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Revision as of 15:17, 12 May 2011 by Stellas4lunch (talk | contribs) (added details of St John's Jerusalem incident)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Muslims Against Crusades (abbreviated MAC) is an Islamic group in the United Kingdom. The group was founded in 2010 by Abu Assadullah. Abu Izzadeen and Anjem Choudary are members of the group.
MAC is responsible for a number of incidents including protests outside the Royal Albert Hall and in Kensington on 11 November 2010, when two large plastic poppies were burned during the Remembrance Day silence.
Throughout 2010 and 2011 there were various protests against the imprisonment of Muslims, with calls for their release; and calls for a withdrawal from Muslim countries. There was a protest again Pastor Terry Jones during the Quran burning incident in Florida in early April.
They applied to stage a demonstration in London to disrupt the Royal Wedding on 29 April 2011, but were rejected by Scotland Yard. They planned to burn effigies of Prince William and Kate Middleton on the wedding route through central London. They later cancelled their protest due to a "Possible danger to life"
On April 29, a small group of activists from the group staged an impromptu occupation of the St John's Jerusalem manor house in Kent in protest at the building's connections to historic crusaders. They were, however, persuaded to leave by the occupier.
On May 7, hundreds of UK Muslims and Muslims Against Crusades members held a pro-Bin Laden rally outside the U.S. Embassy in London and staged funeral prayer for Bin Laden. Protesters clashed with police when they tried to storm the embassy. Anjem Choudary – a British national of Pakistani descent, who organised the protest, predicted an attack similar to the 7 July 2005 London bombings in response to bin Laden's death.
Beliefs
Muslims Against Crusades believe that Muslims are not "obliged to obey the law of the land in whatever country they reside".
References
- ^ Gammell, Caroline (21 April 2011). "Muslims Against Crusades earn notoriety in less than a year". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9293/pub_detail.asp
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372291/Muslim-Anjem-Choudary-warns-Royal-wedding-terror-attack-highly-likely.html
- "Royal wedding: Muslim group's Abbey protest blocked". BBC News. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- "Police 'engaging with royal wedding protesters'". The Daily Telegraph. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- Camber, Rebecca (20 April 2011). "Muslim fanatics plot to hijack Royal Wedding by burning effigies of Kate and William along route of the procession". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oITwfpkqQjQ&feature=player_embedded
- http://www.muslimsagainstcrusades.com/
- P. J. Edmunds, "Peaceful resolution to MAC occupation of Kent manor house", Eastern Daily Press (Norwich, 30 April 2011)
- "Pg.19, Al Muhajiroun and Islam4UK, The Group nehind the ban – by Catherine Zara Raymond" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- This just in from London-istan: Violent clashes outside U.S. Embassy after hundreds of UK Muslims stage mock funeral for 'murdered' Bin Laden, Daily Mail, May 7, 2011
- "Obey the Law of the Land?". Muslims Against Crusades. Retrieved 27 April 2011.