Muslim leader warns Blair

icBirmingham.co.uk ^ | Sep 9 2002 | Richard Warburton

[Prodigal Son]

The Birmingham-based leader of an extreme Islamic group last night issued a warning to Tony Blair that a military strike on Iraq would be an attack on three million Muslims in Britain.

Dr Imran Waheed, of the Hizb ut-Tahrir political party, said America had engaged in a war against Islam, not against terror, and urged the Prime Minister to stop interfering in the Muslim world.

His comments came as Mr Blair said he will brief senior MPs about plans to tackle Saddam Hussein and his regime's weapons of mass destruction.

Mr Blair, who arrived back in Britain yesterday after meeting President Bush for vital talks at Camp David, is expected to publish a dossier of evidence against Saddam in the next two weeks.

Dr Waheed, a psychiatrist based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, said Muslims believe that an attack in Iraq is inevitable and see it as the US aiming to gain a further stranglehold on Islam.

"The feeling in the Muslim world and amongst Muslims in Birmingham as well, is that an attack on Iraq is an attack on Islam," he said.

"To harm a Muslim in Iraq is to harm a Muslim in Birmingham or anywhere else in the world and that is something we shall always campaign against.

"Muslims in Britain feel betrayed by a world order that has turned a blind eye to Israeli transgression against them and to Israel's continual flouting of international law.

"How is it that the US and Britain allows one nation in the Middle East to ignore UN Security Council resolutions but bombs and blockades Iraq?

"Are the lives of Americans and Israelis of more importance than the lives of Muslims in Iraq? For Bush and Blair, apparently so."

Dr Waheed, who will speak to more than 20,000 Muslims at a conference in London next Sunday, said most Muslims would be happy to see the back of Saddam but protest over the killing of innocent Iraqi Muslims.

"Saddam is no friend of the Muslim people and many of our members have perished in Iraqi prisons for working to remove people like Saddam Hussein," he said.

"What America wants to do is get rid of Saddam Hussein and replace him with an 'Iraqi Hamid Karzai' (president of Afghanistan), a loyal agent. America simply wants someone they can trust in control of Iraq to meet their demands in the oil trade."

Meanwhile, the radical Al Muhajiroun Muslim group sparked anger in Birmingham during the weekend after putting up posters showing the destruction of the Twin Towers.

The posters were put on bus stops around the Saltley area of the city sparking fears among locals that they would create racial tension in the lead up to the anniversary of September 11.

West Midlands Police has already announced that it is to step up security during the week, particularly around public buildings in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry.

Anti-terrorist police in London have also been put on alert and called for extra vigilance from members of the public.

"The atmosphere after September 11 in cities like Birmingham has been very much one of every Muslim is guilty until proven innocent and are guilty by association," Dr Waheed added.

"Women who wear the Islamic dress are being verbally abused or even physically assaulted. You even get an atmosphere of hysteria sometimes and people don't know who to trust. It is not a conducive atmosphere."

Meanwhile, extremist Muslim clerics will meet in London on September 11 to celebrate the anniversary of al Qaida's attacks on the US.

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

[aristeides]

Hmmm, government employee. Can he be fired for saying something like this?

[MissAmericanPie]

We refuse to listen? No, not at all, we hear them. We also see what they are about, they are evil and must be destroyed.

[Argus]

The UK has a deeply confused policy. They disarm their own law-abiding citizens, yet allow mad mullahs to turn their mosques into the headquarters of a terrorist fifth column. Lady Thatcher would have thrown the whole lot in prison.

[Praxeologue]

Blair should tell them to all go vote for the Tories and see where that gets them.

[MadIvan]

England would be the smart country to attack...their sheep dont have the means to fight baaaaack

I'll gouge out a terrorist's eyeballs with a spoon if I have to, mate.

Regards, Ivan

[Praxeologue]

What does everyone think of working to replace the term "extremist Muslim" or "radical Muslim" with the term "orthodox Muslim?" I think it's a more accurate description, frankly.

... or just "Muslim"

One word says it all.

[dennisw]

Why does the UK put up with such loathsome creatures? He should be kicked back to the crappy Muslim nation he came from.

What brass these fresh off the boat Islamix have to be threatening the leader of the nation they immigrate to. They are psycho and lacking in manners.

[sneakypete]

There's only one answer regarding religious nuts, and it's not pretty.

Yeah,and we are soon going to be playing,"OUR religious nutcases can kill YOUR religious nutcases!" with them. They have no idea what they are facing. I wouldn't be surprised if Muslims were on the "Endangered Species" list by the time this whole thing is over.

[sneakypete]

They are being invaded from within. What the hell is going on over there?

White people are ALREADY a minority in London.

[MadIvan]

Why does the UK put up with such loathsome creatures? He should be kicked back to the crappy Muslim nation he came from.

I can say with certainty that the police know who all these people are and are monitoring them. Blair only need say the word.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

White people are ALREADY a minority in London.

No.

Regards, Ivan

[aristeides]

Isn't quite a large percentage of the population of Birmingham now Moslem?

[fr_freak]

"To harm a Muslim in Iraq is to harm a Muslim in Birmingham or anywhere else in the world and that is something we shall always campaign against.

They keep repeating this theme over and over but we refuse to listen.

Actually, this could work to the advantage of Britain. If we attack Iraq and these Muslims do rise up, they can then be dealt with without having to go outside the law. If they shoot at people, they can then be shot. They will have shown their true colors, and Britain will be able to deal with them head-on. This theory would hold for the US and other countries as well.

[sheik yerbouty]

Send the jihadists to Antarctica. Only the penguins will be offended!

[MadIvan]

Isn't quite a large percentage of the population of Birmingham now Moslem?

That's true. Other enclaves include Luton and Bradford.

Regards, Ivan

[GOP_1900AD]

I predict an absolute disaster within months. At some point, the average bloke will have had enough of this. Especially if the Muslims pull any stunts. This will make any of the scuffles (and relatively speaking they really are that) between Orangemen and Catholics look like child's play. The average bloke, without his formerly legal protective arms, is now going to be even more likely to get nasty in the streets if anything untoward happens due to the outpourings spewed forth by these traitors and invaders. He'll not wait until something happens in his own home or on his own street. Via the destruction over the past 50 years of what was once Britain, the door has been opened to both the traitor and the new, and, I argue, highly necessary, bloody reactionaries. Britain will experience things not seen for at least the past 400 years. It is now unavoidable.

[Prodigal Son]

I'll gouge out a terrorist's eyeballs with a spoon if I have to, mate.

I like that one! ;-)

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

This confirms there are NO peaceful Muslims. They don't even acknowledge a peaceful vs. violent difference among themselves. That goes a long way toward explaining why there is little condemnation for the attacks of September 11th among Muslims. Those who might dare to denounce the attacks would be violently set upon by their own.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

This also demonstrates how these large Muslim communities within western democracies are growing "fifth column" elements just waiting for an opportunity to make trouble.

[DreamWeaver]

3 million? My God, isn't the population of Great Britain around 60 million? They are being invaded from within.

I understand that in the USSR there are 50 million Muslims and the population is 300 million...

Comforting thought isn't it ?.>/sarcasm>