London Sheikh Calls on Moslems to Kill Jews (5.2.02)

The British newspaper, The Times, reports that a Moslem preacher living in London, Sheikh Abdallah al-Faisal, publicly calls upon the his faithful to kill Jews and, since September 11, 2001, to prepare for a worldwide Jihad. According to the Times, the Sheikh spreads his message through cassette tapes and speaking tours in UK mosques. His tapes, including one called No Peace With the Jews, contain racist and violent incitement against the Jews and the Western world. Despite his violent incitement, British authorities have, as yet, done nothing to stop him from spreading his message.

The preacher, known as Sheikh Faisal, is a convert to Islam originally from Jamaica. His audiences include Moslems from every ethnicity and background and his tapes are sold in many Islamic book stores, reports the Times. According to one of the Sheikh Faisal tapes, the Jews are evil to the core and, he instructs, in reply to an audience question if Moslems should beat Jews in the street, You have no choice but to hate them. How do you fight the Jews? You kill the Jews. In two post-September tapes, al- Faisal encourages Moslems to prepare for a Jihad and says, The way forward is never the ballot. The way forward is the bullet.

British Muslim cleric who urged killing Jews arrested (19.2.02)

(Jerusalem Post, By The Associated Press)

A Muslim cleric who allegedly urged his followers to kill Jews has been arrested, police said today.

Abdullah el-Faisal, 38, was arrested at a house in Ilford, east London on Monday and was being questioned at a central London police station, Scotland Yard said.

"At approximately 7:00 a.m. Monday, officers from the anti-terrorist branch arrested a 38-year old man in connection with an allegation of soliciting to murder under the Offenses Against the Person Act," a police spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.

Police were searching other addresses in east London, she added.

Lawmakers called for action to be taken against el-Faisal after The Times newspaper reported that he had toured Britain calling for the killing of Jews and nonbelievers.

The Times said he was selling audio cassettes instructing all Muslim males to train for battle and calling on boys to learn to use Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Home Office Minister Angela Eagle told the House of Commons this month that police were taking "a very close look" at el-Faisal.

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