have travelled to conflict zones such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen or Somalia, and
engaged in armed jihad in the name of Islam.
309.
In my view, like the Claimant’s other speeches a significant number of people in the
audience listening to the Claimant’s CAGE PRISONERS SPEECH (2010), or
viewing it on line, would have regarded the Claimant as espousing extremist Islamic
positions, and promoting and encouraging violent Jihad in the name of Islam.
Internet
310.
(6)
311.
As the Claimant well knew, his speech was filmed, for subsequent publication on the
internet, where it has (to date) been watched 1,154 times and where it remains
available to view to an even greater audience at e.g.www.vimeo.com/24267181.
HHUGS SPEECH (2011)
The BBC rely on a speech given by the Claimant on 19 th March 2011 at the annual
dinner for Hhugs (‘Helping Households Under Great Stress’), a charity which,
according to its website, was “established to provide practical support and advice to
households devastated by the arrest of a family member under UK anti-terror
legislation”. In the event, however, Mr Caldecott QC did not invite the Court to place
any particular weight on the HHUGS SPEECH (2011), so I can deal with the matter
fairly swiftly.
Text of the speech
312.
In the course of the seven minute speech the Claimant said:
“My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, it gives me great
pleasure and honour to be here at this event organised by
HHUGS. An organisation that is doing work which, I can say,
very few, if any, other organisations are doing this work. The
work of supporting families of brothers who are in prison.
Allah, the Majestic and Sublime, has blessed us with a noble
deen. A deen that Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, will only
accept. As Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, tells us in the
Quran: “Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam” .
The deen with Allah, the Exalted, is only the Islam
“So part of those good deeds to please Allah [the Glorified and
Exalted] is to spend in the path of Allah the Majestic and
Sublime]. Spend on the poor and needy. And that’s when the
hadith, the messenger of Allah, our Imam, our guide, our
teacher peace be upon him and his family says One who strives
to help the widows and the poor is like the one who fights in
the way of Allah. The messenger of Allah peace be upon him is
saying, the one who helps and makes effort in helping the
widow and the poor and the needy, then he is like the one who
is making jihad in the path of Allah the Glorified and Exalted.
Helping the families of brothers who are in prison, giving to
those families, supporting those families, coming to their aid
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