Last week, The Guardian published a column by "trainee journalist" Dilpazier Aslam that in effect justified terrorism and extremism as a response by the "sassier" second and third generation Muslims in the UK to the war in Iraq.

Now it comes out that Aslam is a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a radical Islamist group that is banned in virtually every country where it has ever operated, including "repressive" societies like Germany and the Netherlands. The organization remains legal in the UK -- but it supports the overthrow of Western liberal democracy in favor or the establishment of a radical Islamist system dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Aslam himself has written as much.

In 2001 Mr Aslam wrote in the group's in-house journal, Khilafah, that: "The establishment of Khilafah [an Islamic state] is our only solution, to fight fire with fire, the state of Israel versus the Khilafah State".

So it is clear that Aslam is a supporter of the sort of terrorism that took place on 7/7, and that he is a member of a radical organization dedicated to pursuing the same goals as the terrorists. And so the response of The Guardian has been to fire him keep him on the payroll and justify it on the basis of its dedication to diverifying the newsroom with more minority voices.

Incredible!