LONDON, February 7, 2008 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – The British Tory opposed on Tuesday, February 7, attempts by the ruling Labour to exploited a march by angry British Muslims over the offensive Danish cartoons to justify introducing a controversial clause in the terror bill to outlaw the "glorification" of terrorism.

"Many of those people carrying those placards were clearly inciting violence or inciting hatred and that is against the law. It does not need any new glorification laws," Tory leader David Cameron told Britain’s The Independent newspaper.

"The things they are inciting people to do are against the law today," he asserted.

Some British Muslims demonstrated last week outside the Danish embassy in London, chanting and bearing placards with slogans such as "Massacre Those Who Insult Islam" and one of them was dressed as a bomber.

The man, Omar Khayam, was arrested Tuesday at the instigation of the Home Office, a day after he apologized for offending the feelings of many Britons.

Home Secretary Richard Clarke used the incident to call on Cameron to drop opposition to the clause outlawing glorification of terrorism in the Labour’s Terror Bill.

It was defeated by 322 votes to 291 in the lower House of Commons, the first defeat for British Prime Minister Tony Blair on a legislative proposal in parliament since taking office in 1997.

Critics have said that it would be difficult to convince a jury to convict someone on such a vague concept as "glorification."

Barrister Hugo Charlton said he was opposed to knee-jerk reaction to the cartoons row.

"We all need to remain calm ­ what we don't want is more legislation that might be misused at other times. The media has a very important role to play in what happens next."

Twelve cartoons of a man assumed to be Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), first published last September by Denmark's mass-circulation Jyllands-Posten and then reprinted by several European dailies, have caused an uproar in the Muslim world.

The paper published apologies in several Arab newspapers, the latest of which appeared on Tuesday, February 7, in the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram.

"The purpose (of the rally) is to put across the mainstream Islamic viewpoint," said Bunglawala.

Meanwhile, Muslim groups in Britain said Tuesday they will stage a rally in London on Saturday, February 11, to counter the march staged by Khayam and his colleagues.

"The purpose is to put across the mainstream Islamic viewpoint. We think the extremists, with their disgraceful placards, have turned attention away from the original issue," Inayat Bunglawala, the spokesman for the umbrella Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"We want to refocus attention to what this is about: the senseless publication of images of the Prophet Muhammad."

The rally at Trafalgar Square will take place at 12:00 pm (1200 GMT) Saturday and involve affiliates of the MCB, including the Islamic Society of Britain, the UK Islamic Mission and Muslim Association of Britain.

Several thousand people from across Britain are expected to attend, Bunglawala said.

The MCB is Britain's most respected Islamic body and an umbrella group for a number of organizations. It is regularly consulted by the government.

Blair welcomed the MCB’s condemnation of last week’s protest.