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Mourners and well-wishers pay their respects as hearses carrying the bodies of four British soldiers killed in Afghanistan pass through Wootton Bassett (AFP/File/Carl de Souza)
He went on: "We at Islam4UK have decided, after consultation with others including our Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, that no more could be achieved even if a procession were to take place in Wootton Bassett and in light of this we would like to announce today that there will no longer be a procession through this market town."
Islam4UK describes itself as a platform for Al-Muhajiroun, a now disbanded radical group which used to be headed by Omar Bakri, an Islamist preacher barred from Britain for his extremist views.
Hundreds of people regularly gather in Wootton Bassett to pay their respects to dead British soldiers as their coffins pass through the main street after being flown to the nearby RAF Lyneham airbase from Afghanistan.
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Islam4UK describes itself as a platform for Al-Muhajiroun, a now disbanded radical group which used to be headed by Omar Bakri, an Islamist preacher barred from Britain for his extremist views.
Hundreds of people regularly gather in Wootton Bassett to pay their respects to dead British soldiers as their coffins pass through the main street after being flown to the nearby RAF Lyneham airbase from Afghanistan.
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