Here’s what SS had to say about the poster:
Here attached is a photo I took this morning of a freshly pasted jihad poster stuck on some street furniture near the bus stop on Station Road, Walthamstow. It must have been done overnight as it was not there yesterday when I noticed two posters on the bus stop shelter itself. When I got back this morning they had been torn and written on. So — obviously — someone is managing this media campaign to ensure the message remains in sight of the local Ummah!
As a reminder, some excerpts from yesterday’s article in the (local) Guardian:
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UK: Waltham Forest: Imam Warning Over ‘Jihad’ Posters
POSTERS advocating terrorism have appeared near a college and a mosque in Waltham Forest — fuelling fears that extremists are using the Gaza crisis to recruit young people.
Dr Usama Hassan, imam of the Al-Tawhid Mosque, spotted a poster saying “Jihad is the only solution” opposite Leyton Sixth Form College in Essex Road and another calling on Muslims to “rise up against Britain” close to his mosque in Leyton High Road.
He removed both posters, saying: “We are making a lot of progress in combating extremism. The failed plots and convictions have made people see the complete stupidity of it all.
“But the Gaza crisis has the potential to undo a lot of the good progress we have made.”
“Some people think it is cool to be a gangster, and for some people being a terrorist is the ultimate gangster.”
So here’s a possible explanation for Sudden Jihad Syndrome: the allure of being a cool gangster becomes overwhelming, and a formerly “moderate” Muslim feels compelled to kill the Jews. Be cool! Be rad! Join the jihad!
Dr. Hassan, who is supposedly a “moderate”, would like to see Israeli diplomats expelled from the UK:
The imam wants to see stronger words from the UK Government and he believes the possibility of expelling Israeli diplomats from the UK should be considered.
The Arab Peace Initiative, a plan which would see Israel withdraw to its 1967 borders, release Palestinian prisoners and see Israel recognised as a sovereign state, would be a potential solution to the long-running crisis, according to Dr Hassan.
Dr. Hassan has apparently forgotten that this very plan was rejected by the Palestinians in 2000, who chose instead to initiate the Second Intifada.
If anyone else has different jihad posters from Londonistan, please feel free to send them. Limit the file size to 200kb, please!
2 comments:
None of the comments at the Guardian site seem to get how the imam is manipulating things the usual Arabic way. But then, why should they be wiser than their gullible leaders?
The posters the helpful imam supposedly removed from bus shelters are actually a subtle threat. "See? Some hotheads that I can't control may do bad things unless...you alter your foreign policy to appease them and favor Muslim causes. And by the way, a Jewish appeaser slagging Israel is worth his weight in gold to us in PR. Thank you, Harry Cohen".
["Dr Hassan, was among a group of community leaders who met senior cabinet ministers, including foreign secretary David Milliband and communities secretary Hazel Blears, this week.
The imam wants to see stronger words from the UK Government and he believes the possibility of expelling Israeli diplomats from the UK should be considered.
The ARAB Peace Initiative, a plan which would see Israel withdraw to its 1967 borders, release Palestinian prisoners and see Israel recognised as a sovereign state, would be a potential solution to the long-running crisis, according to Dr Hassan.
He also praised Leyton & Wanstead MP Harry Cohen for his strong condemnation Israel's actions, saying a Jewish MP criticising Israel sends a "powerful" message to some extremists, who talk about a war between Muslims and non-Muslims.]
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