 | This isn't going to be a hard sell. |
PARIS - Firebrand Islamist cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, banned from Britain since August, called on Muslims to leave Europe, in an interview with France 3 television to be broadcast Monday.
| Good idea. Need any help packing? Can we call you a cab? |
Bakri was interviewed in Beirut âThere must be two distinct camps and so all Muslims must leave Europe,â said Bakri, declaring that he was convinced âthe Islamic flag will fly one day over Downing Street.â
| Time to make clear the Dar-al-Islam and the Dar-al-Harb, he's saying. |
In the French TV interview, Bakri went further saying the backgrounds of the four suicide bombers responsible for the July 7 attacks prove that the message of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden âhas reached the moderate communities.â He also called on the converts to Islam to come join him in Beirut âto learn Arabic before returning to Europe.â
| "Learn Arabic! Memorize the Koran! That's the ticket to success in a technology-oriented continent in the 21st Century!" |
He also said he intended to stay in Lebanon and bring his family over, and called on all Islamist militants in exile to return to their countries. |