DAR AL HARB - U.K.: DAVID CAMERON MAKES MOSLEMS ANGRY BY ANNOUNCING THAT SHARI'AH IS LIKE THE BNP

Muslims angry as sharia likened to BNP

LONDON (Reuters) - Conservative leader David Cameron has incurred the wrath of Muslim groups by likening those with extreme Islamic views to the far-right British National Party.

The Conservative Party is due to launch a report on Tuesday about community relations in the country that will likely trigger further debate.

"Those who seek a sharia state, or special treatment and a separate law for British Muslims are, in many ways, the mirror image of the BNP," Cameron said in a speech in Birmingham on Monday.

They also want to divide people into us and them. And they too seek out grievances to exploit," he said, according to the party's Web site.

Muhammad Abdul Bari, general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, responded by telling BBC News that anyone would find it offensive to be likened to the BNP.

"This link of any Muslim mainstream organisation to the fascism of BNP, it will be taken as a serious offence," he said.

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