London: new Shariah posters go up

New Shariah posters have been discovered in Tower Hamlets, East London.  They read: "You are entering a Shariah controlled zone. Islamic rules enforced."  They are identical to posters recently found in Waltham Forest and Newham.

Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary, who said in 2008 that gays should be stoned to death, has claimed responsibility for the campaign.  He said:

"This will mean this is an area where the Muslim community will not tolerate drugs, alcohol, pornography, gambling, usury, free mixing between the sexes – the fruits if you like of Western civilisation.  This will be a very heavy leafleting campaign aimed at both the Muslim and non-Muslim community in terms of what the Sharia means economically, socially and politically."

Earlier this year, he claimed he had thousands of people willing to patrol streets up and down the UK to dissuade people from "anti-Islamic behaviour."

Police said they were working with the local authority to have the posters removed as soon as possible.

In June, an 18 year-old man was fined £100 for distributing stickers declaring parts of Tower Hamlets a "gay-free zone."