Posted on 01/25/2003 9:18:45 PM PST by FreedomCalls
LONDON - A Muslim cleric accused of inciting followers to murder "nonbelievers" was shown on tape Thursday promising an audience that religious martyrs would be rewarded with 72 virgins in paradise.
The tape played in a London courtroom also showed Abdullah el-Faisal urging British Muslim boys to spend their school vacations learning how to use Kalashnikov rifles.
But el-Faisal, 39, denies encouraging "others to murder persons unknown," making threatening or abusive recordings and stirring up racial hatred.
Prosecutors say el-Faisal preached across Britain and sold Arabic-language tapes of his speeches in specialist shops.
They showed the jury at London's Old Bailey court a video of el-Faisal addressing a study group not long after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
El-Faisal is heard telling the gathering that it is the duty of Muslim women to bring up their sons "with a Jihad (holy war) mentality — not to be wimps."
Boys should train as soldiers for Islam from the age of 15, he said, adding, "Is it sensible for you to be soldiers without Kalashnikov training?
"So when you are on holiday from school or college, you must have Jihad training — this is your holiday."
He went on, "Even if you are hit by a Cruise missile, the pain will feel like that of a mosquito bite."
The rewards for religious martyrdom include the company of 72 virgins and eating the fruits of paradise, he said.
"Religious martyrs are not dead. Do not cry for them. There is a conspiracy against Jihad," he added.
"Democracy is not the way forward. The only way to liberate land and man is Jihad. The way forward is the bullet. Our motto is, 'Might is right.'"
El-Faisal, a Jamaican-born convert to Islam, was arrested in February and jailed for six months before being released on bail. He denies the charges.
"I do not hate anyone," he said after leaving jail in August.
His lawyers say he is a respected cleric whose quotations from scripture have been taken out of context.
This is what you are up against, America. Are you ready for the fight?
"Democracy is not the way forward. The only way to liberate land and man is Jihad. The way forward is the bullet. Our motto is, 'Might is right.'"
He is from Jamaica. He is speaking in Britain. Just what land is he wanting to liberate? Britain? The West? The bullet he speaks of is for whom? You? Your children? It's time to wake up!
Like Dr. O'Brien in "1984" who said, "I love you" to Winston Smith as he tortured him.
"When he lies he speaks his native tongue", Jesus said of the devil. Don't be surprised when his children do likewise.
This is exactly why the strong military image projected by Bush is the only way to counter and defeat them. Military strength is the only force they recognize and defer to. They have to be crushed, destroyed and depleted. There is no room for negotiations, appeasements or reconciliation with these bastards.
And we have the Might!
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America has been paralyzed with the most ridiculous of all maladies: the inability to oppose those who would destroy us, because we're afraid they won't like it. That era, hopefully, has come to an end. Now, if we can only be clear-eyed and honest about who the enemy is and what animates him, we can make an end to his ambitions. Failing that, we can make an end to him. At this juncture, with so many thousands dead and bereaved from Muslim violence, I'll accept either outcome.
May God have mercy on their souls, for we will show no mercy to their bodies!
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