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UK Muslim who once dreamed of becoming PM now in Iraq waging jihad

Jun 22, 2014 6:52 pm By Robert Spencer

KhanBut British authorities need not be concerned: his mosque insists that he must have been “radicalized” on the Internet, since they are as “moderate” as the day is long. And remember: to investigate any further would be “Islamophobic.”

“A lethal new class of British jihadi: Second fanatic in ISIS recruitment video went to same Cardiff college as the first and once dreamed of becoming prime minister. Now he says: ‘Muslims who don’t join us will die a painful death,'” by Simon Murphy, Nick Craven and Sam Webb, Daily Mail, June 21, 2014:

Once he dreamed of becoming the first Asian Prime Minister, but now this British-born jihadi spouts only hatred as he boasts of his allegiance to the murderous terrorists of ISIS, on their killing spree in Iraq and Syria.

Identified today by The Mail on Sunday, Reyaad Khan, 20, sits with a Kalashnikov assault rifle against his shoulder alongside two other British Islamists in a chilling recruitment video, urging British Muslims to take up arms.

Reyaad, who former school friends in Wales recall as a studious pupil who loved sports, is the second man to be identified in the video. He has joined the estimated 500 Britons who have been radicalised and gone to fight in the Middle East.

The 20-year-old’s mother tearfully told Sky News: ‘Please come back before it is too late. You are my only one son.

‘We can’t eat and sleep Reyaad. Please come back before it’s too late. I love you so much.’

Yesterday, after seeing his photograph in the media, at least five people on Twitter named him as Reyaad Khan, a former pupil at Cardiff’s Cantonian High School.

From there he went to St David’s Catholic sixth-form college in the city, attended by 20-year-old gap-year student Nasser Muthana – also seen in the video urging Britons to join ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria.

Nasser had taken £100 from his father to go on an Islamic seminar in Shrewsbury in November, but instead went to Syria.

Three months later his brother Aseel, 17, left the house saying he was going to a friend’s for the night, but the following evening it transpired that Aseel had obtained a second passport by lying about his age and was in Cyprus, travelling to Syria.

Last night at his home in Cardiff, Nasser’s father, engineer Ahmed Muthana, 57, confirmed that Reyaad was the second man on the video.

Mr Muthana said: ‘I have driven my son around to Reyaad’s house in Cardiff, but he would always get me to drop him in the street rather than outside the front door, so I don’t know which house he lived in.’

He told Sky news today: ‘(Nasser) was a very soft person, very nice. why he left his family I don’t know. It’s devastating for me and my family.

When asked where he believes his son became radicalised, he said: ‘In the mosque. We don’t know which one.’

He also had a message for teachers of extremism in the UK: ‘Send your own children first. Don’t send other people’s children to make a problem for other countries and for me in the UK.’

In the 13-minute recruitment film, taken as the men were about to cross from Syria into Iraq, Khan appears under the name ‘Brother Abu Dujana al Hindi – from Britain’, saying: ‘This is a message to the brothers who have stayed behind .  .  . you need to ask yourselves what prevents you from coming to the land of Al-Sham [Syria], what prevents you from joining the ranks of the mujahideen.’

Khan sits with Muthana and another British jihadi in a white turban. Last night, South Wales police sources confirmed a man named Reyaad Khan had travelled to Syria with Nasser Muthana and two other men. The two unnamed men had since returned home and been arrested, but Khan and Muthana were both still believed to be abroad.

Last night, a friend who went to school with Khan told The Mail on Sunday: ‘‘He was clever and loved watching his sports, which is why we got on well. He was a Muslim but nothing this extreme, although over the last couple of years you could see he was becoming more of a stronger Muslim through his Facebook posts.’

One classmate, who did not want to be named, said that he had lost touch with Reyaad. He said ‘I wasn’t aware he was going but I was aware when he arrived there.’

The acquaintance said Reyaad had posted messages on Facebook about Iraq and others had written good luck messages. The friend sent him a concerned message saying: ‘Are you stupid?’

Khan was an A-grade student and advertised on the internet for a maths tutor while studying at the same sixth-form college as the other British jihadi in the video.

He wrote: ‘I’m 17 and a student at St David’s Catholic College. My GCSEs consist of 2 A*s, 6 As, 1 B, and 3 Cs including grade A in Double Science, Maths and English.

‘I would like tuition for A-level Maths.’ On his Facebook page he reveals that he is a fan of Chelsea FC, and enjoys playing computer games FIFA 12 and Call Of Duty. Until recently, his page reveals a typical teenager’s life – complaints about homework, chores and his mother nagging him.

In October 2010 he wrote: ‘i need 2 become the 1st Asian Prime Minister!’

Khan appears on a list of Britons accepted to study at Madinah University in Saudi Arabia in 2013/14 and his Facebook profile picture is now a jihadist symbol. But in recent times his posts began to take on a sinister edge as he referenced his new life as an extremist.

On March 9 this year he posted a comment, writing: ‘This video is of ad-dawlatul Islamia fil Iraq wa ash-Sham (ISIS). We are an Islamic State.

By the permission of Allah we control all of Raqqa in Syria all the way to Fallujah in Iraq. Only we are implementing the Sharia of Allah swt [glory to God]. So Allah has opened up the lands for us alhamdullilah [thanks be to God].

With everyone against us Allah swt separated the munafiqeen [hypocritical Muslims] from us and purified our ranks and made us stronger.’

On March 7 he wrote: ‘Don’t listen to what the enemies of Islam tell you about your State. By the permission of Allah we are at the doorstep of khilafa [an Islamic state].’

On November 11, 2013, he added: ‘When Allah loves people, He tests them, and whoever accepts it gains the pleasure of Allah and whoever complains earns His wrath.’

In a post two days earlier he urged a friend to join the fight, writing: ‘Come join us akhi [brother].’ In the same month he wrote: ‘Wallahi [I swear to God] this place is amazing, make dua, ima start training soon. Trust the imaan of the ikhwa [brotherhood] here is on another level, trust Bashar [Al Assad} and the enemies of this deen [army] are finished soon, no way they can resist.

‘People from all over the world, from countries ive never heard of are here answering the call.’

In a video, Khan declares: ‘What prevents you from obtaining martyrdom and the pleasure of your lord? Ask yourself what prevents you and keeps you behind. If it’s your wealth … when death reaches you and it’s a certainty, your wealth won’t be able to delay death.

‘Know that if you fear death, death will reach you anyway but it will be more painful for you. So death is what they fear for you, it will be worse.’

He adds: ‘The child who got beheaded for being a Muslim, it will be bought before you. The brothers that gave their lives, their bodies will be shown in front of you. Allah will ask, where were you?’

Security officials estimate that upwards of 400 people from Britain have travelled to Syria and that around two-thirds have returned, travelling there through Turkey, a common holiday destination.

South Wales police last night said: ‘We are increasingly concerned about the numbers of young people who have or are intending to travel to Syria to join the conflict.

‘Travelling abroad for the purpose of engaging in terrorist related activity is an offence and we will seek to prosecute anyone engaged in this type of activity.’

WAS YOUNG WELSH MUSLIM RADICALISED BY THE INTERNET?

The young Welsh muslim in a terror-recruiting video that has stunned his family was radicalised over the internet, a senior figure at his mosque has said.

Muslims in Cardiff were in shock yesterday as former medical student Nasser Muthana, 20, from Cardiff, was revealed to be one of the men in a video posted posted from Syria by accounts with links to Islamist militant group ISIS.

A second man from Cardiff is also believed to be in the video urging young British muslims to join the fight in Syria alongside Muthana’s younger brother Aseel, 17.

Saleem Kidwai, general secretary of the leading Muslim body, said he believed there were as many as five Welsh muslims already fighting in Syria and Iraq with the now-outlawed terror group Isis.

The mosque where Muthana worshipped yesterday denied being a source of radicalism and said that young people were being turned to extremism through the internet.

Barak Albayaty, a trustee at the mosque, the Al Manar Centre, said that Muthana had been ‘just like any other guy’ and he had been shocked to see him in the video.

He said: ‘What I’m sure of, being part of here, it’s not to be taken as a source of radicalism.
‘We’re against going to Syria for the armed struggle and have spelt this out on many occasions.’

He added: ‘It is worrying. We have to do something collective about the media and how these youths are getting affected.

‘They’re affected by the internet. It’s not just Cardiff, it’s all over the UK. I’m told the numbers could be in the hundreds all over the UK.’

Mr Albayaty said there would be a meeting between trustees who will discuss the issue. He added that he felt for Muthana’s parents and added that members of the mosque were out in the community yesterday, picking up litter….

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  1. Angemon says

    Jun 22, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    “When asked where he believes his son became radicalised, he said: ‘In the mosque. We don’t know which one.’”

    I’m going to go on a limb and say “the one he visited more often before going to Syria”.

    “The mosque where Muthana worshipped yesterday denied being a source of radicalism and said that young people were being turned to extremism through the internet.”

    It’s always the same story: no one noticed he was becoming more and more “radicalized”, that his views on islam were shifting or managed to explain him why his views were wrong and how islam is a religion of peace. Parents blame the mosque, the mosque blames the internet, all parties involved blame someone else and in the end no one will ever find out how and where he became “radicalized”.

    • southeuropean says

      Jun 22, 2014 at 8:02 pm

      No one influenced him. He probably read the Quran once.

    • Wich says

      Jun 23, 2014 at 1:42 am

      If he were from Birmingham I would have said he got radicalized in the Library of Birmingham’s mosque…we see them enter their taxpayers’ funded mosque all the time and discuss their Qur’an.

    • Mirren10 says

      Jun 23, 2014 at 7:27 am

      ”Parents blame the mosque, the mosque blames the internet, all parties involved blame someone else and in the end no one will ever find out how and where he became “radicalized”.”

      And **none** of them will say it is the actual **tenets** of islam that ‘radicalises’ them !

      Quran (2:191-193) – “And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief] is worse than killing…

      but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshipping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone. But if they cease, let there be no transgression except against Az-Zalimun (the polytheists, and wrong-doers, etc.)”

      Nothing equivocal about that !

  2. Jay Boo says

    Jun 22, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    Watch us Muslim converts wash & pray
    the official Three Stooge face-slap way.

    One verse here, then a gesture there …
    Hey! You are not looking.
    Here we go now. Are you watching?
    I said here we go now.
    Please pay attention.

    “There is no god but ours,”
    Let’s see …
    Make big ears
    carry the baby
    bow
    Make big ears
    kneel & kiss the floor
    sit like a geisha girl
    kneel & kiss the floor
    stand and carry the baby
    bow
    Make big ears
    kneel & kiss the floor
    sit like a geisha girl
    Mount the floor
    mumble and lip-sync after forgetting the words
    REPEAT the above
    or just skip right to the end if no one is watching

  3. umbra says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 1:51 am

    Perhaps he still wants to run the UK, but as an isis PM rather than a labour or conservative PM.

  4. mortimer says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 1:54 am

    How can you tell the difference between a jihadist and a ‘moderate’ Muslim???

    You CAN’T tell the difference.

  5. Rami Sivan says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 2:51 am

    What is Islamic “radicalization” all about? If Hindus or Buddhists become “radicalized” they join monasteries and ashrams and spend their days meditating and practicing loving kindness and compassion. Jews that are ‘radicalized’ become more observant of kashrut etc. Christians that are ‘radicalized’ usually dedicate themselves to social work and evangelisation. Why is it that “radical” Muslims invariable go out and kill people?? Is the problem perhaps with Islam???

  6. Shushi banana says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 5:48 am

    He probably been “radicalised” at his home in his own house, remember education is not only comes from Mosques, Schools or internet but also at home. His parents are probably religious and they pushed their kids to jihad.

    I had a friend who used to deliver a Pizza, he told me anytime he goes the flats of some of those people, they were always late to open the door. When I ring the doorbell they did answer late, he said one time I ask why they are late? their answer was “Sorry we was busy reading the Koran and sometimes they say we was praying”. I could hear in the back a woman saying Ali, Abdul, Fatimah, Allah are you answering the door Abdul, Allah? Everything they said they mixed saying Allah, it was bit weird because they used the word “Allah” on everything.

  7. No Fear says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 6:04 am

    This twerp is in need of a baconation.

    Baconation : the act of placing strips of bacon in the immediate environment of a Mohammedan so as to induce baconophobia.

  8. Guy Macher says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 6:54 am

    He’s a shoo in for PM of the lunatic aylum formerly known as Great Britain.

  9. Mirren10 says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 7:31 am

    ”In October 2010 he wrote: ‘i need 2 become the 1st Asian Prime Minister!’”

    No, he means the first **mohammedan** Prime Minister. Thank God there aren’t enough mohammedans in Britain (yet) to make *that* a possibility.

    • Charli Main says

      Jun 23, 2014 at 7:58 am

      Muslims, along with their Muslim enablers in the BBC and MSM love throwing the word ” Asian” about. Its a handy tool to divert attention away from the activities and behaviour of the Muslims infesting Britain.

  10. David says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    The “Australian” Muslim who participated in the sharia whipping for drinking alcohol & who recently posted a video requesting jihad recruits has been killed fighting for ISIS. No tears shed here.
    http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCYQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fnational%2Faustralian-man-zakaryah-raad-died-fighting-with-isis-militants-20140623-zsid7.html&ei=9VioU7D7FsmqkwW9mYGQBA&usg=AFQjCNGumvpeUJUZSCHmnu-y98BxYm1DYw&sig2=5i3PSGq64RVJiedtgH65UA

    Also our foreign minister says our government HAS cancelled the passports of Australian jihadists fighting overseas.

    http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCYQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fnational%2Faustralian-man-zakaryah-raad-died-fighting-with-isis-militants-20140623-zsid7.html&ei=9VioU7D7FsmqkwW9mYGQBA&usg=AFQjCNGumvpeUJUZSCHmnu-y98BxYm1DYw&sig2=5i3PSGq64RVJiedtgH65UA

  11. citycat says

    Jun 23, 2014 at 10:19 pm

    They’re invading all walks of life.
    One sneaky muslim, alone in a gullible small town that is remote from street wisdom, could be more dangerous to civilization than a violent gang.

    The English mind is under attack from such a crafty sneak that plays-

    “Oh! So nice am I!”

    “Oh! So nice and so accommodating to these oh so gullible and oh so nice English people.
    Oh! How Halla has blessed me with such booty, i’m so special, so far above other muslims, i’m the top spirito. This is my mission, my life’s purpose, i’m in the heart of England’s magic, i am so “I”, so much more knowledgeable than these deluded English infidels around me, who serve to cloak my mission with their accomodating differences and cowardly politeness that has helped me so much. I am so blessed!”
    And so he is helped by English ostriches. I gotta go there sometime soon. I’m drifting O.T. Later

  12. tpellow says

    Jun 24, 2014 at 3:22 am

    Supplementary.

    “Revealed: The British jihadist who swapped boozing for terror – and the schoolboy charity fundraisers who are waging war for ISIS”

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2666421/British-jihadist-swapped-boozing-football-terror-fresh-faced-schoolboys-grew-call-Sharia-law-Iraq-Syria.html#ixzz35XSdiHbt

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