Muslim Leader Admits Islam Not a Religion of Peace

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has released a review of its strategy in the war on terrorism. The report failed to even mention the word "Islam."

CBN News traveled to London to talk with Anjem Choudary, a leading Muslim radical who says Islamic teachings are what shaped his pro-jihad message.

Although both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have declared that Islam is a religion of peace, Choudary begs to differ.

"You can't say that Islam is a religion of peace," Choudary told CBN News. "Because Islam does not mean peace. Islam means submission. So the Muslim is one who submits. There is a place for violence in Islam. There is a place for jihad in Islam."

Choudary is the leader of Islam4UK, a group recently banned in Britain under the country's counter-terrorism laws. He wants Islamic Sharia law to rule the United Kingdom and is working to make that dream a reality.

While Islamic radicals in the United States usually prefer to speak in more moderate tones while in public, masking their true agenda, Choudary has no such inhibitions.

He has praised the 9/11 hijackers and has called for the execution of Pope Benedict. He also stirred controversy recently when video emerged of him converting a 10-year-old British boy to Islam.

Choudary told CBN News his group is a "non-violent political and ideological movement" that resides in the UK under "a covenant of security."

Yet he openly praises violent jihad.

"The Koran is full of, you know, jihad is the most talked about duty in the Koran other than tawhid -- belief," he said. "Nothing else is mentioned more than the topic of fighting."

Several former members of Choudary's group have been arrested on terrorism charges.

"A very significant amount of former al-Muhajiroun people were involved in terrorist plots against this country," London-based terrorism expert Peter Neumann said. "A number of people have actually gone to Afghanistan, joined the Taliban and died fighting for the Taliban."

Choudary refuses to condemn acts of terror including 9/11 and the July 7, 2005 London bombings, which killed 52 people.




CBN News asked Choudary for his thoughts on the 7/7 bombings on London's transport system, and whether he condemned them.

"For the people who carried it out, it was legitimate," he replied. "If you look at the will of the 7/7 bombers Mohammed Siddique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, they would be justified. And there are many verses from the Koran and many statements to say that's the Islamic argument. And that is a difficult Islamic argument to refute. And there are many scholars who support that argument as well."

Choudary says his group is merely following core Islamic teachings and that Islam is much more than a religion.

"This particular belief is more than just a religion," he declared. "It is not just a spiritual belief. It is, in fact, an ideology which you believe in and you struggle for and you are willing even to die for, because you believe in that: That is your whole life."

Choudary seems to relish being called Great Britain's "most hated man" and pledges to continue his rallies calling for the overthrow of the British system.

CBN News Tuesday, March 02, 2010

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[mahrules]

the quran will never change its just the fact that some of these mulims dont understant the true meaning of jehad, it does not mean all the muslims are like this.

[nasserimehran]

@mahrules

yes you are right. all of the Muslims are not like this, just 99.99% are like this, NOT ALL

:)))))))))))

[zaki80]

I just can't believe how stupid the world is........letting these muslims immigrants spreading in the whole world like a disease, abusing western democracy and civil rights that they could never get in their own primitive muslim countries. and still using terror all around the world and yet being supported by the same countries that suffer from their terror. Wake up!!!! we are going to world islamization wether you like it or not

[vonarikat]

@Supaflexx I can believe this.

[vonarikat]

@mahrules Yeah right!

[Supaflexx]

most muslims in the world cannot read or write, they are chastised for their natural tendencies to want women, and they are beaten into submission, i suppose they have the blind leading the blind!

[Kuner1]

@CrackerJackLee

Indeed (although we humans can somewhat make up for differences in ability and intelligence by putting in more effort).

To quote from my favorite book "The Fountainhead": "Divide and Conquer had its applications. But it remained for our century to discover a much more potent formula. Unite and rule.”

The politicos or self proclaimed elites are the ones behind it, yes. And most of them have never worked a day in their life, never ran a business, they just leech on others

[CrackerJackLee]

being a Canadian, i miss not having a country behind me or one that i could feel part of... Canada has been chasing multiculturalism and social welfare politics to the point of where they don't care about "us"... we can always be replaced by immigration... and like the Weimar State, we have the same inbred ethnic elitist cabal controlling the politicians with cash... they have made us into internationals - like themselves...

[CrackerJackLee]

i guess i'm a nationalist... nations should build from their own and guard against foreign influxes... instead they tax the entrepreneur until he leaves the country... they they take his taxes and give them to immigrants and people on welfare...

[CrackerJackLee]

@Kuner1

your point is well made about entrepreneurials... people are like ants and bees... we have roles based on abilities... why are some workers and others are drones... too bad that Canada and America (Germany?) don't exploit these divisions consciously... i realize that some is done by the elites, the rich, the politicos...

[Kuner1]

@CrackerJackLee

Blinders are certainly on. And one more vice: Germans have a strong herd instinct and are envious of their neighbors.

A nation's wealth and cultural level are determined by a few very exceptional people and the benefit their achievments have on their countrymen, as well as the conditions in which these exceptional people can live up to their potential.

Germany has never been kind to it's overachievers, unlike the USA where people can realize their dreams more easily.

[CrackerJackLee]

i always rember reading of the Germans in Russia... how they wore wide leather belts to be able to carry heavy loads... but when the belts broke, they had no replacements... and the interesting thing is that the soldiers could not even walk without the belt... let alone carry a small load... they were ruined... great ideas... but not completely thought through...