Muslims to counter-protest extremist march


by Sunny Hundal    
5:56 pm - January 4th 2010

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The group British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) has today issued a press release stating it was “alarmed and disappointed” to learn that the extremist group Al Muhajiroun, in the guise of “Islam4UK,” were planning a procession through the streets of Wootton Bassett.

The choice of venue was deliberately designed to cause maximum offence and distress to friends and families of fallen servicemen.

Dr Shaaz Mahboob, Vice Chair of BMSD, said:

We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Wootton Bassett and the Armed Forces. The vast majority of British Muslims accept our Armed Forces are doing an admirable job under exceptionally difficult circumstances.”

“It is only because of the sacrifice of these brave soldiers that extremists like ‘Islam4UK’ are able to protest freely. Anjum Choudary and his followers betray everything this country stands for and the very constituency they claim to represent, which is ordinary British Muslims.

We plan to hold a counter-protest to demonstrate that ordinary Muslims are deeply opposed to the values of Islam4UK.

BMSD will also write to “Islam4UK” later this week, urging them to cancel their protest and respect both the neutrality and military tradition of Wootton Bassett.

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Reader comments


1. Old Holborn

Brown people, beards

It’s always going to end in tears.

2. John Booth

The vast majority of British Muslims accept our Armed Forces are doing an admirable job under exceptionally difficult circumstances.”

Who gives them the right to speak on behalf of “the vast majority” of British Muslims?

Where is the evidence that British Muslims support what the troops are doing in Afghanistan?

How many members do BDSM have?

Old Holborn: fuck off, racist.

3. Paolo

BMSD is chaired by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

Nuff said?

4. Old Holborn

Yup

Nuff said

5. John Booth

So on the one hand we have BDSM led by Alibhai Brown, saying most British Muslims support what the troops are doing. And on the other hand we have Anjem Choudhary, taking the piss out of dead soldiers. Aren’t there any actual moderate voices in the Muslim community, Sunny?

6. cjcjc

It’s BMSD.
BDSM is something else!

7. John Booth

I know. The conflation of the two acronyms was intentional.

There are far more people practicing BDSM than represented by BMSD. That’s how marginal the latter are. They sound like they are desperate for government funding.

8. Alisdair Cameron

@ cjcjc.
Yup, a very unfortunately confusable acronym they’ve chosen there.


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