NATIONHOOD AND NATIONALITY
In a recent Newsnight programme, Kirsty Walk interviewed Anjem Choudry about Mohammed Al Bakri, who has recently left the UK for Lebanon and now finds that he is supposedly barred from coming back.
Bakri has a Lebanese passport but not a British one, despite having lived here for 20 years.
Choudry, who is a colleague of Bakri, defended Bakri’s comments about not being willing to inform the police if he knew of impending acts of terrorism by Muslims, and argued that this was based upon ‘Devine revelation’.
Choudry announced that he too would not inform the police even if he knew of impending acts of Muslim terrorism. He said:
Apparently, this was due to the ‘Divine revelation’.
Kirsty Walk took issue with this and pointed out that Choudry was British, having been born in Britain, and should therefore uphold the laws of this country. Choudry retorted that the he did not ‘think the two correlate’ and further stated:
At which point a speechless Kirsty Walk ended the interview.
This all ties in with those matters raised in the English Rights Campaign blog entry dated the 15 July. Mr Choudry does not consider himself to be British, notwithstanding his British passport. He is certainly not English and a decision will have to be made as to how the English react to so many such people, who are openly hostile to this country, living here.
So far as Bakri is concerned, it is Veritas policy that those asylum seekers with children should be allowed to stay here. Presumably, with his 7 children, Veritas regard Bakri as being as British as Winston Churchill.
(One needs a sense of humour when it comes to Veritas.)
The bloodthirsty and outrageous comments that have been made by Bakri should not be forgotten. For example, to promote a conference in London(istan) to commemorate the third anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Bakri gave an interview in which, regarding the Beslan massacre of schoolchildren in Chechnya, he stated:
Shortly after 9/11 Bakri stated:
Bakri was originally granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK despite having been arrested for advocating the assassination of John Major at the time of the 1991 Gulf War (although he was never charged).
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights states:
Whether Bakri would be able to successfully sue the British government for breaching his human rights is anyone’s guess. But there is no reason why we should have to take the risk.
The English Rights Campaign disagrees with the Veritas immigration policy. Far from allowing Bakri back into England, his Lebanese wife (who has also been recently voicing her hatred of the English) and the rest of his brood should be dispatched to join him.
Bakri has a Lebanese passport but not a British one, despite having lived here for 20 years.
Choudry, who is a colleague of Bakri, defended Bakri’s comments about not being willing to inform the police if he knew of impending acts of terrorism by Muslims, and argued that this was based upon ‘Devine revelation’.
Choudry announced that he too would not inform the police even if he knew of impending acts of Muslim terrorism. He said:
‘It’s not allowed for me to cooperate with the police and it’s not allowed for me to cooperate with the British government’.
Apparently, this was due to the ‘Divine revelation’.
Kirsty Walk took issue with this and pointed out that Choudry was British, having been born in Britain, and should therefore uphold the laws of this country. Choudry retorted that the he did not ‘think the two correlate’ and further stated:
‘The fact that I have a British passport means that I have a travel document. I can come in and go out of Britain as I please. My allegiance is to Allah and to British Muslims.
If you are born in a box, it does not make you a horse’.
At which point a speechless Kirsty Walk ended the interview.
This all ties in with those matters raised in the English Rights Campaign blog entry dated the 15 July. Mr Choudry does not consider himself to be British, notwithstanding his British passport. He is certainly not English and a decision will have to be made as to how the English react to so many such people, who are openly hostile to this country, living here.
So far as Bakri is concerned, it is Veritas policy that those asylum seekers with children should be allowed to stay here. Presumably, with his 7 children, Veritas regard Bakri as being as British as Winston Churchill.
(One needs a sense of humour when it comes to Veritas.)
The bloodthirsty and outrageous comments that have been made by Bakri should not be forgotten. For example, to promote a conference in London(istan) to commemorate the third anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Bakri gave an interview in which, regarding the Beslan massacre of schoolchildren in Chechnya, he stated:
‘If an Iraqi Muslim carried out an attack like that in Britain, it would be justified because Britain has carried out acts of terrorism in Iraq.
As long as the Iraqi did not deliberately kill women and children, and they were killed in the crossfire, that would be okay.
The Mujahideen (Chechen rebels) would not have wanted to kill those people, because it is strictly forbidden as a Muslim to deliberately kill women and children. It is the fault of the Russians.’
Shortly after 9/11 Bakri stated:
‘September 11 was a towering day in history, a day to remember and yes, there are many, many positive results - many, many good things. It has exposed the capitalist world order and its evil policies.’
Bakri was originally granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK despite having been arrested for advocating the assassination of John Major at the time of the 1991 Gulf War (although he was never charged).
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights states:
1. ‘Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.’
Whether Bakri would be able to successfully sue the British government for breaching his human rights is anyone’s guess. But there is no reason why we should have to take the risk.
The English Rights Campaign disagrees with the Veritas immigration policy. Far from allowing Bakri back into England, his Lebanese wife (who has also been recently voicing her hatred of the English) and the rest of his brood should be dispatched to join him.
posted by erc @ 9:15 pm
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