Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Makbool Javaid
under . Checked this on Factiva and this lawyer was falsely accused of having terrorist links in the tabloid Sunday Mirror in 1998. This generated a couple of articles in The Lawyer, a legal industry journal, in which the Javaid denied these allegations. The Times followed up with an article explaining Javaid's defense of himself with the editorial note:"Editorial note: We accept Makbool Javaid's assurances that he does not support and has never had any contact with Osama bin Laden, and that he has never supported or been involved in any terrorist activity of any kind." Couldn't find any other hits beyond these four on this story. It seems that Javaid acted as a civil liberties legal observer of a fundamentalist group which may have subsequently exaggerated their relationship with him for their own credibility. Javaid's position in the race relations forum (which he was given in spite of the "scandal") is not especially notable - there are ~28 other members, and it doesnt seem to be a particularly important government body - it meets every few months to offer advice to the Home Secretary and that seems to be it. I would argue that there is no ''ex officio'' encyclopedic notability from being Head of Legal at the Commission for Racial Equality - this is not a particularly high bureaucratic position. Recommend deletion under , to avoid causing Javaid unnecessary embarrassment over a false accusation that caused a minor splash 8+ years ago
— User:Bwithh, 23:22, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BLP||WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)