Dominic Whiteman

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Dominic Wightman is a Conservative Party activist, working in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] [4] Until 2006 he was the director and spokesman for the VIGIL network, a privately financed counter-terrorism think-tank. He is currently the Editor of the Westminster Journal. [5]

Wightman has prepared documents for leading UK politicians. [3]

Wightman and another VIGIL member appeared on the BBC in November 2006, where he spoke about a group named Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Andrew Alderson (November 19, 2006). "Working on the internet from an anonymous city office, the shadowy figures exposing Islamic extremism". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 2008-06-23. mirror
  2. ↑ "About Mr. Dominic Wightman". Naymz. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  3. 1 2 Dominic Wightman (March 22, 2007). "Not bowled over by Tablighi Jamaat". Global Politician. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  4. ↑ Andrew Alderson, Miles Goslett (April 19, 2008). "Internet spreads terror to Britain". The Telegraph . Retrieved 2008-06-23. Vigil is alarmed by the increased use of the internet by Muslim extremists. Its director, Dominic Whiteman, said: 'It is not a coincidence that the rise of the internet and al-Qaeda were simultaneous. The internet is al-Qaeda's oxygen.'
  5. ↑ Morality Lost?, Journal Article by Editor Dominic Wightman "Morality Lost? | westminsterjournal.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  6. ↑ Imran Waheed (23 November 2006). "A letter to the Director of BBC News regarding Newsnight & Vigil". Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
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