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Britain
100,000 Muslims to vent anger in London, seething predicted
2006-02-09
A mass demonstration of 100,000 Muslims will take place in London next weekend as anger continues over publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The Muslim Action Committee, an umbrella group which claims to represent more than a million Muslims, said it would do as much as it could to prevent the ugly scenes seen last week when protesters carried placards issuing death threats and one man dressed as a suicide bomber.
"So if somebody gets out of line, it ain't our fault"
But they said they needed to "channel" growing anger felt by communities across Britain that Muslims were being persecuted and made to feel like "second class citizens".

Faiz Saddiqi, the committee convener, said: "It is a peaceful protest. We will not let it be hijacked by the fringe elements. "It is a way of showing the depth of anger that Muslim communities feel about being continually insulted by the publication of these images." The march, on Feb 18, will go from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park. Mr Saddiqi said that only banners and placards issued by the committee would be allowed.

It will be the fifth demonstration in three weeks. Around 3,000 members from Britain's Shia Muslim community will congregate in London today for the Ashura Festival, while several thousand Muslims are expected in London on Saturday for a rally. The Metropolitan Police will patrol the events as normal but said they "had plans" in place should trouble break out. The Muslim Action Committee was convened specifically to co-ordinate a response to the growing crisis over the publication, initially in Denmark, of cartoons depicting Mohammed, which have led to worldwide protests. Mr Saddiqi said they wanted to make clear that their fight was not a political one, but a religious one. He said: "The whole thing is beginning to gain momentum and we felt we had to get together not only to appeal for calm but also to channel people's feelings."
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#32  lol! I like Gir's idea. Hire a bunch of strippers to dance on lamposts along the route and have pig roasts and title it "A Taste of Freedom".
Posted by: 2b   2006-02-09 23:12  

#31  I think in the earlier protests they all wore masks. I suspect that the guy who dressed as a splodeydope to protest a cartoon of Mohammed with a det-cord turban may possess an extra chromosome. The death threat placards are like something that Protest Warrior would do in a parody. Too bad their religious convictions prevent them from displaying puppets.
Posted by: Super Hose   2006-02-09 17:44  

#30  You guys are too radical, just have a nice pig roast and wet t-shirt contest nearby ;)
Posted by: Gir   2006-02-09 17:43  

#29  from what i understand london is full of street cams. This actually shouldnt be all that hard to do. Nothing like having some info on file.

What really needs to happen is a military deployment of troops to cordon off the entire gathering in process and then systematically established a photo, fingerprint and biometrics record for each one of the protesters. Easily 50% of those in attendance probably have some ill intentions and need to be stopped. At the very least, the data base of addresses could be correlated to reveal which mosques featured most prominently in terms of rallying protestors.

A solid show of force like this might go a long way towards discouraging future festivities.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-02-09 17:39  

#28  Is it too much to hope that many sensible Londoners might appear on the borders of the protest waving Danish flags?
Posted by: ryuge   2006-02-09 16:33  

#27  I hope the police turn in all their new clean ammunition. After all, these are second class citizens, use the dirty old ammo for this one.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-02-09 15:54  

#26  "Photograph all people attending the protests"

from what i understand london is full of street cams. This actually shouldnt be all that hard to do. Nothing like having some info on file.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-02-09 15:35  

#25  Damn, I've got to tend to my nails that day.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-02-09 14:56  

#24  Howard
:>
Posted by: 6   2006-02-09 14:29  

#23  As I always say if you don't like it leave. This is after Londinistan.

I hope the police are monitoring Friday sermons but I bet they are not. The UK police have been shown to be completely inept when not working with the islamo-fascists hand in hand to keep them out of trouble. The UK justice system will not extradite islamo-fascist criminals to the US. The UK has yet to deport one islamo-fascist adfter declairing that it would do so and arresting many. The UK is dropping hints of it's imminent withdrawal from Iraq in the media. Jack Straw says there is no military option on the table agaist Iran. I would say things are pretty much going to hell in a hand basket UK wise.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2006-02-09 14:05  

#22  Howard, un-Common Sense intentionally withholds the irony tags, because he/she actually believes that stuff. Just another troll.
Posted by: BA   2006-02-09 13:56  

#21  DEPORT THOSE 100,000 MUSLIMS FROM ENGLAND!
Posted by: bgrebel   2006-02-09 13:42  

#20  #18 use of opening and closing irony tags often causes less offence..
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-02-09 13:12  

#19  it doesn't matter if they are "only" protesting the Danish and the Norwegians. Our newspapers could've easily been the ones to publish this cartoon and they would be protesting against us (but what else is new). I say one for all and all for one when it comes to the basic Western freedom of publishing whatever it is you damn well want to say. And if any muslims are reading, riddle me this...how is it in the koran, Christians are infidels because they join Jesus with God and yet you are not infidels though you join muhammad with God as well?
Posted by: shellback   2006-02-09 13:05  

#18  Yeah, why not gather up all the Muslims world wide and exterminate them. THAT'S the ticket.
Posted by: Common Sense   2006-02-09 13:02  

#17  Backup plan:

Organise a Muslim speech and harbour cruise day. Get an influential and bile-spewing wahhabist, plus say Omar Bakri Mohammed to be guest speaker.

All the worst activist violent Islamists get on the boat.

Then follow same plan as above. Take 80km offshore out of mobile range and scuttle.
Posted by: anon1   2006-02-09 12:17  

#16  I think one day, people should print some REALLY offensive pictures of Mohammed, put them on posters on walls.

Then next week put up posters of a 'revenge protest' down at some landmark near a dock on the Thames.

Position a large cargo boat, with plank down on the dock. When the Muzzies roll up to burn flags and chant, round them up into the boat, lock the doors.

Take the boat 20km offshore over a deep deep trench, disable GPS, burn and sink. You'd only need maybe 2 people to drive the boat. They can escape via smaller boat on deck. The activist muzzies would simply disappear, never to be found.
Posted by: anon1   2006-02-09 12:15  

#15  In London, they will be hard-pressed to avoid being photographed unless they wear masks.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-02-09 12:13  

#14  Photograph all people attending the protests. THESE ARE NOT "MODERATE MUSLIMS"! These are the people who want to restrict our rights to self expression. These are the candidates for further terrorist action against us. Let them know that protesting against the ordinary operation of a free society on its most basic level equates to advocating oppression. Treat these maggots like the repressive conspirators they are.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-02-09 12:04  

#13  Wonder if they will ever figure out, in the West, the more you complain about something, the more people that want to see it. Maybe they have the rights to the cartoons and are using this to drive up thier value.
Posted by: plainslow   2006-02-09 10:59  

#12  So the big cartoon riots have been in Tehran, Damascus, Lahore, Beirut, Gaza and London. Hmmm.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-02-09 10:33  

#11  Seems like the best strategy to win the this war might be to: 1) publish cartoons of Mohammed, then 2) napalm the resulting demonstrations.
Posted by: AzCat   2006-02-09 10:19  

#10  Can we lend the UK a couple of A-10s for a week or so? Seeing them patrol the skies of Britain may help keep this demonstration from getting out of hand, or allowing the UK to END it on their terms.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-02-09 10:14  

#9  Go ahead, make our day. Give us even more justification for the coming crackdown.

Actually, I'm betting they won't raise 5,000.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-02-09 10:08  

#8  Yep, the British police will handle it differently than the French. They'll crack the skull of anyone within a mile of the protest found in possession of a cartoon of Mo or a British/Danish flag.
Posted by: Quatermass   2006-02-09 10:00  

#7  Bet the Britts handle any riot a little different than the French did. This could be fun with a mass deportation in the works.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-02-09 09:45  

#6   But they said they needed to "channel" growing anger felt by communities across Britain that Muslims were being persecuted and made to feel like "second class citizens".

NB: "Persecution" and "second class" means the kaffir aren't showing proper respect to their Muslim masters. They don't want equality, they want submission.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-02-09 09:32  

#5  Ironic, coming on the heels of the trial of dr hook who spewed filth about Jews and Christians. I would say that's a bit more inciting than cartoons.

They don't want respect. they want submission.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-02-09 09:24  

#4  Call it "The Million Muslim March".

What are the odds that Red Ken or Georgie-boy will attend?
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-02-09 09:10  

#3  How many MOABs would it take to get rid of 100 000?
Posted by: Quatermass   2006-02-09 09:02  

#2  100,000 - laughably optimistic unless the green combat jackets of the Socialist Worker should join their fascist brethren.
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-02-09 09:02  

#1  But they said they needed to "channel" growing anger felt by communities across Britain that Muslims were being persecuted and made to feel like "second class citizens".

Hang on, no British newspaper has published these cartoons. Last week's rabidly anti-western protest was against the Danes and Norweigans - no arrests were made. Looks like UK muslims are doing a pretty good job of shitting up their own patch without any interference from anyone else..
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-02-09 09:00  

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