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Ed Webb

UK moves to ban controversial Islamist group - Yahoo! News - 1 views

  • Bakri, who was deported from Britain in 2005, added that, whatever happened, his followers could regroup under a different name. "Tomorrow we can call ourselves whatever we think is suitable for us," he said.
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    Maybe in the real world but not online. A simple search discloses an Islam4UK Facebook group withe more than 750 members who aim to apply Sharia law in the U.K. (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=158506936183&ref=search&sid=1386456152.2583170654..1) This raises important legal questions as well. Are Islam4UK Facebook-group members who reside in the U.K. subject to penalty under the law?
Ed Webb

BBC News - Analysis: Does banning terror groups work? - 1 views

  • A group can be banned for planning acts of terrorism - but also for glorifying it. Al-Muhajiroun fall into the latter category because of its track record of celebrating acts of violence, including once describing the 9/11 hijackers as the "Magnificent 19".
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