John Humphrys: You said to Mr Reid how dare you come to this area. I suppose I should suggest to you how dare you suggest he shouldn’t.

Abu Izzadeen: My address to Mr Reid was primarily to deal with his behaviour in the past year and his previous position as Defence minister (sic).

He has been killing Muslims abroad, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and as Home Secretary he has been presiding over the arrest of many Muslims and in that light how dare he come to address the Muslims…

…His view is nothing more than to ask the Muslim community to turn in on itself and spy and do the police’s job."

…It was outrageous to see someone like John Reid who has been presiding over so many attacks on the Muslim community come and address us as if he is our friend. He is the enemy towards Islam and Muslims…

JH: How come Mr Reid was given a pretty sympathetic reception at this event?"

AI: The British Government always have a policy of divide and rule…But for the general masses, those that have been arrested, those that have been targeted by the police, it’s not going to wash.

JH: How can you presume to speak for the general masses of Muslims – you’re not elected to any post.

AI: We are not talking about elections. I’m a Muslim; I work with the community, I live in the community, John Reid doesn’t. And I’m telling you we have had enough.

We’ve had enough of the police raids, enough of the shooting in Forest Gates, enough of the arrests inside Walthamstow, inside restaurants, under the guise of your war against terror which everybody knows, Muslims and non-Muslims, is a war against Islam.

And I’m telling you something - if they don’t stop this there’s going to be a very strong reaction from the community, maybe not from me on an individual level, but people have had enough.

JH: What do you mean by that, a very strong reaction?

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