Terror on the dole
By David Cohen, Evening Standard
20 April 2004

Four young British Muslims in their twenties - a social worker, an IT
specialist, a security guard and a financial adviser - occupy a table 
at a fast-food chicken restaurant in Luton. Perched on their plastic 
chairs, wolfing down their dinner, they seem just ordinary young men. 
Yet out of their mouths pour heated words of revolution.

"As far as I'm concerned, when they bomb London, the bigger the better," 
says Abdul Haq, the social worker. "I know it's going to happen because 
Sheikh bin Laden said so. Like Bali, like Turkey, like Madrid - I pray for 
it, I look forward to the day."

"Pass the brown sauce, brother," says Abu Malaahim, the IT specialist, 
devouring his chicken and chips. 

"I agree with you, brother," says Abu Yusuf, the earnest-looking
financial adviser sitting opposite. "I would like to see the
Mujahideen coming into London and killing thousands, whether with
nuclear weapons or germ warfare. And if they need a safehouse, they
can stay in mine - and if they need some fertiliser [for a bomb], 
I'll tell them where to get it."

His friend, Abu Musa, the security guard, smiles radiantly. "It 
will be a day of joy for me," he adds, speaking with a slight lisp.

As they talk, a man with a bushy beard, dressed in a jacket emblazoned
with the word "Jihad", stands and watches over them, handing around
cups of steaming hot coffee. His real name is Ishtiaq Alamgir, but he
goes by his adopted name, Sayful Islam, meaning "Sword of Islam". He
is the 24-year-old leader of the Luton branch of al-Muhajiroun, an
extremist Muslim group with about 800 members countrywide, who regard
Osama bin Laden as their hero. 

[...]

But it was the events of 11 September that crystallised Sayful's
worldview. "When I watched those planes go into the Twin Towers, 
I felt elated," he says. "That magnificent action split the world 
into two camps: you were either with Islam and al Qaeda, or with 
the enemy. I decided to quit my job and commit myself full-time to 
al-Muhajiroun." Now he does not consider himself British. "I am a 
Muslim living in Britain, and I give my allegiance only to Allah."

According to Sayful, the aim of al-Muhajiroun ("the immigrants") 
is nothing less than Khilafah - "the worldwide domination of Islam". 
The way to achieve this, he says, is by Jihad, led by Bin Laden. 
"I support him 100 per cent." 

[...]

Full article at "This Is London"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/londonnews/articles/10329634?version=1

Cheers, Steve...

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