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Britain

Death threats on YouTube for mosque opponent

2007-11-06

A leading opponent of plans to build Europe's largest mosque in east London has seen a chilling "obituary" for him posted on the internet.

The film on video-sharing website YouTube is entitled In memory of Councillor Alan Craig and contains pictures of him with his wife and two young daughters. It was apparently posted in retaliation for his opposition to the mosque. Mr Craig has now contacted police in fear of his family's safety and demanded that the video be taken down.

Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat wants to open the 12,000-capacity "megamosque" in Newham near the main 2012 Olympic site. The FBI has described the group as "a recruiting ground" for al Qaeda, which it denies. Shoebomber Richard Reid and 7/7 bombers Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer were members.

Mr Craig, 61, a member of the Christian Peoples Alliance on Newham council, has led a local campaign against the mosque which is planned for the site at Abbey Mills next to West Ham Tube station. The businessman today said he would be seeking advice about whether his 40-year-old wife, Sally, and daughters were safe. He said: "Targeting me is one thing. But to use my wife and children is outrageous. This video obituary is either a threat or a very sick joke. Some people will look at this as an open invitation to take me out because I am opposing the mosque. That is not the way to operate in a democracy."

It's the way classic fascisti operate, but don't go calling that a spade.

The video opens with its title and the words "To God we will all return" before showing a series of photos of the councillor, his family and political allies set to Elvis Presley singing You Were Always On My Mind. The two-minute video ends with the message "The mosque will be built in time for the 2012 Olympic Games."

The video was posted by abdullah1425 whose page on YouTube claims he is 23-year-old Muhammad from Stevenage. It has links to material relating to Tablighi Jamaat. In one comment to another user posted on the site he said: "Jihad starts from the moment your mother gave birth to you."

There is a link directly to the page from the mosque's official website but a spokesman promised to take it down if anything "inappropriate" was found. He added: "We are not responsible for the content of external websites. But we condemn totally anyone who incites violence."

"But we'll still link to it."

Posted by:ryuge

#8 I try to put myself into the shoes of Mr. Alan Craig, the target of the YouTube threat posted by abdullah1495.

If I were Mr. Craig and learned that abdullah1495 had been identified and located, and later found dead with a case of lead poisoning to either temple, I must confess that a smile and shrug of the shoulders would be about as much emotion as I could muster under the circumstances. Just saying...

Posted by: Mark Z 2007-11-06 13:55

#7 Aye, the sad thing is they do not get it. The future would be a better place if they did.

Posted by: kelly 2007-11-06 13:24

#6 As in WWII, the first "encounters" with the enemy are constrained by civilized norms of behavior. As the situation deteriorates and the enemy demonstrates repeatedly that it has no such norms, then the response becomes increasingly brutal, based upon the realization that only extreme measures will achieve the required result. This is why the allies were able to raze Hamburg and Dresden (amongst others). This will happen as the muzzies continue to press.

Posted by: remoteman 2007-11-06 12:52

#5 If they build it, it shall be put to the torch.

If Her Majesty's government cannot or will not defend the people, it shall fall to the people to defend themselves. Do we have the spine for it? One thing is certain: The day some goatraping c*nt posts a threat about me on YouTube - a threat using a picture of my family - I will not go whining to the police about it.

Posted by: Excalibur 2007-11-06 10:05

#4 a few key pieces of high explosive would delay that damned thing wuite well.

Posted by: OldSpook 2007-11-06 09:15

#3 Pretty much any opposition to anything these goat rapers do will result in a threat, or actual death. Time for some preemptive strikes on the radical mosques of Britain, I am thinking.

Posted by: DarthVader 2007-11-06 08:20

#2 The video was posted by abdullah1425 whose page on YouTube claims he is 23-year-old Muhammad from Stevenage.

So, when will the proper authorities be interviewing this "Muhammad from Stevenge"? I should think that they would have quite a few pointed questions, if not outright charges awaiting him. Perish the thought that "racial" sensitivities might prevent them from inquiring.

It has links to material relating to Tablighi Jamaat. In one comment to another user posted on the site he said: "Jihad starts from the moment your mother gave birth to you."

In light of his veiled death threat, it's pretty safe to say that Muhammad doesn't regard jihad as a "strictly spiritual quest".

There is a link directly to the page from the mosque's official website but a spokesman promised to take it down if anything "inappropriate" was found.

I doubt many at the mosque were wracked by pangs of conscience over this.

He added: "We are not responsible for the content of external websites. But we condemn totally anyone who incites violence."

Oh, I'm rather confident you do, at least when you're speaking English. However, as usual, you just can't promise that there won't be "actions" should some more cartoons be published. I wonder how much longer Europe is going to play along with this farce. Already, there are cracks forming as they slingshot terrorist suspects back to their countries of origin knowing full well they await torture in less-than-kind hands.

So much for Europe's much vaunted "humanitarian" values that obliges them to oppose capital punishment so vociferously. No doubt more than a few of the extradited terrorists will experience Sudden Adult Death Syndrome during interrogation back in their home countries. How tidy that Europe can wash their hands of that and still maintain plausible deniability.

All of this increasingly points towards a Europe whose adamant refusal to act in resolutely measured steps will, instead, collapse into its usual lowest-energy-state of mass murder and mayhem.

Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-06 07:37

#1 "...But we condemn totally anyone who incites violence."

Sure you do, bucko... sure you do.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2007-11-06 07:20

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