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| Cleric 'will return' to UK |
| 2005-08-09 |
| So don't cancel those welfare checks just yet... Omar Bakri Mohammed, a Muslim cleric who fled Britain amid possible treason charges, says he plans to return to the UK. Syrian-born Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, who has lived in Britain for 20 years, left for Lebanon on Saturday and associates said he would not come back. But he'd be losing money. Serious no heavy lifting money... Bakri said on Tuesday he had decided to take a short break from Britain because he feared the government was using clerics like him as an excuse to rush in new laws and "put pressure on the Muslim community". That's right, poster boy. "I decided myself to go on holiday, which is for four or five weeks and stay with my mother back home," he said. ...and leech off of her for awhile. "I am going to return ... unless this government says you are not welcome." You're not welcome. Do the British a favor and send for your family. They might be able to balance the national debt. Bakri, who used to live in Lebanon and holds Lebanese citizenship, had already said he might leave Britain to avoid retroactive charges under new anti-terrorism measures planned following last month's attacks on London's transport system. Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled sweeping measures last Friday to silence or deport extremists even if it meant overriding human rights laws, and said Britain would ban two radical groups from operating in the country. One of them was the British branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which Bakri was involved with. The other was a successor to al Muhajiroun, to which the cleric was closely linked. That group won notoriety for celebrating the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Just keeping his thumb on the pulse of the community... Bakri has said he is no longer involved with either organisation. He has denied having broken British laws in his sermons, which have included praise for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Bakri said he knew of no future planned attacks but that even if he did, Islamic law would forbid him from informing the police. We'll see about that. "I did condemn the bombings," he said. But did you really, really mean it, holy man? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #23 Jihadi nutjobs of Britain rally to me! I have returned! |
| Posted by: Doug "Dugout" Bakri 2005-08-09 16:42 |
| #22 Yeeeeeaaahhh, but I don't think it's PAID vacation time for Bakri! Good riddance to bad rubbish! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-09 16:09 |
| #21 Gotta love England. Even dudes on welfare get vacation time. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-09 15:52 |
| #20 lol, Ship! I'm catching on more and more every day. Thanks for all our fellow 'burgers across the pond for posting so I can gain insight. |
| Posted by: BA 2005-08-09 15:45 |
| #19 Just Whinge it BA. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-09 15:00 |
| #18 just to clarify, muslim welfare? Aren't the clerics supported by the congregation of the rest of the muslims? I guess I just assumed that was how it was |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-09 14:37 |
| #17 Oops, my bad! Maybe we can set up a UK vs. USA English translator here at the 'burg? |
| Posted by: BA 2005-08-09 14:32 |
| #16 BA -- "holiday" is just the Britishm for "vacation". |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-09 14:29 |
| #15 "I decided myself to go on holiday, which is for four or five weeks and stay with my mother back home," he said. Broadcast this far and wide. This kuffr has capriciously set up a "holiday". I just assumed there'd have to be some fatwa issued setting up any new holidays. Looking forward to getting "al Bakri" day off in the future...any one else? |
| Posted by: BA 2005-08-09 14:27 |
| #14 Can the government authorise a hit and pretend he had a jet ski accident whilst he is in Lebenon. |
| Posted by: Mctavish Mcpherson 2005-08-09 14:23 |
| #13 Bakri said he knew of no future planned attacks but that even if he did, Islamic law would forbid him from informing the police. Huh. Imagine that. I guess his condemnation, and any statements about the murderers acting "against Islam" are null and void, then. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-09 13:50 |
| #12 islamo-cockroach = freloading, butt-brother |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-08-09 13:18 |
| #11 NO shit Frank, if they had a full-time job they wouldn't feel like handing out pamphlets or conspiring against British society as much, they'd be too tired. However, these guys pobably cant act enough like a human to hold a job, how would you like to flip burgers next to a guy who was always telling you about the end of civilization and the return of the caliphate? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-09 13:02 |
| #10 For him to return, the British will actually have to *invite* him back, that is, issue him a visa. Since he is a foreign national, this is only done as a courtesy to foreign nationals, and Britain is under absolutely no obligation to do so. The US regularly excludes tens of thousands of foreigners that it just doesn't care for. No need to even give a reason. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-08-09 11:17 |
| #9 "I shall return." Kinda like a bad intestinal infection... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-08-09 10:49 |
| #8 Frank: Their job is read their Koran and spread Islam and get the British taxpayer to support them. Lately it's also become to kill Britons on UK soil. All while the dole pays for them and their families and wives (Bakri claimed wives) to have nice food, housing and even special transport for this gimpy legged Bakri |
| Posted by: sea cruise 2005-08-09 10:46 |
| #7 seems like MI5 could just comb the welfare roles for extremists. All the little cowardly bastards are apparently sucking on the public teat while trying to destroy it. Maybe if they got, like..., a JOB? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-09 10:38 |
| #6 And the Muslim welfare bums believe it's the duty of the non Muslim to support them. It's the modern version of their Jizyah tax on dhimmis |
| Posted by: sea cruise 2005-08-09 10:36 |
| #5 Look at this rat run as soon as things got a bit hot. UK could have booted this mofo years ago. It was from lack of nerve they let this Muslim welfare bum leach off the British taxpayer for two decades. |
| Posted by: sea cruise 2005-08-09 10:35 |
| #4 With a canvas bag over your head hog-tied on a C-130 with alot of new friends mayhaps. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-08-09 10:31 |
| #3 LOL! Nice inline commentary! =) |
| Posted by: docob 2005-08-09 10:31 |
| #2 "I shall return." How about a picture of MacArthur? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-09 10:08 |
| #1 Another brave Lion of Islam™, bravely running away. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-08-09 10:05 |