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Six face jail over terror charges | Six face jail over terror charges |
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A former electrician who became a Muslim preacher and heckled the home secretary faces jail after being convicted for terror-related crimes. | A former electrician who became a Muslim preacher and heckled the home secretary faces jail after being convicted for terror-related crimes. |
Abu Izzadeen, 32, who was tried under his real name Omar Brooks, was found guilty of terrorist fundraising and inciting terrorism overseas. | Abu Izzadeen, 32, who was tried under his real name Omar Brooks, was found guilty of terrorist fundraising and inciting terrorism overseas. |
Five other men convicted of terror offences are also due to be sentenced. | Five other men convicted of terror offences are also due to be sentenced. |
One of the men, Shah Jalal Hussain, is still missing after jumping bail and failing to appear in court on 8 April. | One of the men, Shah Jalal Hussain, is still missing after jumping bail and failing to appear in court on 8 April. |
The guilty men were all members of an extreme Islamic group known at the Al-Muhajiroun. | |
Izzadeen made the news in 2006 when he heckled then Home Secretary John Reid during a speech in the east end of London. | Izzadeen made the news in 2006 when he heckled then Home Secretary John Reid during a speech in the east end of London. |
Bin Laden | Bin Laden |
He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment after a court heard of his support, in November 2004, for al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. He was also recorded calling for a jihad-style war against coalition forces occupying Iraq. | He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment after a court heard of his support, in November 2004, for al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. He was also recorded calling for a jihad-style war against coalition forces occupying Iraq. |
Izzadeen hit the news for heckling the home secretary in 2006 | Izzadeen hit the news for heckling the home secretary in 2006 |
The jury also heard he tried to raise donations to help terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan and incited other Muslims to go abroad and take up arms as terrorists. | The jury also heard he tried to raise donations to help terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan and incited other Muslims to go abroad and take up arms as terrorists. |
Fellow Muslim convert Simon Keeler, 36, faces sentence on similar charges of terrorism fundraising and incting terror overseas. | Fellow Muslim convert Simon Keeler, 36, faces sentence on similar charges of terrorism fundraising and incting terror overseas. |
Abdul Saleem, 32, and Ibrahim Hassan, 25, will be sentenced on one charge of inciting terrorism. They were both cleared of fundraising for terrorists. | Abdul Saleem, 32, and Ibrahim Hassan, 25, will be sentenced on one charge of inciting terrorism. They were both cleared of fundraising for terrorists. |
Shah Jilal Hussain and Abdul Muhid, both 25, were also found guilty of fundraising for terrorists by a jury on Thursday. | Shah Jilal Hussain and Abdul Muhid, both 25, were also found guilty of fundraising for terrorists by a jury on Thursday. |
Absconded | Absconded |
But Hussain - who was given bail - will be sentenced in his absence after he absconded while the jury was deliberating. | But Hussain - who was given bail - will be sentenced in his absence after he absconded while the jury was deliberating. |
He is still on the run more than a week later and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. | He is still on the run more than a week later and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. |
A ban on reporting his absence has been lifted and police in London have appealed for any information on his whereabouts. | A ban on reporting his absence has been lifted and police in London have appealed for any information on his whereabouts. |
Run by notorious preacher Omar Bakri, a self-styled sheikh, the group believes in total world dominance of Islam and the imposition of Shari'a law. | Run by notorious preacher Omar Bakri, a self-styled sheikh, the group believes in total world dominance of Islam and the imposition of Shari'a law. |