362. As to the second meaning (2), in my view, the DEVIANT GROUPS SPEECH (2009) where the Claimant quoted Sheikh bin Baz’s words with approval (“…jihad in the path of Allah it is from the best of those things that bring us closer to Allah and one of the greatest acts of obedience”) was sufficiently recent to make good the BBC’s second charge (particularly when taken in the context of the other speeches in which he espouses extremist views). 363. However, in any event, many of the Claimant’s speeches were posted on the LIC website and (as the Claimant would have expected) remain live and accessible on the Web on a variety of sites (viz. e.g. on YouTube and sites advertising Islamic material such as www.kallamullah.com). These days, the Web is a living library for public speeches by public figures such as the Claimant. 364. For these reasons, in my view, neither of these errors of detail (in the sense used by Eady J in Turcu (supra)) is of sufficient significance to undermine the BBC’s case on justification. The substance of the charge by the BBC against the Claimant in the WCO remains ‘substantially true’. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSONS 365. In summary, for the reasons set out above, the BBC succeeds in its defence of justification. 366. I find the words complained of (“WCO”) are substantially true in their meanings: (1) The Claimant is an extremist Islamic speaker who espouses extremist Islamic positions. (2) The Claimant had recently promoted and encouraged religious violence by telling Muslims that violence in support of Islam would constitute a man’s greatest deed. 367. In my judgement, the Claimant’s DEVIANT GROUPS SPEECH (2009) is sufficient to make good the BBC’s case on justification on its own. It contains clear statements by the Claimant justifying both limbs of the meaning of the WCO (above). 368. In my judgement, taken cumulatively, the Claimant’s speeches and postings, represent an overwhelming case of justification for the BBC. In the KINGSTON UNIVERSITY SPEECH (2006), the ADVICE TO TAWFIQUE CHOWDHURY (2009), the DEVIANT GROUPS SPEECH (2009), the AAFIA SIDDIQUI SPEECH (2010), the CAGE PRISONERS SPEECH (2010), and the BELMARSH PRISON SPEECH (2011), the Claimant repeatedly espouses a series of extremist Islamic positions (including most of the classic extremist Islamic positions listed in paragraphs 118 -128 above) and promotes and encourages violence in support of Islam. 369. If there had been simply a single ‘one off’ speech, there might be pause for thought. However, these half-dozen speeches represent a consistent pattern of behaviour on the part of the Claimant of fomenting extremist ideas and ideology before engaged and receptive Muslim audiences. I am satisfied that the import of the Claimant’s core 84

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