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November 13, 2006

UK: Love Is A Many Wrinkled Thing (If You're a Muslim Terror Suspect)

This morning, BBC Breakfast News showed an interview with a very sad old woman, who claims to be very happy, because Cupid has shot his dart and hit her in the brain. The old age pensioner, who calls herself Farzana, wears a nikab or face-veil.

She can be found here, where the BBC provides a link to a video clip. Here, the elderly lady, a convert to Islam, explains how she fell in love with a man who is regarded by the government as a terrorist with Al Qaeda connections. Her inamorata is a middle-aged Algerian known only as "P". He is one of 27 foreign nationals whom the government wants to deport.

"P" has already been in prison, but now he is allowed out, under very strict conditions. He is on a curfew which means he can only leave his home in a London suburb for three hours a day. He is electronically tagged, so the authorities can check where he is at all times. P is said to have been involved in a plan to bomb Strasbourg in 2000.

This plot involved several North Africans who plotted to bomb Strasbourg Christmas Market, under the leadership of Mohammed Bensakhria. Nine people have already been convicted of this plot in 2004 in France.

P is also linked to Abu Hamza al-Masri, who was jailed for seven years for incitement to murder on February 7.

A Home Office spokesman has said: "Where a foreign national living in the UK poses a threat to this country, we will seek to remove them. The circumstances of our national security have changed. It is vital that we act against those who threaten it which is why the government has signalled a new approach to deportation orders under existing grounds."

P told the BBC that before he met "Farzana", whose real name is Anne, that his life under government restrictions was "unbearable".

Anne/Farzana has said of the object of her affections: "He is no terrorist. I am 100% sure he is innocent. My family were horrified. They accused me of marrying a terrorist and I am trying to tell them he is not a terrorist."

And in a romantic style worthy of the worst B-movie, the pair have become "married". And the romance is so real that this Islamic wedding took place over the telephone. Farzana describes this magical moment: "I was just asked over the phone if I would marry him and of course I said yes."

Farzana's family have refused to speak to her since she embarked on married life with Mr P. The wedding is not legally binding, and certainly will not prevent the suspected terrorist's eventual deportation. The couple have applied for permission to have a formal, legal wedding.

If a real wedding takes place, then the chances are that P could argue against deportation. Farzana does not seem to consider the possibility that she is being used. She says: "I had no doubts and still have no doubts. He means everything to me, otherwise I would not have given up my previous life."

There is an old English saying, which here seems applicable - "There is no fool like an old fool."

The BBC report makes no mention of whether this marriage has been consummated. Perhaps it would be better not to think about that......

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at November 13, 2006 4:12 PM

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