Dozens of
Muslim
protesters
gathered
to demand
that
businesses
stop
selling
alcohol in a popular East London area over the
weekend. The group, led by former Al-Muhajiroun
leader Anjem Choudary, warned restaurants and
shops in the Brick Lane area that they face 40
lashes if they continue to sell the product, which is
banned under Sharia Law. Around 60 men and
women in burkhas handed over warning letters to
Muslim-owned businesses in the area after the
protest was initially delayed by a small number of
English Defence League members staging a
counter-protest.
Controversial cleric Choudary was at the forefront
of the protest. The Al-Muhajiroun group he formerly
led has been banned under terrorism laws.
Choudary told the crowd, "The shops are run by
Muslims and they know they are selling alcohol and
they know the sale and consumption of alcohol is
completely prohibited. We cannot live among the
non-Muslims and see this evil take place."
He told those gathered it was his wish that Sharia
law, banning alcohol, should be enforced in Britain.
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