Muslim men given Asbos for threatening violence during London street marches

 
'Threat of violence': (l-r) Moshiur Rahman, Yousaf Bashir, Mohammed Alamgir and Munim Abdul (Picture: PA)
Standard Reporter24 January 2015
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A group of Muslim men have been served with a three-year Asbo for threatening violence during rallies in central London.

A judge at the Old Bailey restricted what they were allowed to do when attending a Dawah - a public event where Islam is preached.

They were banned from being in groups of more than five people and those which are carrying a flag pole or burning items other than for smoking or to keep warm.

The Asbo comes after the men were all convicted of public order offences following disorder which broke out in London at a march in Edgware Road and a Dawah event in Oxford Street, in May 2013.

One of the group, Jordan Horner, 31, was already subject to an Asbo for taking part in vigilante patrols in east London calling for a Sharia State in the UK.

Judge Paul Worsley QC heard a day-long argument from lawyers for the men who suggested the Asbo would breach their right to religious expression.

But he ruled: "I am entirely satisfied that an order to limit the conduct of these defendants is appropriate in each case."

He added: "They have demonstrated by their conduct in May 2013 that they are prepared to behave in a way which is wholly unacceptable and which involved violence or the threat of violence to members of the public who were going about their day to day activities in busy London streets such as Edgware Road and Oxford Street."

The Asbo was handed down to Mirza Ali, 40, Kamran Khan, 30, Mohan Uddin, 37, Munim Abdul, 33, Jalal Ahmed, 26, Abu Aziz, 32, Yousaf Bashir, 34, Moshiur Rahman, 33, Qadeer Ahmed, 30, Naseer Khan, 30, Mohammed Alamgir, 35 and Horner.

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