30 July 2011
According to an article in the British publication Daily Mail (28 July 2011) these stickers are cropping up in areas the government has said violent extremism is a problem.
Here are some brief excerpts from the article:
Islamic extremists have launched a poster campaign across the UK proclaiming
areas where Sharia law enforcement zones have been set up…
The bright yellow messages daubed on bus stops and street lamps have already
been seen across certain boroughs in London and order that in the ‘zone’ there
should be ‘no gambling’, ‘no music or concerts’, ‘no porn or prostitution’,
‘no drugs or smoking’ and ‘no alcohol’…
In the past week, dozens of streets in the London boroughs of Waltham Forest,
Tower Hamlets and Newham have been targeted, raising fears that local residents
may be intimidated or threatened for flouting ‘Islamic rules’…
the banned militant group Islam4UK, warned: ‘We now have hundreds if not
thousands of people up and down the country willing to go out and patrol the
streets for us and a print run of between 10,000 and 50,000 stickers ready for
distribution.
‘There are 25 areas around the country which the Government has earmarked
as areas where violent extremism is a problem. ‘We are going to go to all these
same areas and implement our own Sharia-controlled zones.
The campaign comes just months after stickers proclaiming a ‘gay-free zone’
and appearing to reference the religious Islamic text of the Koran appeared in
Tower Hamlets.
Women in parts of East London including Tower Hamlets have been threatened
with violence and even death by Islamic extremists if they did not wear headscarves.
Links to more articles, on this story can be found below.
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MailOnline
