A radical Islamist group that planned a march through Wootton Bassett will be banned under counter-terrorism laws, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said.Whoa! How dramatic! About as dramatic as when they banned al-Muhajiroun, in fact...
Islam4UK had planned the protest at the Wiltshire town to honour Muslims killed in the Afghanistan conflict. The government had been considering outlawing the group - Islam4UK is also known as al-Muhajiroun.
Ummm... It's already banned?
A spokesman for Islam4UK told the BBC it was an "ideological and political organisation", and not a violent one.
"We only incite violence. We don't do it as an organization, only individually."
Mr Johnson said: "I have today laid an order which will proscribe al-Muhajiroun, Islam4UK, and a number of the other names the organisation goes by. It is already proscribed under two other names - al-Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect. Proscription is a tough but necessary power to tackle terrorism and is not a course we take lightly."
Whoopdy doo. Next week there'll be a new Islamic organization making faces and issuing threats and generating demands. Coincidentally it'll be headed by Anjem Chaudry.