The Saved Sect

The Saved Sect (Arabic الفرقة الناجية, al-Firqat un-Naajiyah), formerly and more generally known as The Saviour Sect, is a Muslim organization that operated in the United Kingdom from its formation in November 2005 until the British government banned it on 17 July 2006.Fact|date=June 2008 It is widely believed, along with Al Ghurabaa, to be the reformed Al-Muhajiroun which Omar Bakri Muhammad disbanded in 2004. [http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=7364 UK: Islamist guilty of soliciting murder] Spero News] It is believed that Omar Bakri today still heads this organisation.

Overview

The Saved Sect sees the majority of Muslims living in the Western world are forgetting their roots, and sees its primary purpose as being to remind the Ummah of the true Islamic values. [http://www.thesavedsect.com/about.htm] . The name of the group is derived from a hadith (or tradition) ascribed to the prophet Muhammad::"My nation will be divided into 73 sects, all of them will be in the Fire except for one (the saved sect)..."

On 17 July 2006 the group was banned under new legislation in Britain.Fact|date=June 2008 Home Secretary John Reid laid an order in Parliament which made it a criminal offence for a person to belong to or encourage support for the group, to arrange meetings in its support, or to wear clothes or carry articles in public indicating support or membership.

Although the organization's website claims to represent the views of the Saviour Sect in Islam, they do not claim that they themselves are the Saviour Sect, as this apparently would be ascribing purity to themselves and would also indicate that they have knowledge of al-Ghayb (the unseen), which Muslims believe only Allah knows about.

They claim to be followers of Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah (The Messenger and his Companions) and that their teachings are of as-Salaf us-Saalih (the Pious Predecessors). However, many Sunnis deny this.

In November 2005, Al Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect were re-established under the name Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4449714.stm "New group replaces al-Muhajiroun" "BBC News" 29 October 2006] ] This organization operates mainly through an invitation-only Internet forum, of which Anjem Choudary is a prominent contributor, using the username "Abou Luqman". A reporter visiting the site found recordings of Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Omar Bakri Mohammed, as well as calls for holy war. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2426770,00.html "Banned extremists regroup" "The Sunday Times" 29 October 2006] ]

ee also

*UK Islamist demonstration outside Danish Embassy
*Al Ghurabaa
*Al Muhajiroun
*Islamism

References

External links

* [http://www.thesavedsect.com The Saviour Sect website]
* [http://www.khilafah.clara.net/ Al Gurabaa website]
* [http://www.alghurabaa.co.uk Al Gurabaa alternative website] - archived

Related media articles

* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article552687.ece "Focus: Undercover in the academy of hatred"] , "The Times", 7 August 2005.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4133150.stm Treason threat cleric 'leaves UK']
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4740000/newsid_4742600/4742625.stm Why radical views 'must be heard']
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4130454.stm Terror treason charge considered]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4129502.stm Radicals warned of treason risk]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703541.stm Profile: Omar Bakri Mohammad]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2036285,00.html Sunday Times - How liberal Britain let hate flourish]