ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (ANS) -- Operators of a British-based Islamic website are speaking out against a charge in a British tabloid that some of its users are extremists targeting leading British Jews.

The newspaper story said the alleged “targeting” is in retaliation for Israel’s invasion of Gaza.

However, the site continues to carry material advocating the destruction of Israel.

A 2006 posting reads in part (www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76374), “The Followers of Ahl Us-Sunnah wal Jamma call upon all Muslim individuals, groups and organizations to show their support verbally, physically and financially to the Mujahideen who are struggling against the fascist entity called Israel so that it can be destroyed once and for all thereby liberating the land of Palestine, the Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip which belong to the Muslims and allowing the Muslims to implement Islamic law.”

The rhetoric continues, “The obligation to engage in Jihad (holy war) is Fardun Ayn (an individual duty) today upon every responsible Muslim, according to their capability, wherever they are. Let us therefore respond to the call of Allah ... and his Messenger Muhammad ... and let the enemies of Islam and the Muslims go to hell.”

However, following a complaint, Britain’s Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is looking into the Jan. 7 front-page story in the Sun newspaper headlined “Terrorists Target Sugar,” with quotes by anti-terror researcher Glen Jenvey.

Sajid, the person who apparently initiated the complaint, appears to be site administrator for Ummah.com (http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:x-TomC1fw98J:www.www.ummah.net/forum/showthread.php%3Fp%3D2396511+Sajid+admin+ummah.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15&gl=uk)

The story claimed online Muslim forum Ummah.com was allegedly being used by radical Islamics to target The Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar, singer Amy Winehouse, producer Mark Ronson, the Labor Party's Lord Levy and others.

The Sun story quoted a contributor on the forum called “Abuislam,” asking “Have we got a list of top Jews we can target? Can someone post names and addresses?”

Ummah forum administrators posted a vocal defense of their site (www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=197121), headlined “Ummah forum detest today's misleading article in ‘The Sun,’” and alleged that Abuislam is really Jenvey, claiming confirmation from his IP and email addresses.

In an e-mailed statement, Jenvey denied being Abu Islam, adding that some inflammatory posts formerly on the site have now been either removed or manipulated to the forum administrators’ advantage.

He said, “Over the years I have monitored both www.ummah.net and www.ummah.com and their chat rooms. I know they hate me enough to try and discredit me.”

The Ummah writer (s) continued, “Ummah Forums is based on the premise that through dialogue and mutual exchange of sometimes drastically different and even diametrically
opposed ideas, people from all parts of the world can come to understand each other and if unable to become friends, they can at least be friendly by recognizing their shared humanity.”

However, not mentioned is Ummah’s former hosting of jailed extremist Abu Hamza's Supporters of Shariah website (SOS), at http://web.archive.org/web/20000831081335/www.ummah.net/sos/aj1/ajindex.html .

The web archive provides a record of SOS being hosted by Ummah.net, which is the same as ummah.com from 1999 to 2003, at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://ummah.net/sos

Abu Hamza was jailed in 2006 for seven years after being found guilty of inciting murder and race hate (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4690224.stm).

In addition, encouragements to jihad (Islamic holy war) currently appear on the Ummah site (http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:7C1zYFU0ogMJ:www.ummah.net/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D198569+Jihad+is+our+way+ummah&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2).

Quoting from another site, one person wrote, “Jihad becomes (an individual’s duty) when a person is in the battlefield, if the enemy invades a Muslim country, if the imam appoints a person or urges him to fight, or if his particular skills are needed because he has good knowledge of military matters or weapons and so is needed by the mujaahideen, and there is no one else with this knowledge or these skills. And Allah knows best.”

Someone else wrote, “I personally believe it is (our duty). Some ... say otherwise.”

And a portion of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement’s Frequently Asked Questions carried on the site (www.ummah.net/ikhwan/questions.html) reads in part, “Are you saying that if a government overthrow brings an ‘Islamic’ state in Egypt, Bosnian and Iraqi problems will be solved right away ?”

The answer was, “No, but it will put us on the way to solving these problems! (The Islamic religious militia) believe that the reason for our misery today is that we do not obey Allah and we do not follow his laws and his orders. An Islamic state will ... put us on the right path.”

The PCC is looking into whether or not Abuislam is Jenvey. It has also contacted the Sun and is awaiting the paper's response.

Jenvey and former colleague Johnathan Galt years ago listed Ummah as a problem site (www.geocities.com/johnathanrgalt/ummahnews_com.html). According to Galt, at that time, the site’s apparent owner was Osman Muhammad and its administrative contact was an S.H. Ahmed, both listing the same London address.

Jeremy Reynalds is a freelance writer and the founder and CEO of Joy Junction, New Mexico's largest emergency homeless shelter, http://www.joyjunction.org He has a master's degree in communication from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in intercultural education from Biola University in Los Angeles. His newest book is "The Face of Homelessness." Additional details are available at http://www.HomelessBook.com. Reynalds' latest book is "We All Need a Little Help." It was released on October 3 2008. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information contact: Jeremy Reynalds at jeremyreynalds@comcast.net. Tel: (505) 400-7145.