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A man who called for UK soldiers to be brought back from Iraq in body bags has been found guilty of inciting murder. | A man who called for UK soldiers to be brought back from Iraq in body bags has been found guilty of inciting murder. |
Mizanur Rahman, 24, of Palmers Green, north London, made the remarks at a protest about the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. | |
At the protest, held near the Danish Embassy in London in February 2006, the web designer also called for the beheading of anyone who insulted Islam. | |
Rahman, who was convicted at the Old Bailey, will be sentenced on 18 July. | |
At a previous trial in November, Rahman was found guilty of inciting racial hatred, but the jury failed to reach a verdict on the charge of inciting murder. | |
He was filmed at the rally talking over a loudspeaker to about 300 people. | |
The crowd was protesting against the publication of cartoons of Muhammad in newspapers in Denmark and other European countries. | |
Rahman said of British troops and American troops: "We want to see them coming home in body bags. We want to see their blood running in the streets of Baghdad. | |
He incited or encouraged others to murder in the name of religion Peter Wright QC, prosecuting | |
"We want to see the Mujahideen shoot down their planes the way we shoot down birds. We want to see their tanks burn in the way we burn their flags." | |
Rahman denied inciting murder, claiming he had had the microphone thrust into his hand and merely echoed the chants around him. | |
During his first trial he apologised for his words, saying: "I didn't think anyone would take me seriously." | |
But Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, told the court: "He incited or encouraged others to murder in the name of religion." | |
'Bomb, bomb' | |
Rahman was remanded in custody until 18 July when he will be sentenced with three other men convicted of committing offences during the demonstration. | |
Umran Javed, 27, from Birmingham, was filmed shouting: "Bomb, bomb Denmark. Bomb, bomb USA." | |
In January he was found guilty of soliciting murder and stirring up racial hatred. | |
Mizanur Rahman urged another 9/11 in Europe | |
Father-of-five and BT engineer Abdul Saleem was convicted in February of stirring up racial hatred. | |
Saleem, from Poplar, east London, chanted, "7/7 on its way" and "Europe, you will pay with your blood". | |
Finally, Abdul Muhid, 24, said to be the leader of the demonstration, was found guilty in March of two charges of soliciting murder. | |
Muhid, of Whitechapel, east London, led the crowd chanting "Bomb, bomb the UK" and waved placards with slogans such as "Annihilate those who insult Islam". |