A convicted terrorist has moved to sue a pub after being offended by the sign on display outside the venue.
The man, who has spent four years in jail for creating Jihadi propaganda, has sued a Buckinghamshire pub, requesting nearly £2,000 from the Saracen's Head Inn in Chesham, a small town of just over 23,000 residents.
Named Khalif Baqa, he said that he was 'deeply offended' by what he called a racist 'depiction of a bearded Arab/Turk', accusing them of inciting 'violence'.
Baqa has asked for £1,850 from the landlord of the pub, and said that he will also take on 30 other pubs in court that have the same name if he succeeds.
Landlord Robbie Hayes, 52, has branded the lawsuit as a 'complete joke', speaking to The Sun to voice his frustrations.
"This has been called The Saracen's Head for 500 years," he highlighted
"He's just chancing his hand. Of course it worries me - you never know with people like this."
The Brit insisted that none of his customers were racist, and that he didn't believe the the name or sign of the pub were offensive, explaining that they were 'historic'.
Baqa has now filed a 'claim of money' and sent it to county court, believing that he is owed an amount of cash for what he saw.
This was brought up in a small claims court, and in his submission, he explained that the sign, which showed a brown-skinned man of Arab and Turkish descent, was clearly racist.
He said that it 'instilled worry and fear in me since it was clearly xenophobic, racist and inciting violence to certain people.'
Is there any information anywhere about what the leaflets that this person served four years in prison for handing out actually contained ('convicted in 2017 for distributing material which could be useful to terrorists' is very vague)
Sounds like he is just pointing out what he sees as double standards and hypocrisy rather than being particularly serious about suing pubs (based on quotes in above article).
Is there any information anywhere about what the leaflets that this person served four years in prison for handing out actually contained ('convicted in 2017 for distributing material which could be useful to terrorists' is very vague)
Sounds like he is just pointing out what he sees as double standards and hypocrisy rather than being particularly serious about suing pubs (based on quotes in above article).
Be interesting to know if he's got a case.
This was from 2013 I assume it's the same person ?
A council worker from London has been jailed for two years after admitting having 300 computer discs of terrorist material in his car and home.
Khalid Baqa, 48, worked as a revenue officer for the London Borough of Hackney, and was found to have one of the discs in his office computer, the Old Bailey heard.
The discs included al-Qa'ida's Inspire magazine, 39 Ways to Support and Participate in Jihad and 42 Ways to Support Jihad by Anwar al-Awlaki and contained 26 hours of speeches by the hate preacher Anwar al-Awlaki.
Baqa, who work colleagues said underwent a transformation in 1996 by growing a long beard, wearing traditional Muslim dress and shunning everyone, said he was storing the discs for someone else.
London's Old Bailey today heard the material contained footage of beheadings and executions, the explosions of improvised explosive devices, the last will and testament of one of the London bombers, footage of the 9/11 attacks and jihadi fighters in combat.
Sentencing Baqa, of Priory Road, Barking, east London, Judge Christopher Moss QC said: "The underlying message was one of encouragement and promotion of extremist violence, beliefs and glorification and encouragement of jihadi activity against those who didn't share such beliefs or who were opposed to them."
Baqa pleaded guilty earlier this month to two offences of disseminating terrorist publications.
A further seven offences of having material likely to be useful in terrorism were ordered to lie on file.
The charges related to between April and July last year when Baqa was arrested in a sweep of suspects before the Olympics in east London.
Andrew Hall QC, defending, said Baqa was storing the material for someone else but was reckless as to whether it would then be distributed.
A man has been charged with encouraging others to commit acts of terrorism.
Detectives from the Met Police counter terrorism command executed a search warrant at a home in east London on Tuesday.
Officers arrested Khalid Javed Baqa, 52, from Barking.
He was charged with the production and distribution of extremist material encouraging others to commit acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
He was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court to appear at the Old Bailey on 30 June.
Police continue to search the address in Barking but said it is not linked to the investigation into the London Bridge terror attack.
All politicians play fast and loose with the truth, but I can't remember any having such a naked disregard for it as Starmer. Oops! Sir Starmer. Or such disregard for the very poorest pensioners.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14177851/MP-speaks-AGAINST-proposed-ban-cousins-able-marry-Britain-claims-intermarriage-help-build-family-bonds.html
Me thinks.
Must be held up.
Conspiracy theorist.
Looks like nuclear war is coming, that bus is never late.
https://x.com/KoryYeshua/status/1868118969149976579
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/labour-reform-uk-angela-rayner-local-elections
The man, who has spent four years in jail for creating Jihadi propaganda, has sued a Buckinghamshire pub, requesting nearly £2,000 from the Saracen's Head Inn in Chesham, a small town of just over 23,000 residents.
Named Khalif Baqa, he said that he was 'deeply offended' by what he called a racist 'depiction of a bearded Arab/Turk', accusing them of inciting 'violence'.
Baqa has asked for £1,850 from the landlord of the pub, and said that he will also take on 30 other pubs in court that have the same name if he succeeds.
Landlord Robbie Hayes, 52, has branded the lawsuit as a 'complete joke', speaking to The Sun to voice his frustrations.
"This has been called The Saracen's Head for 500 years," he highlighted
"He's just chancing his hand. Of course it worries me - you never know with people like this."
The Brit insisted that none of his customers were racist, and that he didn't believe the the name or sign of the pub were offensive, explaining that they were 'historic'.
Baqa has now filed a 'claim of money' and sent it to county court, believing that he is owed an amount of cash for what he saw.
This was brought up in a small claims court, and in his submission, he explained that the sign, which showed a brown-skinned man of Arab and Turkish descent, was clearly racist.
He said that it 'instilled worry and fear in me since it was clearly xenophobic, racist and inciting violence to certain people.'
Sounds like he is just pointing out what he sees as double standards and hypocrisy rather than being particularly serious about suing pubs (based on quotes in above article).
Be interesting to know if he's got a case.
+1 to that @raggy94
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-council-worker-jailed-for-two-years-over-terrorism-discs-that-contained-footage-of-beheadings-and-executions-8590058.html
A council worker from London has been jailed for two years after admitting having 300 computer discs of terrorist material in his car and home.
Khalid Baqa, 48, worked as a revenue officer for the London Borough of Hackney, and was found to have one of the discs in his office computer, the Old Bailey heard.
The discs included al-Qa'ida's Inspire magazine, 39 Ways to Support and Participate in Jihad and 42 Ways to Support Jihad by Anwar al-Awlaki and contained 26 hours of speeches by the hate preacher Anwar al-Awlaki.
Baqa, who work colleagues said underwent a transformation in 1996 by growing a long beard, wearing traditional Muslim dress and shunning everyone, said he was storing the discs for someone else.
London's Old Bailey today heard the material contained footage of beheadings and executions, the explosions of improvised explosive devices, the last will and testament of one of the London bombers, footage of the 9/11 attacks and jihadi fighters in combat.
Sentencing Baqa, of Priory Road, Barking, east London, Judge Christopher Moss QC said: "The underlying message was one of encouragement and promotion of extremist violence, beliefs and glorification and encouragement of jihadi activity against those who didn't share such beliefs or who were opposed to them."
Baqa pleaded guilty earlier this month to two offences of disseminating terrorist publications.
A further seven offences of having material likely to be useful in terrorism were ordered to lie on file.
The charges related to between April and July last year when Baqa was arrested in a sweep of suspects before the Olympics in east London.
Andrew Hall QC, defending, said Baqa was storing the material for someone else but was reckless as to whether it would then be distributed.
Then this was in 2017.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40282665
A man has been charged with encouraging others to commit acts of terrorism.
Detectives from the Met Police counter terrorism command executed a search warrant at a home in east London on Tuesday.
Officers arrested Khalid Javed Baqa, 52, from Barking.
He was charged with the production and distribution of extremist material encouraging others to commit acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
He was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court to appear at the Old Bailey on 30 June.
Police continue to search the address in Barking but said it is not linked to the investigation into the London Bridge terror attack.
This was his sentencing in 2018.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-jailed-for-handing-out-jihad-leaflets-on-the-tube-a3895491.html
That right....... he's been nominated for Knighthood.
Or such disregard for the very poorest pensioners.