Abdul Rahman Saleem

Abdul Rahman Saleem, also known as Abu Yahya, is a British Islamic activist, born around 1975. He is a former Al Muhajiroun spokesman [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8987716/site/newsweek/ "Transplanted Jihadi"] "Newsweek" 19 August 2005] [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,,596405,00.html "Five British volunteers killed in attack on Mazar, says Islamist group"] "The Guardian" 17 November 2001] , a former member of the Saved Sect, and was a prominent member of al-Maddad, an organization that claims to have sent dozens of British Muslims to fight in Chechnya and elsewhere. In August 2001, he went to secret camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan and trained in the use of guns and explosives. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/23/nmus23.xml "Briton trained by bin Laden recruits in London"] "The Telegraph" 23 September 2001]

He lives in Poplar, London. He is the father of five children and works for British Telecom as an engineer. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/01/ncartoon101.xml "Cartoon protester guilty of race hate"] , "The Daily Telegraph", 2 February 2007]

On November 18, 2005 he attended the founding of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4449714.stm "New group replaces al-Muhajiroun" "BBC News" 29 October 2006] ]

He participated in the Islamist demonstration outside the Danish Embassy in London in 2006, where he chanted "Europe you will pay with your blood" and "Denmark, USA, 7/7 on its way" through a megaphone [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2036285_2,00.html Focus: How liberal Britain let hate flourish] "The Sunday Times" 12 February 2006] , and he was charged with using words likely to stir up racial hatred and released on bail to appear at West London Magistrates' Court on March 31, 2006 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4847752.stm Man charged over cartoon protest] "BBC" 26 March 2006] On February 1, 2007, he was found guilty, and will be held until his sentencing in April. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6321475.stm "Protester guilty of race hatred"] , "BBC", 1 February 2007]

He was found guilty of Incitement to Terrorism Overseas by a unanimous verdict, and found not guilty of Terrorist Fundraising by a majority verdict on the 17th of April in Kingston Crown Court, for his part on a DVD of the Night of Power, the 27th night of Ramadan in September 2004. He gave a series of speeches at the Regent's Park Mosque, the DVD of which was discovered at the former residence of Omar Bakri in 2006 [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/18/nizzadeen218.xml "Muslim preacher Abu Izzadeen jailed for four and a half years"] , "Daily Telegraph", 18 April 2008] . He was sentenced the following day to three years imprisonment.

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