Sajeel Shahid

Sajeel Shahid
Other names Abu Ibrahim [1]
Occupation computer scientist
Known for Helping to lead a proscribed Islamist group based in the United Kingdom

Sajeel Shahid also spelt as Sajil Shahid was one of the leaders of Al-Muhajiroun, an Islamist group based in the United Kingdom that endorsed al Qaeda's terror attacks on September 11, 2001. He was called the Emir or Lahore Emir and was the head of Al-Muhajiroun in Pakistan.[1][2][3][4][5][6] [7] On December 1, 2001, an interview with Shahid was published in the Manchester Evening News, in which he described fellow young men from the Manchester area traveling to Pakistan to fight beside the Taliban.[2]

In 2005, it was reported that Shahid had run a "safe house" in Lahore for violent extremists from the United Kingdom. The Pakistani government abducted and held Shahid in 2005 at an undisclosed location without access to the justice system for three month before expelling him. PTI chief Imran Khan called Shahid's abduction and detention a gross human rights violation.[1][8][9]

During the 2007 trial of individuals suspected of involvement in the Luton cell's bomb plot the Daily Mail and BBC reported that the training camp in Pakistan where Mohammed Quayyam Khan and Omar Khyam received bomb-making training had been allegedly set up by Shahid.[7][10]

The Daily Mail and BBC reported that Mohammed Siddique Khan was also suspected of involvement in training at a camp set up by Shahid.[7][10]

Shahid has a degree in computer science from Manchester University.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nick Fielding (2005-07-24). "Terror links of the Tottenham Ayatollah: Nick Fielding reveals the influence of a preacher once seen as a mere loudmouth". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2010-10-24. mirror
  2. 1 2 "Main goal - the Islamic revolution in Pakistan". Manchester Evening News. 2001-12-01. Retrieved 2012-02-10. mirror
  3. ↑ "The Herald, Volume 36, Issues 10-12". The Herald. 2005.
  4. ↑ Alison Pargeter (2008). The New Frontiers of Jihad Radical Islam in Europe. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-8122-4146-4. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  5. ↑ "Al Muhajirun demands release of militants". Daily Times (Pakistan). 2002-07-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2012-02-10. mirror
  6. ↑ Disaffected youth seduced by notion of holy war San Francisco Chronicle
  7. 1 2 3 "How many more are out there?". BBC. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  8. ↑ "PTI launches campaign to protect human rights", The Dawn
  9. ↑ Padraic Flanagan (2007-05-02). "Three terror suspects missing on our streets". Daily Express. Retrieved 2010-10-24. mirror
  10. 1 2 "Bin Laden's 'Bashful Dwarf' on the loose in Britain". Daily Mail. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2012-02-18. Meanwhile Sajil Shahid has been able to travel freely despite suspicions that he set up the training camp where Khan and Khyam learned bomb-making.
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