London cleric convicted for soliciting murder in sermons

AP / The Jerusalem Post ^ | 24 February 2003 | The Associated Press

[anotherview]

Feb. 24, 2003
London cleric convicted for soliciting murder in sermons
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Muslim cleric who allegedly urged followers to kill "nonbelievers" was convicted Monday of soliciting murder.

A jury at the Old Bailey found Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal guilty of three charges of soliciting murder, and three charges of incitement of racial hatred.

Sentencing was set for March 7.

El-Faisal, 39, denied encouraging anyone to commit murder, making threatening or abusive tape recordings and stirring up racial hatred.

Prosecutors said el-Faisal preached across Britain and sold Arabic-language tapes of his speeches in specialist shops. They said his sermons encouraged followers to kill Hindus, Jews and Americans.

El-Faisal, a Jamaican-born convert to Islam, was arrested in February and jailed for six months before being released on bail.

His lawyers argued that he was a respected cleric whose quotations from scripture have been taken out of context.

The case was the first prosecution in more than a century under the 1861 Offenses against the Person Act of soliciting murder against persons unknown.

[OXENinFLA]

I sthis the guy w/ the HOOK and only one eye?

[concerned about politics]

Prosecutors said el-Faisal preached across Britain and sold Arabic-language tapes of his speeches in specialist shops. They said his sermons encouraged followers to kill Hindus, Jews and Americans.

"Allah" must be pronounced "Satan" in English.

[tessalu]

I think that Islam is not a religion, but a cult, some thing that the world would be better off without.

[Teacher317]

This has MAJOR potential for problems! The Koran contains MANY verses that are similarly-worded. If it is upheld, then almost any Islamic service could be a violation.

[Alouette]

I sthis the guy w/ the HOOK and only one eye?

No, it's just one of Captain Hook's pirate crew.

[anotherview]

This is a problem exactly how? It's about time to drop the "religion of peace" propoganda and to start calling Islam what it is. The best way to do that is to quote the Koran.

[Bogie]

Well, of course, that is the $64 question. Isn't it?

Believers in what, exactly.

[dennisw]

El-Faisal, a Jamaican-born convert to Islam............

The rise of the lumpen Islamics

[Pern]

I think that Islam is not a religion, but a cult, some thing that the world would be better off without.

Amen. There's just something wrong with a religion that preaches/teaches hate and violence.

[Cultural Jihad]

LOL!

[dennisw]

Mon Feb 24, 9:24 AM ET

Supporters of Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal react angrily waving a copy of the Koran following news of his conviction for soliciting murder at the Old Bailey in London, February 24, 2003. El-Faisal was found guilty on Monday of three charges of soliciting murder relating to talks he gave which were recorded and put on sale inciting Muslims to kill non-believers, Americans, Hindus and Jews. REUTERS/Michael Crabtree

Mon Feb 24, 7:34 AM ET

A file photograph, dated February 21, 2002, shows Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal arriving at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London. El-Faisal was found guilty on February 24, 2003 of three charges of soliciting murder relating to talks he gave which were recorded and put on sale inciting Muslims to kill non-believers, Americans, Hindus and Jews. REUTERS/Ian Waldie

 

Tue Feb 11, 7:30 AM ET

Abu Hamza al-Masri, left, the radical Muslim cleric, with a masked bodyguard next to him, conducts street prayers outside the closed North London Central mosque at the start of the Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, Tuesday, Feb.11, 2003. The mosque has been closed since a British anti-terrorist police raid, and the British authorities have increased their security in London during the feast. (AP Photo/Max Nash)

 

 

 

 

[Thinkin' Gal]

"Allah" must be pronounced "Satan" in English.

Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Looks like the same dude, sort of like asking, "Who's Astonished Now?"

[Alouette]

[Thinkin' Gal]

Michael Jackson converted to Islam? Now it all makes sense!!!

[Destro]

another Bosnian and Chechen jihad booster goes to UK prison. I guess MI6 does not need their services anymore.

[happygrl]

Then I can only conclude that most sermons at mosques are incitement to murder, and are thus against the law.

Cheerio.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

A Muslim cleric...

Why did I know that the story would start with this phrase?

[RecentConvert]

The Koran contains MANY verses that are similarly-worded.

You mean verses that preach hate, violence and the killing of non-muslims?

If it is upheld, then almost any Islamic service could be a violation.

You mean it violates their right to preach hate, violence and killing of non-muslims? I thought so.

It seems the world is gradually dividing into two camps: muslims vs non-muslims and who's not with one camp must be with the other.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

...not a religion, but a cult...

IMHO, there's a fine line between the two.