Abdullah el Faisal Wikipedia. This article is about the Jamaican Muslim cleric convicted of soliciting murder and inciting hatred. For the Saudi Arabian prince, see Abdullah al Faisal. Abdullah el Faisal. Born. Trevor William Forrest1. September 1. 96. 3 age 5. Saint James Parish, Jamaica. Nationality. Jamaican. Other names. Abdullah al Faisal, Sheikh Faisal, Sheik Faisal. Hurricane Irma, which has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm as it closes in on Florida, is now expected to swing west, regain power and rake the states west. Why are Jews hated by so many people Why are so many people antiSemitic How and why did antiSemitism start Is there a solution to antiSemitismOccupation. Cleric. Criminal charge. Under the Offences against the Person Act 1. Jews, Americans, Christians, and Hindus, and using threatening words to stir up racial hatred in English and Arabic language tapes of speeches to his followers2Criminal penalty. Nine years in prison. Criminal status. Released 2. May 2. 00. 7 deported. SpousesTwo currently one of whom is Zubeida Khan. Children. 3ParentsMerlyn Forrest mother Lorenzo Forrest fatherConvictions2. February 2. 00. 32Abdullah el Faisal born Trevor William Forrest, also known as Abdullah al Faisal, Sheikh Faisal, Sheik Faisal, and Imam Al Jamaikee, born 1. September 1. 96. 31 is a Muslim cleric who preached in the United Kingdom until he was convicted of stirring up racial hatred and urging his followers to murder Jews, Hindus, Christians, and Americans. 2345El Faisal was sentenced to nine years in prison, of which he served four years before being deported to Jamaica in 2. He subsequently traveled to Africa, but was deported from Botswana in 2. Kenya back to Jamaica in January 2. El Faisal is a Salafi. 78Early lifeeditEl Faisal was born in Saint James Parish to an evangelical Christian family which belonged to the Salvation Army church, a Christian denomination. 91. He grew up in the small farming village of Point, about 1. Montego Bay, in upper St. James, Jamaica. 1. He attended Springfield All Age, then Maldon Primary and Junior High. At age 1. 6, he converted to Islam,1. Maldon High School. 1. He began using the name Abdullah el Faisal shortly after graduating Maldon in 1. In 1. 98. 1 in Trinidad, he took a six week course in Islamic and Arabic studies sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government. 1 He left Jamaica in 1. Guyana where he studied Arabic and Islam for a year. He then moved to Saudi Arabia where he studied at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Muhammad university of Riyadh and then moved to the UK later in the 1. Starting in 1. 98. El Faisal studied Islam for seven years on a Saudi government scholarship at the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 121. England 1. 99. 12. El Faisal was sent to the United Kingdom to preach by Sheikh Raji. He returned to the UK in 1. Salafi. Brixton Mosque in South London,1. Brixton Town Hall. 2. He married his second wife, Pakistani British biology graduate Zubeida Khan whom he met months after his arrival, in 1. This meant he had two wives, as his first marriage was still extant. 2. In 1. 99. 3, el Faisal was ejected by Brixton Mosques administration who objected to his radical preaching. 2. Afterward, he gave a lecture he called The Devils Deception of the Saudi Salafis, where he attacked the Brixton Mosque management on the basis of their alleged subservience to the corrupt rulers of Saudi Arabia. 3. He opened a study center in Tower Hamlets, East London. 1. Referred to as Sheikh by his followers,4 el Faisal travelled and lectured to audiences in mosques in Birmingham, London, and Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, and in Manchester, Worthing, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Swansea, Coventry, Maidenhead, Tipton, Beeston, and venues in Scotland and Wales. 21. Some of his lectures were taped and sold at Islamic bookshops. 3. He also called on Muslim mothers to raise their children to be jihad soldiers by the age of 1. The content of those taped lectures served as the basis for his later trial and conviction. 2In February 2. El Faisals tapes were purchased by an undercover police officer at an Islamic bookshop at 6. Brick Lane in London and seized under a search warrant at Zam Zam Bookshop at 3. Green Street in East Ham and at his home at 1. Albert Square in Stratford. 2 He was arrested on 1. February 2. 00. 2. 2El Faisal is an associate of Abu Hamza al Masri, the Egyptian ousted from the Finsbury Park mosque who is known for preaching against non Muslims, and who is currently incarcerated in the United States for various offenses. 3. El Faisal is reportedly a former supporter of Osama bin Laden, and has been linked to al Qaeda members. 3. Conviction and imprisonment 2. Conviction. After a four week trial at the Old Bailey, el Faisal was found guilty by a jury of six men and six women on 2. February 2. 00. 3 of a three charges of soliciting the murder of Jews, Americans, Hindus, and Christians and b two charges of using threatening words to stir up racial hatred, in tapes of speeches to his followers. 2 He was the first Muslim cleric to be tried in the UK. 4Taped lectures. In tapes of lectures he had given, he exhorted Muslim women to buy toy guns for their children, to train them for jihad. 2 El Faisal tried to recruit British schoolboys for Jihad training camps, promising them seventy two virgins in paradise if they died fighting a holy war. El Faisal said Those who want to go to Jannah paradise, its easy, just kill a Kaffar unbeliever. Kaffar you have purchased your ticket to paradise. 2 He suggested killing non Muslims like cockroaches. 3. On one tape, titled Jihad, he said Our methodology is the bullet, not the ballot. 2 In a tape called Rules of Jihad, thought to have been made before the 91. You have to learn how to shoot. You have to learn how to fly planes, drive tanks, and you have to learn how to load your guns and to use missiles. You are only allowed to use nuclear weapons in that country which is 1. He encouraged the use of anything, even chemical weapons, to exterminate non believers. 2 A picture of the burning World Trade Center was on the cover of one recording. 3. He lectured You can go to India, and if you see a Hindu walking down the road you are allowed to kill him and take his money, is that clear, because there is no peace treaty between us. 2 He also suggested that power plants could use the dead bodies of Hindus as fuel. 4. Jews, el Faisal said, should be killed. Hitler. He said People with British passports, if you fly into Israel, it is easy. Fly into Israel and do whatever you can. If you die, you are up in paradise. How do you fight a Jew You kill a Jew. In the case of Hindus, by bombing their businesses. 4. During the trial, he denied he had intended to incite people to violence. He also testified that he had held Osama bin Laden in great respect, but that bin Laden had lost the path since 1. September. 4. 2Sentencing and appeal. El Faisal was sentenced on 7 March 2. He received seven years for soliciting murder, 1. Old Bailey judge Peter Beaumont delivered the sentence. He said el Faisal had fanned the flames of hostility, and told him As the jury found, you not only preached hate, but the words you uttered in those meetings were recorded to reach a wider audience. You urged those who listened and watched to kill those who did not share your faith. 4 The judge suggested that el Faisal serve at least half his sentence, and then be deported. 4. On 1. 7 February 2. Faisal lost an appeal of his conviction. 24. While in prison, he attempted to improve conditions, saying if youre a cleric, you have to set an example for other Muslim prisoners to follow, and youre not supposed to crack under pressure. 4. He ended up serving four years. Followers 91. 1 plotter, Richard Reid, 77 and Flight 2. Prosecutors said he preached to 2. Richard Reid and 91. Zacarias Moussaoui. 4. In addition, two of the four accused 2. Muhammad Sidique Khan, responsible for the Edgware Road blast that killed 6 people, and Jamaican born Briton Germaine Lindsay, responsible for the blast that killed 2. Kings Cross tube station, were followers of El Faisal. 4. In an interview with the BBC in June 2. Germaine Lindsay but insisted he had not radicalized him. 4. In a May 2. 00. 5 online posting under the name farouk. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspected Christmas Day 2. Flight 2. 53 bomber, referred to El Faisal, writing i thought once they are arrested, no one hears about them for life and the keys to their prison wards are thrown away. Thats what I heard sheikh faisal of UK say he has also been arrested i heard. 5. Deportations from the UK, Botswana, and Kenya May 2. US Considers Chinese Investment in Artificial Intelligence a National Security Threat. The US Department of Defense is struggling to get its arms around all of the new security issues that have come with our current technological explosion. One unexpected consideration on the table is placing stricter limitations on investment capital from China flowing into American companies that are working on artificial intelligence. If you had any doubt that Russian hackers attempted to meddle with the United States electoralRead more Read. Technology is the fastest growing industry in the American economy according to recent data. And with all the political talk about JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, its a bit surprising to see the government floating plans to limit investment in American companies. But thats exactly what the Pentagon is proposing according to Reuters. From the report Of particular concern is Chinas interest in fields such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, which have increasingly attracted Chinese capital in recent years. The worry is that cutting edge technologies developed in the United States could be used by China to bolster its military capabilities and perhaps even push it ahead in strategic industries. The U. S. government is now looking to strengthen the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States CFIUS, the inter agency committee that reviews foreign acquisitions of U. S. companies on national security grounds. Reuters was able to view an unreleased Pentagon report that outlines the ways in which Chinese investors have found loopholes in CFIUS that allow them to avoid setting off any regulatory triggers. The report recommends that new legislation be drafted to update the rules governing foreign investment. It also advises that a list of critical technologies be compiled and restrictions should be placed on Chinese investment in those areas of development. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke to the US Senate at a hearing on Tuesday and he insisted that the CFIUS needs to be updated to deal with todays situation. The second most powerful man in the Senate, John Cornyn, has begun drafting legislation according to one of his aides. You heard that right. A top Republican is pushing for more regulation and less investment. Time will tell if Republicans can get behind another one of the Pentagons recommendations that goes against everything they stand for. The report is asking for greater flexibility on the immigration policy for Chinese graduate students studying in the US. It suggests that these students should be allowed to stay in the US after finishing their studies. The research firm Rhodium Group found that China funneled 4. US last year. It has increased that investment by 1. Tech lobbyists will surely be out in full force to fight any sort of regulatory increases. The new age of security threats includes encryption, online organization, cyberattacks, rapid spread of disinformation, autonomous vehicles, drones, unprecedented surveillance powers, and now, apparently, the pumping of billions of dollars into our economy. Reuters.
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