British newspapers have called him the " Tottenham Ayatollah " , despite him identifying as Salafi and the title " ayatollah " being a Shia epithet . Former Conservative MP Rupert Allason described him as a " terrorist who believes in planting bombs and blowing up women and children in Israel . " Roland Jacquard , a French expert on Islamic terrorism , said that " every al-Qaeda operative recently arrested or identified in Europe had come into contact with Bakri at some time or other . " In January 2005 '' The Times '' monitored live , 90-minute internet lectures from Bakri in a chatroom in which he told listeners , " I believe the whole of Britain has become Dar al-Harb ( land of war ) . The kuffar ( non-believer ) has no sanctity for their own life or property . " He said Muslims should join the jihad " wherever you are " and told a woman she was allowed to do a suicide bombing . In another broadcast he said , " Al-Qaeda and all its branches and organizations of the world , that is the victorious group and they have the emir and you are obliged to join . There is no need ... to mess about . " Two days later , in another broadcast , he said that dead mujaheedin " are calling you and shouting to you from far distant places : al jihad , al jihad . They say to you my dear Muslim brothers , ' Where is your weapon , where is your weapon ? ' Come on to the jihad . " Andrew Dismore , a Labour MP , claimed that , " With these words he may well be committing offences under the Terrorism Act and other legislation . I will be raising this immediately with the Home Secretary and the Metropolitan Police . " Commenting on 11 September 2001 attacks , The Times claims he said " I am very happy today . As much as I regret the innocent people who passed away , with the USA you must pay . " on his website . The Montreal Gazette however claims that he said in an interview " If Islamists did it — and most likely it is Islamists , because of the nature of what happened — then they have fully misunderstood the teachings of Islam . ... Even the most radical of us have condemned this . I am always considered to be a radical in the Islamic world and even I condemn it . " Bakri , discussing the 2004 Madrid train bombings , is alleged by The Times to have said , " What happened in Madrid is all revenge . Eye for eye , tooth for tooth , life for life . " On 24 October 2006 British security officials arrested Omar Bakri 's son , Abdul Rahman Fostok , at Heathrow Airport , and seized £ 13,000 that he intended to deliver to Bakri in Lebanon . The money was held under the Proceeds of Crime Act , pending an investigation , but Fostok was allowed to board his flight . Responding to this , Bakri said , I am not expecting any problem with the money but if I do not get it there will be trouble . I will take action because it is my property . God says you must do all in your power to get something back if it is taken from you – even if it costs you your life . They will be playing with fire . Bakri claims that the money is a gift , but it has been reported that Bakri told followers on the Paltalk website in June 2006 that if they wanted to send him money for the financing of " mujahideen " they should do so through his son Fostok , who " keeps a low profile . " He posted Fostok 's mobile phone number and invited them to call him directly
2004 Madrid train bombings
2004 Madrid train bombings
Omar Bakri Muhammad