Radical Muslim addresses convention
A radical Muslim who has said he is prepared to be a suicide bomber is to speak at an Islamic convention in Manchester this weekend.
Dr Azzam Tamimi is a guest at Sunday's ExpoIslamia convention, which is expected to attract around 10,000 visitors.
The local Jewish community expressed dismay at the speakers invited to the day-long event at the Manchester Evening News arena.
Dr Tamimi, 51, from Palestine, is a self described Hamas sympathiser and adviser to the group, a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK.
In a BBC interview he has said "martyrdom means giving, sacrificing yourself for a noble cause".
Asked if he would become a suicide bomber, he replied: "I am prepared, of course. If I have the opportunity I would do it.
"If I can go to Palestine and sacrifice myself I would do it. Why not?
"You see sacrificing myself for Palestine is a noble cause. It is the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity."
Other speakers include Zakir Naik, 40, an Indian doctor, who has reportedly expressed views saying it is blasphemous for muslims to wish Christians Happy Christmas as it acknowledges Jesus as a son of God.
Dr Naik is also scheduled to speak at an event in Cardiff's St David's Hall. It has provoked calls from at least one MP for the event to be cancelled.
