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400 Islamic State jihadis have returned to UK, only 54 have been prosecuted

Mar 26, 2017 10:04 am By Robert Spencer

The Islamic State is at war with Britain. These are enemy combatants. They should have been stripped of their citizenship as soon as they went to the Islamic State. Would Britain have allowed 400 British Nazis who had gone to Germany to reenter Britain and roam around freely in 1941? But the present-day British government of Theresa May is only interested in keeping out foes of jihad terror, not jihad terrorists.

“The jihadis free to roam Britain: Government faces calls to crackdown on homegrown extremists as it’s revealed only 54 have been prosecuted despite 400 returning to the UK from Syria,” by Omar Wahid, The Mail On Sunday, March 25, 2017:

The Government last night faced new demands to crack down on jihadis returning from Syria in the wake of the Westminster attack.

Although there is no suggestion that British-born Muslim convert Khalid Masood travelled to Syria to fight for Islamic State, thousands of home-grown jihadis have – and an estimated 400 have returned to UK.

With IS rapidly losing ground in Syria and Iraq, the number of British returnees is likely to swell further, raising the question of what should be done about them.

Of the 400 who have come back, figures released last year showed only 54 individuals had been prosecuted. A further 30 faced charges.

A Mail on Sunday investigation discovered a number of returned jihadis roaming free on the streets of Britain….

Among the cases, The Mail on Sunday has highlighted:

Maarg Kahsay, from North London, spent months in Syria in 2014, after having fled a rape trial while on bail. He returned and was acquitted of the rape charge, but has never been charged with going to Syria. His name was on IS files obtained by the MoS.

Gianluca Tomaselli, 27, joined an IS sub-group called Rayat Al Tawhid, led by British jihadis in Syria. He fled there in 2013, and returned two years later. By 2016, he wasfound to be working as a car park attendant at Whipps Cross Hospital in East London.

Waheed Ahmed, 22, a Labour councillor’s son, was arrested with nine family members in Turkey, heading for Syria. The family returned and no one was charged.

Abu Rayah, 35, from East London, led a poppy burning stunt during an Armistice Day event in 2010. He was known to MI5 as an extremist, but went to Syria to fight alongside IS. After he returned from Syria, he was allowed to leave the UK twice and go to Europe.

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), United Kingdom Tagged With: Abu Rayah, Giuanluca Tomaselli, Maarg Kahsay, Waheed Ahmed


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  1. alida says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 10:19 am

    Diseased Refugees Obtaining SSN and Passport Upon Arrival https://youtu.be/3qXL6IB9YKE via @YouTube

  2. Adam says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 10:23 am

    Humans need war. Islam is the perfect excuse for trapped westerners. That’s why you see “Christians” converting. Then raping and pillaging becomes okay.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Mar 28, 2017 at 8:49 am

      So *you* think that humans *need* raping and pillaging?

      That this is a nice, natural and normal desire?

      You might feel differently if you were on the receiving end of the rape and the robbery.

      But if you think westerners are ‘trapped’ because of the influence of Christianity which teaches that rape and robbery are wrong… then I don’t think I’d want you for my neighbour.

      i’d be worried for my daughters and granddaughters and worried you might try to break in and pinch something.

      • Oliver says

        Mar 28, 2017 at 9:07 am

        Was he trying to be sarcastic

        That is what I thought

  3. Mac-101 says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 10:31 am

    And why are these scum NOT being tried for Crimes against Humanity? Come to think of it I don’t know of any of the Soviet murderers or Mao’s murders even been tried for killin over a 100 million either. Just 90+ year old NAZI Concentration Camp medics and accountants lately!

    • Oliver says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 11:38 am

      AND ISRAEL BEING ACCUSEDl BEING ACCUSED OF IT- FOR KILLING HUMAN SHIELDS (OUTLAWED, BUT DONE ANYHOW, BY HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH AND THE IRANIANS, AS WELL AS ISIS, AL-QUEIDA AND OTEHR MUSLIM TERROR GROUPS

      • Mac-101 says

        Mar 26, 2017 at 1:23 pm

        So very true. And I don’t have to tell you which Lib Groups are the hardest on Israel attempting to protect herself against these murderous Satanic Scum!

    • Spike1033 says

      Mar 27, 2017 at 7:37 pm

      If you kill one person = it’s called murder.
      If you kill a million = it’s called genocide.
      If you kill 100 million = it’s called political expediency.

  4. overman says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 11:27 am

    Brilliant video of Nigel Farage on his radio show interviewing an ex-muslim [who says lslam should be ‘eradicated’ NOT ‘reformed’]:

    • The RationalVoice says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 12:38 pm

      The caller has hit the nail on the head.Someone should sent a recording of this to Theresa May, George Bush ,Mrs Merkel ,the Pope and the other foolish people who really ought to know better

  5. Don McKellar says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 11:31 am

    346 ticking time-bombs are loose in the UK right now. Certifiable, proven jihadis. At any moment any of them can go full jihad and start murdering for Allah. And even when they aren’t, they are working hard to enforce sharia law and try and enslave the infidels around them. Well done, Britain.

    • Oliver says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 11:41 am

      It sys, ” AN ESTIMATED 400—“. I would guess, like opinion polls, the numbers are skewered.

      Considering that thousands of British residents went to Syria and Iraq, i would guess the real number is higher.

      A shame they were not all killed.

  6. no_one says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 12:22 pm

    Most likely European governments don’t care about native citizens of their countries as long as they get paid by Saudi Arabia/OIC to advance islamization. Some would be the case in the US if Hillary was elected. Now US has Trump, but he is facing a difficult fight for the country. He couldn’t stop muslims coming from terrorist places and may not be even able to reduce the number of refugees coming to the country. Sad.

  7. Stan Lee says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 4:34 pm

    The approximate 400 “former Muslim fighters” returning from the Syrian combat area will now be looked upon as seasoned fighters in the cause of IS, and they will be recruiting for more volunteers to join IS from the UK.
    ‘Makes one wonder which side the May government is rooting for? Had a Brit serviceman done anything negative in the Syria theater of operations, he would have been stood down in his unit, and returned to the UK in disgrace….but for the UK Brits returning from Syria? Well, they were only non-combatant UK civilians on visits to family and friends, or at least that’s what the UK government wants believed by the people.

    • Anne Smith says

      Mar 27, 2017 at 6:11 pm

      Returning British servicemen are left to live rough on the streets. About 7,000 at present.

      The Government doesn’t believe in looking after its ex servicemen.

      Disgusting.

  8. Matthieu Baudin says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 8:36 pm

    “… With IS rapidly losing ground in Syria and Iraq, the number of British returnees is likely to swell further, raising the question of what should be done about them. Of the 400 who have come back, figures released last year showed only 54 individuals had been prosecuted. A further 30 faced charges…”

    Well if they’re not doing anything at the moment, perhaps the charges could be dropped. They’re all part of Teresa’s New Britian where the populous can sit and watch to see what happens. Those who want to take an active part in their countries affairs can participate in the great public displays of mourning that periodically manifest themselves.

  9. Baucent says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 9:27 pm

    If these 400, (who we can assume are fervent Jihadi believers) return to the UK and each recruit 10 muslims to mentor and train. There would be potentially a 4,000 strong Jihadi army inside the country.

  10. steve says

    Mar 27, 2017 at 6:49 am

    Our Prime minister keeps saying that the Westminster bridge attack failed. Tell that to the families of the ordinary citizens who are dead or dying. The attack failed to kill any politicians who were corralled and hid as we would expect, surrounded by armed officers. What if the attack had reached the inner sanctum and succeeded in the murder of several random politicians in the House of Commons ? Then, something would be done very quickly about the Islamic problem in Britain….What Islamic problem you might ask………but only If you are a bloody idiot, liberal or Islamic sycophant.

  11. Badger says

    Mar 27, 2017 at 10:11 am

    If there is a list of these people and it is possible to locate them, and since the British government has no intention of interning them, then surely there must be some genuine Britons who could quietly take care of the problem?

  12. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Mar 27, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    They left with the clear intent of committing MURDER against people who hadn’t harmed them personally. Since intent is all that matters when determining criminality, they are all at least attempted murderers, conspiring towards same.

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