Muslim protestors in East London threaten restaurant and shop owners with FORTY LASHES if they ignore Sharia law and sell alchohol

• Dozens of men and women gathered on Brick Lane, East London
• Delayed as English Defence League members staged counter-protest
• Among protestors was Anjem Choudhary, former leader of Al-Muhajiroun
• Organisers said protest was held yesterday to coincide with large numbers of office workers expected to be celebrating Christmas in the area

Dozens of Muslim protestors gathered to demand that businesses stop selling alcohol in a popular East London area yesterday.

The group, led by former Al-Muhajiroun leader Anjem Choudary, warned restaurants and shops in the Brick Lane area that they face 40 lashes if they continue to sell the product, which is banned under Sharia Law.
Around 60 men and women in burkhas handed over warning letters to Muslim-owned businesses in the area after the protest was initially delayed by a small number of English Defence League members staging a counter-protest.

The Muslim protest, calling for the ban of alcohol in the Brick Lane area, was led by Anjem Choudary (pictured)

Around 60 Muslim campaigners gathered in Brick Lane, East London, yesterday to protest the sale of alcohol

 

 

Muslim campaigners protest sale of alcohol in East London

Controversial cleric Choudary was at the forefront of the protest. The Al-Muhajiroun group he formerly led has been banned under terrorism laws.
Organisers told The Times the protest was held yesterday to coincide with the large number of office workers who would be in the area for Christmas parties.
Choudary told the crowd: ‘The shops are run by Muslims and they know they are selling alcohol and they know the sale and consumption of alcohol is completely prohibited.
‘We cannot live among the non-Muslims and see this evil take place.’
He told those gathered it was his wish that Sharia law, banning alcohol, should be enforced in Britain.

This photograph shows those who opposed the protest, which was staged in East London

A local man enjoys his drink as Choudary and others protest against the sale of alcohol in the UK

Protestors in burkhas hold up posters encouraging the ban of alcohol, in the name of Sharia Law

Groups associated with Choudary were labelled, the 'biggest gateway to terrorism in recent British history'

 

He also defended three ‘fantastic’ men who were jailed last week for attacking drinkers while on a ‘Muslim patrol’.
He was referring to an incident in which Jordan Horner and another Islamic extremist told a couple they could not hold hands while walking down the street, because it was in a 'Muslim area'.
The radicals also attacked a group of men drinking in the road, and told a woman she would face 'hell fire' because of the way she was dressed.
Horner, 19, Ricardo MacFarlane, 36, and a 23-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons were sentenced to 68 weeks, 12 months and 24 weeks in prison respectively.
Groups associated with Choudary were last month labelled the ‘single biggest gateway to terrorism in recent British history’.
The radical Islamist has been identified as the link between groups who encourage the safe passage of British and European Muslims into Syria where they join Al Qaeda-linked forces.

The action was delayed after a small number of English Defence League members staged a counter-protest

Anjem Choudhary told the group: 'We cannot live among the non-Muslims and see this evil take place'

He told those gathered it was his wish that Sharia Law, banning alcohol, should be enforced in Britain

According to a study by Hope Not Hate, organisations affiliated with Choudary have encouraged in the region of 80 young British Muslims to join the fighting in Syria.
They may also have had a hand in the recruitment of 300 more on the continent, the report said.
As well as highlighting Choudary role in encouraging young Muslims to fight in Syria, the report also established a connection between the preacher's al-Muhajiroun network and high profile terrorists, including those responsible for the 7/7 London bombings.
The report recommended that Mr Choudary should be considered a 'serious player' in the promotion and recruitment of young Muslims to terrorist cells.

HOW SHARIA LAW INFORMS MUSLIM LIFE

Sharia Law is derived from the Koran, the example of the prophet, Muhammad, and fatwas – or the rulings of Islamic scholars.

It informs every aspect of the life of a Muslim, going far beyond the power of Western laws.

The laws tell Muslims how to lead every aspect of their lives according to God’s rules.

As well as banning alcohol, Sharia Law also outlaws meat which is not prepared in the appropriate way.

A complex legal system, it clashes with British law in several respects. For instance, Sharia Law and British law have differing definitions of what constitutes marriage and how it can be ended.

An East London Mosque spokesman and politicians in the area condemned the protest as a publicity stunt

Mr Choudary defended three men (not pictured) jailed for attacking drinkers while on a 'Muslim patrol'

 

Dr Usama Hasan, of the anti-extremist think-tank the Quilliam Foundation, told the East London Advertiser: ‘In Islamic teaching you shouldn't drink alcohol, but you can't impose Islamic law on other people.
‘This is a democracy. To try and impose Sharia by force, which is their stated aim, is completely stupid and against Islamic teaching.’
An East London Mosque spokesman reportedly condemned the protest as a publicity stunt and politicians in the area described it as ‘provocative’.
Labour group leader Sirajul Islam said before the protest: ‘Everyone has a right to peaceful protest but I urge the Shariah Project to think carefully about the impact their actions will have.’

Muslim women and children join in the protest in the trendy area of Tower Hamlets yesterday

 

 

 

 

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Dead Colorado school shooter wanted 'revenge' on faculty member, sheriff says

Centennial, Colorado (CNN) -- A student who opened fire Friday inside a suburban Denver high school appears to have been seeking revenge against a faculty member because of a "confrontation or disagreement," the Arapahoe County sheriff said.

The shooter, identified as 18-year-old Karl Halverson Pierson, shot one student before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, Sheriff Grayson Robinson told reporters.

The shooting began after the student walked into Arapahoe High School in Centennial with the intention of confronting a specific faculty member, Robinson said.

"The suspect has been found inside the school and he has deceased as a result of what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Robinson said in one of his first statements after the shooting.



Authorities revised downward the number of students wounded in the shooting to one. Two students were previously reported to have suffered gunshot wounds. But Robinson said Friday night that an investigation concluded there was only one after it was discovered that blood on another person was from the sole victim.





Students are escorted out of Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, on Friday, December 13. A student who carried a shotgun into Arapahoe High School and asked where to find a specific teacher opened fire on Friday, wounding two fellow students before apparently killing himself, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said.

Students wait outside Arapahoe High school after being evacuated on December 13.
Officers escort students out of Arapahoe High School.
Susie Ohle hugs Rob Escue as he came out of the school on Friday afternoon.
Ruben Allen hugs his son Alex Allen, 17, after being evacuated from the school
Students and parents walk away from the school.
Law enforcement personnel arrive at the high school in a military-style vehicle.
SaSha Meiler is overcome with emotion after hearing the voice of her younger sister, a freshman.
Parents Cathy Thorson, left, and Heather Moran, facing the camera, embrace while they wait for news on their children.
Students walk away from the school in single file with their hands up.
Students from Arapahoe High School gather at the school's track.
People gather outside the school.
Parents wait for word about their children after a gunman opened fire at the school.
Members of law enforcement are seen outside the school.
Law enforcement personnel gather near the high school.
The shooter, identified as 18-year-old Karl Halverson Pierson, shot one student before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson told reporters.


Arapahoe High School shooting




Student: We heard a bang, then two more



One person -- a minor -- was taken to Littleton Adventist Hospital with a gunshot wound, Lauren Brendel, a hospital spokeswoman, told CNN.

Brendel did not release the age, gender and condition of the minor. But Robinson told reporters that the condition of a a 15-year-old girl who was shot was in critical condition after surgery.

Authorities descended on the school after news of the shooting broke -- on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

The shooting also occurred roughly 10 miles from where Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher in a rampage at Columbine High School in April 1999 before killing themselves.

Pierson walked into Arapahoe High School carrying a shotgun and made no attempt to hide it, Robinson said. He then asked other students the whereabouts of a faculty member, he said.

A school janitor told CNN affiliate KMGH that he saw a student dressed in tactical gear running through the school.

"It just looked weird," the janitor, Fabian Llerenas, said. "He went in and I heard two pops. That's when I knew. I said, 'They are shooting in the school.'"

Llerenas said he called 911, and he then escorted the targeted faculty member out of the school.

"In my opinion, that was the most important tactical decision that could have been made," Robinson said. The faculty member "left that school in an effort to try to encourage the shooter to also leave the school."

Pierson's body was found later in a classroom, Robinson told reporters. The student appears to have acted alone, he said.

In addition to the shotgun, authorities found two Molotov cocktails inside the school, Robinson said.

One of the Molotov cocktails detonated, he said. The other was "rendered safe," Robinson said.

As part of the investigation, authorities also will be looking at school surveillance video, the sheriff said.

Investigators also are searching Pierson's car, his home and another home that he had access to, the sheriff said.

High school senior Frank Woronoff told CNN he had known Pierson since they were freshmen together.

"He was the last person I would expect to shoot up a high school. He was honestly incredibly humble and down to earth. He was a little geeky but in a charming way," he said. "So I don't know anyone who hates him really, so it came as a surprise -- to me at least."

The first sheriff's deputies and police officers arrived at Arapahoe and entered almost immediately after the shooting was reported, Robinson said.

While authorities hunted for the student gunman inside the school, students were locked in their classrooms.

Courtney Leytoldt told KMGH she saw a girl, covered in blood, running down the stairs yelling, "Help me, help me, there's a shooter."

Leytoldt said she was in yoga class and that her teacher told all the students to get into a closet to protect them.

Ninth-grader Whitney Riley was getting ready to grab her computer from her locker when the shooting began.

"We were having fun and laughing and then, all of a sudden, we heard a really loud bang," the 15-year-old told CNN.

"My teacher asked what it was and then we heard two more and we all just got up and screamed and ran into a sprinkler system room."

Inside the windowless room were five students and two teachers. "We were shaking, we were crying, we were freaking out," Riley said. "I had a girl biting my arm."

They soon heard people yelling, and walkie-talkies crackling, and then they heard police asking someone to drop the gun, put the gun down, and hold his arms up, she said.

She did not hear another gunshot, though the people doing the talking could have moved farther away, she said. Soon, they heard police ordering them out.

Colton Powers told CNN affiliate KDVR that he heard gunfire during his English class.

At that point, his teacher turned off the lights and locked the door.

"We ran to a corner so they couldn't see us," Powers said.



Within about 14 minutes of the initial report, "we had information on the radio that my deputies believed they had the shooter down inside the school," Robinson said.

Dozens of students could be seen walking away from the school, with their hands in the air. Some stood in lines at what appeared the high school track field, where they appeared to be undergoing police pat-downs.

Students were then taken by bus to a nearby church where they were reunited with their families, Robinson said.

The high school, with a student population of 2,229 students, has 70 classrooms. The school, which was built in 1964, is part of the Littleton Public Schools system.

Gov. John Hickenlooper called the shooting an "all-too-familiar sequence, where you have gunshots and parents racing to the school and unspeakable horror in a place of learning."

President Barack Obama was briefed on the shooting, according to a White House official.

Journalist battered by Lokoja police over alleged photograph of a policeman taking bribe

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The incident took place in front of the Lokoja Specialist Hospital where as many as eight armed policemen battered helpless man for about 30 minutes until he almost lost consciousness.  The policemen then dragged him into their Hilux van which the inscription: B OPS KGS COMMAND 1.

According to eyewitnesses, if Okanyi does not receive proper medical attention, he is unlikely to survive the horrendous assault. 

As he was being bundled into the vehicle, Okanyi kept crying, "I'm a journalist, save me".
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