Other than to point out that Anjem Choudary is the real life equivalent of troll I have not been tempted to enter this discussion but, against my better judgement, I would like to add something.

Surely this is not, or should not, be about Moslems, Christians, Imperialism or any such. Is it not about a specific protest and whether it is right or not? Whatver the cause? My own two penn'orth is that the idiot suggesting it should be allowed to go ahead and a) See if he can get 500 coffins and people to carry them; b) see if the people of Wooten Bassett then support him and c) Ensure a press and media boycott of the event. It will, hopefuly, cost him or his organisation a lot of money for no gain.

I don't think that many people here (there are exceptions) are being racist or Islamaphobic. They just view that suggested protest as, at best, tasteless and, at worst, hurtful to those who have lost people in the war. I think it is not disimmilar to the two young men who have been arrested and tried recently for public order offences for urinating on war memorials. If Mr Choudary's protest does not break any laws, fair enough. If it does, treat him or his supporters no differently to anyone else.

Cheers

DeG