Two terrorist sympathizers face prison after spreading sermons from jailed Islamist preacher Abdullah el-Faisal dubbed the 'Sheikh of Hate'

• Mohammed Kamali and Mohammed Abdul Ahad published sermons by preacher
• They published speeches by notorious terror recruiter Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal 
• His sermons glorified Al-Qaeda and ISIS and 'encouraged' acts of terrorism 

Two terrorist sympathizers are facing jail for spreading the hate speeches of a convicted Islamist preacher.

Mohammed Kamali, 31, and Mohammed Abdul Ahad, 38, published sermons given by notorious terror recruiter Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal. 

The speeches 'glorified' terrorist organisations including Al-Qaeda and ISIS and 'encouraged' listeners to commit or prepare for acts of terrorism, the court heard.

El-Faisal, now 56, claimed he was reflecting the words of the Koran but the 'Sheikh of Hate' was convicted of three charges of soliciting to murder and jailed for nine years in 2003.

Kamali and Ahad were among a network of 'volunteers' who published el-Faisal's speeches on a website called 'Authentic Tauheed' between 2012 and 2014.

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Mohammed Kamali (not pictured) and Mohammed Ahad (left) published sermons given by Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal (pictured right in 2003) who was convicted of soliciting murder and stirring up racial hatred

Radical preacher used ISIS leader al-Baghdadi to illustrate talks 

One Faisal speech, was illustrated with a picture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed on Sunday.

In another speech, Faisal asked: 'Why is the dawlah [ISIS] more influential and successful? Because al-Qaeda wasn't brutal enough.'

On Monday July 21 2014 Faisal produced a talk called 'Is the new Caliphate Valid?' which was said to be 'about legitimising ISIS and saying true Muslims should support it.'

'The reason we are doing this topic is because there are so many people casting doubts on the Khilafah [Caliphate],' Faisal said.

A week earlier he had suggested that emigrating to a Muslim land was 'in itself is a proof that you are a real Muslim not a fake Muslim'

He criticised those who 'live amongst the kuffar [non-believers], who are being oppressed by the kuffar, who live off job seekers allowance and food stamps.'

Another speech, titled 'The battle for Hearts and Minds – not to be missed', was broadcast on Christmas Day and also featured the British-based radical preachers Anjem Choudary and Mizanur Rahman, who were convicted of soliciting to murder in 2016.

'Authentic Tauheed' also had an 'official' Facebook page which advertised: 'You can read, listen and see posters of the latest dars [sermons] and more.'

One speech on the Facebook site from June 2015 used the title 'The Empire Strikes Back', using the Star Wars logo and an image of a masked man with an assault rifle and the black flag of Islam.

An Old Bailey jury today convicted Ahad of four charges of disseminating terrorist material and one of possessing articles useful for terrorism.

Kamali was found guilty of four charges.

The jury was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on three further charges of disseminating terrorist material against Khan.

The prosecution asked for seven days to decide whether they would have a retrial on the remaining charges.

Judge Anuja Dhir, QC, remanded both men in custody ahead of sentence.

Earlier Matthew Brook, prosecuting, said: 'At the heart of this case is a website called Authentic Tauheed which published a number of speeches by a man who calls himself Sheikh Faisal.

'He puts himself forward as a teacher of the Islamic faith. Many of his speeches were about religious matters.

'However, a significant number of his speeches did not restrict themselves to talking about proper religious matters.

'A significant number of them the Crown allege amounted to terrorist publications because they praised terrorist organisations such as ISIS and encouraged his listeners to support those terrorist organisations and directly or indirectly encouraged terrorist action by encouraging support for a wider violent jihad.

'The speeches glorified terrorist organisations such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

'They were therefore providing encouragement to their readers to commit or prepare for acts of terrorism.

'The speeches spoke of violent jihad and how boys or girls and how boys or girls aged 12 could participate as they could make IEDs (improvised explosive devices).'

Sheikh el-Faisal said it was compulsory for 'true Muslims' to participate in jihad and encouraged followers to kill non-believers so that 'they would take their place in hellfire'.

'Faisal's speeches covered the period in 2014 when ISIS rose to prominence in Syria and Iraq, declared a Caliphate (a Muslim state) and changed its name to Islamic State,' said Mr Brook.

'Faisal praised ISIS for its actions such as crucifying non-believers and stated it was the religious duty of Muslims to join it.' 

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The pair published sermons given by notorious terror recruiter Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal (pictured in 2003) 

Kamali and Ahad transcribed the speeches and published his work on the website, making it available to followers as part of a 'daily email' dropped into their inbox.

El-Faisal was said to have a 'very narrow definition of who, in his view, was a 'proper' Muslim and therefore deserved to live, and who was not a'proper' Muslim, and deserved to die.

Earlier the judge warned jurors that some of the material they would see would be 'offensive to all right-minded people no matter what their faith.'

Kamali, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, denied seven counts of disseminating terrorist material while Ahad, of Euston, central London, denied four counts of disseminating terrorist material and one of possessing articles useful for terrorism.

Ahad was convicted of four charges of disseminating terrorist material and one of possessing articles useful for terrorism.

Kamali was found guilty of four charges of disseminating terrorist material.

They will return for sentence on a date to be fixed in January.