Jihadi used human rights laws to stay in Britain and spread message of hate

BIRMINGHAM

An Islamic State fanatic who used human rights laws to stay in the UK after spreading ‘jihadi values’ throughout Europe is facing jail. Awat Hamasalih, 35, boasted of recruiting new fighters, shared sickening propaganda on social media, and co-ordinated IS sympathisers in the UK in jihadist chatrooms online. The Iraqi Kurd was caught with ‘sensitive intelligence information’ which could help the terrorist group’s military and propaganda campaign overseas. Hamasalih, who came to the UK as an asylum seeker in 2002,…

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