British Muslim Cleric Jailed for Inciting Murder
Tom Regan
Christian Science Monitor, MA
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Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric who police say turned his Finsbury Park mosque in north London into a recruiting center for extremists, was sentenced to seven years in jail Tuesday. The Daily Telegraph reports that a jury at the Old Bailey (London's main criminal court) found Mr. Hamza guilty of incitement to murder, stirring up racial hatred, and possessing a document useful to terrorism.
Security sources described him as a key figure in the global Islamic terrorist movement. He was convicted on 11 of 15 charges after four days of deliberations by the jury.Peter Clarke, the head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch, said the Finsbury Park Mosque, in north London, where the handless Hamza preached, was "almost like a honey pot for extremists". It had become a breeding ground for terrorism.
Tom Regan
Christian Science Monitor, MA
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Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric who police say turned his Finsbury Park mosque in north London into a recruiting center for extremists, was sentenced to seven years in jail Tuesday. The Daily Telegraph reports that a jury at the Old Bailey (London's main criminal court) found Mr. Hamza guilty of incitement to murder, stirring up racial hatred, and possessing a document useful to terrorism.
Security sources described him as a key figure in the global Islamic terrorist movement. He was convicted on 11 of 15 charges after four days of deliberations by the jury.Peter Clarke, the head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch, said the Finsbury Park Mosque, in north London, where the handless Hamza preached, was "almost like a honey pot for extremists". It had become a breeding ground for terrorism.
