Mr Abu Hamza talked about the treatment of Muslims
abroad
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Jurors in the trial of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri have
watched a video-taped sermon in which he talks of living among the
"enemies of Islam".
On the second day of his trial, the Old Bailey saw him compare
life among these "kafirs" to living "inside a
toilet".
The tape shows Mr Abu Hamza addressing a meeting in east London
in 1997/1998.
The 47-year-old denies 15 charges, including soliciting murder,
inciting racial hatred and possessing information "useful"
to a terrorist.
'Unescaped destiny'
The video shows Mr Abu Hamza standing on a platform bearing a
banner with the words "Al Jihad" in red.
In English, he speaks about life "asking [non-Muslims] to
give us security from our own oppressive regime, asking them to
protect our children, our wives, our money from our own regime
staying in their pavements happy to be there".
He says they were thrown "bits and pieces" as dogs who
run after the honey pot, "as they like to call it".
"It is sad... what is more sad about it is that people are
arranging their life according to this as the unescaped
destiny," he says.
"Do we stay like that... do we change? It looks like,
unfortunately, that we have been forced, unfortunately, to be inside
a toilet."
He also talks of establishing a caliphate, a government according
to Islamic law.
The cleric later goes on to describe various types of services
which are justifiable targets in his eyes.
He says: "Every place of iniquity, every brothel, every
video shop which is selling naked, for the victorious party is a
target.
"Anybody who propagate these kind of thing among Muslims is
a target."
In a question and answer session, Hamza is asked by a member of
the audience how to go about Jihad. He said the first thing was to
be trained.
He says: "There is no real need to go and train for tanks
and aeroplanes... where you going to find these... you can't buy
these in the market... you cannot make them yourselves.
"Every court is a target and every brothel is a target and
everybody who's endorsing that is a target and anybody who goes into
these places to protect them, to invite people for them, is a
target."
He tells the audience that they must "bleed the enemy"
and then accept life on the run.
The cleric said: "You have to bleed the enemy. Then, after
you have done that, obviously you will be on the run."
In a second tape, recorded in 1999, Hamza is seen sitting at a
table on a carpeted floor, delivering an address on "adherence
to Islam in the western world" where he attacks Western
churches.
This country is a "kafir" country which does not apply
the Sharia law in full, the cleric says.
He says: "Churches have become places of dancing, iniquity,
business and black magic. You name it. Child prostitution, and every
day there is evidence of that."
It looks like, unfortunately, that we have been
forced, unfortunately, to be inside a toilet 
