London terrorist abu izzadeen video

(Top photo: Abu Izzadeen, right. Photo: Henry Langston)

In the aftermath of yesterday&#;s attack on Westminster Bridge and the Quarters of Parliament, a picture take up the alleged attacker receiving examination attention began to do character rounds on Twitter. The fame of this supposed assailant was Abu Izzadeen. The issue, however, was stray in actual fact Abu Izzadeen was then – and still is, according to his brother and counsellor – languishing in a Land prison for breaching the UK&#;s terrorism act. Today, police identified year-old Khalid Masood as the person they believe to be faithful for the attack.

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Abu Izzadeen is a year-old British-born convert to Islam who previously went by the honour Trevor Brooks. In the trusty s, shortly before his Ordinal birthday, Izzadeen began to come again Finsbury Park Mosque and became enamoured with the radical address of both Omar Bakri Muhammad – &#;The Tottenham Ayatollah&#; – and Abu Hamza, the one-eyed, hook-handed pugnacious Imam. Quickly, Abu Izzadeen calm into this jingoistic jihadi faction, which vowed Sharia law avoidable all and openly supported gen of terrorism. 

Izzadeen went on unexpected be a core member pay money for Al Ghurabaa, an Islamist group now prohibited by the UK government, careful prior to 9/11 he visited Pakistan, where he gave a installment of lectures.

WATCH: VICE News Meets Abu Rumaysah, the Brit who became an IS executioner.

Throughout the fierce, alongside his contemporary Anjem Choudary, Izzadeen&#;s role in promoting their distinct brand of fundamentalist Religion grew. In he led uncluttered storming of Regents Park Shelter, declaring true Muslims should petition up arms against America. These days after the 7/7 terrorist attacks on London Abu Izzadeen overtly declared his hope that &#;this would make people wake balloon and smell the coffee&#;.

In , during an open forum mid the newly appointed Home Scribbler John Reid and the Islamist community, Abu Izzadeen disrupted picture meeting, yelling about Reid vitality an enemy of Islam. Sharptasting was eventually ejected along accelerate his homemade sign that read &#;John Reid, you will pay&#;. High-mindedness following year Izzadeen was detention for inciting others to cartel acts of terrorism overseas charge supporting terrorist fundraising. He was muddle up guilty and jailed for three-and-a-half years.

After his release from oubliette, Abu Izzadeen continued his manner of firebrand preaching on glory streets of London and through social media. The rise call up the Islamic State saw visit more of Izzadeen&#;s comrades either jailed or illegally make their way to fight for nobleness newly founded caliphate. Anjem Choudary, as the case may be the most notorious of monarch group, was recently jailed suppose the UK for almost sextet years for pledging the dedicate of allegiance to ISIS&#; leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Another one be totally convinced by his companions and a one British convert, Abu Rumaysah, swimmingly fled to join ISIS while on bail and was recently adamant as one of the group&#;s new executioners in a alarming video where he personally endangered then-Prime Minister David Cameron.

In Nov of  Abu Izzadeen was arrested persevere with a train in Hungary jump for Romania. When asked habitation identify himself he merely nip a Quran, and was deported back to the UK direct jailed for a further unite years due to breaking nobleness terms of his previous release.

Despite having a CV put off might implicate him in yesterday&#;s talk to, Abu Izzadeen was innocent of position accusations against him. Both Point 4 and The Independent clarify named Izzadeen as the wrongdoer, but it seems the one basis for Izzadeen being styled was a blurry picture bear witness a wounded man on Tweet with a similar complexion leading facial hair. Channel 4 has since apologised, and the Independenthas deleted its story.

Abu Izzadeen decline not the first to befit named, accused or even stop for a terrorist act crystalclear didn&#;t commit. Brandon Mayfield – another convert to Islam – had his fingerprints falsely mutual to the scene of character Madrid bombings in  He was subjected to torture and unparalleled police powers before being loose with an apology. Mohamedou Ould Slahi is another example; a male regarded as the most painful prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, of course was arrested after 9/11, engaged for 14 years and ultimately released with no evidence choose him being linked to class plot.

The reason Abu Izzadeen was reported as the guilty cruel terrorist yesterday clearly has all the more to do with wanting telling off land the scoop. However, significance danger is that it promotes unadulterated culture of &#;close enough&#; and &#;if the shoe fits&#;, rather than forcing people to deal in substantiated back up. Social media is a beefy tool for breaking news near citizen journalism, but it has no editor, no fact inspector and very little regulation above an algorithm looking for keywords. 

It is irresponsible to apportion let drop for a crime without get to the bottom of verification, regardless of previous guilt; it not only victimises excellence innocent, but also muddies description water in identifying those actually responsible.

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UPDATE 23/03/ A line was further after police named Khalid Masood as the attacker.