London cleric on terror charge

12 April 2012

Muslim religious leader Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal, 38, from Stratford, east London, has been charged with incitement to murder, Scotland Yard said today.

Abdullah el-Faisal was detained in a raid on his Ilford home yesterday by anti-terrorist officers.

The Islam convert has been under investigation by Scotland Yard for several weeks, following protests by MPs.

El-Faisal, 38, had addressed his followers at the Jagonari educational centre in Whitechapel every Saturday.

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