Muslims must not co-operate: leader
Muslims cannot co-operate with local authorities against other members of
the faith, the outspoken leader of an Islamic group has insisted.
Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, who leads the London-based group Al-Muhajiroun,
was speaking after the mainstream Muslim Council of Britain called on the
Islamic community to play its part in the fight against terrorism.
The Council's call followed this week's large-scale anti-terrorism operation
in south east England.
Interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sheikh Omar said: "Muslims
have a unique way of life. Co-operating with the authorities against any
other Muslims, that is an act of apostasy in Islam.
"Having said that, Muslims in Britain have the right to defend themselves,
but without the use of violence. They can gather together, speak with the
imams.
"The imams themselves should lecture the Muslim community, not the Muslim
Council of Britain who are all of them a bunch of seculars."
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Quite frankly, if they refuse to take part in society on the same basis as
anyone else, then they should be removed from that society. This Sheikh
person ought to be deported without delay to whatever Muslim country will
have him.
Uncle Davey
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