Islamaphobia behind the harassment and intimidation of a British charity
Friday, November 21, 2008 "The British Muslim Initiative condemns unconditionally the move by Lloyds TSB to force the Islamic Bank of Britain to close the account of the British charitable organisation INTERPAL.
"While on the outside, this appears like another misguided knee-jerk premature reaction in response to the pressures of the anti-Palestine Zionist lobby, a closer inspection offers the suggestion that this is a gross example of Islamaphobia at work.
"What gives the right to Lloyds TSB, recently bailed out by hundreds of millions of pounds of British Tax-payers cash including Muslims, to use such outrageous bully tactics with a smaller British bank forcing it to close down the accounts of a British charitable organisation, is beyond comprehension, unless one begins to see that the smaller bank in question is the Islamic Bank of Britain, and the charity is one that has been working for over a decade to alleviate the suffering of and providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians."