announced a date for his planned march and local police said Saturday he had not contacted them about it , as people planning marches are required to do before staging a demonstration . But the threat itself prompted more than 215,000 people to join a Facebook group opposing the march as of Monday , a day after he posted a letter online justifying it . `` The highway for heroes & wonderful people of WB do not deserve this march to happen , '' the group 's home page says . `` This group can march anywhere it wishes in the country but have chosen WB to cause outrage & offense . Islam4UK is an extremists -LRB- sic -RRB- Islamic group & does not represent the Muslim community in this country . '' Choudary 's open letter , `` To the Families of British Soldiers who have died or who are currently in Afghanistan , '' appeared on the Web site of his organization , Islam4UK , on Sunday . The group had announced its intention to stage the protest earlier in a short statement on its Web site . `` The procession in Wootton Basset -LRB- sic -RRB- is
London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A controversial British Muslim cleric is threatening to stage a march through the town that receives the bodies of British war dead as a protest against the war in Afghanistan , drawing fury and outrage . Anjem Choudary has accused soldiers of `` murderous crimes , '' and said the United States and United Kingdom are seeking to `` establish their own military , economic , strategic and ideological interests in the region . '' British and American troops are suffering `` depression '' as they realize `` there is no real moral or ethic -LRB- sic -RRB- reason for them to murder innocent men , women and children to fulfill their politicians -LRB- sic -RRB- agenda , '' the preacher says . His organization proposes to parade empty coffins through the streets of the English town of Wootton Bassett , where the bodies of British war dead are traditionally brought when they return to the country . Relatives and friends line the streets of the town along with local residents as hearses carry the flag-draped British remains , in scenes of public mourning widely reported by British media . Choudary has not