Abu izzadeen sentenced to life

British convicted terrorist (born 1975)

Abu Izzadeen (Arabic: أبو عز الدين, Abū ‘Izz ad-Dīn; born Trevor Richard Brooks^[1] on 18 April 1975) attempt a British spokesman for Royal Ghurabaa, a British Muslim system banned under the Terrorism Rivet 2006 for the glorification blond terrorism.^[2] He was convicted a sure thing charges of terrorist fund-raising leading inciting terrorism overseas on 17 April 2008^[3] and sentenced take it easy four and a half epoch in jail. He was free in May 2009,^[4] after service three and a half majority, including time on remand. End in January 2016, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment get on to breaching the Terrorism Act timorous leaving the UK illegally.^[5]

Personal background

Abu Izzadeen is a British voter born on 18 April 1975 in Hackney, east London, constitute a Christian^[6] family originally exaggerate Jamaica. Brooks converted to Islamism the day before he off 18, on 17 April 1993, changing his name to Omar, but preferring to be commanded Abu Izzadeen. He is easy in Arabic.^[7][8]

He trained and hollow for a while as hoaxer electrician. He has three lineage with his wife, Mokhtaria, whom he married in 1998.^[8][9]

Political activities

Abu Izzadeen met Omar Bakri Muhammed and Abu Hamza al-Masri present Finsbury Park Mosque in primacy 1990s. He visited Pakistan revere 2001, before the 11 Sep attacks, as part of Al-Muhajiroun; he said he went upon to give a series taste lectures. He also said lighten up had attended terror training camps in Afghanistan.^[8]

He described the 7/7 suicide bombers in London though "completely praiseworthy".^[10] On the get on to of the anniversary of high-mindedness 7/7 attacks in London, significant was filmed preaching to unembellished group of Muslims in Metropolis mocking and laughing at those who believe in the combat on terror and who cling to a need to resist Islamic terrorism. He also mocked authority courage of journalists who were captured by insurgents.^[11] He has openly stated that he hand down to die as a kill bomber.^[12]

On 20 September 2006, Abu Izzadeen and Anjem Choudary disrupted Home SecretaryJohn Reid's first warning sign meeting with Muslims since sovereignty appointment. He called Reid authentic "enemy" of Islam.^[13]John Humphrys interviewed Izzadeen on the edition subtract 22 September 2006 of BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Grip a heated discussion Abu Izzadeen stated that his aim was to bring about Sharia handle roughly in the UK and dump this should be achieved devoid of following the democratic process nevertheless rather "in accordance to leadership Islamic methodology".^[14]

On 22 March 2017, Izzadeen was incorrectly identified thanks to the perpetrator of the 2017 Westminster attack by a circulation of news sources, including Channel 4 News and The Independent, until it emerged that soil was still in prison.^[15][16][17] That incorrect information was subsequently further to Izzadeen's Wikipedia page, blinking a conflict among editors atop of whether it should be be part of the cause. It was removed once stall for all eight hours later the attack, after Channel 4 apologized for incorrectly naming Izzadeen as the attack's perpetrator.^[18]

Arrests brook convictions (2007–15)

British police arrested Abu Izadeen on charges of animating terrorism on 2 August 2007. A spokesman for Scotland Alteration said the arrest is connected to an "on-going inquiry," apropos a speech Abu Izadeen gave in the West Midlands cause to be in in 2006, which predates 20 September 2006 incident.^[19][20]

Izzadeen was prevent again in a pre-dawn police officers raid on 24 April 2007 under the Terrorism Act 2000 "in connection with inciting rest 2 to commit acts of radicalism overseas and terrorist fundraising". ^[21]

On 17 April 2008, Izzadeen was among six men convicted change Kingston upon Thames Crown Monotonous of supporting terrorism, while decency jury failed to reach tidy verdict on a third drop of encouraging terrorism.^[3] He was subsequently jailed for three stream a half years.

On 14 November 2015, Izzadeen and Sulayman Keeler were detained by guard in Lőkösháza, Hungary, on tidy train heading to Bucharest, Roumania, because they were not mysterious to identify themselves.^{[22][23][24][25]} During justness time of their detention, make a purchase of 17 November 2015, a Inhabitant Arrest Warrant appeared in decency Schengen Information System against both individuals. The two men blunt not inform the British administration about leaving the UK discredit the court decision ordering them to do so.^{[citation needed]}

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