The Jihadis Next Door

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Stop worshiping this false god,

democracy, and come back

to worshiping Allah.

Radical Islam is spreading.

- Shariah for UK!

Shariah for UK!

The government

is cracking down.

Together we will defeat you.

They've made

supporting ISIS a crime.

- Takbir!

Allah hu Akbar!

Get back! Get back!

As control tightens

I spent two years with

one of the most extreme groups

in Britain.

He said, "Is it okay

to behead someone?"

This is a front to recruiting

people for ISIS.

Meeting

the YouTube sensation...

Obviously,

if people watch my videos

and get radicalized

then I'm not responsible

for that.

You're lying! You're lying!

...The extreme provocateur...

This black flag you see here,

one day is gonna be

on 10 Downing Street!

...and most shockingly,

a hate preacher...

British government, go to hell!

...who had become one

of the world's most wanted men.

The new Jihadi John

may well be this father of four

from East London.

Can you just say your name?

- Yeah, my name's Abu Rumaysah.

It's January, 2014,

and I'm spending the day

in Walthamstow,

Northeast London,

with one of Britain's

most vocal hate preachers,

thirty-year-old Abu Rumaysah.

- Did you grow up round here?

- No, I grew up

in North London, actually.

I grew up in Palmers Green.

My background is,

I actually grew up

as a non-Muslim,

from like the Hindu background,

and I became Muslim

when I was about 19

and I just moved here

when I got married.

Now a father of four,

he runs his own business

renting out bouncy castles

for children's parties.

Does your family ever worry

for your safety

or their safety?

Yeah, of course. I mean,

I think it's natural

that there is this kind of

tension and caution as well.

You see what far right groups

are capable of

so there is this kind of...

you know, worry and concern.

But that's part

of the struggle,

that's part of the package.

We believe, you know,

if you follow

the paths of the prophets,

we're gonna inevitably face

these consequences.

It's a bit of a mess,

but I'll show you.

These are the black flags

of Islam.

This one is actually the flag

of the Islamic State,

so...

One day when the shariah comes,

you will see

this black flag everywhere.

One famous scholar of Islam,

Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed,

he said that the black flag

of Islam will one day fly high

over 10 Downing Street

and that was about

10, 15 years ago.

And, you know, that seemed

ludicrous back then,

but if you look at the way

society is moving on now

you can see that it's a very,

very real possibility

with the way Muslims

are coming forward

in this country.

Abu Rumaysah

has been a radical Muslim

for ten years.

I contacted him via a website

for a group advocating

strict shariah law in the UK.

Yeah, so basically translation

of this Arabic is,

"There is no one worthy

of worship to follow

or obey in truth, except Allah"

and that "Mohammed

is the final messenger."

And so we don't believe

in sovereignty for the Queen,

we don't believe that authority

should be in the hands

of the non-Muslims.

We want to see

this flag in every single

country in the world.

The Muslims are gathered

outside Paddington Green

Police Station!

We will never give up

calling for Islam,

whether you arrest us,

whether you imprison us...

Abu Rumaysah is the PR man

for a group of radical Muslims

who frequently organize

provocative protests

against the British government.

Theresa May,

you are a tyrant!

David Cameron,

you are a tyrant!

The public in this country,

they are living in ignorance.

Their country

is involved in war

and if they continue

to remain silent

and have this kind of like

an indifferent approach, then

it is not going to help them.

Look, one man died in Woolwich,

Lee Rigby,

and the whole country

went up in uproar.

There are many Lee Rigbys

in Muslim countries

and if these issues

aren't addressed,

then we can only expect

more carnage in this country

and more cycle of violence.

BBC news at ten o'clock.

Nine men have been arrested

in London as part

of an investigation...

A radical Islamist preacher

and political activist

is among nine men who've been

arrested by counter-terrorism

police in London.

Abu Rumaysah is one

of the nine men arrested.

After three days of questioning

by counter-terror police,

he's released on bail.

Two days later he disappears,

last seen

at Victoria Coach Station

with his heavily pregnant wife

and four children.

Months later it's assumed

that he's gone to Syria,

and he's openly revered

as a hero by his friends

and colleagues,

including one of the men

who was arrested with him,

extremist preacher,

Abu Haleema.

When was the last time

you saw him?

The day when we got arrested,

in September.

I saw him at the police station

and after that

I never saw him again.

The whole time

he was in the cell

he was just reciting Koran,

just loud reciting Koran.

So when I saw him

it brought a bit

of tranquility to my heart.

His legacy still lives on

till now, you know.

His material is still

the best material you can get,

we can't compare to it.

The guy was like a machine,

he was just turbo charged,

always on the go.

With Abu Rumaysah

gone I've tracked down

the rest of the radical group

outside Boots

on a North London high street.

Find out how Islam

can liberate you

from the shackles of freedom

and democracy.

They're carrying out

da'wah, which means to

recruit non-Muslims to Islam.

Can I interest you

in a leaflet?

Find out about Islam?

Abu Rumysah's role

as senior spokesman

has been taken over

by Mohammed Shamsuddin,

a divorcee with five children,

and he's quick to justify

their radical message.

The British government

doesn't wanna look

at its own foreign policy.

All it wants to do

is look at Muslims,

condemn Muslims,

target Muslims.

You're stigmatizing

our whole community.

What's gonna happen?

You're gonna face a backlash

in this country.

Do you think

a backlash is coming?

Of course it is!

If you're gonna suppress

a people for so long,

if you're gonna suppress

and suppress, I mean,

it's like a tinder box,

it's gonna explode.

Come, come.

The atmosphere

changes when members

of the group

move to confront

a passing Kurdish procession.

Kurds are also Muslims.

In the Middle East

the Kurdish Army

is currently fighting ISIS.

All disbelievers.

Allah hu Akbar! Allah hu Akbar!

Allah hu Akbar. Allah hu Akbar!

And he's going past shouting,

"ISIS terrorists."

Get back! Get back!

Get back! Get back!

Do you think we are scared

of death? Do you think

we are scared of death?

Get back! Order of the emir!

It's the order of the emir!

Order of the emir!

Now! Get out of here now!

Oh, yeah, let's go.

Outnumbered,

they retreat to the safety

of Wood Green Shopping Centre

and disperse.

I'm nervous about providing

this small group with

the media platform they crave.

But with ISIS on the rise,

and the terror

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