Hero and the hatemonger

[gubbi]

Hero and the hatemonger: One is a maimed soldier who launched the Poppy Appeal. The other's an Islamic fanatic freed from the London jail on the same day

Read more: Hero and the hatemonger: One is a maimed soldier who launched the Poppy Appeal. The other's an Islamic fanatic freed from the London jail on the same day | Mail Online

It is a tale of two very different Britons.
One is a soldier whose leg was blown off by a Taliban roadside bomb while serving his country in Afghanistan.
The other is a Muslim fanatic who lives off benefits and was jailed for inciting terrorism after years of hate-filled preaching.
Yesterday as Gunner Mark Stonelake became the face of the Poppy Appeal, London-born Abu Izzadeen - whose real name is Trevor Brooks - was freed from prison and launched a fresh assault on the honour of British soldiers, calling them ‘murderers’.
Gunner Stonelake, 26, who lost his left leg in December 2008, described the ‘absolute honour’ of appearing on a poster for the charity’s annual appeal to raise £36million to help his comrades-in-arms.
At a ceremony at Colchester Garrison, he said: ‘The Poppy Appeal is so important and deserves the support of the whole British public. It is a chance to pay respect to the men and women who died and fought for freedom.’
But at almost exactly the same time, Izzadeen walked out of Pentonville Prison in London and leapt on a wall to address a crowd of supporters.
He urged a boycott of the Poppy Appeal, claiming anyone wearing one to mark Remembrance Day ‘supported the murder of Muslims’.
He said: ‘If you look at how the poppy campaign has gone this year it was talking a lot about the people who have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. ‘The troops are occupying foreign lands.
'That’s what a soldier’s job is – it’s to bomb houses, and to kick doors in. It’s to **** them, it’s to handcuff them, it’s to rob them.’

Izzadeen, 35, who was born to a respectable Jamaican family, shed his Christian identity on the eve of his 18th birthday to become a Muslim firebrand who believes Britain should become an Islamic state.
He spent more than a decade preaching before he was finally jailed in April 2008 for four and half years, reduced by a year on appeal.
The father of three has not worked for years and has lived off the state that he has plotted to overthrow, receiving £102-a-week Jobseeker’s Allowance and almost £47 a week in child benefit, as well as housing benefit and council tax benefit.
Last night there was a growing wave of revulsion and anger from all sides over Izzadeen’s attack.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox said: ‘The British public should dismiss these offensive comments and do their bit to remember our brave troops who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.’

Abu Izzadeen (right) Convicted of inciting terrorist acts and fundraising for terrorist purposes

Izzadeen is welcomed by his supporters outside the jail yesterday
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said: ‘These repulsive statements are an insult to the heroes, from throughout the years and in Afghanistan today, whose bravery, courage and patriotism we are remembering, respecting and celebrating through the Poppy Appeal.’
Tory MP Patrick Mercer, a former Army officer, said: ‘The way that Brooks has incited hatred against our brave soldiers and scorned the memory of the many thousands of Muslims who have fought for Britain and the Commonwealth against tyranny should put him squarely back in prison.’
Muslim Labour MP Khalid Mahmood said: ‘I think he is absolutely disgraceful. Our soldiers do what they do because they are there to defend our country as they have always done.’
Izzadeen has long been influential in Islamist groups and movements that straddle the boundaries of legality.
He was at one time a leading member of an organisation known as The Saviour Sect, which was formed in 2005 but banned a year later by the British Government.
He gained most notoriety after he disrupted a meeting between the then Home Secretary John Reid and moderate Muslims in September 2006.


Read more: Hero and the hatemonger: One is a maimed soldier who launched the Poppy Appeal. The other's an Islamic fanatic freed from the London jail on the same day | Mail Online

Take a good look at the moron and his supporters. WTF is wrong with UK? Why is UK supporting such morons and idiots? Take away their freedoms and rights. Such people dont deserve those anyway.

Fvcking religious nutjobs.

 

[Jungibaaz]

I'm surprised the Muslim community in the UK hasn't done anything about him.

This man is a fundy, in no way does he represent Muslims abroad or in the UK.

 

[deep.ocean]

Interesting.. These morons need bullet more than freedom... These guys should be used for target practice on daily basis...