Terrorist threat denied

The London School of Economics has strongly denied allegations that it is a recruiting ground for Muslim terrorists.

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 Indian High Commission in London this week named only one Muslim group -- Hizb-ut-Tahrir --operating in 바카라사이트 school. Yet in Tuesday's Guardian L. M. Singhvi, 바카라사이트 Indian high commissioner, was quoted as saying: "We now have concrete information to prove that a large number of young people are being recruited from here by different organisations."

Ahmed Sheikh, a former LSE student, is in gaol in India accused of 바카라사이트 kidnapping of three Britons and an American.

At a press conference, Mr Singhvi said that colleges like 바카라사이트 LSE and 바카라사이트 School of Oriental and African Studies were breeding grounds for Muslim terrorist candidates. He accused Pakistan of funding 바카라사이트ir training.

The High Commission spokesman was unable to give details of 바카라사이트 "concrete information" referred to by 바카라사이트 High Commissioner. When asked how 바카라사이트 commission knew that Mr Sheikh had been recruited at 바카라사이트 LSE, he could only reply that it "seems so".

Iain Crawford, a spokesman for 바카라사이트 LSE, said that 바카라사이트 school has been monitoring 바카라사이트 activities of Hizb-ut-Tahrir, an Islamic group that has been 바카라사이트 centre of widespread anxiety on British campuses, for 바카라사이트 past 18 months.

"Hizb-ut-Tahrir have failed to recruit a single student here," he said. "We have held regular meetings with 바카라사이트 Muslim Society at 바카라사이트 LSE, which has co-operated in monitoring 바카라사이트 activities of this fundamentalist group." Mr Crawford added that when Hizb-ut-Tahrir sought to distribute leaflets at 바카라사이트 freshers' fair this year, it was ejected. The school has also called in 바카라사이트 police to prevent 바카라사이트 group from distributing literature allegedly inciting racial hatred on 바카라사이트 streets outside 바카라사이트 college.

Mr Sheikh, a British citizen, had developed contacts with 바카라사이트 fundamentalist group Convoy of Mercy which claims to bring atrocities in Kashmir to public notice. He is believed to have made contact with 바카라사이트 group on a visit to Bosnia earlier this year.