Here’s a very disturbing story from Britain, where the radical Islamic fifth column came out in public today and ruined a press conference by the “moderate” Muslim Council of Britain: Militants storm meeting. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Militants disrupted a Muslim Council of Britain press conference today, condemning the organisation as “a mouthpiece” of Tony Blair and George Bush.

There were chaotic scenes as a group of around 15 men, two of them masked, burst into the meeting at Central London Mosque in Regents Park, where the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) was unveiling a list of 10 questions for Muslim voters to ask parliamentary candidates.
One of the men said they represented the Saviour Sect.

MCB secretary general Iqbal Sacranie suspended the press conference as one man shouted: “We are here to question the MCB and their alliance to the British Government.” The man said that voting in the General Election was “an act of apostasy”.

As the group streamed into the meeting, one of the masked men shouted: “Kaffirs. MCB are dirty kaffirs.” Another man yelled: “The MCB are a mouthpiece of the British Government of Tony Blair and George Bush. They don’t represent Islam. They don’t represent British Muslims. We are here to condemn you and your organisation.”

The men left the MCB meeting after 15 to 20 minutes. As they walked off mosque property, they were not challenged by around 10 police officers standing outside.

Inside the meeting the Saviour Sect handed out a leaflet reading: “Vote today… become Kaafir tomorrow!” It bore photographs of Mr Blair, Tory leader Michael Howard, the Liberal Democrats’ Charles Kennedy and George Galloway of Respect.

“The above are all shayaateen (devils), crooks, criminals and false gods. Voting for any political party which has a policy of legislating a law is Kufr Akbar (a major apostasy) and will take you outside the fold of Islam. It will also nullify all your good deeds and guarantee your seat in hellfire for ever.”

The BBC report has more details and photos of the “militants,” written with a really creepy semi-admiring tone: From election launch to PR panic.

Chairs were scattered as the group forced their way through to the press conference. Fists punched the air to an Islamic chant and cameras shifted their focus from the suit-wearing MCB to the slightly scruffy bunch of men, some of whom were masked.

“We are here to condemn you for apostasy!” shouted the lead figure with a self-possessed, absolute certainty. “Those Muslims who vote are Kafir [unbelievers]. Vote today and become Kafir tomorrow!”

Mild-mannered Sher Khan, the MCB’s chair of public affairs, tried to speak up, to no avail. The demonstrators screamed: “You are the mouthpiece of the British government! You are Kafir - go to hell fire!”

On the stairwell, a demonstrator slapped a leaflet on to the forehead of Mr Sacranie. His colleague followed that up with an open-handed and aggressive shove in the MCB chief’s face. The blow forced Mr Sacranie’s head onto the wall as he absorbed the blow.

Mr Sacranie tried his best to make light of the incident. It was democracy in action, he mused, a good example of some of the anger felt among younger generations.

“In every community you have these fringe elements. It does not reflect the Muslim community. I asked these people one question: Is it part of Islam to behave in such a way? They did not answer.”