Hate preacher Anjem Choudary makes an appearance in the video calling David Cameron and Therese May 'pathetic foolish leaders' and saying that the British Prime Minster and President Obama treat 'Muslim blood like water.'
Mohammed Ansar, 39, a British documentary film-maker and journalist was one of the figures singled out in the hour-long video.
Police visited him on Wednesday evening to discuss safety arrangement for him and his family following the film's release.
Hate-preacher Anjem Choudary makes an appearance in the video saying that the British Prime Minster and President Obama treat 'Muslim blood like water'
Mohammed Ansar, 39, left, a British documentary film-maker and journalist was one of the figures singled out for criticising jihadists in the wake of the Lee Rigby's, right, murder in Woolwich in May
A still from the video: The film opens with the narrator of the film, who has a British accent, praising the death of Lee Rigby and inciting others in the UK to carry out similar attacks
The hour-long video is titled 'Woolwich attack: It’s an eye for an eye' - it appears to have been taken from the words of Michael Adebolajo, who after killing Lee Rigby in May said to a camera 'An eye for an eye & tooth for a tooth'.
Mr Ansar gained prominence after condemning the killing of Drummer Rigby soon after it happened in May.
On his blog Ansar's on a Postcard he has described the murder as 'sickening and heinous'.
Turning point: Mohammed Ansar, 39, made a BBC film about ex-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, who he famously hugged in the aftermath of Lee Rigby's killing
He also made a BBC film about ex-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, who he famously hugged in the aftermath of the killing.
The video is not widely available on the internet, but it opens with the narrator of the film, who has a British accent, praising the death of Lee Rigby and inciting others in the UK to carry out similar attacks.
Targets: Other figures threatened in the video include broadcaster Ajmal Masroor
Harar 24, which saw a version of the film reported: 'In the video certain Muslim scholars and community leaders are referred to as being on the “government’s payroll” for speaking against the Woolwich attack and “distancing themselves from the mujahideen" '.
'Al-Shabaab in the video claims that the Woolwich attack was a result of British foreign policy, for killing Muslims and for aiding the United States in their “war of terror”'
The narrator of the film, wearing a black mask and holding an automatic weapon, tells viewers 'Do not waste your time trying to re-invent the wheel.
'If you can’t afford to get hold of [a gun] then certainly a simple knife from your local B&Q will do the job.'
He told followers to 'cut the necks of the disbelievers.'
Mr Ansar told the Guardian that police were now regularly patrolling his residence and keeping in contacting by phoning every hour.
'If they [jihadists] are going to start targeting British Muslims and set fanatical extremists against them then that is a frightening new dimension,' he said.
On his Twitter page Mr Ansar wrote this morning: 'My family and I would like to thank the wonderful @HantsPolice and @HantsChiefAndy all their hard work and diligence. '
Other figures threatened in the video include Usama Hasan, a senior researcher with the anti-extremist Quilliam Foundation and the imam and broadcaster Ajmal Masroor.
Mr Masroor wrote on his Facebook page that he was visited by police officers from Scotland Yard this week after he had put his children to bed.
Imam and broadcaster Ajmal Masroor was one of the figures threatened in the video. He wrote this post on Facebook
He said he was told his life was in danger when they showed him a piece of paper.
'The basic message contained in the paragraph was that my life was in imminent danger from the terrorists. The police officers were visiting me to give me a warning and asking me to be more vigilant.
They were being the messengers.
They left me a telephone number to call in case of emergency or if I felt under any immediate danger. They did not give me any further details and left me guessing.
'As soon as they left my house I started digging further and found an Al-Shabab video has been uploaded on the Internet and in it they name me as a Muslim who is an enemy of Islam and should be eliminated.
'They name a few others in their video message and encourage people to resort to using knives to behead people like me. I spend some time today to verify the threat and it was confirmed to me that it was this video that had spurred our security services to action.'
The video is thought to have been filmed before last month's massacre at a Kenya mall which left at least 67 people dead.
The Somali Islamic group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the assault and said it was in retaliation for Kenya sending troops into neighboring Somalia.
Scotland Yard told the MailOnline: 'We are aware of the video that has been released and we are currently assessing it's contents.'
No comments:
Post a Comment