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June 9, 2006

UK: Islamists Protest East London Shootings

Earlier this evening, representatives of the radical Islamist group Al Ghurabaa staged a noisy demonstration outside the police station at Forest Gate, states the Guardian and also the BBC.

Ostensibly, the demonstration was against the shooting last Friday (June 2) of Mohammed Abdul Kahar by police during a dawn raid at his home in Lansdown Road, Forest Gate, east London. Injured in the shoulder, he was released from hospial two days later and transferred to Paddington Green police station, where he was interrogated with his younger brother who had also been arrested in the raid.

But in true Al-Ghurabaa style, the meeting was attended by militants with Arabic tea-towels wrapped around their faces, and wih a lot of noise and hate. The meeting was called to assemble after 2 pm, and at this time, only about 30 people had turned up, where some cried out "Tony Blair's a murderer". However, film on BBC's Newsnight showed that after dark more than a hundred angry Islamists were still waving placards and shouting anti-government and anti-police slogans.

Al-Ghurabaa, whose name means "the Strangers" is the same group which organised an illegal march on February 3 outside the Danish consulate in Sloane Square, Chelsea. At that protest, convened to protest the Danish cartoons of their pedophile prophet, their followers carried placards threatening to invoke a European 9/11 and calling for the beheading of those who insult the paedo- sorry, the "prophet".

Al-Ghurabaa is a remnant of the group Al-Muhajiroun which had been led by Omar Bakri Mohammed, currently in exile in Lebanon. It is connected to the Saviour Sect which also goes under the name Saved Sect.

In attendance at this evening's demonstration was Anjem Choudary, who is currently awaiting trial on public order offences. The fliers for the protest, pictured above, state that UK police are deliberately targetting Muslims for shooting. Like the protest at Sloane Square, the gathering was not authorised and was thus illegal, but once again, police did nothing to disperse the lawbreakers. The protest was held against the wishes of the relatives of Mohammed Abdul Kahar and his brother Abul Koyair, who also was arrested last Friday.

The police raid had been staged because police claimed they had reliable information that a chemical weapon in the house. We reported on June 7 that no weapon of this nature had been found in the search.

Today, police released the two men without charge. A spokesman for the Metropolitan police said: "The intelligence received by police continues to be developed and we will continue to exhaust all lines of inquiry. As we look forward, we will continue to engage with all communities and respond to issues that are raised."

John Reid, the Home Secretary, said this evening: "The police are acting in the best interests of the whole community in order to protect the whole community and they, therefore, deserve the support of the whole community in doing what is often a very hazardous and dangerous job, often involving difficult decisions."

The new leader of the Muslim Council for Britain, Dr Muhammad Bari, said: "This decision to release the brothers without charge confirms their innocence and we hope the appropriate lessons will be learned by all involved in this tragic incident. This is not a matter of apportioning blame but trying to ensure the foundations are in place to maintain trust and build a partnership between the Muslim community and the police."

Inayat Bunglawala, the press officer of the Muslim Council for Britain, said; "Today's decision to release the two brothers without charge confirms their innocence." He said the police operation appeared to be a "terrible mistake" and stated that the raid had caused tensions in the Muslim community, particularly amongst the young.

This much is true. The Independent interviews local residents for their opinions, and the voices it reports are not pleased. Sikander Khalid, a 28-year old Pakistani-born individual had been stopped and searched during the week. He said: "Maybe it was my stubble, or maybe it was my rucksack. I threw my bag down in front of them because that is all I could do to show my anger. I was going to my work at French Connection. Is this what they mean by being calm? Of course I'm angry and of course I'm going to be at the protest that's going on to tell the world that we are human, and we shouldn't be punished for being Muslim. What they did last Friday has made me mad and I hope people fight back."

The sister of the two men, Humeya Kalam, criticized the police actions today. However, she said about the Al Ghurabaa protest that attendance there "will only give another cause for the police to inflict the same trauma that we have been through on another family. This will have an adverse effect in proving both of my brothers' innocence."

She asked, in a statement read out by a cousin to the press, that people should protest peacefully at a rally to be held in Plashet Park, Newham on Sunday "to positively show their support for my family and against the effect of such raids on the local people of Newham."

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at June 9, 2006 9:16 PM

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