Islamic Leadership, UK Style
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:00 pm
I saw this interview a couple of weeks ago, and it was re-broadcast this morning....
The first part is about eight minutes long, the second, about 4 minutes, and for anyone interested in seeing how the the Muslim leadership situation differs in the UK from the US, I highly recommend watching both parts:
The person being interviewed is a fellow by the name of Anjem Choudary; a British born self described "Jihadi" and Muslim "Holy man"...
He is a very significant and influential Muslim leader in Great Britain. (He's being interviewed here by Fareed Zakaria, who has a weekly foreign affairs show on CNN....he's a pretty liberal guy, but he's also bright, get's interesting guests, and is a strong interviewer...I really enjoy his program...he really does an excellent job of exposing this character....)
I've pointed out before that our European members here are facing a very different situation regarding the Muslim communities in their countries than we face here in the US, and this interview really illustrates that point. We simply do not have Muslim religious figures in this country with any significant following that espouse views like this guy holds.
Here are the links for the interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko0qQJMN ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1UFD2g3 ... re=related
The first part is about eight minutes long, the second, about 4 minutes, and for anyone interested in seeing how the the Muslim leadership situation differs in the UK from the US, I highly recommend watching both parts:
The person being interviewed is a fellow by the name of Anjem Choudary; a British born self described "Jihadi" and Muslim "Holy man"...
He is a very significant and influential Muslim leader in Great Britain. (He's being interviewed here by Fareed Zakaria, who has a weekly foreign affairs show on CNN....he's a pretty liberal guy, but he's also bright, get's interesting guests, and is a strong interviewer...I really enjoy his program...he really does an excellent job of exposing this character....)
I've pointed out before that our European members here are facing a very different situation regarding the Muslim communities in their countries than we face here in the US, and this interview really illustrates that point. We simply do not have Muslim religious figures in this country with any significant following that espouse views like this guy holds.
Here are the links for the interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko0qQJMN ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1UFD2g3 ... re=related