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| "Magnificent 19" Circus Is Over |
| 2003-09-11 |
| A plan by an extremist Islamic group to commemorate the September 11 hijackers as "the Magnificent 19" degenerated into a tasteless publicity exercise yesterday. Al-Muhajiroun invited the media to its offices in Tottenham, north London, to announce the agenda and venues for its Islamic conference marking the second anniversary of the attacks in New York and Washington. The group - which represents a handful of Britain’s 1.5 million Muslims - attempted to charge £20 for admission to the news conference but withdrew the demand when journalists refused to pay. Doesn’t every circus have an admission fee? Inside the building, a business centre, spokesmen for Al-Muhajiroun took turns to deliver hectoring statements, fatwas and off-the-cuff declarations. Sulayman Keeler, who said he had been a Muslim for seven years after converting from Roman Catholicism, said Muslims who joined the police, Army, House of Lords, CIA or FBI had committed "gross acts of apostasy". Seven years and this clown is entitled to fatwas? Sajid Sharif said the September 11 atrocities were "a good deed in the eyes of Islam" and Muslims who served with the British Army in Iraq were "legitimate targets for the mujahideen". Anjem Choudary, al-Muhajiroun’s chief spokesman, said all four venues for the "Magnificent 19" conferences in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester had cancelled the group’s bookings. Pity. Now this little circus goes without sideshows. "But Mommy, I wanted to see them beat up the clowns!" |
| Posted by:Tom |
| #2 No,the Frogs are more sublte,N.They just desecrate the graves of thier allies. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-12 12:23:42 PM |
| #1 Any reports of CRAP like this in France? NO! |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-9-12 12:19:08 AM |