A radical Muslim group warned on Wednesday that the British government's new anti-terrorism laws could lead to a backlash from some Muslims.
The proposals could see groups such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir and al-Ghuraba proscribed for allegedly glorifying terrorism.
Anjem Choudary, a spokesman for al-Ghuraba, which the UK government claims is a successor group to al Muhajiroun, said: "I think that the new laws will increase the tensions and likelihood of repercussions from Muslims in Britain and from Muslims overseas."
Asked if he meant that there could or would be further bombings in Britain, Choudary said: "As long as the causes of 7/7 remain, there is always a possibility of a similar effect."
"If you try to criminalize Muslim communities and those supporting mujahidin, they [the UK government] are digging a deeper grave for themselves, in what is already a tense situation with the Muslim world," he said.
Al-Ghuraba organized a recent protest in London against cartoons published in some European newspapers which allegedly degraded the Prophet Mohammed. At the protest placards praising the July 7 bombers were held by some demonstrators.
Choudary said the reasons given for the bombings by the ringleader of the attacks in a video which emerged afterwards were in keeping with Islamic law.
"I don't see anything in the will of Mohammed Siddique Khan [one of the bombers] which runs contrary to the sharia. He thought he was doing something that was legitimate as far as the divine law was concerned," Choudary said.
Massoud Shadjareh of the Islamic Human Rights Commission also criticized the legislation.
"It's astonishing to have proposals for a law for which there seems little need," he said.
Inayat Bunglawla, of the Muslim Council of Britain, which British Prime Minister Tony Blair has courted, also opposed the government's plans.
"We are in favour of glorification of terror being prohibited but this bill's scope is far wider than that," he said.
"For us it is part of our faith that we support people engaged in struggles against injustice, such as from oppressive regimes, and this bill risks criminalizing that," he said.
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