Mosque leader ‘encouraged terrorism’

A mosque leader who lost two sons to the war in Syria appeared at the Old Bailey today (mon) accused of encouraging terrorism. Abu Bakr Deghayes, 53, was arrested in Brighton, east Sussex, following an investigation by counter-terror officers and local police relating to Islamist terrorism. Deghayes has been charged with encouraging terrorism in a 20-minute speech given to members of the congregation at the mosque in Dyke Road, Brighton, on 1 November last year. He is accused of giving…