Hate-filled Muslim extremists vowed: “The black flag of Islam will fly above Downing Street.”
The protesters, supporters of jailed cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, made the threat while demanding his release from a life sentence in Lebanon.
Abu Saalihah, a student of Bakri’s, said: “We will not rest until the black flag of Islam is flown over the White House and 10 Downing Street.” Bakri, who was banned from Britain in 2006, was sentenced in his absence to life for training and fundraising for al-Qaida. He was then detained at gunpoint by Lebanese security services after refusing to recognise the court.
The 52-year-old has referred to the hijackers behind the 9/11 attacks as the “Magnificent 19".
At the demonstration outside the Lebanese embassy in London, supporters clutched placards reading: “Release all Muslim prisoners” and used a megaphone to chant: “Lebanese burn in hell.”
Preacher Anjem Choudhary, 43, who organised the demonstration, said: “Lebanon is a very divided country.
“There is a very real chance that Sunni Muslims in that country will do everything they can to free Omar Bakri, even physically.”
Bakri’s 30-year-old son, Mohammed Omar Bakri said: “I am not here to ask for the release of my father, I am here to demand it.
“All they want to do is silence my father.”