rant 0002
i just read a post on medium dot com by a guy named gurwinder bhogal; it was the first of three parts ("The Hate Factory (Part 1)"). in this particular post, he spends quite a bit of time investigating "radical" muslims in luton in the UK. he made an honest attempt at investigation, but when he said that he spoke with an ima m at the lution islamic centre named farasat latif, discussing his salafist beliefs, i began to fear that he would head down the usual path taken by islamic apologists. the luton islamic centre is reputed to be the hub of salafi activities in that benighted community, and mr. bhogal w rites that mr. latif has a twenty-year history of fighting it. well, he has a twenty-year history of fighting it ... in *english* and in print. mr. latif claims that h e is salafist, but says that means that the islam he practices, wh ich he says is li ke that muhammed and his companions practice d, is purely sp iritual. at no point in the post does mr.