DOOM preacher Anjem Choudary has warned of a Bosnian-style bloodbath after admitting plans for a new extremist group called Democracy Is Dead.| I think it's time to deport the gentleman, with just the clothes on his back and his entire family. |
He claimed there could be a repeat, on our own streets, of the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica in which Serbs slaughtered 8,000 Bosnian men and boys.
But, despite mounting tensions surrounding his views, he admitted that he is already rebranding outlawed Islam 4UK under the provocative new banner.
He said he planned to "launch a new organisation under the title Democracy Is Dead, adding: "You will have to wait and see."
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star Sunday, East London-based Choudary, 42, said: "The Government's decision to ban Islam4UK is a very dangerous one as it will only increase the potential for some very nasty conflict."
"You only have to look at what happened between Bosnia and Serbia at Srebrenica. There could be a bloodbath on the streets."
"I don't think the British people want that but, when you start to suppress ideological movements, you push them underground and there is more chance of conflict.'
"The Government has created a tinderbox situation by banning us. We were the ones calming things down."
Islam4UK was banned by Home Secretary Alan Johnson after uproar over Choudary's plans to hold a protest march in the Wiltshire village of Wootton Bassett where the public salute the bodies of soldiers brought back from Afghanistan.
But ex-lawyer Choudary was unrepentant, claiming that white Britons do not understand the strength of feeling of the Muslim population.
He said: "In some cities, one in six of the young people are Muslim. People don't realise that there are actually four to five million Muslims in the UK. Many of them do not register to vote so the Government's figures do not reflect the true size of the Muslim population."
"The Government says there are around one million Muslims in the UK but that is nowhere near accurate. Of course, most will remain silent and not complain but a few could be driven to take the law into their own hands."
"It's a very dangerous situation. You have to consider how, if there is another 7/7, the country would cope. More and more disaffected whites would be driven towards far-right extremist groups such as the British National Party and the English Defence League if there was another attack."
"If Muslims are not allowed to speak out they could be driven to use other tactics. This in turn will increase tensions with the white community. I would expect fresh attacks on Muslims and the Government will not be able to control the situation."