UK: Watchdog warned Quaker charity about 'Cage' attitude to antisemitism

Also on this topic and further evidence of the type of partners European NGOs, like Amnesty, have: 'Terror apologists' group Cage expected to lose support of Amnesty International

Jewish Chronicle:

Mohammed Emwazi wearing
a mask in a video of a killing

Concerns about the campaign group linked to Islamic State terrorist Mohammed Emwazi were raised with a prominent charity by the Community Security Trust two years ago. CST alerted the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) to antisemitic material on the website of Cage in July 2013.  JRCT was a leading funder of Cage’s work at the time, giving the group more than £300,000.

The Jewish group warned JRCT about Cage’s attitude to antisemitism, links to Abu Qatada, and articles on the Cage website which claimed the September 11 attacks in New York were an insurance scam organised by a Zionist billionaire.

The revelation last week that Emwazi was “Jihadi John”, the St John’s Wood-raised graduate thought to be responsible for beheadings and other attacks in Syria, brought Cage’s work to prominence.  Cage director Asim Qureshi described Emwazi as a “beautiful young man” and revealed that the organisation had been in contact with him before he left Britain to fight for IS.

In 2013, CST had told JRCT that it was “deeply offensive and utterly baffling” that the trust was funding Qureshi’s organisation, which was then known as Cageprisoners.  A Quaker trust, JRCT supports groups working on cases of injustice and around conflict areas.

The trust’s initial response to CST accused the Jewish security group of “unfairly associating Cageprisoners with extreme antisemitism” and said a number of offensive articles on Cage’s website had been removed.  JRCT said that it was “proud to support Cageprisoners” in its “important work”. [...]

The Times revealed today that the Charity Commission has spent 18 months monitoring the trust’s financial backing of Cage. The Commission’s opened a case in September 2013, two months after CST contacted JRCT.  JRCT did not respond directly to the JC’s questions about its correspondence with CST and its continued support of Cage. More.

Futher reading:
- Amnesty Partner, CagePrisoners, Lynches Obama
- The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust’s statement on Cage
- Cage: the extremists peddling lies to British Muslims to turn them into supporters of terror