A British mosque chief who known as on his congregation to commit ‘Jihad by sword’ whereas making a stabbing movement together with his hand has at present been discovered responsible of encouraging terrorism.
Abubaker Deghayes, 53, preached that ‘Jihad was obligatory’ to his 50-strong congregation, together with kids, throughout an uninvited sermon on the Brighton Mosque in Muslim Group Centre in Sussex.
Libyan-born Deghayes,of Saltdean, Brighton, denied encouraging terrorism however was at present convicted following a trial the Outdated Bailey in London.
The conviction means it could possibly now be reported that Deghayes is the daddy of two British jihadists killed in Syria whereas preventing for an affiliate of terror group al-Qaeda.
Certainly one of his sons, Abdullah Deghayes, 18, was killed by a sniper in Syria whereas preventing for Jabhat al-Nusra within the Idlib Province. 9 months later Abdullah’s youthful brother, Jaffar, 17, was additionally killed in Syria.
A 3rd brother, Amer, then 20, was shot within the abdomen in the identical battle as Abdullah however survived.
Deghayes has additionally seen considered one of his sons, Abdul Deghayes, die on the streets of Brighton after a drug deal went mistaken in February 2019.
A ‘drug enforcer’ Abdul, 20, was murdered by Daniel MacLeod who stabbed him within the leg, arm and buttocks earlier than driving away.
A fifth brother, Mohammed Deghayes, was jailed for 4 years at Lewes Crown Courtroom in April 2018 after police discovered him behind a automotive with 19 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine hidden in his physique.
It will also be reported at present that Deghayes is the brother to Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, who was held within the infamous US detention camp as a ‘suspected enemy combatant’ within the Afghanistan battle.
Omar, who claims he was bought to US forces by Pakistani bounty hunters and was tortured whereas at Guantanamo, was by no means charged with any offence and was launched again to the UK in 2007.
Abubaker Deghayes made a stabbing movement together with his palms as he instructed his congregation that ‘Jihad was obligatory’, a courtroom heard
Certainly one of his sons, Abdullah Deghayes (pictured left), 18, was killed by a sniper in Syria whereas preventing for Jabhat al-Nusra. 9 months later Abdullah’s youthful brother, Jaffar (pictured proper), 17, was additionally killed in Syria
A 3rd brother, Amer, then 20, was shot within the abdomen in the identical battle as Abdullah however survived
It will also be reported at present that Deghayes is the brother to Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, who was held within the infamous US detention camp as a ‘suspected enemy combatant’ within the Afghanistan battle
Libyan-born Deghayes,of Saltdean, Brighton (pictured: The household lived on this residence in 2014), denied encouraging terrorism however was at present convicted following a trial the Outdated Bailey in London
Deghayes had beforehand instructed the Outdated Bailey he had been concerned and energetic within the Brighton Mosque doing talks, guide readings, and Friday sermons since 1987, when he would have been 18.
He grew to become a trustee of the mosque in Dyke Highway, Brighton, often known as al-Quds Mosque, however resigned in December 2017.
Police first grew to become concerned in 1997 when it was claimed that Abubaker, then aged 29, had been preaching in a way that may ‘incite racial unrest’ and ‘mirrored sturdy al-Qaeda sympathies’.
Within the newest sermon, night prayers had simply completed on Sunday November 1 final yr, when Deghayes, 53, stood on the entrance of the mosque, with a guide in his hand.
In footage performed to the jury, he might be seen in socks, carrying a black high with the phrases ‘Free Palestine, resistance is existence.’
The congregation included youngsters and younger males of their 20s, however a number of older worshippers started fidgeting because the sermon went on, and a few walked out.
Ben Lloyd, prosecuting, instructed the courtroom: ‘The speech demonstrates the defendant to be an Islamic extremist.
‘The prosecution case is evident and easy – by standing up on the entrance of a busy mosque, and by fairly intentionally saying ‘jihad by preventing by sword’, the defendant was encouraging terrorism, encouraging violence within the title of Islam.
‘If the defendant’s personal phrases weren’t clear sufficient, he additionally made a stabbing gesture together with his palms.’
Mr Lloyd instructed the jury: ‘Let me make one factor clear: what the case will not be about is the liberty to apply faith or the liberty to worship.
‘In fact, none of that’s illegal on this nation. This isn’t about those that imagine in Islam, fairly, this case is about those that encourage violence within the title of faith, which, for excellent purpose it’s possible you’ll really feel, is a prison offence.’
Deghayes, from Saltdean, Brighton, instructed the jury he believed that jihad by the sword was a ‘elementary obligation’ and was demonstrating a stabbing motion to emphasize his level.
‘Nobody can wipe out the actual fact within the Koran that preventing with the sword to guard your self, raise oppression, open the way in which for the message to be handed, if blocked, converse the reality in entrance of a tyrant, no one can wipe out that,’ he stated.
Tom Wainwright, defending, requested: ‘What’s the motion you’re doing?’
‘That’s the dance of the blade, to ensure I convey it residence, so nobody is misunderstanding, it’s jihad of the sword, it’s obligatory on us as a Muslim,’ Deghayes stated.
However he stated jihad and terrorism weren’t the identical issues.
‘The overall view within the media, within the atmosphere is that jihad is terrorism. Some lunatic loopy man stabs folks on the street, it has nothing to do with Islam, or goes and bombs civilians, right away he is a jihadi.’
Deghayes delivered the speech to his congregation at Brighton Mosque (pictured), jurors had been instructed
Deghayes (pictured in 2014) was jailed in 2018 for making an attempt to pervert the course of justice after he was arrested for dislocating his spouse’s shoulder throughout what he stated was an tried exorcism
Deghayes son, Abdullah, was killed aged 18 by a sniper whereas preventing for an al-Qaeda-linked group in Idlib Province, Syria.
His loss of life was adopted, 9 months later, by his youthful brother, Jaffar, who was nonetheless solely 17.
A 3rd brother, Amer, then 20, the eldest and first to depart for Syria, was shot within the abdomen in the identical battle as Abdullah however survived and remained within the nation the place he married and had a baby.
Again in Brighton, Abdul Deghayes, Abdullah’s twin brother, accrued 14 drug convictions for 25 offences.
He was stabbed to loss of life aged 22 in a driveway in Brighton in February 2019 as a punishment as a result of he had beforehand stolen medicine from the seller.
A fifth brother was additionally concerned in drug dealing. Mohammed Deghayes, then aged 20, was jailed for 4 years at Lewes Crown Courtroom in April 2018 after police discovered him behind a automotive with 19 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine hidden in his physique.
The al-Quds Mosque is similar mosque attended by the hook-handed preacher Abu Hamza (pictured) throughout the early Nineteen Eighties
Deghayes himself was jailed in 2018 for making an attempt to pervert the course of justice after he was arrested for dislocating his spouse’s shoulder throughout what he stated was an tried exorcism.
His brother, Omar Deghayes, was imprisoned in Guantanamo, the infamous US detention centre on the island of Cuba, after being arrested in Pakistan in 2002.
He was held as an enemy combatant, however claims he was captured by Pakistani bounty hunters and was ‘bought’ to US forces within the midst of the Afghan battle.
Omar was by no means charged with terror offences and have become the topic of a marketing campaign by his household, backed by six Sussex MPs, to free him.
He was launched to the UK in 2007, following a request by the then Labour-run British Authorities underneath Gordon Brown.
Omar later alleged he was tortured in Guantanamo, together with that he had his eye gouged out by a guard.
In 2007 Omar and one other former detainee had been arrested underneath a Spanish warrant on allegations of al-Qaeda involvement in 2003.
Spanish prosecutors made an extradition request to the UK, however dropped it a yr later after listening to claims that Omar was affected by post-traumatic stress dysfunction.
The al-Quds Mosque is similar mosque attended by the hook-handed preacher Abu Hamza throughout the early Nineteen Eighties.
Hamza is now serving a sentence within the US for making an attempt to establishing a terrorist coaching camp in Oregon.
Deghayes, of Saltdean, Brighton, was remanded on bail forward of sentence on 25 February topic to circumstances together with residing and sleeping every evening at his handle, reporting at his native police station thrice per week, surrendering his passport and never making use of for any journey paperwork.
Choose Nigel Lickley ordered a probation report however warned Deghayes that was no indication of the sentence he would move.
‘Due to the offence you’ve been convicted of, what I’ve on the forefront of my thoughts is a custodial sentence.
Detective Chief Superintendent Kath Barnes, Head of Counter-Terrorism Police South East, stated: ‘I would prefer to take this chance to thank these inside the neighborhood who assist and help officers throughout investigations of this nature.
‘It’s vitally necessary that communities come ahead with this info in the event that they suppose somebody has been or is making an attempt to radicalise others.
‘By reporting to us, we are able to take motion and examine.’
From jihadists killed preventing for terror teams in Syria, to a homicide sufferer killed in a drug deal: Who’re the Deghayes household?
Household: Amer Deghayes (centre, in gray) was the primary of his household to depart for Syria, telling his dad and mom he needed to be an support employee. Brother Abdullah (entrance left) and Jaffar (entrance proper) adopted quickly after
Abubaker Deghayes
The 53-year-old father-of-six is initially from Syria. He’s the brother of Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, and is a former chief of the al-Quds Mosque in Brighton.
Three of his sons have been concerned in terror. In April 2014 his son, Abdullah Deghayes, 18, was killed by a sniper in Syria whereas preventing for the al-Qaeda affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra.
The 53-year-old father-of-six is initially from Syria. He’s the brother of Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, and is a former chief of the al-Quds Mosque in Brighton
9 months later his youthful brother, Jaffar, 17, was additionally killed in Syria.
A 3rd brother, Amer, then 20, was shot within the abdomen in the identical battle as Abdullah however survived.
Again in Brighton, the place Deghayes and his household stay, one other son, Abdul, additionally 20, was stabbed to loss of life by a drug seller in Brighton on 16 February 2019.
Killer Daniel McLeod was later jailed for all times and not less than 19 years for his homicide.
In April 2018, one other son, Mohammed Deghayes, was jailed for 4 years for drug dealing.
He grew to become a trustee of the mosque in Dyke Highway, Brighton, often known as al-Quds Mosque, however resigned in December 2017.
Deghayes himself was jailed in 2018 for making an attempt to pervert the course of justice after he was arrested for dislocating his spouse’s shoulder throughout what he stated was an tried exorcism.
Now he faces a jail sentence once more after being discovered responsible of encouraging terrorism.
He preached that ‘Jihad was obligatory’ to his 50-strong congregation, together with kids, throughout an uninvited sermon on the Brighton Mosque in Muslim Group Centre in Sussex.
He denied the cost however was discovered responsible on the Outdated Bailey at present.
Omar Deghayes
Omar Deghayes, 52, was imprisoned in Guantanamo, the infamous US detention centre on the island of Cuba, after being arrested in Pakistan in 2002
Omar Deghayes, 52, was imprisoned in Guantanamo, the infamous US detention centre on the island of Cuba, after being arrested in Pakistan in 2002.
He was held as an enemy combatant, however claims he was captured by Pakistani bounty hunters and was ‘bought’ to US forces within the midst of the Afghan battle.
Omar was by no means charged with terror offences and have become the topic of a marketing campaign by his household, backed by six Sussex MPs, to free him.
He was launched to the UK in 2007, following a request by the then Labour-run British Authorities underneath Gordon Brown.
Omar later alleged he was tortured in Guantanamo, together with that he had his eye gouged out by a guard.
In 2007 Omar and one other former detainee had been arrested underneath a Spanish warrant on allegations of al-Qaeda involvement in 2003.
Spanish prosecutors made an extradition request to the UK, however dropped it a yr later after listening to claims that Omar was affected by post-traumatic stress dysfunction.
Abdullah Deghayes
A eager footballer, Abdullah grew up in Brighton together with his household. He was the dual brother of Abdulrahman
A eager footballer, Abdullah grew up in Brighton together with his household. He was the dual brother of Abdulrahman.
In October 2013, his brother Amer left Brighton for Syria, the place he joined a radical Islamist militia preventing Bashar al-Assad’s military.
His good friend Ibrahim quickly joined him, together with two of Amer’s youthful brothers, Jaffar and Abdullah.
Abdullah, was killed aged 18 by a sniper whereas preventing for an al-Qaeda-linked group in Idlib Province, Syria.
Described as a ‘studious’ teen, in keeping with studies Jaffar at all times needed to turn out to be a fireman. He fought for an al-Qaeda as a Jihadist
Jaffar Deghayes
Described as a ‘studious’ teen, in keeping with studies Jaffar at all times needed to turn out to be a fireman.
He’s stated to have bonded together with his brothers by means of kickabouts of their native park and swimming.
Like Abdullah and Amer, he travelled to Syria to battle as a Jihadist. He died 9 months after his older brother Abdullah on the age of 17.
Amer Deghayes
Amer, the eldest son of his household, had set his sights on turning into a severe journalist. As a substitute, he grew to become a terror fighter
Amer, the eldest son of his household, had set his sights on turning into a severe journalist.
When he wasn’t spending time together with his household, Amer frolicked together with his greatest good friend, Ibrahim Kamara, a refugee from Sierra Leone.
The pair would find yourself being the primary of the brothers to journey to Syria to battle as Jihadists, later being joined by his brothers, who would die preventing.
Amer himself was shot within the abdomen in the identical battle as Abdullah however survived and remained within the nation the place he married and had a baby.
Abdulrahman ‘Abdul’ Deghayes
Abdul who didn’t battle in Syria together with his brothers, as an alternative stayed in Sussex and have become a drug ‘enforcer’
Abdulrhaman, often known as ‘Abdul’, was despatched to Longhill Excessive, a faculty taking kids from a few of Brighton’s most disadvantaged areas, alongside together with his twin brother Abdullah.
Based on a Guardian report in 2016, household associates stated the 2 boys, who had been amongst a small minority of Muslim pupils, had been mercilessly focused with racist abuse.
Abdul who didn’t battle in Syria together with his brothers, as an alternative stayed in Sussex and have become a drug ‘enforcer’.
He accrued 14 drug convictions for 25 offences.
However he was stabbed to loss of life aged 22 in a driveway in Brighton in February 2019 as a punishment as a result of he had beforehand stolen medicine from the seller.
Knife man Daniel MacLeod, 37, left Abdul to bleed to loss of life on a Brighton avenue after stabbing him within the leg, arm and buttocks and driving away.
MacLeod, who was convicted of his homicide, was given life with a minimal sentence of 19 years in 2020.
Mohammed Deghayes
Little is thought about Mohammed Deghayes’ early years, aside from that he too grew up together with his 5 siblings in Brighton.
Aged 20, he was jailed for 4 years at Lewes Crown Courtroom in April 2018 after police discovered him behind a automotive with 19 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine hidden in his physique.
He has by no means been linked to Islamist actions.
Hollie Collinge, defending him throughout his case, stated Deghayes had turned to medicine as ‘a much-needed escape from the whole lot occurring round him’ and that he had been clear throughout the six months he had spent in custody since his November 2017 arrest.