Bahrain's Gulf News:
Javed, who is on trial accused of soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred, told London's Old Bailey criminal court he got carried away during last February's demonstration outside the Danish Embassy in the British capital.
He said he had not intended to say anything at the protest, prompted by the publication of cartoons in a Danish newspaper that many Muslims considered insulting to Islam, until a megaphone was thrust into his hands.
"I regret saying these things, they were just soundbites, slogans," said Javed, 27.
"I do not want to see Denmark being bombed or the USA. I was disappointed I said these things. I made the statements in an emotionally charged atmosphere. These things were the only thing that came into my mind."
Prosecutors said there was no doubt he had intended to incite murder and racial hatred. The demonstration, where some protesters waved placards praising the 2005 London bombings by four Islamists which killed 52 people, attracted widespread condemnation.
h/t Jihad Watch, where Robert remarks: "... he just got carried away, you see. And why should anyone take him seriously? After all, it isn't as if there have been jihadist bombings on British and American soil. What's that? 9/11 and 7/7? What are you, some kind of evil Islamophobe?"
2 comments:
Yeah, it's all fun until somebody gets indicted for incitement to murder.
Calling these guys idiots is an insult to idiots.
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