An interesting story in tomorrow's Sunday
Times of London. MI-5 has intercepted a video in which al-Qaeda's Ayman al- Zawahiri names Queen Elizabeth II as "one of the severest enemies of Islam," because of her role as the Governor of the Church of England. MI-5 is treating this as an incitement to violence against Her Majesty, and security has been beefed up.
Perhaps as worrying is a portion of the video in which Mohammad Sidique Khan, ringleader of the London bombings which killed 52 commuters, urges British Muslims to ignore moderate Islamic leaders who want integration with British society, and to take part in jihad and seek martyrdom.
The threat to the Queen and to Muslims who obey British laws is explicit. The article reads, in part:
In the video al-Zawahiri not only labels the Queen as one of Islam's "severest enemies" but also sends a warning shot to British Islamic leaders who "work for the pleasure of Elizabeth, the head of the Church of England."
He said those who followed her were saying: "We are British citizens, subject to Britain's crusader laws, and we are proud of our submission . . . to Elizabeth, head of the Church of England."
The full article is here