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Originally Posted by SMG
From the link:
But he later embraced radical Islamism and co-founded the extremist organisation al-Muhajiroun, working with the Islamist militant leader Omar Bakri Muhammad.
Since the organisation was banned in 2004 under anti-terrorist legislation, the married father-of-four has been embroiled in controversy on numerous occasions.
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Islam4UK have indicated they want to stage a protest, not al-Muhajiroun which, as I'm sure you know, is a banned organization. One can argue about the similarities, but they are different (as Islam4UK is careful to stay within the law).
Islam4UK is not a banned organization and, despite having objectionable views, it's members have the same rights and privileges as anyone else in the UK. That includes free speech.
As I said above, the almost hysterical over-reaction to the Islam4UK publicity stunt is almost beyond belief. It's played straight into Choudary's hands of course, but far more important than that, it has caused British citizens to, effectively, call for a suspension of the right to free-speech and the setting up of internment camps/penal colonies for citizens who say things 'we' don't like.
Nobody in this thread has answered any of those points. There's been replies, but that's not the same.
I'm very disappointed in the reaction. I thought we were better than that.