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British Jury Convicts Muslim Cleric (Abu Hamza)
AP ^
| February 7th, 2006
| AP
Posted on 02/07/2006 5:21:47 AM PST by Eurotwit
LONDON - A British jury convicted radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on Tuesday of fomenting racial hatred and inciting his followers to kill non-Muslims.
Al-Masri, 47, the former imam at London's Finsbury Park mosque, also was convicted of possessing a terrorist document and threatening or abusive recordings. Al-Masri, Britain's best-known Islamist orator, could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The jury of seven men and five women found al-Masri guilty on seven of nine charges of soliciting murder. He also was convicted on two of four charges of stirring racial hatred.
Though asked to stand for the reading of the verdict, the firebrand preacher immediately sat down once the first guilty verdict was pronounced by the jury's foreman.
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posted on
02/07/2006 5:21:48 AM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Lock him up and throw away the key!!!!!
2
posted on
02/07/2006 5:24:23 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Eurotwit
The first paragraph leads the reader to think that "fomenting hatred" can land you in Brit prison for life
It was the counts of soliciting murder
3
posted on
02/07/2006 5:27:25 AM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: Eurotwit
Though asked to stand for the reading of the verdict, the firebrand preacher immediately sat down once the first guilty verdict was pronounced by the jury's foreman. Looks like he'll have to wait for his virgins... may he live a long and claustrophic life, eventually ending in a painful fatal disease.
4
posted on
02/07/2006 5:29:38 AM PST
by
Kenton
To: Eurotwit
Abu Hamza, sling yer hook!
To: Eurotwit
This is great. Now let's see what kind of sentence this slug gets. My fear is that the judge will wuss out.
To: Eurotwit
Here's to the next sex slave for a tatoo-riddled drug kingpin.
7
posted on
02/07/2006 5:37:07 AM PST
by
EricT.
("I reject your reality and substitute my own."-Adam Savage)
To: Eurotwit
8
posted on
02/07/2006 5:46:33 AM PST
by
Unicorn
(Too many wimps around.)
To: Eurotwit
Too bad they don't have a death penalty. This guy will cause some serious trouble in prison. He should be kept in solitary confinement. What are they going to do about his hook? That could be a dangerous weapon.
9
posted on
02/07/2006 5:57:38 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(If Intelligence Agencies can't find leakers, how can we expect them to find terrorists?)
To: Eurotwit
"And on his right hand he has..."
"A HOOK!"
"A KNIFE!"
"NO! A piece of celery!"
10
posted on
02/07/2006 6:02:54 AM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: Eurotwit

Ugly.
To: Rummyfan
It's important to treat them as they do us. Behead em and feed em to the hogs. He shouldn't care as he will be virginizing anyway.
mc
12
posted on
02/07/2006 6:38:03 AM PST
by
mcshot
(Rusty but trusty or vice versa.)
To: Eurotwit
Al-Masri, Britain's best-known Islamist orator, could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison.By not having the death penalty for this, the UK has just doomed us all to "Free Al-masri" chants for the rest of our lives.
13
posted on
02/07/2006 7:02:42 AM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: Eurotwit
This makes it even more confusing as to why the protestors holding the signs calling for beheadings and terrorism weren't arrested earlier this week.
14
posted on
02/07/2006 7:02:59 AM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: Eurotwit
Another false reason for the next upcoming attack in London.
15
posted on
02/07/2006 7:03:49 AM PST
by
ElectricStrawberry
(27th Infantry Regiment...cut in half during the Clinton years....Nec Aspera Terrent!!!)
To: stinkerpot65
The thoughts in his head are even uglier.
16
posted on
02/07/2006 7:04:11 AM PST
by
freedomson
(Tagline comment removed by moderator)
To: CaptRon
This makes it even more confusing as to why the protestors holding the signs calling for beheadings and terrorism weren't arrested earlier this week.
One was arrested today. He was on parole for drug dealing.
17
posted on
02/07/2006 7:07:18 AM PST
by
pau1f0rd
(Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke.)
To: Alouette; SJackson
18
posted on
02/07/2006 7:07:43 AM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: Eurotwit
Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, seen here in 2002. Hamza, the Muslim preacher charged with race hate and inciting murder in Britain, began his defence, with his lawyer saying there was no crime in "simply being offensive".(AFP/File/Odd Andersen) AFP/File - Jan 19 8:46 AM
Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Mazri is seen in London in a 1999 file photo. The highest profile Muslim cleric prosecuted in Britain since the September 11 2001 bombings in the United States told his criminal trial on Thursday that he had promoted battle but never murder. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Reuters - Jan 19 6:29 AM
Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Mazri is seen in London in a 1999 file photo. The highest profile Muslim cleric prosecuted in Britain since the September 11 2001 bombings in the United States told his criminal trial on Thursday that he had promoted battle but never murder. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Reuters - Jan 19 6:29 AM
Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abu Hamza Al-Mazri is seen in London in a 1999 file photo. The British-based cleric on trial for preaching murder and hatred of non-Muslims wanted a world dominated by an Islamic ruler in the White House, a London court heard on Wednesday. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
Reuters - Jan 11 9:45 AM
British-based Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri in a February 7, 2003 photo. Hamza al-Masri, accused by U.S. authorities of terrorism offences, was found guilty by a London court on Tuesday of inciting. (Matt Dunham/Reuters) Reuters - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
British-based Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is seen in Finsbury Park, London, March 19, 2004. Abu Hamza al-Masri, accused by U.S. authorities of terrorism offences, was found guilty by a London court on Tuesday of inciting murder. (Matt Dunham/Reuters) Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

In a file photo Muslim cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri, arrives with a masked bodyguard, right, to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London Friday April 30, 2004. A British jury convicted
Abu Hamza al-Masri on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, of fomenting racial hatred and inciting his followers to kill non-Muslims. (AP Photo/Max Nash)
AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
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posted on
02/07/2006 7:11:49 AM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: Eurotwit
I guess the next Islamic rampage will be in Britian now! Coming soon to London town: British flags burning...cars burning...shops and embassies burning...threats of beheadings..etc. etc. etc.
To: sam_paine
Throw his fetid supporters into the jail(or gaol) with him..
21
posted on
02/07/2006 7:16:12 AM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: Eurotwit
poke his other eye out while you're at it
22
posted on
02/07/2006 7:18:45 AM PST
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel.
..................
23
posted on
02/07/2006 7:20:30 AM PST
by
SJackson
(elected members of Hamas: businesspeople, professionals, not terrorists. Scott McClellan)
To: sam_paine
By not having the death penalty for this, the UK has just doomed us all to "Free Al-masri" chants for the rest of our lives.That was my first thought.
24
posted on
02/07/2006 7:26:23 AM PST
by
houeto
(Mr. President, close our borders now!)
To: Eurotwit
He was also living on welfare but had a very large bank balance so the question is, was he financing some of these people as well ?
25
posted on
02/07/2006 7:26:46 AM PST
by
1066AD
To: sam_paine
No such worries.
He was just sentenced to 7 years.
Have already served 18 months. According to the British justice system, he can expect to serve between a half or two thirds of the sentence.,
He might very well walk out on the streets in 2 years.
26
posted on
02/07/2006 7:29:04 AM PST
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Eurotwit
27
posted on
02/07/2006 7:31:03 AM PST
by
jw777
To: Eurotwit
28
posted on
02/07/2006 7:33:09 AM PST
by
jveritas
(Hate can never win elections.)
To: jw777; jveritas
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posted on
02/07/2006 7:33:59 AM PST
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Eurotwit
30
posted on
02/07/2006 7:34:52 AM PST
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Eurotwit
Amazing. Slap on the wrist.
Uncle Sam and Yemen both want to extradite him so the story is far from over.
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posted on
02/07/2006 7:36:25 AM PST
by
1066AD
To: Eurotwit
32
posted on
02/07/2006 7:37:05 AM PST
by
jveritas
(Hate can never win elections.)
To: 1066AD
Exactly.
But, if he ends up in a jail in Yemen, he might be out on the streets in a few months. They are good at digging tunnels there :-)
But, seriously, I hope he is sent to the US.
This light sentence will hopefully make it more likely that he is turned over to the USA.
33
posted on
02/07/2006 7:40:33 AM PST
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Jane; Balkans
34
posted on
02/07/2006 7:45:41 AM PST
by
DTA
To: Dark Skies
35
posted on
02/07/2006 7:46:28 AM PST
by
DTA
To: dennisw
36
posted on
02/07/2006 7:48:31 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
To: Rummyfan
Not in a british prison - send him back to the middle east.
37
posted on
02/07/2006 7:49:56 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: McGavin999
This guy will cause some serious trouble in prison. Yeah, some poor schmuck will have to clip his toenails and wipe his butt for him.
38
posted on
02/07/2006 7:51:17 AM PST
by
Max in Utah
(By their fruits you shall know them.)
To: edcoil
Not in a british prison - send him back to the middle east.It would be great to send his entire family out of Britain. This Abu Hamza parasite has a wife and 8 children sucking off the British welfare system. They live in nice house the welfare system pays rent for and I'm sure they're getting other payments
39
posted on
02/07/2006 7:57:12 AM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: Eurotwit
Isn't this psychotic bastard also under indictment in the U.S.?
40
posted on
02/07/2006 7:58:17 AM PST
by
angkor
To: Eurotwit
Expect more riots in about two months when the islamofascists get news of this.
41
posted on
02/07/2006 7:59:48 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(President Bush is a Texas jackass when it comes to Border security .)
To: Eurotwit
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
02/07/2006 8:01:27 AM PST
by
Halgr
(Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
To: mcshot
Behead em and feed em to the hogs. He shouldn't care as he will be virginizing anyway. Actually, it would be quite effective to sprinkle some hog blood on him before executing him. He'd be pissing his pants in abject terror, as the Mahometan lice think that such contamination keeps them out of Paradise. Video it and send it to Al Jazeera as a lesson to all the rest of the Ishmaelite scum.
-ccm
44
posted on
02/07/2006 8:17:56 AM PST
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order)
To: Eurotwit
45
posted on
02/07/2006 8:18:13 AM PST
by
1066AD
To: mcshot
Muslims would riot if you feed him to the hogs. They believe the body rises at judgement day and needs to be intact at that time. That's why they don't allow cremation.
Plus hog poop stinks bad enough and why do you want to make a hog ill?
46
posted on
02/07/2006 8:27:23 AM PST
by
rfreedom4u
(Native Texan)
To: Eurotwit
Hang him in front of the mosque and then burn it to the ground. Scrape up the entire mess and bury it in a cess pool.
47
posted on
02/07/2006 8:37:41 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie because he didn't bake one.)
To: DTA
Great news!...thx for the ping.
48
posted on
02/07/2006 8:47:44 AM PST
by
Dark Skies
("The sleeper must awaken!")
To: 1066AD
Amazing. Slap on the wrist. er, you mean slap on the hook, right?
To: Eurotwit
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posted on
02/07/2006 8:52:37 AM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
("scumsucking f--kstick Democratic a--hole senator" Spoken like a true demoncrat!)
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