LONDON: Chanting "Hands off Muslims!" and "UK — You will pay!" demonstrators converged on a high-security prison in central London on Friday to protest the detention on six men in anti-terror raids earlier this week.
About 100 Muslim men and women, some with scarves obscuring their faces, others waving placards and flags, walked from Regent's Park Mosque to Paddington Green Police Station, where they believe outspoken Islamic militant Abu Izzadeen is being held with five others arrested Tuesday.
Speakers took turns haranguing the crowd through a loudspeaker as a police photographer circled them, taking pictures.
The protest began shortly after midday prayers at Regent's Park Mosque, where Anjem Choudary, the former leader of the outlawed militant group al-Ghurabaa, addressed the crowd, demanding that they join him in protesting the detention of Izzadeen — a former spokesman for his group.
"You are living under oppression, the government is terrorizing the Muslim community," he told worshippers. "It's about time you stand together." More >>
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