Two men have been found guilty of murdering soldier Lee Rigby outside Woolwich barracks in south-east London in May. Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, struck Fusilier Rigby with a car before hacking him to death. Adebolajo had claimed he was a “soldier of Allah” and the killing was an act of war. The men were found not guilty of attempting to murder a police officer at the scene.

“Islam, one of the great religions, is not on trial.”— Richard Whittam Q.C.

So said the prosecuting Counsel in the trail of the Muslim converts who murdered Lee Rigby. He is correct.

Islam says that the murder of one person is equal to the murder of the whole of humanity. Lee Rigby was not on duty, he was not in the battlefield and he was not fighting. His killing was not an act of war but cold blooded murder. We urge all Muslims to condemn it most forcefully.