BANNED Muslim hate preacher Anjem Choudary has sparked outrage after he was flown to Ireland to spout his bigoted views to 250 university students.
Choudary’s Islam4UK group and its parent organisation al-Muhajiroun were banned last month by Home Secretary Alan Johnson under legislation to outlaw the glorification of terrorism.
However, the student law society of University College Dublin paid for him to fly over to be a guest speaker at a debate with the motion that women’s rights should trump religious doctrine.
The society also paid for his hotel.
Father-of-four Choudary opposed the motion, saying Muslim women were not suppressed or subjugated.
“There is nothing like Islam to emancipate women from slavery and servitude to men, from the cosmetics industry, fashion and pornography and all the other ways in which man tries to dehumanise women,” he claimed.
Maryam Namazie, who proposed the motion, hit back saying women’s rights were being denied under Sharia law, citing a woman’s inability to sign her own marriage contract and that women can be stoned for being unfaithful.
His public appearance last month, coming so soon after his group was outlawed, outraged the London independent think tank the Centre for Social Cohesion, which campaigns against Muslim extremism.
Spokeswoman Houriya Ahmed, a Muslim herself, said: “He should not be allowed to propagate his views to students anywhere. It is just wrong.” Conor O’Hanlon, auditor of the society, defended the decision by saying they needed someone to oppose the motion.
Concern over extremists infiltrating British universities was raised after it was revealed Umar Abdulmutallab, who tried to down a jet on Christmas Day, had been a president of the Islamic Society at University College London.
Today, we reveal more concerns over the Federation of Student Islamic Societies’ decision to hold a Palestine conference at Manchester University on February 13.
One of the speakers will be Azzam Tamimi, who has voiced support for Hamas suicide bombers
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