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[[Omar Bakri Muhammad]] is the founder of [[Al-Muhajiroun]]. | [[Omar Bakri Muhammad]] is the founder of [[Al-Muhajiroun]]. | ||
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Bakri was born in Syria in 1958.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, ''The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque'', HarperCollins, 2006, p.105.</ref> He left that country in 1982, following the [[Hafez al-Assad|Assad]] regime's repression of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] revolt in which he had taken part.<ref>Mark Curtis, ''Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam'', Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.</ref> He founded [[Al-Muhajiroun]] in Saudi Arabia in 1983.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.244.</ref> Following the proscription of Al-Muhajiroun in Saudi Arabia, Bakri fled to Britain in 1986.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.245.</ref> | Bakri was born in Syria in 1958.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, ''The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque'', HarperCollins, 2006, p.105.</ref> He left that country in 1982, following the [[Hafez al-Assad|Assad]] regime's repression of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] revolt in which he had taken part.<ref>Mark Curtis, ''Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam'', Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.</ref> He founded [[Al-Muhajiroun]] in Saudi Arabia in 1983.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.244.</ref> Following the proscription of Al-Muhajiroun in Saudi Arabia, Bakri fled to Britain in 1986.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.245.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Hizb-ut-Tahrir leader== | ||
Bakri subsequently became leader of the British branch of [[Hizb-ut-Tahrir]].<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, ''The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque'', HarperCollins, 2006, p.105.</ref> He was arrested in 1991 after saying that [[John Major]] was a legitimate target for assassination as a result of the Gulf War.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.</ref> He was not charged over the incident.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, ''The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque'', HarperCollins, 2006, p.113.</ref> | Bakri subsequently became leader of the British branch of [[Hizb-ut-Tahrir]].<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, ''The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque'', HarperCollins, 2006, p.105.</ref> He was arrested in 1991 after saying that [[John Major]] was a legitimate target for assassination as a result of the Gulf War.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.</ref> He was not charged over the incident.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, ''The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque'', HarperCollins, 2006, p.113.</ref> | ||
During the 1990s he supported the KLA in Kosovo.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.245.</ref> The American intelligence writer John Loftus has claimed he was working with British intelligence at this time.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.244.</ref> | During the 1990s he supported the KLA in Kosovo.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.245.</ref> The American intelligence writer John Loftus has claimed he was working with British intelligence at this time.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.244.</ref> | ||
| − | + | ==Forms Al-Muhajiroun== | |
Bakri split with [[Hizb-ut-Tahrir]] in early 1996, when he formed his own separate Al-Muhajiroun organisation.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.</ref> | Bakri split with [[Hizb-ut-Tahrir]] in early 1996, when he formed his own separate Al-Muhajiroun organisation.<ref>Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 02:49, 21 April 2016
Omar Bakri Muhammad is the founder of Al-Muhajiroun.
Background
Bakri was born in Syria in 1958.[1] He left that country in 1982, following the Assad regime's repression of the Muslim Brotherhood revolt in which he had taken part.[2] He founded Al-Muhajiroun in Saudi Arabia in 1983.[3] Following the proscription of Al-Muhajiroun in Saudi Arabia, Bakri fled to Britain in 1986.[4]
Hizb-ut-Tahrir leader
Bakri subsequently became leader of the British branch of Hizb-ut-Tahrir.[5] He was arrested in 1991 after saying that John Major was a legitimate target for assassination as a result of the Gulf War.[6] He was not charged over the incident.[7]
During the 1990s he supported the KLA in Kosovo.[8] The American intelligence writer John Loftus has claimed he was working with British intelligence at this time.[9]
Forms Al-Muhajiroun
Bakri split with Hizb-ut-Tahrir in early 1996, when he formed his own separate Al-Muhajiroun organisation.[10]
Journalist Mark Curtis reports that in the late 1990s, Bakr claimed to be operating in Britain under a 'covenant of security' with the British state.[11] This must be treated with some caution as it is sourced to a MEMRI report.[12] MEMRI in turn cites an interview with Bakri by Patrick Goodenough for a news site associated with the US conservative movement, CNSNews.com.[13]
Bakri left Britain for Lebanon a month after the 2005 London bombings. The Home Secretary Charles Clarke announced in 2006, that he would not be allowed to return to Britain.[14] Mark Curtis suggests that this was an arrangement designed to conceal potentially embarrassing past links between Bakri and the intelligence community.[15]
Notes
- ↑ Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, HarperCollins, 2006, p.105.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.244.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.245.
- ↑ Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, HarperCollins, 2006, p.105.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.
- ↑ Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, HarperCollins, 2006, p.113.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.245.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.244.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.273.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.243.
- ↑ Yotam Feldner, Radical Islamist Profiles (2): Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad - London, MEMRI, 25 October 2001.
- ↑ Patrick Goodenough, UK Muslims Being Trained in US for Jihad, CNSnews.com, 24 May 2000.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.274.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tale, 2010, p.275.
