن المنتدى شعورهم بخيبة الأمل واستنكار الأُسس التي بنَت الحكومة موقفها عليها، وخاصةً مع الأعمال الخيرية والمشروعات الكبيرة التي يقوم المنتدى عليها، أو يشارك فيها مع مختلف أفراد المجتمع؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Funding awarded for inter-faith work to a charity coalition with alleged ties to terrorist groups has been stopped, Eric Pickles announced today.

The Communities Secretary said umbrella organisation the Muslim Charities Forum had failed to reassure the Government it had robust measures in place to investigate and challenge its members.

It was chosen to run the Faith Minorities in Action project aimed at encouraging integration by tackling youth crime, promoting the role of women and providing child protection training.

Then claims emerged that some of the Islamic charities within the group allegedly had links to the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and other terrorist organisations.

At the time a spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government, which had reportedly provided a grant of £18,000, insisted it did not fund any organisation involved with violent or non-violent extremism.

But Mr Pickles said after a formal review – including of allegations made in the press and the organisation’s “continued poor performance” in delivering against agreed objectives – he had now taken the decision to terminate its funding.

In a written statement he said: “The Muslim Charities Forum has failed to reassure us that they have robust measures in place to investigate and challenge their members.

“Concerns have also been raised about events held by member organisations, at which individuals with extremist views have been invited to speak.

“This has undermined their work and means they are no longer able to deliver on the Faith Minorities in Action objectives.”

He said his department had also asked Faith Action, which delivers English language training to assist social integration, to stop its funding of Islamic Help as part of its project.

The decision, he explained, stemmed from Islamic Help’s recent invitation to an individual with extremist views to speak at one of their events.

Mr Pickles went on: “I hope this action illustrates our resolve to cease funding any organisation that supports or is linked to individuals who fuel hatred, division and violence.

“We will fund only those programmes and organisations that actively encourage integration and uphold fundamental British values.