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Muslim centre leader in Italy arrested for alleged ties to ISIS

He is accused of radicalising children at the Foggia cultural centre

Newsroom April 2 06:57

An Islamic cultural centre leader in the Italian city of Foggia was arrested this week after allegations of ties to the Islamic State terror group and accusations he had been radicalising children with pro-Islamic State propaganda.
Abdel Rahan Bdel Mohy Eldin Mostafa Omer, originally from Egypt, taught Islam lessons at the Al Dawa cultural centre in Foggia and also served as the president of the centre. He has been accused of pushing students toward joining terror groups and participating in Jihad Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.
The 58-year-old is said to have told his students, “I invite you to fight the unbelievers, with your swords cut off their heads, with your explosive belts you blow up their heads. It is necessary to break the skulls of the unbelievers and drink their blood to obtain victory.”
Prosecutors also said that Omer sent out various videos through social media and mobile apps like Whatsapp to students containing material that told the students they had an “obligation to destroy churches and turn them into mosques, identifying Italy as the target of terrorist activity.”
Official Islamic State propaganda material was also found at the residence of Omer along with images and films of children enlisted by the terror group carrying out brutal acts of violence.

source: breitbart.com

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