A RADICAL cleric sparked fury yesterday by branding the Queen a “disgusting woman” and slamming British Muslims who join the Army.Ranting Shaykh Asrar Rashid also suggested white people were the main cause of racism.
The controversial imam, who preaches in mosques in Birmingham, told radio listeners the Queen was a “disgusting woman because she knighted Salman Rushdie”.
In 1989 Iran’s leaders called for author Rushdie’s death for writing The Satanic Verses, deemed “blasphemous”. He became Sir Salman at a Buckingham Palace ceremony in 2008 for his services to literature. [Daily Express] Read more
