A radical Muslim cleric has claimed
'God destined' for British solider Lee Rigby to die in the barbaric
terror attack on the streets of Woolwich.
Omar
Bakri Mohammed, who is banned from Britain, has given interviews in
Lebanon applauding the 'heroes' who slaughtered the 25-year-old in an
apparently unprovoked attack on Wednesday.
It
comes as the police are urged to monitor closely comments by leading
radical clerics in the UK to see if they have broken the law in the days
since the attack.
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have been condemned for giving airtime to Anjem Choudary and other militant Islamists this week. Critics
say the radical preachers in Britain are carefully 'flying close to the
wind' by appearing to support the Woolwich killing without breaking
laws on inciting religious hatred.
Hate preacher: The BBC released footage of Michael Adebolajo standing behind Anjem Choudary in 2007
But Bakri Mohammed, speaking from abroad, has gone much further. In an interview with The Independent, he said he understood why the suspects would have carried out the barbaric
attack on Drummer Lee Rigby.
He said:
Continue reading‘I saw the film and we could see that he (the suspect) was being very courageous. ‘Under Islam this can be justified, he was not targeting civilians, he was taking on a military man in an operation. To people around here (in the Middle East) he is a hero.’
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