A British man who urged Muslims in Brighton to carry out “jihad by the sword” has been jailed for four years after being convicted of encouraging terrorism.
In November 2020 Abubaker Deghayes, 53, told around 50 worshippers, including children: “Jihad is compulsory. Jihad is fighting by sword.”
A jury at the Old Bailey in London was shown a video taken at the Dyke Road mosque in Brighton which caught Deghayes saying: “You, idiots. You kuffar (non-believers). … The non-believer is an idiot. He’s stupid.”
Libyan-born Deghayes went on to insist jihad meant violence and he criticised Prevent, the UK government programme which aims to turn people away from violent extremism through mentoring.
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