Azathoth wrote:I bet they were jizzing in their pants writing that one. Benefits scroungers and muslims all rolled into one. Probably made up though. It is the daily fail.
There is a lot of that sort of criticism of the Fail, but if they did make this up, wouldn't it be easy to prove? Surely they may be sensationalist without everything they write being "false?" Sometimes, the more mainstream media avoids stories which they deem offensive or which may reflect negatively on "disadvantaged minorities" and such. Sometimes it's the papers like the Fail that can actually publish truthful stories that don't make the more mainstream media sources.
Apparently, though, the Fail is not the only source on this. Here is a Business Insider article citing the Sun and the Telegraph, which reported that this Choudary fellow was recorded instructing his followers to seek the dole.
Calling it a "Jihadi Allowance," cleric Anjem Choundary, 45, has four kids, brings in £25,000, or just under $39,000 U.S. in benefits himself, and says that this is the way it is supposed to work according to Islamic law
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Recorded by both the U.K. Sun and Telegraph, Choundary says:
"We are on Jihad Seekers Allowance, we take the Jizya (protection money paid to Muslims by non-Muslims) which is ours anyway.
"The normal situation is to take money from the [non-Muslims] isn't it? So this is the normal situation."
“They give us the money. You work, give us the money. Allah Akbar, we take the money. Hopefully there is no one from the DSS (Department of Social Security) listening.”
“Ah, but you see people will say you are not working. But the normal situation is for you to take money from the Kuffar (non-Muslim) So we take Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”
Choudray goes on in a separate videos to mock English workers performing 9 to 5 jobs, and tells followers that some of the most famous Islamic figures worked only one or two days a week.
“The rest of the year they were busy with jihad [holy war] and things like that,” he says, according to The Telegraph. “People will say, ‘Ah, but you are not working.’"
“But the normal situation is for you to take money from the kuffar [non-believers].”
“So we take Jihad Seeker’s Allowance. You need to get support.”
He the tells a crowd of about 30 followers: “We are going to take England — the Muslims are coming.”
“These people are like a tsunami going across Europe. And over here we’re just relaxing, taking over Bradford brother. The reality is changing.”
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http://www.businessinsider.com/anjem-ch ... z2XQj258iG