Extremist 'Muslim Patrol' attempting to enforce Sharia law in East London is condemned by England's imams
The hard-line group posted several YouTube videos of verbal attacks on members of the public who were walking through Tower Hamlets area of London. Their actions were condemned by Great Britain's mainstream Muslim community.By Carol Kuruvilla / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSSaturday, February 2, 2013, 3:33 PM Observateurs Fr via YouTubeThe Muslim Patrol has verbally harassed gays, calling them "dirty" and demanding that they leave the neighborhood quickly.
A small group of Muslim extremists are patrolling the streets of East London, publicly targeting gays, drinkers and women who aren't dressed modestly, in an attempt to enforce Sharia law.
The self-styled "Muslim Patrol" group has posted videos of at least three verbal attacks on YouTube. Out of the handful who participate in the attacks, at least five have been arrested on suspicion of harassment, according to CNN. The group's alleged purpose is to defend Islamic morals, but numerous local and national Muslim leaders have denounced their dubious methods.
 Via YouTubeThe self-styled "Muslim Patrol" harassed this man because he was carrying a can of beer through the streets of East London.
The vigilantes start their patrolling late at night and make sure that their faces don't appear on camera. The attacks were based in the Tower Hamlets area in London, some happening right outside the East London Mosque.
In a video, the Muslim Patrol tells a woman wearing a short skirt that she "cannot dress like that in a Muslim area." In another incident, they harass a young man, saying that he looks like a homosexual.
 The Muslim Patrol targeted this woman (right) because she was wearing a short skirt.
"What's wrong with your face, mate? Why you dressed like that for? You need to get out of here. You're dirty, mate," an anonymous attacker said on a video obtained by CNN.
The patrol also accosted a man who holds a beer can while walking through the streets. An anonymous voice stops him and says, "This is a Muslim area, okay? Alcohol bad."
 CNN identified this man (front) as Abdul Muhid, a member of the Muslim Patrol.
Members of the group claim that these vices are contributing to the moral degradation of their neighborhoods.
"Alcohol is causing so much problems in the area, in fact it's blighting the area. It causes crime, it causes people misbehaving and drunken disorderly behavior," said Abdul Muhid, whom CNN identified as being a part of the Muslim Patrol.
 Members of the East London Mosque have condemned the Muslim Patrol's actions.
But leaders at the East London Mosque have said that their imams have condemned the verbal attacks.
In a statement, the mosque's leaders said that "These actions are utterly unacceptable and clearly designed to stoke tensions and sow discord ... The actions of this tiny minority have no place in our faith nor on our streets."
The Muslim Council of Britain has rejected the notion that there is any scriptural basis for this type of harassment.
"All of it was very very un-Islamic," said Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra of the Muslim Council of Britain told The Telegraph.
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