Sajeel Shahid

Abu Ibrahim Sajeel Shahid is a man who was one of the leaders of Al-Muhajiroun, an Islamist group based in the United Kingdom that endorsed al Qaeda's terror attacks on 11 September 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 1 December 2001, an interview with Shahid was published in the Manchester Evening News, in which he described fellow young men from the Manchester area travelling to Pakistan to fight beside the Taliban.[2]

Abu Ibrahim Sajeel Shahid
Other namesAbu Ibrahim[1]
OccupationComputer scientist
Known forHelping to lead a proscribed Islamist group based in the United Kingdom

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]

During the 2007 trial of individuals suspected of involvement in the Luton cell's bomb plot the 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, and that Mohammed Siddique Khan was also suspected of involvement in training at a camp set up by Shahid.[7]

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

References
  1. Nick Fielding (24 July 2005). "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 24 October 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  2. "Main goal – the Islamic revolution in Pakistan". Manchester Evening News. 1 December 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2012. 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 10 February 2012.
  5. "Al Muhajirun demands release of militants". Daily Times. 15 July 2002. p. 7. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. Disaffected youth seduced by notion of holy war San Francisco Chronicle
  7. "How many more are out there?". BBC. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  8. "PTI launches campaign to protect human rights", The Dawn
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