And in England, a speech by Home Secretary John Reid was disrupted Wednesday by a British Muslim activist named Abu Izzadeen. He accused the government of practicing state terrorism.

• Abu Izzadeen: “They come into the Muslim houses, they raid houses, they grab women not covered and drag them out to the police station, be interrogated. I am not going no where. Terrorism. State terrorism run by the British police. How dare you come to a Muslim area.”

At the time Reid was meeting with members of the Muslim community in East London. It was his first speech to a Muslim audience since becoming home secretary.