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An Islamist radical who has praised the 7/7 bombers and publicly heckled the Home Secretary was arrested yesterday on suspicion of glorifying terrorism.
Abu Izzadeen, 31, a British convert to Islam and former leader of the banned groups al-Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect, was arrested in Leyton, East London, by officers from the Counter Terrorism Command.
He was being held last night at Paddington Green high security police station under section one of the Terrorism Act 2006, which outlaws the incitement, encouragement and glorification of acts of terrorism.
It is understood that he was detained in connection with a speech he made at a community centre in Small Heath, Birmingham, to coinicide with the first anniversary of the July 7 suicide bombings.
He was allegedly filmed describing non-Muslims as “animals” and “cowards” and praising Mohammed Sidique Khan, the leader of the four suicide bombers who murdered 52 people in London on 7/7.
Police sources insisted that the arrest was not connected with his heckling of Mr Reid at a community meeting in London last year, nor with the anti-terrorist arrests in the West Midlands last week.
Neither is his arrest linked to an ITV News report this week of a speech in 2004 when he advocated the beheading of Muslims who joined the British Army.
But Muslim community leaders, including some of his staunch opponents, expressed concern that the connection with Birmingham could exacerbate tensions caused by the arrests of nine people over an alleged plot to kidnap a soldier.
Abu Bakr, one of two men released without charge, said that Britain had become “a police state for Muslims”.
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Funny, how Muslims cause all these terror plots and hatefull speech...then complain when they get arrested or accused....he said that "Britain had become "a police state for Muslims..."...HEY....you brought this karma on yourselves...they have no reason to complain...Start preaches Love and forgiveness and except other religions...and people might start getting along with you.
God Bless England....God Bless America.
Eddie Meeks, Costa Mesa, Ca
It really is a pity that the state of our religious unity seems to have sunk to an all time. I am not a strong believer or follower of any particular belief but I do like to believe that we should all be allowed to follow our own personal beliefs without fear of intimidation of reprisal. Sadly this no longer seems to be the case or indeed acceptable in the UK now. I suppose it has always been the same and sadly the chance of this ever changing in small. Soon the british people will be labelled as ethnic or a minority race as we as a small country are overwelmed by the influx of many other ethnic or religious groups. A true Britain is hard to find. do we also want to see similar scene's of unrest that many of our neighbours unfortunately experience because of religious or political activists. Perhaps Britain has now reached its fill of ehthnic diversity and because of its size cannot possibly accept any more erosion of its own nationality, we seem to be taking on the role of a international dustbin and something has to give.
Paul Chilvers , Paisley, Renfrewshire
"Abu Bakr, one of two men released without charge, said that Britain had become a police state for Muslims.
A typical, stupid comment.
Was 7/7 a dream? Are Abu Izzadden, Abu Hamza and Omar Bakri nice people?
Personally, I am suspicious of the men being released. Some are now being charged, and the rest I suspect of being undesirable and hostile people who may not be directly implicated in this plot, or where the police have insufficient evidence to support the case, but that means very little. They were arrested for a reson, and I will welcome the trial of those now being charged.
Joe, UK,
Britain is not a police state for Muslims.
That is fatuous nonsense.
It certainly should be a police state for criminals.
Patrick Milne, Harrogate, UK