Brits shocked at segregation in Islamist group meeting - what did they expect?

How could an Islamist extremist group meeting NOT segregate between men and women? What did they expect? What did this Douglas Murray think would happen in this debate?

Of course their ideas don't "Stand up." They don't need to "Stand up" as they have thugs to make them stand up.

 

Islamist Al-Muhajiroun relaunch ends in chaos over segregation attempt

Robert Booth
The Guardian, Thursday 18 June 2009

 

An attempt to relaunch the controversial Islamist group Al-Muhajiroun ended in chaotic scenes after the management of the London venue that was to host the group's first meeting in five years cancelled proceedings, complaining "fundamentalist thugs" had tried to enforce the segregation of men and women.

 

Supporters of the group, which wants sharia law in Britain and has praised the 9/11 terrorists as the "Magnificent 19", were ordered to leave Conway Hall in Holborn on Wednesday night when it emerged that Al-Muhajiroun had placed bouncers on the doors and were not letting women into the main hall.

 

Speakers who had been invited to share a platform with Anjem Choudary, the group's leader, accused Al-Muhajiroun of inviting them under false pretences.

 

Douglas Murray, director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, said the platform of the planned debate was "completely unacceptable". "I'm perfectly willing to debate Anjem Choudary and Al-Muhajiroun's ideas," he said. "His ideas are not difficult. They do not stand up. But it's very clear that this debate is not neutral. This was a segregated event, policed by Al-Muhajiroun's guards."

 

He said he had been invited to the event by a student society, Global Issues Society, but the Islamist group had hijacked proceedings.

 

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