Islamism in London

The Islamist presence in London and a perceived British policy of allowing them free reign [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/09/08/kurtbarling_londonrisk_feature.shtml] is also referred to as Londonistan.

Definitions

Different political currents basing their political ideas partly on the Muslim religion exist in London. Their political positions are very varied. This article refers to that small minority who hold the position that Western attacks on Muslim countries justify an informal military response (often considered to be terrorism).

21 July 2005 London bombings

On July 22, 2005, in the wake of a failed second bombing attempt on the London Underground, some overseas governments and commentators were quick to blame Britain's tolerance of Islamism for the extremist attacks. "At the end of the day, Britain's attachment to tolerance has brought it nothing but death and desolation", Reuters reported analyst Claude Moniquet as saying. Other intelligence analysts saw the open-doors approach to radicals, which was slowly abandoned after September 11, 2001, as a ready source of intelligence.ref|Guardian

Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

Following the controversy, Al Ghurabaa, a small extremist Islamist group consisting mostly of former Al-Muhajiroun members, organised a demonstration in London on 3rd Feb 2006 with banners calling for Muslims to "Behead those who insult Islam" and demanding an apology from the Danish Government. In taking no action against the march, the Metropolitan Police were criticised by Conservative Party Members of Parliament.

The man seen on television dressed as a suicide bomber was Omar Khayam. He was out on bail (a 6 year sentence for selling crack cocaine) and was shortly returned to prison, potentially serving a further 3 years. 5 others were arrested on 15th March 2006.ref|TimesOnline

See also: Timeline of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

Undercover Mosque

ee also

*Islam in London
*Islam in the United Kingdom
*Londonistan (term)
*Islamism

References

# [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/international/europe/10qaeda.html?ei=5070&en=199f139274bedc6b&ex=1121918400&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all New York Times]
# [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4689739.stm# Image of bombers' deadly journey] , BBC
# "BBC News", 2004. " [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3515312.stm London terror attack 'inevitable'] "
# "CNN"/"AP", 2005. " [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/07/london.alqaeda.ap/ Attack had 'hallmarks of al Qaeda'] "
# [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,15935,1530301,00.html]
# [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2087023,00.html Five arrested over London cartoons protest] , Times Online