Last year, Britain was rocked by reports of an organized attempt by Islamic activists to introduce Islamist or Salafist principles into several public schools in the city of Birmingham.
The scandal, termed the “Trojan Horse Plot” by the UK media, was capped off by the publication of a detailed blueprint by the alleged plot’s ring leader, Tahir Alam, chairman of governors at Park View school in Birmingham.
The 72-page document presents ways of manipulating teachers and curriculum, replacing secular head teachers with radical Muslim staff and governors, and calls for “girls [to] be covered except for their hands and faces.”
The Invasion Of ISIS?
In an interview Tuesday with this radio host, British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary stated that ISIS “undoubtedly” is taking advantage of the migrant crisis rocking Europe, using the displaced Syrians as cover to bring jihadists to the West.
“Undoubtedly this will be seen as one of the avenues that the Islamic State employ in order to get their own people in position to where they may be able to confront who they see to be the enemies who are leading the campaign against them,” Choudary stated.
“So I think this is a very real possibility,” he continued. “It’s probably already happening. The extent of it is very difficult to know until it has some kind of manifestation.”
Choudary is a founder of the outlawed Al Muhajiroun pro-Al Qaeda organization in Britain. He spoke just seven days after being released on bond from prison; he is awaiting trial in the UK for allegedly encouraging support for ISIS.
Choudary pointed out that according to media images, “many of the people who are migrating look as though they are practicing Muslims.”
“Undoubtedly there are many there who are practicing Muslims who are looking for themselves to settle,” he said. “And of course we carry our ideology with us.”
According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, 83 percent of the migrants who were questioned upon entering Europe were Arab Sunni men, a full 71 percent of whom are between the ages of 18 and 35.