Islamic Education & Research Academy

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The '''Islamic Education & Research Academy''' (iERA) is an international organisation devoted to informing the public about [[Islam]].<ref>http://www.iera.org.uk/about_us1.html</ref> It is chaired by '''Abduraheem Green''' (also known as '''Abdur Rahim Green'''), a Tanzanian-born [[British]] man who converted to Islam in 1988 after losing faith in [[Christianity]] and having a three-year fling with [[Buddhism]].<ref>http://www.iera.org.uk/about_us2.html</ref><ref><capture>http://web.archive.org/web/20100210034814/http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php</capture></ref>

Green is an advocate of cutting thieves' hands off, believing that the only alternative is to send them to prison, thereby allowing them to meet other criminals. He also prescribes a "slow and painful death by stoning" for adulterers, supports a similar punishment for [[homosexuals]], and condemns "free mixing between sexes."<ref>http://www.islamsgreen.org/islams_green/2006/02/terrible_and_br.html</ref>

Amongst the Academy's advisors have been the infamous [[Haitham al-Haddad]], along with such questionable individuals as {{wpl|Bilal Philips|Bilal Philips}}, [[East_London_Mosque#Controversies|Hakim Quick]], and Hussein Yee, the last of whom blames [[Jews]] for [[9/11]].<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/7333487/Inextricably-linked-to-controversial-mosque-the-secret-world-of-IFE.html</ref><ref><capture>http://web.archive.org/web/20101226043216/http://www.iera.org.uk/about_us2.html</capture></ref>

The Academy objected to a documentary by Tom Holland that aired in September 2012 entitled ''Islam: the Untold Story''. In this programme, Holland argued that the Arab conquests of the seventh century were not performed by Muslims, and implied that [[Mohammed]] may never have even existed. The Academy complained that "Holland appears to have turned a blind eye to rich Islamic historical tradition."<ref>http://freethinker.co.uk/2012/09/02/did-big-mo-exist-historians-question-enrages-muslims/</ref>  [[Ophelia Benson]] replied pithily that an accurate history is more important than a rich one.<ref>http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2012/09/550-complaints/</ref>

In March 2013, iERA was banned from the University College London after objections to a gender-segregated event which it held there. "We are truly living in the last days... Allah knows best", opined a spokesman.<ref>http://standforpeace.org.uk/breaking-iera-banned-from-university-college-london/</ref>

According to the [[Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain]] the iERA aims clandestinely to normalize [[Islamism]], its norms and values while appearing superficially charitable and like missionaries.  This includes encouraging others to hate [[Antisemitism|Jews]], [[homophobia|gays]], [[Apostasy|former]] Muslims, [[Misogyny|women]], non Muslims and the less extreme majority of Muslims.  The Charity Commission is investigating the iERA. <ref>[http://ex-muslim.org.uk/2014/05/new-report-evangelising-hate-islamic-education-and-research-academy-iera/ New Report: Evangelising Hate – Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA)]</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLDDENkS7Wo Video of Abduraheem Green expressing his dislike of Jews and Christians.]

==References==
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