British Metro Policeman’s Radical Connections
Charles Johnson
Sat Oct 7, 2006 at 8:07 am PDT • Views: 314
The Muslim police officer who refused to guard Britain’s Israeli embassy was married by radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.)
A Muslim police officer who asked to be excused from guarding the Israeli embassy was married by the radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
Pc Alexander Omar-Basha’s father-in-law is related to Bakri, who performed an Islamic ceremony at the family home in north London.
The cleric, who founded the now disbanded Al-Muhajiroun group of radical Muslims, is living in Lebanon after being barred from the UK.
Bakri caused consternation when he said he would never warn the police if he learned of an impending suicide bomber attack by fellow Muslims. He also called the July 7 London suicide bombers “the fantastic four”.
Scotland Yard said yesterday that Pc Omar-Basha, a member of the Metropolitan Police armed Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG), had been allowed to absent himself from armed patrols outside the Israeli embassy after expressing concerns about the effect it might have on the safety of his relatives in Lebanon during Israel’s military campaign in August.
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