Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah ( ar, أهل السنة والجماعة; ''Adherents to the Sunnah and the community''; ASWJ) was an Islamist group in London.
History
Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jammah was founded on 18 November 2005, in north London by
Sulayman Keeler.
He called Queen
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
an enemy of Islam and Muslims.
In February 2006, ASWJ helped organize the
Islamist demonstration outside Danish Embassy in London in 2006.
In December 2006, ASWJ issued a call on one of its websites for Muslims to fight the
Ethiopian attack against the
Islamic Courts Union
The Islamic Courts Union ( so, Midowga Maxkamadaha Islaamiga) was a legal and political organization formed to address the lawlessness that had been gripping Somalia since the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 during the Somali Civil War.
Th ...
in
Somalia
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"financially, physically and verbally". On 10 March 2009, ASWJ demonstrated in the town to protest against the
Royal Anglian Regiment
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's homecoming parade following the latter's
posting in Afghanistan. The demonstration was a deliberately provocative publicity stunt, and had been disowned by representatives from Luton's Islamic communities. The protest, although small, attracted media attention, generating anger that the authorities had given the demonstration permission and police protection.
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Islamic organisations based in the United Kingdom
Islamist groups
Islamic terrorism in England