Islamist Refugee at Centre of Pro-Palestinian Protest Sparks Uproar Over Two-Tier Policing

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Refugee at Centre of Pro-Palestinian Protest Sparks Uproar Over Two-Tier Policing and Extremism

 

A pro-Palestinian activist at the centre of a growing political and legal storm has been unmasked as a radical Islamist who was granted asylum in Britain. Mohammad al-Mail, a 27-year-old Kuwaiti national, avoided terror charges after making inflammatory remarks at a protest in London, including expressing admiration for the October 7 Hamas massacre and declaring, “I like an organisation that starts with H.” Despite his arrest on suspicion of terrorism offences, al-Mail was never prosecuted, raising serious concerns about inconsistent policing and the ability of UK authorities to identify threats.

 

Exclusive: Pro-Palestinian protester in two-tier police row is Islamist propagandist granted asylum in the UK

Activist claimed he was referring to Home Office when he chanted, ‘I like an organisation that starts with H’

🔴 Exclusive: Pro-Palestinian protester in two-tier police row is Islamist propagandist granted asylum in the UK

Activist claimed he was referring to Home Office when he chanted, ‘I like an organisation that starts with H’

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The incident occurred during an anti-Israel rally in Swiss Cottage, northwest London, in September 2023. Footage published by The Telegraph shows al-Mail leading chants glorifying Hamas while using a megaphone. He was arrested but ultimately released after convincing investigators that the "H" in his chant referred not to Hamas, but to the Home Office. “Immediately, I answered, ‘It could be the Home Office,’ you know, the ministry of the interior,” he later said in a March Arabic-language podcast. Laughing, he added: “Truly, as the saying goes, ‘The worst calamity is the one that makes you laugh.’” Al-Mail said the case “fell apart” after his explanation and mocked counter-terrorism officers for trying to discern his true beliefs.

 

In contrast, on the same day, a Jewish man attending a counter-protest was charged after holding a placard that mocked Hezbollah’s leader, despite the Crown Prosecution Service later finding insufficient evidence to proceed. The disparity has sparked allegations of two-tier policing, especially given al-Mail's broader history of promoting Islamist ideology since receiving asylum in 2017.

 

 

His campaign group, the Upper Hand Organisation, actively disseminates extremist material online and at rallies. Al-Mail has urged followers to seize “opportunities” created by the October 7 Hamas attacks, describing the assault — the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust — as a moment to exploit. “Not every day is like October 7,” he said. “If an opportunity arises, we must fully exploit it. If you strike, make it hurt.” His website promotes jihadist manifestos and denounces terror groups like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban for being too accommodating to international systems.

 

A pamphlet released by his group in August 2024, titled Wake Up! Protect the Honour of Islam, frames the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a religious war, glorifies jihad, and uses slogans known to incite violence against Jews. It claims the organisation is “committed to channelling resources toward strategic projects to achieve Islamic dominance.” In another appearance, al-Mail labelled peaceful Muslims “slaves and dwarves” and warned Britain: “What is coming to you is terrifying – either our annihilation or yours.”

 

He has also pushed to de-proscribe Hamas and lobbied for taxpayer funding of sharia courts. In recent statements, he opposed banning child marriage, arguing it would discriminate against Muslim girls aged 16 and 17.

 

According to the Metropolitan Police, they were unaware of al-Mail’s podcast admissions and public record of extremism until contacted by The Telegraph. A spokesman said the material “did not form part of the case put to the CPS” but added that officers “will carefully review it to identify any offences so the appropriate action can be taken.”

 

The revelations have prompted outrage from politicians and extremism experts. Chris Philp, the shadow policing minister, called for an immediate re-investigation and potential re-arrest. “I am deeply worried that someone came here, was granted asylum and then abused the UK’s generosity by expressing extremist views,” he said. “This is why our human rights and asylum laws need to be changed.”

 

Lord Walney, the Government’s former extremism tsar, said the case “raises serious questions for the Metropolitan Police.” He described the force’s initial failure to uncover widely available evidence as “an alarming lack of rigour” and stressed the need to reopen the case to protect national security.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The telegraph  2025-06-09

 

 

[blaze master]

These kinds of things are only going to grow over time. 

 

 

[quake]

No surprise there.

All part of sad, Broken Britain.

[JonnyF]

You have to be white or Jewish to encounter problems for this type of thing in modern Britain.

 

Ricky Jones publicly called for opponents throats to be slit and still walks around a free man while Lee Dunn was jailed within a week simply for asking what happens when immigrants arrive in his town. 

 

https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/24514302.sellafield-worker-jailed-sharing-offensive-facebook-posts/

 

The double standard is clear for all to see. They even tried to make the 2 tier system official in the pre sentencing guidelines but were forced to postpone for now. 

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2023047/Crime-prison-justice-Labour-Keir

 

 

Britain is in dire need of new leadership. 

 

[Donga]

A radical Islamist granted asylum?

So sad.

After Paris for the honeymoon a few years back, wifey wants to visit London as she's seen in so many film haha. I'm tempted to go in for a day, run around the Thames again but so many Brits have warned me that it is very dispiriting. Having lived there twice last century and visited many times since, last time 15 years ago, am torn.

Younger folk might argue that I'm living in the past. I'd reply, you've got no idea how sweet that was.

Immigration is fine and done great things for Australia, but been taken too far. Fortunately we've been more selective until recently, and our situation not as dire as some of the European countries.

Moderate Moslems need to stop being tribal and more actively differentiate themselves from the hard core that now get in. They could start by chanting Free Palestine from Hamas.

[PJPom]

10 minutes ago, Donga said:

A radical Islamist granted asylum

Moderate Moslems need to stop being tribal and more actively differentiate themselves from the hard core that now get in. They could start by chanting Free Palestine from Hamas.

Most Moslems that I know and have worked with were very westernized and fitted in quite well . Unfortunately the chances of any of them openly questioning the Radicals is extremely remote, it could be called self preservation, something that everyone understands.

[Donga]

1 hour ago, PJPom said:

Most Moslems that I know and have worked with were very westernized and fitted in quite well . Unfortunately the chances of any of them openly questioning the Radicals is extremely remote, it could be called self preservation, something that everyone understands.

Agree and same for me including time in Nigeria and Indonesia.

But even my (hardly) Moslem mates in Oz are virulently anti-Isreal. Expect 99% of Moslems are anti-Israel and is why they don't condemn Hamas, Hezbollah. They're seen as militant freedom fighters after years of Israeli injustices. I can understand how people see Israeli moves in West Bank etc as injustices, but at same time can see why Conservatives thought they needed to be done, even if I don't agree with them.

I just find it frustrating that Moslems don't seem to give much leeway for Israeli right to exist and quite merrily let the fundamentalists bang away. Then will occasionally exclaim that a terrorist act was so terrible. Notable silence after Oct 7 though.

[Red Forever]

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

You have to be white or Jewish to encounter problems for this type of thing in modern Britain.

 

Ricky Jones publicly called for opponents throats to be slit and still walks around a free man while Lee Dunn was jailed within a week simply for asking what happens when immigrants arrive in his town. 

 

https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/24514302.sellafield-worker-jailed-sharing-offensive-facebook-posts/

 

The double standard is clear for all to see. They even tried to make the 2 tier system official in the pre sentencing guidelines but were forced to postpone for now. 

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2023047/Crime-prison-justice-Labour-Keir

 

 

Britain is in dire need of new leadership. 

 

 

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

You have to be white or Jewish to encounter problems for this type of thing in modern Britain.

 

Ricky Jones publicly called for opponents throats to be slit and still walks around a free man while Lee Dunn was jailed within a week simply for asking what happens when immigrants arrive in his town. 

 

https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/24514302.sellafield-worker-jailed-sharing-offensive-facebook-posts/

 

The double standard is clear for all to see. They even tried to make the 2 tier system official in the pre sentencing guidelines but were forced to postpone for now. 

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2023047/Crime-prison-justice-Labour-Keir

 

 

Britain is in dire need of new leadership. 

 

Yeah right. The mess that UK is in now started on July 4th last year eh?

As for your old chestnut “two tier policing “: how many rich landowners who brought London to a standstill with their £100k+ tractors have been prosecuted?

Yet environmentalists who only spoke of disrupting a traffic flow were sentenced to up to 5 years imprisonment.

Every time a far right poster rolls out this “two tier” thingy as an example of how beastly the judiciary are towards people who “only” called upon people to burn human beings alive in their accommodation I shall reply similarly .

[quake]

3 hours ago, PJPom said:

Most Moslems that I know and have worked with were very westernized and fitted in quite well . Unfortunately the chances of any of them openly questioning the Radicals is extremely remote, it could be called self preservation, something that everyone understands.

 

Well that's one of the problems.

Very , very few Moslems call the bad Moslems out.

That's because the religion runs on fear.

 

[Nick Carter icp]

57 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

 

Yet environmentalists who only spoke of disrupting a traffic flow were sentenced to up to 5 years imprisonment.

 

 

  I don't believe that is true .

 

[KhunLA]

18 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  I don't believe that is true .

 

In the Guardian ...

 

[Kinnock]

18 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  I don't believe that is true .

 

Of course you don't.  Then you'll demand links

 

1 minute ago, KhunLA said:

In the Guardian ...

 

https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-co-founder-among-five-protesters-jailed-for-m25-disruption-13179407#:~:text=Hallam%2C co-founder of Just,ever given for peaceful protest.

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

Of course you don't.  Then you'll demand links

 

https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-co-founder-among-five-protesters-jailed-for-m25-disruption-13179407#:~:text=Hallam%2C co-founder of Just,ever given for peaceful protest.

 

3 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

In the Guardian ...

 

 

   Those links show that they actually caused disruption .

They organised a group that caused a disruption .

The claim was that they only  spoke about causing a disruption .

Two different things .

   The environmentalist were NOT sentenced to five years jail for "spoke of disrupting traffic . They were convicted of causing a disruption .

   I was correct in not believing the claim 

[Nick Carter icp]

1 hour ago, Red Forever said:

As for your old chestnut “two tier policing “: how many rich landowners who brought London to a standstill with their £100k+ tractors have been prosecuted?

Yet environmentalists who only spoke of disrupting a traffic flow were sentenced to up to 5 years imprisonment.

 

   Not two tier policing .

Both groups were warned not to disrupt the traffic and they would be arrested and prosecuted if they disrupt the traffic .

   One group stopped disrupting traffic and one group continued disrupting the traffic .

   That is why only one group got prosecuted and jailed 

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

 

   Those links show that they actually caused disruption .

They organised a group that caused a disruption .

The claim was that they only  spoke about causing a disruption .

Two different things .

   The environmentalist were NOT sentenced to five years jail for "spoke of disrupting traffic . They were convicted of causing a disruption .

   I was correct in not believing the claim 

If you read the news, nowhere does it state, they actually participated in the 'disruption', just talked about it in a ZOOM vid thingy.   The charge of conspiracy, simply talking about disrupting traffic.  

 

Not that I disagree with the sentence, as activist are taking thing to far ... IMHO

[Nick Carter icp]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

If you read the news, nowhere does it state, they actually participated in the 'disruption', just talked about it in a ZOOM vid thingy.   The charge of conspiracy, simply talking about disrupting traffic.  

 

Not that I disagree with the sentence, as activist are taking thing to far ... IMHO

 

   They organised the disruption , they were the leaders of the group who caused the disruption .

   They didn't "just talk about it" , they arranged it and convinced other people to join the disruption