A British Muslim group is planning a commemoration of 9/11 - and now its spiritual leader says he supports abducting British children.
The extremist leader of Al-Muhajiroun, Omar Bakri Mohammed, said this week that holding women and children as hostages would be reasonable for a Muslim who has suffered under British rule. Mohammed told The Sunday Telegraph, "If an Iraqi Muslim carried out an attack like that in Britain, it would be justified because Britain has carried out acts of terrorism in Iraq... As long as the Iraqi did not deliberately kill women and children, and they were killed in the crossfire, that would be okay."
Mohammed, father of seven, came to Britain after being deported from Saudi Arabia because of his membership in a banned group.
Relating to the horrific school attack in southern Russia in which close to 400 people have been reported killed, Mohammed said, "The Mujahideen [Chechen terrorists] would not have wanted to kill those people, because it is strictly forbidden as a Muslim to deliberately kill women and children. It is the fault of the Russians."
MP Andrew Dismore was quoted as saying, "That sounds to me like incitement and I will report him to Scotland Yard."
Al-Muhajiroun plans to hold its third annual commemoration of the 9/11 attacks with a convention in London titled, "The Choice is in Your Hands: Either You're with the Muslims or with the Infidels." Mohammed explained, "We want the world to remember this operation," Bakri said, "that lifted the head of the [Muslim] nation." Al-Muhajiroun claimed, as of last year, no fewer than 30 offices across Britain, with branches in France and throughout the Middle East.
The extremist leader of Al-Muhajiroun, Omar Bakri Mohammed, said this week that holding women and children as hostages would be reasonable for a Muslim who has suffered under British rule. Mohammed told The Sunday Telegraph, "If an Iraqi Muslim carried out an attack like that in Britain, it would be justified because Britain has carried out acts of terrorism in Iraq... As long as the Iraqi did not deliberately kill women and children, and they were killed in the crossfire, that would be okay."
Mohammed, father of seven, came to Britain after being deported from Saudi Arabia because of his membership in a banned group.
Relating to the horrific school attack in southern Russia in which close to 400 people have been reported killed, Mohammed said, "The Mujahideen [Chechen terrorists] would not have wanted to kill those people, because it is strictly forbidden as a Muslim to deliberately kill women and children. It is the fault of the Russians."
MP Andrew Dismore was quoted as saying, "That sounds to me like incitement and I will report him to Scotland Yard."
Al-Muhajiroun plans to hold its third annual commemoration of the 9/11 attacks with a convention in London titled, "The Choice is in Your Hands: Either You're with the Muslims or with the Infidels." Mohammed explained, "We want the world to remember this operation," Bakri said, "that lifted the head of the [Muslim] nation." Al-Muhajiroun claimed, as of last year, no fewer than 30 offices across Britain, with branches in France and throughout the Middle East.