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| Islamic group plans Wootton march | Islamic group plans Wootton march |
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| An Islamic group said to have links to an extremist movement is planning to march through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett. | An Islamic group said to have links to an extremist movement is planning to march through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett. |
| The town has become famous for honouring British war dead returning from Afghanistan. | The town has become famous for honouring British war dead returning from Afghanistan. |
| Islam4UK pledged the protest would be peaceful with symbolic coffins representing Muslim victims. | |
| Wootton's former mayor Chris Wannell has called on the group's leader not to hold the march. | Wootton's former mayor Chris Wannell has called on the group's leader not to hold the march. |
| 'Brutal crusade' | 'Brutal crusade' |
| North Wiltshire MP James Gray said: "I've seen in the past assorted groups threaten to march, but they don't actually do it. | North Wiltshire MP James Gray said: "I've seen in the past assorted groups threaten to march, but they don't actually do it. |
| "I wouldn't think they'd get permission from the police." | "I wouldn't think they'd get permission from the police." |
| Islam4UK is said to call itself a "platform" for the extremist movement al-Muhajiroun. | Islam4UK is said to call itself a "platform" for the extremist movement al-Muhajiroun. |
| Leader of Islam4UK, former lawyer Anjem Choudary, said the march would not coincide with a repatriation ceremony. | Leader of Islam4UK, former lawyer Anjem Choudary, said the march would not coincide with a repatriation ceremony. |
| On its website the group said it was "totally unacceptable" to honour servicemen who had contributed "directly or indirectly" to the deaths of "well over 100,000 Muslims in Afghanistan in the last 8 years". | On its website the group said it was "totally unacceptable" to honour servicemen who had contributed "directly or indirectly" to the deaths of "well over 100,000 Muslims in Afghanistan in the last 8 years". |
| "We at Islam4UK find this totally unacceptable and as a result have decided to launch the 'Wootton Bassett March' to highlight the real casualties of this brutal Crusade," the website states. | "We at Islam4UK find this totally unacceptable and as a result have decided to launch the 'Wootton Bassett March' to highlight the real casualties of this brutal Crusade," the website states. |
| Mr Wannell said the townsfolk did not come out to honour the soldiers "for any political reason at all" but to pay their respects to "those who have given their lives for our freedom". | Mr Wannell said the townsfolk did not come out to honour the soldiers "for any political reason at all" but to pay their respects to "those who have given their lives for our freedom". |
| Wootton councillor, Jenny Stratton, said: "Everyone has the right to protest, but it's not a very tactful place to do it." |