Abdullah el Faisal

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Abdullah el Faisal (* 1964 in Saint James Parish , Jamaica ) is a fundamentalist Islamic hate preacher .

He was born Trevor William Forest in Jamaica , but grew up as an adopted child in a Christian family in Great Britain . He converted to Islam at the age of sixteen . Abdullah el Faisal served a nine-year prison sentence for his calls to kill Jews, Hindus and Americans.

In May 2007 he was expelled from the UK.

According to British authorities, he is said to have had a strong influence on Germaine Lindsay , who had also converted to Islam. Lindsay was one of four suicide bombers who killed 52 people in the terrorist attacks on July 7, 2005 in London .

Individual evidence

  1. BBC News: Race hate cleric Faisal deported . Retrieved October 7, 2010. (English)