Radical cleric Anjem Choudary: Charlie Hebdo cover is an 'act of war'; warns of 'repercussions'

Radical preacher Anjem Choudray has criticised the magazine’s controversial cartoon front cover of the Prophet Mohammed as “an act of war” and warned there will be “repercussions”.

So, what are the “repercussions” you speak of?

https://twitter.com/markrudd5/status/555004687939039232

@anjemchoudary You say there will be repercussions. Presumably by people scared to show their faces, wearing black hoods? Cowards

— John Maiden (@maid0) January 13, 2015

On the other hand, Choudary might just be Charlie Hebdo’s new salesman-of-the-moth:

Thanks for advertising the Charlie Hebdo magazines in this post 🙂 I didnt realise i could get one until you tweeted ! @anjemchoudary

— Village idiot (@vILLAGEiDIOT23) January 13, 2015

Here is @anjemchoudary advertising @Charlie_Hebdo_ on sale in the UK this week. pic.twitter.com/x7TPVG5cMc

— Village idiot (@vILLAGEiDIOT23) January 13, 2015

Choudary later tweeted out another link to a story quoting his “act of war” threat:

https://twitter.com/anjemchoudary/status/554995824821030912

An excerpt from the link above:

To depict Mohammed in this way is “attacking the honour of the Prophet” as most Muslims do not draw or depict Mohammed in any way because it is deemed to be sacrilegious.

He said if the “act of war” was to be tried in a Shariah Court it would carry capital punishment.

The lecturer in Shariah law, who was arrested last September as part of an investigation into Islamist terrorism, described it as “blatant provocation”.