Islamic extremist Anjem Choudary has compared British soldiers to Nazis. He has been condemned by moderate Muslims for his reprehensible remarks.
Islamist extremist Anjem Choudary has compared British soldiers to Nazis.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5Live this morning, he said (1:41:40-1:52:00):
“We don’t have conscription in this country, you can freely join the army and leave at your will, and you know, if it’s just a matter of doing your job one can make comparisons, of course, with Nazi Germany in the Second World War, they could say that they’re just doing their job.“
When pressed he added:
“I think if you look at the atrocities which were committed during the Second World War, a comparison can be made, a good example of that is bagram air base and the case of Aafia Siddiqui, you know a Pakistani woman who was raped continuously, her children were incarcerated and she suffered, you know, a horrendous torture at the hands of the alliance who are occupying afghanistan at this time.
“You can compare that with some of the concentration camps in Austria and other places during the Second World War.”
The comparison with Nazis actually applies to Mr Choudary himself, the various organisations he has represented and his allies, for whom extreme anti-Semitism is never far from the surface. In 2002, Choudary acolyte Iftikhar Ali was found guilty of inciting racial hatred for distributing leaflets for al-Muhajiroun – of which Choudary was right-hand man to then head Omar Bakri Muhammad – that called for a Jihad and said:
“The hour will not come until Muslims fight the Jews and kill them.”
When arrested Ali said:
“What is written on the paper is true. The Jewish people must die.”
Choudary, who is planning to march through Wootton Bassett under the Islam4UK banner – a platform for al-Muhajiroun, has been criticised for his remarks by mainstream Muslims. Dr Shaaz Mahboob, Vice-chair of British Muslims For Secular Democracy (BMSD), told Left Foot Forward:
“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.”
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15 Responses to “Islamic extremist calls British troops Nazis”
Shamik Das
RT @leftfootfwd: Moderate Muslims criticise extremist Anjem Choudary’s attack on UK troops: http://is.gd/5M07L
TrustSulha
RT @leftfootfwd: Moderate Muslims criticise extremist Anjem Choudary’s attack on UK troops: http://is.gd/5M07L
Bill Kristol-Balls
I haven’t looked but have the useful idiots at the Maxpress (that’s the Mail and the Express, it’s this years Jedward / Brangelina) plastered this muppet all over their front pages yet?
Only one way to treat him and his ‘march’ and that’s a couple of sentences on p.35 just next to the adverts for cruises and hearing aids.
Ignore the fool as there’s is more chance of me opening a lap dancing club in Mecca then there is of Islam4UK.
ANIN
What utter fatuous guff, Labours pal Murdoch would be proud
Labour the Party of the
Iraq bloodbath,
dodgy dossiers,
45 minutes contrick,
Bushes Neo Con poodles
Straw and Blair leading the islamophobia
lecturing others about morality.
How many civilians have the British Army killed maimed and injured in Afghanistan?
How many prisoner have they taken?
How many have they tortured, detained,rendered unto CIA?
Why are British troops in Afghanistan after 8 years?
How many civilians did Nu Labour help to kill in Iraq?
1000,000 Iraqi civilian dead?
Why no mention of civilian casualties by Labour Party members, whilst every dead British soldier is treated some sort of Hero of the Nu Labour Fatherland?
The neglect with which Labour treats the wounded, maimed and traumatised shows what frauds you all are.
Dulce et Decorum est
Mark
Why on earth are the BBC giving him air time?