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British Jury Convicts Muslim Cleric (Abu Hamza)
AP ^
| February 7th, 2006
| AP
Posted on 02/07/2006 5:21:47 AM PST by Eurotwit
LONDON - A British jury convicted radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on Tuesday of fomenting racial hatred and inciting his followers to kill non-Muslims.
Al-Masri, 47, the former imam at London's Finsbury Park mosque, also was convicted of possessing a terrorist document and threatening or abusive recordings. Al-Masri, Britain's best-known Islamist orator, could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The jury of seven men and five women found al-Masri guilty on seven of nine charges of soliciting murder. He also was convicted on two of four charges of stirring racial hatred.
Though asked to stand for the reading of the verdict, the firebrand preacher immediately sat down once the first guilty verdict was pronounced by the jury's foreman.
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posted on
02/07/2006 5:21:48 AM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Lock him up and throw away the key!!!!!
2
posted on
02/07/2006 5:24:23 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Eurotwit
The first paragraph leads the reader to think that "fomenting hatred" can land you in Brit prison for life
It was the counts of soliciting murder
3
posted on
02/07/2006 5:27:25 AM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: Eurotwit
Though asked to stand for the reading of the verdict, the firebrand preacher immediately sat down once the first guilty verdict was pronounced by the jury's foreman. Looks like he'll have to wait for his virgins... may he live a long and claustrophic life, eventually ending in a painful fatal disease.
4
posted on
02/07/2006 5:29:38 AM PST
by
Kenton
To: Eurotwit
Abu Hamza, sling yer hook!
To: Eurotwit
This is great. Now let's see what kind of sentence this slug gets. My fear is that the judge will wuss out.
To: Eurotwit
Here's to the next sex slave for a tatoo-riddled drug kingpin.
7
posted on
02/07/2006 5:37:07 AM PST
by
EricT.
("I reject your reality and substitute my own."-Adam Savage)
To: Eurotwit
8
posted on
02/07/2006 5:46:33 AM PST
by
Unicorn
(Too many wimps around.)
To: Eurotwit
Too bad they don't have a death penalty. This guy will cause some serious trouble in prison. He should be kept in solitary confinement. What are they going to do about his hook? That could be a dangerous weapon.
9
posted on
02/07/2006 5:57:38 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(If Intelligence Agencies can't find leakers, how can we expect them to find terrorists?)
To: Eurotwit
"And on his right hand he has..."
"A HOOK!"
"A KNIFE!"
"NO! A piece of celery!"
10
posted on
02/07/2006 6:02:54 AM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: Eurotwit
Ugly.
To: Rummyfan
It's important to treat them as they do us. Behead em and feed em to the hogs. He shouldn't care as he will be virginizing anyway.
mc
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posted on
02/07/2006 6:38:03 AM PST
by
mcshot
(Rusty but trusty or vice versa.)
To: Eurotwit
Al-Masri, Britain's best-known Islamist orator, could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison.By not having the death penalty for this, the UK has just doomed us all to "Free Al-masri" chants for the rest of our lives.
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posted on
02/07/2006 7:02:42 AM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: Eurotwit
This makes it even more confusing as to why the protestors holding the signs calling for beheadings and terrorism weren't arrested earlier this week.
14
posted on
02/07/2006 7:02:59 AM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: Eurotwit
Another false reason for the next upcoming attack in London.
15
posted on
02/07/2006 7:03:49 AM PST
by
ElectricStrawberry
(27th Infantry Regiment...cut in half during the Clinton years....Nec Aspera Terrent!!!)
To: stinkerpot65
The thoughts in his head are even uglier.
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posted on
02/07/2006 7:04:11 AM PST
by
freedomson
(Tagline comment removed by moderator)
To: CaptRon
This makes it even more confusing as to why the protestors holding the signs calling for beheadings and terrorism weren't arrested earlier this week.
One was arrested today. He was on parole for drug dealing.
17
posted on
02/07/2006 7:07:18 AM PST
by
pau1f0rd
(Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke.)
To: Alouette; SJackson
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posted on
02/07/2006 7:07:43 AM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: Eurotwit
- Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, seen here in 2002. Hamza, the Muslim preacher charged with race hate and inciting murder in Britain, began his defence, with his lawyer saying there was no crime in "simply being offensive".(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)
AFP/File - Jan 19 8:46 AM
- Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Mazri is seen in London in a 1999 file photo. The highest profile Muslim cleric prosecuted in Britain since the September 11 2001 bombings in the United States told his criminal trial on Thursday that he had promoted battle but never murder. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Reuters - Jan 19 6:29 AM
- Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Mazri is seen in London in a 1999 file photo. The highest profile Muslim cleric prosecuted in Britain since the September 11 2001 bombings in the United States told his criminal trial on Thursday that he had promoted battle but never murder. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Reuters - Jan 19 6:29 AM Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abu Hamza Al-Mazri is seen in London in a 1999 file photo. The British-based cleric on trial for preaching murder and hatred of non-Muslims wanted a world dominated by an Islamic ruler in the White House, a London court heard on Wednesday. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
Reuters - Jan 11 9:45 AM
- British-based Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri in a February 7, 2003 photo. Hamza al-Masri, accused by U.S. authorities of terrorism offences, was found guilty by a London court on Tuesday of inciting. (Matt Dunham/Reuters)
Reuters - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
- British-based Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is seen in Finsbury Park, London, March 19, 2004. Abu Hamza al-Masri, accused by U.S. authorities of terrorism offences, was found guilty by a London court on Tuesday of inciting murder. (Matt Dunham/Reuters)
Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
In a file photo Muslim cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri, arrives with a masked bodyguard, right, to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London Friday April 30, 2004. A British jury convicted
Abu Hamza al-Masri on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, of fomenting racial hatred and inciting his followers to kill non-Muslims. (AP Photo/Max Nash)
AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
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posted on
02/07/2006 7:11:49 AM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: Eurotwit
I guess the next Islamic rampage will be in Britian now! Coming soon to London town: British flags burning...cars burning...shops and embassies burning...threats of beheadings..etc. etc. etc.
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