Sept 11 attackers dubbed 'The Magnificent 19'

The suicide attackers who killed more than 3,000 people on September 11 are being hailed by a UK-based Islamist group as "The Magnificent 19".

The radical Al-Muhajiroun group have put up posters carrying the slogan under pictures of the hijackers.

A spokesman for the group claimed the actions of the 19 hijackers were "quite splendid" and were completely justified by Sharia law.

But his comments were dismissed by Muslim peer Baroness Uddin as a "gross violation" of Islamic teaching which would be rejected by the vast majority of Britain's Muslim community.

She condemned the posters, which advertise a conference of Al-Muhajiroun at an undisclosed location in the UK.

Lady Uddin told the BBC: "I find it totally unpalatable. If I was having a discussion here, I would make sure that young people who are thinking of going there are made to be aware that that is not Islam."

But Al-Muhajiroun spokesman Abu Omar told the programme that Muslims who condemned the September 11 attacks were "apostates" whose opinions should carry no weight.

He said: "In regard to 9/11, the action of these 19 with regard to Sharia are completely justified.

"I don't believe any Muslim who believes in Islam and believes in his Lord would disagree with that.

"I believe that the Muslim community around the world believes those 19 were magnificent. They believe their actions were quite splendid and they believe that many of the activities that have taken place since 9/11 are completely justified in the light of Sharia."