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Muslim Cartoon Protestor was Drug Dealer
BBC NEWS ONLINE ^ | 7th February 2006 | BBC

Posted on 02/07/2006 1:07:16 AM PST by Brit_Guy

A Muslim demonstrator who imitated a suicide bomber in London to protest over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad is a convicted drug dealer. Omar Khayam, 22, of Bedford, was jailed in 2002 and released on licence last year after serving half of his sentence for dealing heroin and cocaine.

It is believed probation officers are now reviewing his case.

Khayam has apologised to those affected by the 7 July bombs, saying his protest was as "insensitive" as the cartoons.

He was given five-and-a-half years in prison in December 2002.

The demonstration outside London's Danish embassy on Friday and Saturday mirrored protests throughout Europe and Asia over the cartoons, which were first printed in a Danish paper.

Downing Street has said the behaviour of some Muslim protesters in London was "completely unacceptable".

Asif Nadim, from a Bedford mosque, said the Muslim community distanced itself from Khayam's actions and supported his apology.

Home Secretary Charles Clarke said any decisions on arrest and prosecution were "properly matters for the police and prosecution authorities".

He said that the reaction to the cartoons across Britain had "in general been respectful and restrained".

Protests have continued throughout the world, with five people being killed in Afghanistan, and a boy killed in Somalia when demonstrations turned violent.

Rallies have also taken place in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Iran and Gaza, following attacks on Danish embassies in Syria and Lebanon over the weekend.

The cartoons were first published in a Danish newspaper last year and republished in Europe last week.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomb; crack; london; muslim; suicide; wodlist
Well there you go then.

I suppose if he had been brought up white and middle class he would have been one of our 'football hooligans'. Some people just love trouble and are just 'bad' to the core. What is most dangerous is when they find a cause that makes them feel righteous about it. Hopefully the publicity around this will force other muslims to consider just how 'righteous' these hothead idiots really are....

1 posted on 02/07/2006 1:07:18 AM PST by Brit_Guy
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To: Brit_Guy
If he blew himself up, that would be one last security headache for the West to attend to. If he hates life in a free society so much, nothing is stopping him from leaving the planet for eternity.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

2 posted on 02/07/2006 1:09:25 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Screw him and the boat the he floated in on. Friggen drugged up Muslim.


3 posted on 02/07/2006 1:10:37 AM PST by Dallas59 ((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
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To: Brit_Guy

That will explain the heartfelt "apology"


4 posted on 02/07/2006 1:17:24 AM PST by weegie
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Muslim drama queens. Their demonstrations are as whacked out as the gay pride parades

LOOK AT ME ACHMED! MY SIGN SAYS BEHEAD THE CARTOONISTS!!!


5 posted on 02/07/2006 1:22:06 AM PST by dennisw ("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
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just when you think this cannot get any better...ding ding..calling the drug dealer in the bomb suit


god, this is just priceless...truly priceless...talk about islam on a kamikaze run


6 posted on 02/07/2006 1:26:44 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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He has now been arrested according to Sky.


7 posted on 02/07/2006 1:52:19 AM PST by Eurotwit (WI)
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... a convicted drug dealer. Omar Khayam, ...

i thought he was a poet..

(obscure?)
8 posted on 02/07/2006 2:32:32 AM PST by wafflehouse
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"A Muslim demonstrator who imitated a suicide bomber in London to protest over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad is a convicted drug dealer. Omar Khayam, 22, of Bedford, was jailed in 2002 and released on licence last year after serving half of his sentence for dealing heroin and cocaine. "


drugs are strictly against the koran and muslim belief....so they say


9 posted on 02/07/2006 2:50:11 AM PST by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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Euro who arrested him?


10 posted on 02/07/2006 3:17:24 AM PST by Dog
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British police, I assume.

Apparently he was arrested for breaking his parole relating to earlier drug offences.

See:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13503868,00.html


11 posted on 02/07/2006 3:21:52 AM PST by Eurotwit (WI)
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BBWWWAAAHAAHAAHAAHA!!!!


12 posted on 02/07/2006 4:11:29 AM PST by 12B
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Selling drugs -- Shouldn't that jackass have his head chopped off or something -- under the love and kindness of islam?


13 posted on 02/07/2006 4:38:45 AM PST by Londo Molari
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"Omar Khayam, 22, of Bedford, was jailed in 2002 and released on licence last year after serving half of his sentence for dealing heroin and cocaine."

With a name like that shouldn't he be writing poetry? :)
Okay, I know he's one "y" short, but still....


14 posted on 02/07/2006 5:53:46 AM PST by Mila
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It appears HE SOLD CRACK FOR ALLAH...

CRACK DEALING 'SUICIDE BOMBER' PROTESTOR IS BACK IN JAIL (source: he sells crack for Islam) ^
  Posted by Stultis
On News/Activism ^ 02/07/2006 6:45:41 PM CST · 2 replies · 21+ views


The Mirror (UK) ^ | 7 February 2006 | Tom Parry & Oonagh Blackman
His street name is Skinner.. and prison pals say he sold drugs for 'Muslim cause' By Tom Parry And Oonagh Blackman, Political Editor THE Muslim protester who dressed as a suicide bomber was arrested and returned to prison today, police confirmed. Student Omar Khayam was pictured outside the Danish embassy in London wearing the disturbing outfit during a protest over the cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. Bedfordshire police said they arrested the 22-year-old this morning and took him to prison. Khayam was jailed in 2002 for possessing the drug with intent to supply. A source claimed yesterday he vowed to...

15 posted on 02/07/2006 4:52:45 PM PST by Stultis (I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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Of course he's a drug dealer. Anyone who can afford a ruby yacht!


16 posted on 02/07/2006 4:54:33 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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LOL
thats great
17 posted on 02/07/2006 9:54:14 PM PST by wafflehouse
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"Of course he's a drug dealer. Anyone who can afford a ruby yacht!"


Good one! :)


18 posted on 02/08/2006 5:30:49 AM PST by Mila
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