Muslim Council of Britain Threatens Violence
Charles Johnson
Tue Jun 6, 2006 at 8:34 am PDT • Views: 342
The Muslim Council of Britain’s new general secretary Muhammad Abdul Bari is threatening violence over last week’s British anti-terror raid: Muslims could take ‘law into own hands’ over terror raid: MCB. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.)
LONDON (AFP) - The police were under pressure to clear up the confusion over last week’s massive anti-terror raid or risk seeing angry Muslims “take the law into their own hands,” a Muslim community leader has warned.
The Muslim Council of Britain’s new leader Muhammed Abdul Bari said “trust could break down” if the police failed to explain why they launched last Friday’s raid, which has turned up nothing of a reported chemical weapons plot.
Relaying the sentiment that he heard during a visit late Monday to the east London neighborhood which was raided, Abdul Bari said “the message is the confusion, it’s the frustration and to some extent anger.”
Police arrested Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, and his brother Abul Koyair, 20, during the raid on their home at dawn by 250 officers. Abdul Kahar, who was shot and wounded, and Koyair have vehemently denied involvement in terrorism.
“People want to know what exactly happened and about the intelligence — is it genuine information, is it flawed — these are the questions police have to answer as soon as possible,” Abdul Bari said Tuesday.
“Trust could break down if things are not clarified,” said Abdul Bari, the secretary general of Britain’s largest Muslim organization. “Angry people can do anything, angry people can even feel that they should take the law into their own hands, so anger has to be directed into positive action,” he warned.
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