Extremist Muslims to march for sharia law in Birmingham

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EXTREMIST Muslims are planning to march through Birmingham to call for the introduction of sharia law in Britain.

The demonstration is to be led by hate preacher Anjem Choudary, who has previously called for all British women to wear burkhas.

It will follow an earlier protest scheduled for London at the end of the month.

Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood said he is appalled by the plans and has called for West Midlands police to ban Choudary and his followers from entering the city.

“Having the hooligans from the English Defence League fighting the extremists whipped up by the UAF in the city centre was bad enough. Everyone witnessed the violence that happened when they came to Birmingham,” he said.

“But I feel that this would have the potential to be much, much worse because the people of Birmingham will find the idea of sharia law very offensive.

“People have to realise that Muslims like Anjem Choudary do not represent the views of ordinary Muslims in Birmingham.

“They just want to live peacefully in their communities and cause no trouble for anyone.

“Anjem Choudary has no business coming to Birmingham. We want nothing to do with him and his version of Islam.

Plans for the London march were revealed on a website fronted by Choudary.

He has said that under sharia law in Britain people who commit adultery would be stoned to death.

And he says that “anyone who becomes intoxicated by alcohol would be given 40 lashes in public”.

He has also mocked the deaths of British soldiers, and branded an Army homecoming parade a “vile parade of brutal murderers”.

The group’s website derides British institutions, and shows a mock-up picture of Nelson’s Column surmounted by a minaret.

His group claim the march, dubbed March 4 Shari’ah, is the first stage in a massive campaign to try to impose sharia law in Britain.

They first plan to demonstrate in London on October 31, starting at the House of Commons and ending at Downing Street, where they will call for Gordon Brown to stand down.

Members have urged Muslims from all over Britain to join them.

And Choudary has revealed to the Sunday Mercury that his group plans to target Birmingham next.

He said: ‘’We are hoping for more than 1,000 Muslims to attend the march in London on October 31.

“But if it proves a success then we may be coming to Birmingham next.

“I cannot say exactly when at this stage, but we would hope that it could take place within the next couple of months.

“We believe there would be a lot of support for a March in Birmingham, where we would hope to raise the same issues as in London.

“We want to start an intelligent debate about Islam and sharia and engage people in that debate.’’

A spokesman for the Islamic Society of Britain said: “99.999 per cent of Muslims despise these people. This only serves to fuel racial tensions.”

West Midlands Police declined to comment.

Sunday Mercury