Pakistani Wahhabi Deobandi militants laud Woolwich beheading

Statement says murder of Brit soldier is as per the Islamic law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

Pakistani Wahhabi Deobandi militants have praised the beheading of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, in a message published on social networking website Facebook.

The message, published on Al-Jihad's facebook page, an Urdu language web portal of Salafist Deobandi militants of Pakistan, termed the two killers as "honourable Muslims" who conveyed the voice of the Muslims to the "white people" of the United Kingdom..

Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old British Army soldier and a Drummer of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was brutally killed by two attackers near the Royal Artillery Barracks on May 22.

The message stated that after the killing, the two attackers brandished the machete and knife with their blood-stained hands, instead of running from the scene.

The murder of the British soldier is as per the Islamic law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, it said.

According to media reports, an attacker brandished his machete and said they have been compelled to do this because Muslims are being killed every day.

The message further stated that the Woolwich beheading incident has shaken the British people and has encouraged them to take a firm stand against their government.

It said that both attackers have been able to convey their message that Wahhabi Deobandi Jihadis are "peaceful people with high standard of ethics".

If British people did not force their government to stop the so called war on terror which is in fact a crusade in Muslim lands, then there will be no peace in UK, the message stated.