Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah
| Abbreviation | ASWJ |
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| Formation | 18 November 2005 |
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Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة; lit. Adherents to the Sunnah and the community; abbr. ASWJ) was an Islamist group in London. It was founded by Imam Hassan Al Ashari.
History[]
Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jammah was founded on November 18, 2005, in north London by Sulayman Keeler.[1] He called Queen Elizabeth II an enemy of Islam and Muslims.[1] In February 2006, ASWJ helped organize the Islamist demonstration outside Danish Embassy in London in 2006.
In December 2006, ASWJ issued a call on one of its websites for Muslims to fight the Ethiopian attack against the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia "financially, physically and verbally". On 10 March 2009, ASWJ demonstrated in the town to protest against the Royal Anglian Regiment's homecoming parade following the latter's posting in Afghanistan.[2] The demonstration was a deliberately provocative publicity stunt, and had been disowned by representatives from Luton's Islamic communities.[3] The protest, although small, attracted media attention, generating anger that the authorities had given the demonstration permission and police protection.[4]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ a b "New group replaces al-Muhajiroun". 18 November 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Copsey 2010, pp. 8–9; Allen 2011, p. 283; Alessio & Meredith 2014, p. 106.
- ^ Jackson 2011, p. 14.
- ^ Garland & Treadwell 2010, p. 21.
Cited sources[]
- Alessio, Dominic; Meredith, Kristen (2014). "Blackshirts for the Twenty–First Century? Fascism and the English Defence League". Social Identities. 20 (1): 104–118. doi:10.1080/13504630.2013.843058. S2CID 143518291.
- Allen, Chris (2011). "Opposing Islamification or Promoting Islamophobia? Understanding the English Defence League". Patterns of Prejudice. 45 (4): 279–294. doi:10.1080/0031322X.2011.585014. S2CID 144767126.
- Copsey, Nigel (2010). The English Defence League: Challenging our Country and our Values of Social Inclusion, Fairness and Equality (Report). London: Faith Matters.[permanent dead link]
- Garland, Jon; Treadwell, James (2010). "'No Surrender to the Taliban': Football Hooliganism, Islamophobia and the Rise of the English Defence League" (PDF). Papers from the British Criminology Conference. 10: 19–35.
- Jackson, Paul (2011). The EDL: Britain's 'New Far Right' Social Movement (Report). Northampton: University of Northampton.
External links[]
- Islamic organisations based in the United Kingdom
- Islamist groups
- Islamic terrorism in England