“And my last and final point, brothers and sisters, a prayer, supplication that we need to make to Allah, the Glorified and Exalted. As some of the scholars mentioned: A believer’s weapon, the weapon of the believer, and as Imam Al-Shafi’i mentioned, do not underestimate the power of prayer, the power of supplicating and invoking Allah, the Glorified and Exalted.” BBC’s submissions 261. The BBC submitted that Claimant’s message at the JFAC London Solidarity Rally was inflammatory and gratuitously provocative. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Aafia Siddiqui case, it provided no basis for describing the American government generally as terrorists, rapists, and criminals, or reiterating his extreme view (similar to his ADVICE TO TAWFIQUE CHOWDHURY (2009)) that “anyone who sides with the oppressor” is an oppressor. Claimant’s submissions 262. The Claimant submitted that in this speech he was entitled to put forward his opinion that the conduct of the United States government was that of “a terrorist”. The Claimant relied on the first passage cited above to demonstrate that the only time that he used the term “the greatest form of Jihad” was legitimately in connection with speaking the truth (“The best of Jihad, the greatest form of Jihad, is a word of truth, speaking the truth…”). The Claimant submits that he was merely quoting from the Qur’an in order to praise Malcolm X who “spoke the truth in front of oppression”. 263. Mr Bennett emphasised the last passage in the speech in which the Claimant emphasised the importance of prayer (“A believer’s weapon… do not underestimate the power of prayer”). Mr Bennett submitted that there was no ‘blanket’ condemnation of the West and the Claimant was only taking issue with three particular governments, the American, Afghani and Pakistani governments. Analysis 264. In his AAFIA SIDDIQUI SPEECH (2010), the Claimant used the device or conceit of an imaginary outburst by Malcolm X in order to give power and authenticity to three hyperbolic messages. First, the American Government is “…the greatest oppressor… tyrant… bootlegger…kidnapper… criminal… rapist..[and] terrorist on earth”. Second, anyone who sided with, or aided and abetted, the US Government was “an oppressor” themselves. Third, the Pakistani and Afghanistan Governments were siding with the “the unjust… the tyrant” against the Muslims and “selling their people for a few dollars to the American Government” and were therefore just like the Americans. 265. In my view, the Claimant’s various explanations for the speech do not provide an adequate explanation or excuse for the main thrust of this speech, nor ameliorate the extreme Manichean worldview or extreme anti-US tenor of this speech (“the greatest terrorist on earth”). Malcolm X did not say all the things that are ascribed to him by the Claimant. 59