217. The Claimant quotes Sheikh bin Baz without equivocation that solidarity amongst Muslims means making “jihad against the Jews” and “fighting the Jews in an Islamic Jihad until the Territory [Palestine] goes back to its proper people”. In my view, what the Claimant is clearly doing in this passage is encouraging offensive jihad against Jews to recover Palestine and return it to the Muslims. The Claimant accepted in cross-examination that he was referring to historic Palestine, i.e. in old Arabic, the land of the Philistines which runs from the Mediterranean to the River Jordan. There is no suggestion that this exhortation is based on self-defence. Mr Bennett accepted that the Claimant could be criticised for not having chosen a ‘better’ quotation from Sheikh bin Baz. Eleventh section 218. The striking section at the end of the eleventh section is clear in its message: every Muslim should “at least” have the intention of struggling and fighting and sacrificing himself or else he dies on the branch of “hypocrisy” (shu’ba min al nifaq). This is, on the face of it, clear encouragement to the audience to get up from their seats in London and go off and engage in armed jihad (qital) (see the discussion further below). ‘Zionists’ 219. The Claimant was cross-examined about the tenth passage in which the Claimant cited Sheikh bin Baz referring to “...fighting the Jews an Islamic Jihad”. The Claimant gave what Mr Caldecott QC rightly described as a ‘chilling’ answer: “Q: "Do I understand you to be saying that this section of your speech is entirely acceptable provided you replace the word Jews with the word Zionists?" A: "No because that doesn't mean every Zionist should be killed, but what I am trying to say is that there isn't a problem in terms of Judaism and Jews specifically but there is a problem with let's say Zionism in the sense that it has led to the oppression of the Palestinian people, that is the concept that I am trying to mention here."” Sheikh bin Baz (1910-1999) 220. As stated above, a central feature of the Claimant’s DEVIANT’S GROUP SPEECH (2009) is Sheikh bin Baz (who is referred to, or cited, by the Claimant no less than 56 times in the speech). 221. Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Baz (1910-1999) was the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999. He was a highly significant religious figure in the development and prominence of Salafi-Wahabi Islam in the 20th century and the religious mainstay of Saudi policy during the tumultuous years of the emergence of Saudi Arabia as a powerful oil-state and the protector of the Protected Domains (haramayn) of Mecca and Medina of Islam. 222. Sheikh bin Baz was responsible for many controversial religious decisions and legal rulings (fatwa) which have had far-reaching repercussions across the Sunni-Islamic world to this day. He was a signatory to the fatwa that declared support for the Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan in resisting Soviet occupation as an individual 50