Nope, not buying it. No way in hell are we going say this is protest is a genuine article. UK “radical Islamist” Anjem Choudary has spent the past few months making himself known as the go-to trash talker for those who want to hear someone espouse “radical extreme views” about Islam. He’s kind of like the Fred Phelps of Islam, parading himself in front of any camera that has a television logo on its side. He spoke via satellite on a town hall episode of This Week with Christiane Amanpour about the Islamic center in Lower Manhattan where he said,: “one day the flag of Islam will fly over the White House”. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and finally made his way to Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News. Now as everyone knows, when Hannity wants to hurt something he opposes, he looks for the most extreme media whore element of that thing to invite on his program to use as cannon fodder. For example, whenever there was an issue of racism regarding African Americans, Hannity would bring on Malik Zului Shabazz of the New Black Panther Party (NBPP), and that went on for years until Shabazz brought up Hannity’s friendship with white supremacist Hal Turner on the air in 2008. He and the NBPP hasn’t been on the show since. Anyway, Choudary serves that same purpose and has no real following or influence, and the media loves him. So isn’t it interesting that exactly a month after a rather heated exchange with Hannity on his program he is planning to come to the US for a protest at the White House? On a weekday, no less? That’s what Choudary says he is going to do on March 3. He might not be able to get into the country however, given that his group Islam4UK is outlawed in the UK, but that makes it all the more curious. All of this comes off as very scripted, and we would be surprised if this idea did not come fron Choudary. Incidentially, this will be while UK Holocaust denier David Irving is on his tour of the US with a stop in DC on March 6, and we are talking about a guy who is a convicted felon in Irving’s case. Somehow we don’t think he made the right media connections though.
Daily Mail
A hardline Muslim cleric who sparked anger across the U.S. with his anti-American comments in a television interview this month is to hold a protest outside the White House.
British extremist Anjem Choudary – who once said ‘the flag of Islam will fly over the White House’ – has announced he will lead a demonstration calling on Muslims to establish the Sharia law across America.
The rally, planned for March 3, is to take place just weeks after his on-screen row with Fox News presenter Sean Hannity.
Mr Choudary, 43, called Americans ‘the biggest criminals in the world today.’
The former leader of outlawed group Islam4UK told the Daily Star ‘we expect thousands to come out and support us.’
Mr Choudary said the March rally was organised by the Islamic Thinkers society, an extremist group based in New York.
Two other British extremists, Abu Izzadeen and Sayful Islam, have also been asked to speak at the demonstration.
Izzadeen is the hate preacher who caused fury last year when he called British soldiers ‘murderers’ the day he was released from jail after a three-and-a-half year sentence for inciting terrorism.
Mr Choudary told the newspaper: ‘The event is a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims to rise up and establish the Islamic state in America.’
However, whether the three will be able to enter the U.S., especially Izzadeen, remains to be seen. Even a tourist visa requires applicants to answer questions on whether they have been involved in acts of terrorism or plan to commit crimes in the U.S.
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