Mosque leader ‘said Jihad was compulsory’

A mosque leader made a stabbing motion with his hands as he told his congregation that ‘Jihad was compulsory’, the Old Bailey heard. Abubaker Deghayes, 53, was captured on CCTV delivering a speech to his Brighton Mosque congregation that encouraged Islamic extremist violence on November 1, 2020, jurors heard. Ben Lloyd, prosecuting, said: ‘Evening prayers had just finished at the Brighton Mosque. ‘There were about 50 or so people present, including children and young adults. ‘At the end of the…