If Anjem Choudary wants an anti-war march, let's give him one

I particularly like the response of Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK (MQI UK) to the proposed anti-war march by Muslims in Wootton Bassett, proposed by Islamist clown Anjem Choudary.

MQI UK, which was founded by Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1981 to promote religious moderation and modern Islamic sciences, expresses its deep concern about a march that would consist of “extremists and trouble-makers”:

“Extremists like these always claim to speak for Islam and British Muslims yet they are not qualified to do either. These kind of extremists do not represent British Muslims.This march will achieve nothing other than to incite hate crime against innocent law abiding British Muslims.”

Of course Choudry won’t do it. And not for the perfectly decent and sensible reasons that the British Army wouldn’t parade through the streets of Kabul. Choudry is just simply engaged in a silly publicity stunt – and more fool the BNP, English Defence League and other low-foreheaded Little Englanders who allow themselves to get wound up by him.

Admittedly the Police would have grounds for stopping Choudary if he looked like causing a breach of the peace. But I say let’s just eclipse him. If he wants a “peace march” let’s give him one. Perhaps the MQI UK could propose one, all faiths and none welcome, all ethnicities together, politicians, soldiers, British and Afghans. It might even turn-out to beat the million-plus who marched to oppose the invasion of Iraq. And it would be more helpful than Choudary’s silly little look-at-me game.

By: George Pitcher who is Religion Editor of Telegraph Media, http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/georgepitcher/100021298/if-anjem-choudary-wants-an-anti-war-march-lets-give-him-one/