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Sunday 02 Aug 2015 - 16:06 Makkah mean time-17-10-1436
London, (IINA) - A group of British lawmakers have urged an investigation of a far-right website which plans to exhibit cartoons of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) in London, describing its messages as a training manual for anti-Muslim paramilitaries, OnIslam reported.
“I am shocked that the Gates of Vienna website can publish articles promoting a strategy for civil war,” Labour MP Ian Austin told the Guardian, adding that he will be raising the issue with Home Secretary Theresa May.
“At a time when we should all be concerned about terrorism it is imperative that the police investigate this website and those behind the calls for civil war and I’ll be raising this with the home secretary.”
The Labour MP was referring to the far-right website, Gates of Vienna, which has been heavily promoting an upcoming exhibition of cartoons of the prophet Mohammad in London.
Describing it as a training manual for anti-Muslim paramilitaries, Labour MPs Ian Austin, Ruth Smeeth, Imran Hussain, Paula Sherriff, Wes Streeting and John Cryer wrote a letter to the director of public prosecutions, Alison Saunders, asking her to consider if the site’s owners are breaching the law.
“It is clear that these are the ideas that inspired Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik and as such it is deeply troubling that they are available to inspire others," the letter reads.
"We would urge you to investigate the Gates of Vienna website and take appropriate action if anyone involved is deemed to be promoting terrorism and civil disorder.”
Scheduled to be held on September 18, the London exhibition to feature the same drawings shown in Texas last May when two gunmen were shot dead by police after attacking the event.
The exhibition will be attended by be Geert Wilders, the Dutch rightwing politician who has espoused controversial views on Islam.
Organized by the former Ukip parliamentary candidate Anne-Marie Water, the anti-Islam is co-hosted by Vive Charlie, an online magazine set up after the attacks on the offices of the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo in Paris last January.
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