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London to host Islamic 'celebration' of Sept 11
London Telegraph ^ | 08/09/2002 | Thair Shaikh

Posted on 09/08/2002 2:49:46 AM PDT by GaryMontana

Muslim clerics will meet in London on September 11 to celebrate the anniversary of al-Qaeda's attacks on America and to launch an organisation for Islamic militants.

The conference, which will be attended by the most radical mullahs in Britain, will argue that the atrocities were justified because Muslims must defend themselves against armed aggression.

It will launch the Islamic Council of Britain (ICB), which will aim to implement sharia law in Britain and will welcome al-Qa'eda sympathisers as members.

Sheikh Mohammed The conference, to be held at Finsbury Park mosque, north London, will be attended by followers of militant groups and chaired by their Muslim leaders, including Omar Bakri Mohammed, whose al-Muhajiroun group wants to establish a worldwide Islamic state.

Mr Mohammed, 44, who was born in Syria and lives in London, has been investigated by Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad for anti-semitic statements.

He said: "The people at this conference look at September 11 like a battle, as a great achievement by the mujahideen against the evil superpower.

A poster advertising the conference "I never praised September 11 after it happened but now I can see why they did it."

Mr Mohammed, who is entitled to stay in Britain although his 1980s claim for asylum failed, said that he would not stop al-Qa'eda members from joining the ICB.

He said: "We don't perceive them as the US perceives them; we see them as a sincere devoted people who stood firm against the invasion of a Muslim country."

The clerics claim that the ICB is funded by Saudi-based businessmen, which, if true, will embarrass Saudi Arabia.

The Riyadh government expelled Mr Mohammed in 1986 and recently launched a multi-million-dollar public relations campaign to persuade America that it is rooting out Islamic militants.

Al-Muhajiroun claims to have secured a six-figure sum for funding the ICB and said it would build a dozen Islamic centres, launch a website and hold seminars and classes for Muslims.

Mr Mohammed said: "I believe the Muslim Council of Britain has sold out to the British Government. Many Muslims in Britain feel like this.

"We have been working on getting the funding for six months: it is from a group of Saudi businessmen. Please don't write about this. I am against the killing of innocent people; we are not at war with anybody in this country."

Abu Hamza al-Masri, a cleric at the Finsbury Park mosque, will be co-chairing the conference. Several suspected al-Qa'eda members have been linked to his group, Supporters of Sharia, and the FBI is seeking his extradition for allegedly trying to set up a terrorist training camp in America.

Mr al-Masri, an Egyptian who lost both hands and an eye while fighting in Afghanistan against the Soviet occupation, is also wanted in Yemen on terrorist charges.

Radical Muslims speaking at the conference include Yasser al-Siri, 40, an Egyptian-born dissident who arrived in Britain in 1993 and claimed political asylum.

He was released from custody in July after extradition proceedings by America were dropped because of insufficient evidence. Mr al-Siri has been sentenced to death in Egypt for a bombing that killed a 12-year-old girl.

Imran Waheed, the British representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Islamic Liberation Party), a group banned in a number of Muslim countries, and Anjem Choudary, a British-born solicitor who is chairman of the Society of Muslim Lawyers and a leader of al-Muhajiroun, will also attend.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; september11; terrorism
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator

To: GaryMontana
But Islam is a religion of peace. < /sarcasm>

22 posted on 09/08/2002 7:03:28 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper
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To: MadIvan
Just wanted to see what you thought of this meeting of peaceful muslims.
23 posted on 09/08/2002 7:12:57 AM PDT by BruceS
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To: uk_nomad
If Islam becomes powerful enough in the UK to force the adoption of sharia law, don't you think it would at the same time be powerful enough in the rest of Europe to influence the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights?
24 posted on 09/08/2002 7:16:16 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: Cincinatus
As much as I prefer the direct, explosive approach, you are right. This is the opportunity to gather the kind of intelligence that will aid us in producing a much more strategic hit later. Moreover, the rhetoric emanating from a conference such as this might go a long way in helping to clarify for Europeans just what sharia law could mean for their own lives.
25 posted on 09/08/2002 7:24:32 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: Norman Conquest
The IRA would be a great idea if it weren't for the fact that they have trained together and share at least the common goal of disrupting western (OK, Anglo) society...

There is, however, another Irish faction that might be given a temporary pass.

27 posted on 09/08/2002 8:07:53 AM PDT by norton
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To: GaryMontana
Paging Baruch Goldstein...Baruch...telephone call for Baruch.
28 posted on 09/08/2002 8:17:19 AM PDT by Abar
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To: aristeides
More to the point:

Just what has the EU or any other european entity done to show that it could or would do squat to STOP it?

Let's see,
Albania/Bosnia/Kosovo? Nope!
Support the only non-islamic state, and a democracy, in the Middle east? Nope!
Deport even illegal aliens known to be tied to 9/11 to the US? Nope!

But they do manage to bitch about our laws, our 'arrogance' and our president's birthplace.

They will devote more news space and hand wringing to Kyoto and to their International Court (talk about arrogance!) than to any legitimate defense of what they believe to be an obsolete way of life and governance.

29 posted on 09/08/2002 8:20:12 AM PDT by norton
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To: GaryMontana
Paging Robert J. Goldstein...Robert...telephone call for Robert.
30 posted on 09/08/2002 8:23:32 AM PDT by Abar
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To: norton
Yeah. I'd like to send the royal Irish contingent of the FDNY on a busman's holiday to London this week.
31 posted on 09/08/2002 8:28:44 AM PDT by Norman Conquest
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To: GaryMontana
Maybe the Brits will lock them up once they are gathered..
32 posted on 09/08/2002 10:16:15 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: ZinGirl
"ICBM meets loads of Sept 11th-praising Muslims gathering in London"

BOOM!!! That's what I call a devastating comment! ;-)

33 posted on 09/08/2002 10:18:43 AM PDT by stands2reason
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
If it wasn't for those students in Iran, I'd have no tolerance for Islam whatsoever.

I could be wrong, but I think Iranians are mostly christians. The people are persians, not arabs.

34 posted on 09/08/2002 12:04:35 PM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: Go Gordon
I could be wrong, but I think Iranians are mostly christians. The people are persians, not arabs.

      Sorry, but you are wrong about most Iranians being Christians.  The Persian Empire fell to Moslem invasian in 641 A.D., and the usual persecutions of non-Moslems and forced conversions followed.  (Prior to 641, most Persians were probably Zoroastrians - there are few left in Iran, and a group of Zoroastrians fled to Pakistan.  There were Christian Persians then, however, and today there are Persians who have become Christian, especially among those who fled to this country after the fall of the Shah.)

      Your are right about Iranians not being Arabs, though.
35 posted on 09/08/2002 12:21:34 PM PDT by Celtman
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To: GaryMontana
I find this rather hard to believe. Not that it is happening, but that they aren't rounding up all of these terrorists and throwing them in prison.
36 posted on 09/08/2002 1:52:57 PM PDT by TheDon
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To: GaryMontana
we see them as a sincere devoted people who stood firm against the invasion of a Muslim country

I see these fanatics as invading a Christian country and trying to take it over. Does that mean that we can begin to preach Christianity to the Middle Eastern countries that we conquer over the next 20 years? England and the rest of Europe better wise up BIG TIME to this threat from within their country. Asylum-schmylum--throw the bums out!!!

37 posted on 09/08/2002 2:08:28 PM PDT by foreshadowed at waco
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To: GaryMontana
Sheikh Mohammed The conference, to be held at Finsbury Park mosque, north London, will be attended by followers of militant groups and chaired by their Muslim leaders, including Omar Bakri Mohammed, whose al-Muhajiroun group wants to establish a worldwide Islamic state.

Maybe someone can phone in the GPS coordinates of this mosque to our guys in the area? And warn off all the infidels first so we don't injure any innocents?

38 posted on 09/08/2002 2:39:54 PM PDT by Mrs. P
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To: Always Right
Yup.
39 posted on 09/08/2002 2:43:48 PM PDT by joyful1
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Mohammad is the false prophet
40 posted on 09/08/2002 3:02:07 PM PDT by vidbizz
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