Via the Daily Mail:
British Muslim radicals were among at least 61 people arrested in Paris today in connection with an illegal rally against France’s burka ban.
They included Anjem Choudary, the radical cleric who advocates sharia law for the UK and who calls British soldiers murderers.
Omar Bakri and Abu Izzadeen, who are also controversial figures, tried to get to the event but were stopped by police. Nineteen veiled women were arrested.
A police spokesman said: ‘Muslim leaders from Britain and Belgium were among those detained as they travelled to the event.
‘The fear was that they would inflame the situation. This was an illegal rally calling for France’s burka ban to be scrapped and for sharia law to be introduced.’(source)
Abu Imran of Sharia4Belgium, Anjem Choudary's Belgian branch, posted a message before the protest calling Carla Bruni to convert to Islam and wear the niqab. Via Memri (h/t Jawa Report):
"We are coming to say: Oh Sarkozy, enemy of Allah, dog of the Romans, son of the unbeliever, we are on our way. We are on our way with 'Allah Akbar,' 'Allah Akbar.' We are coming, with our nuclear bombs of 'Allah Akbar.' We are coming, with our black flags – the black flags of 'There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.'
"We are coming to take back what belongs to us, to regain our land and purify it of unbelief and of the unbelievers. We are coming with 'There is no god but Allah.' We are coming because we reject democracy. We do not accept democracy. We accept nothing but the tawhid of Allah. We accept nothing but: 'There is no god but Allah.' We accept nothing but the shari'a of Allah.
"Just as we ruled many European lands, we are coming to make you think about [the Battle of] Poitiers, to make you think about Andalusia, and to make you think about… By God, we are on our way. The day you will see the black flag flying over the Élysée us very near. I ask Allah to give us the power to plant the black flag over the Élysée. I say to all my brothers and sisters in France: We are coming from Belgium to support you, with our group, Sharia4Belgium. We are coming to support you.(source)
