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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 04:10 PM
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Police 'engaging with royal wedding protesters'
Source: The Telegraph

Muslims Against Crusades were the first to apply for permission to protest with an announcement on their website stating the hope that “the day which the nation has been dreaming of for so long will become a nightmare”.

The English Defence League then applied for permission to stage a counter protest which EDL leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon told Luton Today would 'form a ring of steel' around the royal wedding.

Assistant Commander Owens said of the applications: “People who want to come to London to peacefully protest can do that but they must remember that it is a day of national celebration.”

Ms Owens said she was hoping that the large crowds who come to watch the wedding will help her officers to spot any trouble: “If they see anything in the crowd that raises their suspicions about any sort of criminal activity we would ask that they highlight that to a police officer.”

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8461575/Police-engaging-with-royal-wedding-protesters.html
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virgogal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 04:11 PM
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1. They should elope.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 04:19 PM
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3. They should stop pretending.
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 04:15 PM
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2. What the hell are they protesting?
"the day which the nation has been dreaming of for so long will become a nightmare”. That could very easily be construed as a threat to use terrorism.
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mountainlion55 Donating Member (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 04:47 PM
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4. Royals
The cult of celebrity. These royals have been screwing humanity for centuries.I hope the London bridge comes falling down on them.
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socialshockwave Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 04:57 PM
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5. Muslims Against Crusades
Islamist group.

www.muslimsagainstcrusades.com

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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 05:11 PM
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6. This group has issues. From their website:
Unfortunately, Britain's continued interference in Muslim lands is showing no signs of abating; the plundering of resources, the murdering of innocent (Muslim) men, women and children and the forced indoctrination of the satanic democratic creed have become hallmarks of a brutal regime led by a very brutal dictator.

In light of this, sincere Muslims have decided to organise a forceful demonstration, to once again highlight that as long Britain continues in its quest to occupy Muslim land and wage war against the religion of God (Allah) that we too shall continue in our efforts to undermine their regime and condemn all of their representatives, military or otherwise.

We strongly advise Prince William and his Nazi sympathiser, to withdraw from the crusader British military and give up all affiliation to the tyrannical British Empire.

We promise that should they refuse, then the day which the nation has been dreaming of for so long will become a nightmare and that it will inshaa'allah (God willing) eclipse the protests in Barking, Downing Street and the events of November 11.

(emphases mine)
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 06:43 PM
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7. It's the British equivalent of pastor Terry Jones - self-publicist Anjem Choudary
See here:

Media laps up Muslims Against Crusades stunt

You may have heard of the professional extremist Muslim agitator Anjem Choudhary.

Over the years he has set up various front-groups such as Al-Muhajiroun, Al-Ghuraaba and Islam4UK.

The latest one is called Muslims Against Crusades.
...
Is there any other group of 40 extremists who are given so much publicity? I can’t think of one.

http://liberalconspiracy.org/2010/11/12/media-falls-for-muslims-against-crusades-stunt-again/


Please don't listen to Anjem Choudary

He has no Islamic qualifications or credentials and his plan to march in Wootton Bassett is just an attempt to grab headlines


First, he announced his plan to march through Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire, carrying 500 coffins to symbolise the thousands of Muslims killed "by the oppressive US and UK regimes" in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, he is sending letters to the grieving families of fallen British soldiers, telling them he has "no sympathy whatsoever" for their plight, urging them instead to become Muslims to "save" themselves "from the hellfire".

Is there anything Anjem "Andy" Choudary won't do for the sake of a cheap headline? As Inayat Bunglawala wrote on Cif almost a year ago, Choudary and his gang deploy "a simple formula – hold up some offensive placards designed to get people's backs up and call a local reporter to come along and capture some footage – that has reliably generated acres of media coverage for them in recent years".

Our sensationalist and irresponsible media has, in fact, been deeply complicit in the rise and rise of this fanatic, devoting quite disproportionate and counter-productive coverage to his various rantings. Is Choudary an Islamic scholar whose views merit attention or consideration? No. Has he studied under leading Islamic scholars? Nope. Does he have any Islamic qualifications or credentials? None whatsoever. So what gives him the right to pontificate on Islam, British Muslims or "the hellfire"? Or proclaim himself a "sharia judge"? Will he even manage to round up enough misfits to carry the 500 coffins with him? I doubt it – Choudary and co couldn't even persuade enough people to join a "march for sharia" that they had proudly planned to hold in central London in late October, and, at the very last minute, had to humiliatingly withdraw from their own rally. Pathetic, eh?

The fact is that Choudary is as unrepresentative of British Muslim opinion, as he is of British anti-war opinion. Compare the Islam4UK leader with Prestwick protester Marcus Armstrong. The latter went to prison in protest over the British government's alleged collusion in Israel's bombardment of Lebanon in 2006; the former lives safe and sound in a £350,000 house in east London, a recipient of benefits from the same state he so reviles and repudiates.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/jan/04/anjum-choudary-wootton-bassett
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-11 09:45 PM
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8. Nazi sympathizer? So what's their complaint?
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