A Muslim extremist has been found guilty of burning poppies at a protest in west London on Armistice Day.
Emdadur Choudhury, 26, of Spitalfields, east London, was fined £50 for offences under the Public Order Act.
Choudhury, a member of Muslims Against Crusades (MAC), had denied the charge at Woolwich Crown Court.
Mohammed Haque, 30, of Bethnal Green, was cleared of the charge. Both men had been accused of burning three oversized poppies on 11 November in Kensington.
Rival protests had been taking place at the time near the Royal Albert Hall, the end point of a charity march at which serving members handed over books of condolence ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
District Judge Howard Riddle said: "The two-minute chanting, when others were observing a silence, followed by a burning of the symbol of remembrance was a calculated and deliberate insult to the dead and those who mourn or remember them."
Daniel Breger, defending, said Choudhury was a married man who worked part-time.
He said his wages were £480 a month, on top of which he receives a monthly £792 in benefits from the state.
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£50
£50
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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In 1998, the United Kingdom incorporated the European Convention, and the guarantee of freedom of expression it contains in Article 10, into its domestic law under the Human Rights Act. UK law imposes a number of limitations on freedom of speech not found in some other jurisdictions. For example, its laws recognise the crimes of incitement to racial hatred and incitement to religious hatred. UK laws on defamation are also considered[by whom?] among the strictest in the Western world, imposing a high burden of proof on the defendant.
Nope, no first (or any other number) amendment rights at issue. This was in the UK not the ZA*.
*In deference to our American friends I have used the Americanised spelling of USA.
Nope, no first (or any other number) amendment rights at issue. This was in the UK not the ZA*.
*In deference to our American friends I have used the Americanised spelling of USA.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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What I want to know is why these Muslim pieces of shit were not fined every penny they scrounge of the state, then preferably left alone in a room with a few SAS boys for a while for an education session.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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And after that how about a cattle truck back to their own country?Gob wrote:What I want to know is why these Muslim pieces of shit were not fined every penny they scrounge of the state, then preferably left alone in a room with a few SAS boys for a while for an education session.
If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around to hear is he still wrong?
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Both of them? Even the one who "was cleared of the charge"? That seems a tad extreme ....Gob wrote:What I want to know is why these Muslim pieces of shit were not fined every penny they scrounge of the state, then preferably left alone in a room with a few SAS boys for a while for an education session.
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.
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Protesting the war is one thing, I've done it myself. Interrupting the Armistice day service chanting "British Soldiers Burn in Hell" is quite another. Armistice day commemorates the fallen of the world wars, the very people who gave their lives so that pieces of shit like these could live in a free country, many ex-service men would have been there.
I hope the cunts are beaten to a bloody pulp.
I hope the cunts are beaten to a bloody pulp.
Trafalgar Square will fall silent on Thursday 11th November 2010 during the Silence in the Square London Armistice Day event. Londoners can celebrate the lives of those who died in the First World War in a poignant occasion.
Remembering the past
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the First World War officially ended with the signing of the armistice. The 11th November has ever since been remembered as Armistice Day, when the nation pauses to reflect on the events of the past and remember the dead.
Two minute silence
A two minute silence will be staged at Trafalgar Square, beginning at 11am on Thursday 11th November. Traditionally held each year the silence is a highlight Armistice Day event, giving visitors to Trafalgar Square the chance to unite in remembrance. A build up to the silence itself will start earlier on in the morning, with live performances from singers and musicians.
Poppies at Trafalgar Square
Visitors to the Silence in the Square London event also have the opportunity to place poppies into the fountains as a mark of respect and remembrance for those who lost their lives. In 2010 the event is once again compered by GMTV presenter Ben Shephard with live music from The Saturdays, Blake and the London Gospel Choir. The ceremony also features reading by Keeley Hawes and Ben Barnes.
92 years
As well as the day’s poignant proceedings in Trafalgar Square, there are other events taking place across London to mark the 92nd anniversary of the end of the war. Londoners of all ages are invited to join the occasion and take time out to remember tragic events of the past.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”