I ask him if, as someone who mentions the word "justice" a lot, he really believes that stoning a woman to death is the appropriate punishment for adultery."For people who have had adultery committed against them, people who have had their wives taken, a lot will say 'I think stoning to death is appropriate'.
I was like you, I was completely oblivious to Islam and the Islamic civilisation because I was educated in this system.
"But when you look at the rationale and benefits of it, you realise that it is, in fact, superior."
As a young adult, Choudary was far from an observant Muslim. At Southampton University, where he studied law, he was known as "Andy" and by all accounts was something of a party animal.
"I used to get stoned with Andy," recalls one old friend from those days. "He was a really lovely bloke, funny and warm."
The ex-friend says that Choudary showed no interest in religion, but did take exception to the publication of The Satanic Verses. Although that was an event that radicalised a generation of Muslim activists, the former friend suggests it might have been Choudary's failure to land a job with a big legal firm upon graduating that set him off on his path to Salafi righteousness. Choudary is even less keen to speak about his student years than he to discuss his government benefits. But it is known that meeting Bakri Mohammed, then the leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was instrumental in his journey towards what he maintains is the true understanding of Islam.
"I admit that I wasn't always practising," he allows. "But it's not from the tradition of the prophet to expose your sins from the past. I committed many mistakes in my life. You are judged on your latest deed, meaning if you made mistakes and corrected them, people should give credit for that. I thank Allah that he guided me. At the hands of Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, I started to learn more about Islam."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/07/anjem-choudary-islamic-state-isis
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315d, 5h388
Drunk Choudary's just a silly dude, holy Choudary has one of the smuggest, most punchable faces I've ever seen.
ridersderohan315d, 2h191
What's crazy is that Drunk Choudary actually seems like a pretty cool guy that I'd hang out with at a party. He seems like the kind of guy who brings a tonne of beer to a party and refuses to let you pay him back or lets you crash on his couch when you're too tired/sick to call a cab.I just genuinely want to understand how you go from that to being what he is now.
Stillwatch315d, 1h102
I couldn't have said it better. Reminds me of one of the 9/11 hijackers. He lived as the Tennant of some old lady somewhere in Europe. He hung out with her and took her to run errands and was this super nice funny guy that everyone loved. Then he fell in to strict Islam and cut her out of his life and.... well you know the rest. I think it was on a W5 documentary on the CBC where they interviewed her. You could see the sadness in her eyes when she spoke about him. She was still mourning the person she knew.... so sad.
......Around this time, he started going to the local mosque. That's where, he said, he felt 'comfortable' and 'at home'.
This dude had never been to a mosque his whole life, suddenly starts going there every day.Long story short, he's now a hard line Islamist.
We had a falling out and I haven't spoken to him in 2 years.I loved this guy. He's still the only friend I would be willing to die for. And I lost him.
I blame myself for that to some extent......f**k man. Now I miss him. His birthday is coming up on the 14th....I think I'll give him a call.F****g hell Reddit...I'm f**g crying now because I'm just thinking that I had been a bad friend and I should've been there for him when no one else was.
https://m.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2rqzmk/anjem_choudary_wants_these_pictures_deleted_off/
35.*Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the final determination.
36.*And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
37.*Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.
38.*Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.
39.*These are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy Lord has revealed to thee. Take not, with Allah, another object of worship, lest thou shouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.
40.*Has then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter a most dreadful saying!
41.*We have explained (things) in various (ways) in this Qur'an, in order that they may receive admonition, but it only increases their flight (from the Truth)!
42.*Say: If there had been (other) gods with Him, as they say,- behold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne!
43.*Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great (beyond measure)!
44.*The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings therein, declare His glory: there is not a thing but celebrates His praise; And yet ye understand not how they declare His glory! Verily He is Oft-Forbear, Most Forgiving!
45.*When thou dost recite the Qur'an, We put, between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter, a veil invisible:
46.*And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds) lest they should understand the Qur'an, and deafness into their ears: when thou dost commemorate thy Lord and Him alone in the Qur'an, they turn on their backs, fleeing (from the Truth).
47.*We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to thee; and when they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked say, "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched!"
48.*See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.
What's the solution? does anyone know.
I don't know. It feels like an old saying, "****ed if you do and ****ed if you don't."
The best solution is that we all repent of our past crimes and submit to God, testify that there is no God but Almighty God and that Muhammad pbuh is His Messenger, establish regular prayer, give regular zakah, and receive glad tidings of a goodly life in this world and in eternity.
If anyone is too foolish or arrogant to accept the truth, then we separate and allow all Muslims to migrate peacefully and rule by the law of Allah, without any kafir harming a Muslim and without any Muslim harming a kafir, and if any wish to later be ruled by the law of Allah they be allowed to migrate to the lands of Islam, and if any from amongst the Muslims decides they want to go to the rule of kufr (God knows what that would be) then they be allowed to migrate to the kuffar.
Please don't keep pretending to hold peace talks while bleeding us dry, the solution is peaceful and easy.
Does anyone have any valid suggestions otherwise?
Anyone ever heard of hadrian's wall?