A mosque leader accused of encouraging terrorism told a court ‘Jihad by sword’ was a fundamental obligation in the Quran.
Abubaker Deghayes, 53, allegedly made a ‘stabbing motion with his hands’ as he promoted Islamic extremist violence to his Brighton Mosque congregation on November 1, 2020.
Libyan-born Deghayes said: ‘Jihad is compulsory, upon you, you, you and you until the Day of Resurrection, whatever the British Government thinks, whatever Prevent thinks, whatever Israel thinks.
