The Sunday Times - Britain

August 07, 2005

Inside the sect that loves terror
By the Insight team

AN undercover investigation has caught leaders of a radical Islamic
group inciting young British Muslims to become terrorists and praising
the Tube bombers as "the fantastic four".

A Sunday Times reporter spent two months as a recruit inside the
Saviour Sect to reveal for the first time how the extremist group
promotes hatred of "non-believers" and encourages its followers to
commit acts of violence including suicide bombings.

The reporter witnessed one of the sect's leading figures, Sheikh Omar
Brooks, telling a young audience, including children, that it was the
duty of Muslims to be terrorists and boasting, just days before the
July 7 attacks, that he wanted to die as a suicide bomber.

After the attacks that claimed 52 lives, another key figure,
Zachariah, justified them by saying that the victims were not
"innocent" people because they did not abide by strict Islamic laws.
In the immediate aftermath the sect's leader, Omar Bakri Mohammed,
said: "For the past 48 hours I'm very happy." Two weeks later he
referred to the bombers as the "fantastic four". 

The evidence compiled by The Sunday Times in hours of transcripts and
tapes will lend weight to moves, announced last week by Tony Blair, to
proscribe such organisations for providing a breeding ground for would-
be terrorists. The attorney-general's office said last night it would
investigate the recent comments by a number of Islamic radicals with a
view to prosecution.

The Saviour Sect was established 10 months ago when its predecessor
group Al-Muhajiroun was disbanded after coming under close scrutiny by
the authorities. Its members meet in secret in halls, followers' homes
and parks. They are so opposed to the British state that they see it
as their duty to make no economic contribution to the nation. One
member warned our undercover reporter against getting a job because 
it would be contributing to the kuffar (non-Muslim) system.

[...]

Last week Omar Brooks stirred controversy with televised comments, but
they were carefully chosen to avoid appearing to incite violence. On
Saturday, July 2 he had been more forthright.

Speaking to a group of teenagers and families, he declared it was
imperative for Muslims to "instil terror into the hearts of the
kuffar" and added: "I am a terrorist. As a Muslim of course I am a
terrorist."

The 30-year-old, who claims to have had military training in Pakistan,
said he did not want to go to Allah while sleeping in his bed "like an
old woman". Instead: "I want to be blown into pieces with my hands in
one place and my feet in another."

In public interviews Bakri condemned the killing of all innocent
civilians. Later when he addressed his own followers he explained 
that he had in fact been referring only to Muslims as only they were
innocent: "Yes I condemn killing any innocent people, but not any
kuffar."

Yesterday Bakri said he had no connections to a group in east London
but said that he did attend prayers and preach to up to 15 people. He
denied using the words "fantastic four".

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Full article at "Times Online"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C2087-1724541%2C00.html


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