Mick Hartley

Omar Bakri Mohammed, on the Today programme:

He branded any Muslims who attended the Trafalgar Square vigil last week as “hypocrites and apostates”.

In an interview, Bakri said: “God forbids us from praying with Jews and Christians side by side. These are part-time Muslims or chocolate Muslims.

“I cannot be British. I cannot be English. Even if I change my colour, like Michael Jackson, I could not be English.”

Furthermore, Bakri claimed that he and fellow radicals have helped to protect Britain from Islamic extremism for two decades. […]

Asked whether he would leave if he did face a deportation order, he said: “Of course, I would never challenge the legal system. I would prefer to be in prison or to be deported.

“Unfortunately, after we have been banned from any activities, we become completely isolated from the youth,” he added. “And the youth start to go forward to somebody else abroad.

“I was able, with many radical Muslims, to control the youth for the last 20 years and hold them back from doing anything foolish or anything which is completely wrong.

“If nobody is there to guide them, who is going to give the youth direction?”