Police Muslim forum in Britain is headed by Islamic extremist

An Islamic extremist who has described al-Qaeda as a "myth" and justified the killing of British troops in Iraq has been chosen as the main link between the Metropolitan Police and the Muslim community. Scotland Yard will now face pressure to renounce Azad Ali, the new chair of the Muslim Safety Forum, which is recognized by the Met under a formal written agreement as "the principal body in relation to Muslim community safety and security". The deal says that the Met will "use the MSF as a consultation body to help formulate policy or practice". Ali was the founding chair of the MSF in 2006, but left that job in 2008 and resigned entirely from the group in 2009 after publicity over his extremist comments. Recently, he was quietly reappointed as its chairman. Ali is a senior official of the fundamentalist Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE), which works, in its own words, to create an Islamic state under sharia law in Europe. The IFE and the MSF share the same offices.