Mahdi Hashi: Has the Home Office plumbed new depths of sleaze in the "fight against terrorism?"

Back in the summer of 2012, the Home Office accused a man from north London of being an Islamic extremist and then revoked his British citizenship.  The BBC reported (in November) that the Home Office said he was considered a threat to UK national security due to his "extremist" activities.  (Original BBC post here: Mahdi Hashi has British citizenship revoked for 'extremism'  )


The UK government has since made no further comment.

Mr Mahdi Hashi

However, the family and friends of Mahdi Hashi, 23, from Camden, claim the government acted because he had refused to become an informant for the security services.   At that time it was thought that Mr Hashi was thought to be in a jail in East Africa.   And what do we find reported today in the Mail on Sunday?   Family stunned a man stripped of UK passport appears New York court

 

IMHO, this raises quite a few significant questions that need to be addressed.

For example:

• What was the role of the Home Office and the UK security services in this episode?
• Would the UK Government be held accountable by Parliament for its action in this matter?
• In other words; "quis custodiet ipso custodes?" or in English, "Who guards the guards?"
• Did Mr Hashi and his family get any reasonable chance to challenge the Governments assertion of terrorist activity in a UK court?
• Was a deal done with the FBI in order to circumnavigate the current, grossly unfair UK:US extradition treaty? 

 I'll be returnng to this story and why I fear the Home Office is continuing to drive dangerous an worrying wedges between the muslim and non-muslim citiens of this country in future blogs and examining what is happening in this case more closely.

 

You are, of course, welcome to comment should you so wish.