NOTE: Sheik ibn Myatt's reply to this
Sunday Mercury article below can be found at
Sunday Mercury Reply.
The Same newspaper also wrote about him on Feb 16 2003, 'Midland
Nazi Turns to Islam' (I don't think their was a response to this earlier
article, Inshallah I shall find out.).
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Aug 1 2004
By Fionnuala Bourke, Sunday Mercury
A satanic neo-Nazi who claims to have converted to Islam has written to British National Party chairman Nick Griffin - urging him to become a Muslim. (THIS WEBSITE: See 'An Open Letter To Nick Griffin of the BNP')
In the letter David Myatt, a political idol of violent race-hate group Combat 18, challenges Mr Griffin to "accept Islam, to learn about it, to experience it."
The 53 year-old former monk, from Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire, then slams Griffin for abusing his position to fulfil his own personal racist agenda.
But last night anti-Nazi campaigners labelled Myatt a "self-publicist" and said that his letter was an elaborate bluff to further the right-wing cause.
They claim he is continuing to post messages on fascist websites while posing as a devout Muslim on Islamic sites where he praises the 9/11 attacks and Osama bin Laden.
Mr Myatt is acknowledged as one of Britain's leading right-wing ideologues who urged neo-Nazis to attack ethnic minorities in an effort to spark a race war.
Gerry Gable, editor of anti-fascist magazine Searchlight, said: "Myatt is a self-publicist who has claimed to have taken up many guises, including being a monk.
"Satanism is probably his overriding inspiration. He still supports neo-Nazi groups and contributes to their websites. This letter is probably some kind of bluff in their favour."
The university drop-out's message to Griffin reads: "Having seen a recent television programme in which you made certain remarks about Islam, I consider it the honourable thing to do, given my own knowledge and experience, to ask you some questions and make some comments about your anti-Islamic remarks."
Myatt is renowned for wearing a tweed cap and praying to Satan in the nude in front of an altar adorned with black candles, a swastika banner and a framed picture of Hitler.
He is also author of the fascist terrorist handbook The Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution.
The book is said to have inspired twisted neo-Nazi nail-bomber David Copeland to launch his hate attacks against gays, Asians and blacks in London.
His home-made bombs killed three people and maimed or injured 139 others five years ago.
The 28 year-old's victims included a baby, whose skull was impaled by a nail, and a pregnant woman and her unborn child.
As well as being a neo-Nazi, Myatt has made a serious study of the Western Occult tradition and gained a reputation for being a Satanist.
According to Searchlight, Myatt was a leading supporter of the Order of Nine Angles, a hardline Satanic church which he himself established in 1985.
A spokesman for the BNP last night denied having any knowledge of David Myatt or the letter.
He said: "We get letters from all kinds of lunatics and we just throw them away. Combat 18 has nothing to do with the BNP.
"We have never heard of David Myatt. I shouldn't think Nick Griffin is in the slightest bit interested."