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| Anu Hamza takes his show to the streets... |
| 2003-02-08 |
| Deposed from his mosque because of his anti-Western rhetoric, cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri took his radical brand of Islam to the streets yesterday and told worshippers President Bush is a curse to his people and the planet. The Egyptian-born activist, who is wanted in Yemen on terrorism charges, also said the space shuttle disaster was an alarming sign from Allah that America will face fresh calamities. Again? He just can't get over that, can he? It was no coincidence that the Columbia disintegrated over Texas, al-Masri told 100 worshippers who knelt in the street outside the Finsbury Park mosque in north London. "It is the headquarters of Mr. Bush. It is a message for him. You are a curse for your people, for the planet and mankind. The message is that some big calamities are going to drop on your head." That was a message to Abu from God when the grenade exploded in his hand, too... A mainstream Muslim leader quickly denounced the cleric's "publicity seeking antics" as "grossly offensive." "He seems to have no understanding of the damage that his rhetoric does to community relations in this country and the harm it does to ordinary British Muslims," said Inayat Bungalwala of the Muslim Council of Britain. So why isn't he back in Yemen yet? The United States says al-Masri is a member of the Islamic Army of Aden, the organization that took responsibility for the deadly bombing of the USS Cole off Yemen. The cleric is wanted in Yemen for purportedly orchestrating terrorist activities there, but as a British citizen is protected from extradition. But since his marriage of convenience involved a bigamous lady, they can boot him any time... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 "Fresh calamities" ? I sure hope this freak doesn't know something we don't. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-02-08 11:27:16 |