Sulayman Keeler (born Simon Keeler) is a Muslim convert and leader of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, a

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Islamist organisation. He is a former member of

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, a banned organisation designated as a terrorist organisation, and led the Society of Converts to Islam. HSToday report that this is the "first time a white convert has been incarcerated for Islamist terror charges in the UK."'

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He has described the

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as "magnificent" and called

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an "enemy of

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and

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s." A court sentenced Keeler to twenty-eight days imprisonment after he assaulted a police officer during a demonstration in

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in December 1998. Years later, he was again arrested after he assaulted

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(BNP) members at a rally. Keeler held a press conference in London on 18 November 2005, formally 'launching' Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah. In an interview with

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, Keeler expressed his opposition to democracy, and compared British Prime Minister

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leader

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, saying, "I don't believe in democracy. It's man made. You're talking about a government that taxes the people to death. It oppresses many millions of people in the world. It wouldn't be such a shame to have them overturned... Tony Blair sends a bunch of aircraft into

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, bombs a bunch of people... Osama Bin Laden, who sends a bunch of aeroplanes into America and bombs a bunch of people - what is the difference? You tell me." On Thursday 17 April 2008, Keeler was one of 6 individuals found guilty of terror related offences, specifically terrorist fundraising. The others found guilty at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court were Abu Izzadeen, Omar Zaheer, 28, of Southall, west London, Abdul Saleem, 32, of Poplar, east London, and Jalal Hussain. Two others, Ibrahim Abdullah Hussan, 25, from Leyton, east London, and Rajib Kahn, 29, from Luton in Bedfordshire, were released after the jury were unable to decide a verdict.

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