{UAH} Abu Izzadeen: Man 'behind London terror attack' called for murder of police and politicians

Gwokto,

I have had a bitter public debate with this terrorist!!! Oh my God, I wish they had listened to me. I just wished people listened to me. Why they call me an Islamophobe when I know I am telling the truth!!! 

Bobby

Abu Izzadeen: Man 'behind London terror attack' called for murder of police and politicians

Born Trevor Brooks in Hackney, Izzadeen was well known for funding, glorifying and helping organise acts of terror years before the incident at Parliament

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Abu Izzadeen, who was born Trevor Brooks, has been named in reports as the man who drove a car into the Houses of Parliament and attempted to attack police officers.

His views were far from secret: videos of him can be seen across YouTube, in which he rants about how important it is to kill the police and how everyone in Parliament are kufar, or infidels.

Izzadeen has long been known to authorities for his links to terrorism. He has been to prison for fund-raising, inciting and glorifying acts of terror in the past, and has been active in now banned groups.

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But Izzadeen was born in Hackney in east London and named Trevor Brooks. He converted to Islam just before he turned 18, in 1993, originally changing his name to Omar but preferring to be known by Abu Izadeen.

Emergency services at the scene outside the Palace of Westminster, London, after policeman has been stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers in a major security incident at the Houses of Parliament. (PA)

He is thought to have been radicalised after he met other famous islamists Omar Bakri Muhammed and Abu Hamza al-Misri at Finsbury Park Mosque in the 1990s. From there, his engagement with terror appeared to grow – he praised the 7/7 suicide bombers and expressed his hope that he too could die a suicide bomber.

He shot to some measure of fame after he interrupted a speech by then-home secretary John Reid. That speech, Mr Reid's first public meeting with Muslims, was interrupted by Izzadeen's shouting that Mr Reid was an enemy of Islam.

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From there, he went on to be interviewed in the mainstream press. He was hosted on Radio 4's Today programme, during which he conducted a heated interview with John Humphrys, and he also appeared on Vice just before the most recent general election, in 2015.

It was during that Vice interview that he made the specific comments towards members of parliament and others involved in politics, suggesting that they were infidels and implicitly that they should be punished.

Izzadeen's social media accounts have now been suspended. But before, he posted a series of inflammatory messages and described his location as the "house of war".

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