The son of hate cleric Abu Hamza – who allegedly fought for Al Qaeda in Syria – has gone head-to-head with MI5 in a bid to return to the UK.
Sufean Kamal, 31, was stripped of his British citizenship after intelligence recommended he was preventing with jihadi teams within the war-torn area.
He was mentioned to pose a critical menace to nationwide safety however he has now launched a authorized battle to return to Britain as a result of his spouse and kids nonetheless stay right here.
Kamal, often known as Sufyan Mustafa, is the son of hook-handed terrorist Hamza, 68, who preached at Finsbury Park Mosque, north London, and was deported to the US for terror offences.
An MI5 evaluation says British-born Kamal, a former pc sciences pupil, was welcomed by jihadi teams in war-torn Syria as a result of his father was a infamous hate preacher within the West.
However his attorneys are arguing that stripping him of his citizenship was unlawful as a result of the MI5 evaluation was ‘false’, and that he’s being denied his human rights to a household life.
They are saying Kamal denies preventing for Al Qaeda or any jihadi teams, and that he as a substitute fought with rebels in opposition to the Assad regime alongside the Free Syrian Military (FSA) which was backed by Britain and different Western international locations.
His case, which was heard final week on the Particular Immigration Appeals Fee, has concerned MI5 sharing labeled intelligence to a panel of three judges.
Sufean Kamal, 31, was stripped of his British citizenship after intelligence recommended he was preventing with jihadi teams in Syria
An MI5 spy, recognized as MT, gave proof in opposition to Kamal from behind a curtain to guard his id, because the suspected jihadi adopted the case by way of video hyperlink from a location in Syria.
Courtroom paperwork state that Kamal fled to Syria in April 2013 – a yr after his father was extradited to the US to face terror costs together with that he tried to arrange a jihadi coaching camp in Oregon.
However Kamal’s attorneys declare that he fought alongside the secular FSA in northern cities and stayed away from extremist teams.
They are saying he went to ‘battle in opposition to terrorists, not change into one’.
Nonetheless, the courtroom heard that by 2016, there was sufficient proof that Kamal was preventing for jihadi teams together with the Nusra Entrance – the Syrian department of Al Qaeda – that MI5 suggested then Residence Secretary Amber Rudd to strip him of his British citizenship.
The recommendation mentioned: ‘Ought to Kamal return to the UK, we assess that there’s a actual threat that he would use his expertise in Syria to help UK-based Islamist extremists to interact in Islamist extremist exercise.’
The courtroom papers additionally state that Kamal tried to return to the UK in January 2019 from Istanbul, however was arrested and detained in Turkey for 2 years.
Turkish intelligence brokers interrogated him about his actions in Syria and tried and did not deport him to Morocco, the place he may apply for citizenship as a result of his mom is Moroccan. He at the moment lives in Syria.
Final week, Kamal instructed the courtroom by way of video hyperlink: ‘Taking away my citizenship has affected me and my household. I’m not a terrorist.’
Abu Hamza, pictured right here in 1999, was jailed for all times with out parole within the US in 2014
Abu Hamza was jailed for all times with out parole within the US in 2014.
Of Hamza’s six sons, 4 have convictions for offences together with terrorism, armed theft, drug dealing, fraud and housebreaking. Between them, they’ve chalked up at the least 40 years in British jails.
The remaining two have a observe report of Islamic extremism.
In 2017, Kamal mentioned: ‘Britain is the place the place I used to be born and lived. I’ve by no means been a menace to nationwide safety in Britain.
‘Abu Hamza is my father and he has his personal opinions and I’ve mine. Revoking my citizenship simply because I’m associated to Abu Hamza isn’t allowed.’
The case continues.
