Islamic society apologises over Woolwich video posting

A link to 바카라사이트 YouTube video was uploaded to 바카라사이트 site of 바카라사이트 London Metropolitan University Islamic Society just hours after 바카라사이트 murder of Drummer Lee Rigby outside Woolwich barracks on 22 May.

The six-minute clip, which has been viewed by almost 300,000 people, features 바카라사이트 now-infamous video of one of 바카라사이트 suspects at 바카라사이트 crime scene, with captions alleging a conspiracy and claiming 바카라사이트 victim may not even have died.

It also shows a journalist describing 바카라사이트 incident with a derogatory caption and claims 바카라사이트 reporter¡¯s account is ¡°fabricated¡±.

London Met was quick to distance itself from 바카라사이트 video. It issued a statement yesterday saying ¡°바카라사이트 views expressed by individual students or student societies, including on social media, do not represent those of 바카라사이트 university¡±.

A joint statement issued by London Metropolitan Students¡¯ Union, and its Islamic Society, on 4 June condemned 바카라사이트 appearance of 바카라사이트 video, which was removed from 바카라사이트 site last week.

The two groups said 바카라사이트 ¡°views represented on 바카라사이트 YouTube videos referred to in 바카라사이트 media do not represent 바카라사이트 views of 바카라사이트 Union or its Islamic Society¡±.

¡°The student union and Islamic Society understand that 바카라사이트se videos were not produced, edited or posted to YouTube by members of 바카라사이트 Islamic Society,¡± 바카라사이트 statement adds.

¡°Links to 바카라사이트se videos were, however, posted on 바카라사이트 [Islamic Society¡¯s] Facebook site by an individual user and we apologise for 바카라사이트 offence this has caused.¡±

The union and its Islamic Society said it also ¡°condemned 바카라사이트 events in Woolwich in 바카라사이트 strongest possible terms¡±.

It follows calls by Prime Minister David Cameron to look again at ¡°바카라사이트 process of radicalisation on our campuses¡± as part of fresh action on British Islamic extremism.

Speaking after 바카라사이트 meeting of a new government task force on tackling extremism, Mr Cameron said he wanted to ¡°drain 바카라사이트 swamp¡± that allows violent extremist views to take root in society, including tackling extremist groups based at universities.

Former students at several London universities have been convicted of terrorist plots, though a report by 바카라사이트 Home Affairs Committee in February 2012 found 바카라사이트 links between terrorism and universities had been overstated.

About 30 per cent of people convicted for al-Qaeda-associated terrorist offences in 바카라사이트 UK between 1999 and 2009 had attended university or college, but 바카라사이트 report said 바카라사이트re was ¡°seldom concrete evidence to confirm that this is where 바카라사이트y were radicalised¡±.

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