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| Would-be Bomber Member of British Group Supporting bin Laden | |
| 2003-05-01 | |
Israeli security forces were still searching Thursday for a British Muslim man who managed to flee when his explosive device did not detonate in Tuesday night's attack in Tel Aviv.
They're very holy men Earlier this year, Sharif told friends that he planned to travel to Syria to continue his religious studies. Seems like he did, in a very islamic way The al-Muhajiroun group, founded in Jeddah in 1983 by a Syrian cleric, Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, is dedicated to the re-establishment of the khilafa or world Islamic state which it says was destroyed by imperialist Europe. Bakri Mohammed, who was expelled from Saudi Arabia and has lived in London since 1986, has been calling for young Muslims to take up arms against the opponents of Islam in Chechnya, Kashmir and Israel. Bakri has encouraged young men to travel to Afghanistan to fight for the Taleban against British and American forces. He spoke in approval of the American embassy bombings in Africa in 1990. The group claims to have a worldwide following, with 30 offices across Britain and others in Pakistan, Kuwait, France, South Africa, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Algeria. In the past, Al-Muhajiroun leaflets, urging British Muslims to "kill the Jews," were distributed around London and Birmingham, with a telephone number for Bakri Mohammed. Late Wednesday, a spokesman for al-Muhajiroun said: âI do not know if either of these men was a member, but we have made clear that this attack is something that we would celebrate. He would not have done it as a member of al-Muhajiroun, but something that he believed of his own principal.â Support, but denial of any responsibility, typical. | |
| Posted by:Steve |