However , critics ( Houriya Ahmed and Hannah Stuart ) complain that HT Britain is engaged in an effort to " soften " its image and " hide its support " for violent jihad , anti-Jewish sentiment and totalitarianism using " euphemistic language " . ( such as the claims of Abdul Qadeem Zallum , the head of Global HT for over two decades , that apostacy from Islam or succeeding from the Caliphate must be stopped even if it means killing ‘ millions ’ . ) According to Michael Whine , a " partial list " of " terrorists who were also HT members and/or influenced by its teachings " in Britain includes : Faisal Moustafa , Shafihur Rehman and Iftikar Sattar , who in 1995 were arrested and charged with conspiring to assassinate the Israeli ambassador , were reported to have been in possession of HT literature and to have helped organize HT meetings in Manchester . ( Moustafa was again arrested in November 2000 , but acquitted of terrorism charges — though his co-defendant , Moinul Abedin , was sentenced to twenty years ) . Omar Khan Sharif and Asif Hanif , the Mike 's Place suicide bombers , had contact with HT before moving on to more extreme organizations . Mohammad Babar , who is linked to the seven men currently on trial in London on charges of planning terrorist attacks between January 2003 and April 2004 , has stated that he was a member of HT while in college . Imam Ramee , an American , spoke on behalf of HT while living in Manchester , and was the featured speaker at the HT organized Muslim Unity Action March against the war in Iraq on March 15 , 2003 . He was reportedly an associate of Abu Hamza , and is said to have preached to " shoe bomber " Richard Reid , along with Hanif and Sharif , at the North London Mosque in Finsbury Park . The party seeks out young Muslims ( 15-18-years old ) offering football , work shops , residential after-school homework clubs and trips to attract interest . In describing why they joined the party , members have included motivation such as anger over attacks on Muslims in the two Gulf Wars , the Afghan war , Palestine , and Chechnya ; " double standards " exhibited by the UN and USA with respect to Israel ; the touting of political Islam as a panacea for the Muslims ' problems ; a lack of alternative scholarly voices advocating more traditional responses to state oppression ; and increased media awareness due to proliferation of Islamic literature on the internet . What has lost membership for the party has been the failure of rumored military takeovers by pro-caliphate forces to materialize in Pakistan or other Muslim countries
Mike 's Place suicide bombers
Mike's Place suicide bombing
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