Luton anti-war protest

The media recently has been flooding in with news about the anti-war protest which was demonstrated by a group of Muslims in Luton last Tuesday. I'm actually really appalled at the amount of news coverage this incident has received.

This so called 'Muslim' group are also known as the infamous Al-Muhajiroun, who are actually banned from the UK. Before the day of the protest you could see Muslims brothers who are part of this group giving out leaflets outside mosque, encouraging them to take part in the march.

They used a certain hadith (sayings of the prophet Muhammad) to justify their actions:

"He among you who sees a "munkar" ( something not good ) should change it with his hand ( activism, organization, movement ). If he can not do that, then with his tongue ( by speaking out against it ). If he can not do that, then within his heart ( by always disliking what is evil or harmful ) and that ( the last option ) is the weakest ( or lowest ) of faith". - (Bukhari)

They apparently spoke out against the Royal Anglican Regiment who were marching down Luton town centre to be acknowledged for their achievements in the war. Most in Britain are damn right against the war, calling it 'illegal' so i can understand why these Muslims protested. Freedom of Speech is what protected these people from getting attacked and abused from onlookers as the police blocked any attacks coming through.


I think its fair that these people have the right to protest but the way they went about protesting was in my opinion quite bad. They just seemed very angry, making Islam seem very intimidating, provocative and hateful. This is not Islam at all. They take away all the love and mercy which the prophet Muhammad had always acted upon. During the lifetime of the prophet and his companions, people from different countries converted to Islam through character, mercy and love that they saw in the Muslims.

My question is, where is the prophetic character inside of these so called 'Muslims'. They don the Islamic dress and beard but inside they're very different. Not once do they think about how the prophet Muhammad would have reacted. He would have used his wisdom in a situation like this always looking for a way where no confrontation would ever happen. Hatred was never an option in the prophets life. In disputes he would always opt for a way where people can get along with each other. I'm also dead against this "war on Iraq" which resulted in nothing but more trouble and turmoil inside the country. The only thing i'm against here is the way these Muslims protested.
They quote the above hadith without even understanding the real meaning of the prophet's saying. Before stopping any evil, one must anaylse the situation using wisdom, and seeing if it is actually plausible to do without any detrimental consequences. These protesters just created more problems for the rest of the Muslim community in Luton to deal with.