'This is what you get for insulting Islam' - British imam says

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January 11, 2015 8:57 PM

Rahman claimed France was carrying out 'ethnic cleansing', and told his followers what happened in France was 'war'

A British hate preacher has supported the Charlie Hebdo killings telling his followers ‘Britain is the enemy of Islam’.

Islamic cleric Mizanur Rahman, of Palmers Green, north London, defended the brutal murder of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices, saying ‘insulting Islam…they can’t expect a different result.’

Reports say experts have warned the sermon, which backed the jihadists who killed 17 people over three days in the French capital, could incite further killings.

Speaking to an audience in London which was streamed online to thousands of his followers, Rahman praised Al Qaeda and said ‘Britain is the enemy of Islam.’

Sam Westrop, director of counter-extremism group Stand for Peace told the Sunday Mirror: ‘His kind of rhetoric is not an echo of Islamist terror and extremism – it is a driving force behind it.

‘It is truly reprehensible for him to speak like this, especially so soon after Paris.’

His speech on Friday night came to light after reporters from the Sunday Mirror gained access to an online live stream - they then notified the Metropolitan Police.

The newspaper reported that in the video Rahman claimed France was carrying out 'ethnic cleansing', and told his followers what happened in France was 'war.'

He said: 'These cartoons is part of their own war, is part of the psychological warfare...you know what happens when you insult Mohammed.'

Rahman, who also goes by the name of Abu Baraa, is currently on police bail after he and others were arrested last year on suspicion of terror offences.

Rahman, was jailed for six years in 2007 after calling for British soldiers to be brought back from Iraq in bodybags.

He manages the Siddeeq Academy in Tower Hamlets, an Islamic tuition centre in East London.

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