Leave it to the UK to be one of the only countries with supporters openly eulogizing Bin Laden.

(Telegraph) — While his role in planning and coordinating al-Qaeda activity had lessened in the past decade as the group spread across the world, bin Laden remained an inspirational figurehead for Islamic extremists.

Anjem Choudary, the radical Muslim preacher and former UK leader of the banned al-Muhajiroun organisation, said attacks on domestic soil, accompanied by an escalation of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, could follow within days.

Bin Laden’s supporters in Britain loved him “the way they care about their own parents”, the sharia law lecturer said.

Choudary, who acts as spokesman for the extremist Muslims Against Crusades group, said: “I think Britain is more likely to face a 7/7 today than ever.

“Rather than dampening the spirits of those who are today engaged in jihad physically around the world … his death will merely act as an incentive to prove to the world that the death of anyone will not affect them.