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| Finsbury Park mosque to reopen |
| 2004-04-27 |
| The notorious North London powerbase of hook-handed preacher Abu Hamza is to reopen in three months. The Finsbury Park mosque was closed in January 2003 when CS gas and a stun gun were found there. Hamza is still banned from preaching in the building but other radical extremists have vowed to return and promote hatred of Britain and the West. Sheikh Omar Bakri, whose followers recently burnt the Union Flag, said: "I regularly gave sermons and I will do so again." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 Howard UK: if it ever happens again, I have an idea. Quickly pass out large photos of football favorites, with "Omar sucks pig" in very small letters across the bottoms, tops, and sides of the photos. (Then run.) The Islamic flag burners will be burning the photos in no time. You can then, from a position of safety, notify the fans in the surrounding neighborhoods. That oughta get things riled up appropriately. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-04-27 5:02:23 PM |
| #7 I work within view of the park where it happened. No-one did anything. However, had I known or happened across it, I would probably be posting an article about myself punching The Sheikh (or getting a sound beating!). |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-27 11:48:14 AM |
| #6 #5. Well, that's some good news. Thanks. Did anyone do anything when they burned the flag? Just curious. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-04-27 11:13:47 AM |
| #5 I know for a fact that the summer of unrest in 2001 in predominantly Muslim towns was started when Stoke and Oldham 'fans' rampaged through Oldham in response to a D-Day vet having the proverbial kicked out of him by Pakistani teenagers. I think if a bomb went off over here then those who choose to be unassimilated into UK society would have a very tough time in their ghettoes. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-27 10:29:01 AM |
| #4 Howard: I remember in wake of the MU-Liverpool bomb plot you pretty much said if the plan had gone through then football fans would've run riot in Muslim neighborhoods. Do you think there's any chance that could happen even if a game isn't blown up? I'm really curious about the state of ethnic tension in the UK. |
| Posted by: growler 2004-04-27 10:21:54 AM |
| #3 The Finsbury Park mosque was closed in January 2003 when CS gas and a stun gun were found there. Not to mention fake passports and credit cards... Sheikh Omar Bakri must be on a desperate mission to meet up with Abu Qatada in Belmarsh. Next time you burn the flag have the balls to do it outside a football stadium. Pr*ck. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-27 4:33:01 AM |
| #2 The Finsbury Park mosque was closed in January 2003 when CS gas and a stun gun were found there. Oh my Bombarama - You mean you havent heard of the stun-gun round dance? And the CS gas is used for special initiation rites. You will become a member of the Imam's special Green Guard. (The color you turn when you get a whiff of the gas) We have to be sensitive to the cultural practices of others, don't you know? Tsk tsk tsk |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 12:49:22 AM |
| #1 Go ahead, multiculturalist PC jerks, defend the guy and his incitement. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-27 12:32:29 AM |