Jihad from jail: Islamic terrorists using network website Muslim
Prisoner.com to preach hatred from behind bars
By CHRIS GREENWOOD
UPDATED: 13:45 GMT, 24 February 2012
Created 11:52 AM on 19th February 2012
Britain's most dangerous Islamic terrorists are exploiting a security loophole to spread their message of hate from behind bars.
Not only have they been able to radicalise fellow inmates, they have also appealed to a new generation of supporters around the world.
Dozens of unrepentant extremists have been exposed as glorying in their fanaticism and encouraging others to consider further atrocities.
Hatred: The masthead of MuslimPrisoners.com includes images of extremists such as Abu Hamza, centre,
Among them are key figures in almost every major terrorist conspiracy of the past decade, including the July 2005 attacks in London. They include hate cleric Abu Hamza, lone-wolf attacker Roshonara Choudhry and failed BA bomber Rajib Karim.
The inmates have been able to voice their hate-filled opinions via a website apparently run by former members of a banned extremist organisation. Some boasted they were studying extremist material.
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News of the security breach sparked outrage and one MP called on the prison authorities to tighten up their systems. It comes at a sensitive time for the Government in the aftermath of the decision to release hate preacher Abu Qatada.
Steve McCabe, a Labour MP who sits on the Home Affairs Committee, said some of the material ‘sounds dangerously close to incitement’.
He said: ‘If the prison authorities claim they are monitoring and censoring material, then they are clearly not doing it effectively. It’s time the regime was tightened up.’
At the centre of the scandal is a website, www.muslimprisoners.com, which offers to forward letters to more than 50 Muslim prisoners and display their replies. Transcripts of dozens of letters were posted as the website became a key information exchange and networking point for extremist sympathisers. The website offers advice on getting letters and presents to inmates.
One letter is written by Abdulla Ahmed Ali, the ringleader of a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs. Ali, serving a 40-year sentence, hails the Taliban and says Muslims should ‘sacrifice their lives and limbs’ against the West.
The website also includes a list of high-profile Muslim inmates and the prison in which they are held.
Islamist: Abdulla Ahmed Ali, left, hails NATO defeat in Afghanistan on website set up by Abdul Muhid, right
Holy war: Messages from hate preachers Abu Qatada, left, and Abu Hamza, right, were on the website
It is said to have been set up by Abdul Muhid, a convicted terrorist and former member of Al-Muhajiroun, a banned group linked to many of the prisoners. He refused to comment last night. The website has been taken offline. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said it took the risks posed by extremist offenders seriously and staff were trained to be alert to the signs of radicalism.
nDozens of British Muslim extremists are being trained by militants to join a ‘holy war’ in Somalia, it was claimed yesterday.
Intelligence officials say that up to 50 volunteers may have been recruited to fight for al-Shabaab, the Al Qaeda-inspired terrorist group which controls parts of the lawless state.
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