Son of hate preacher Abu Hamza appears in jihadist propaganda video after fleeing to fight in Syria
Sufiyan Mustafa is seen in military fatigues urging followers to fight against the forces of President Bashar Al Assad
THE son of hate preacher Abu Hamza has appeared in a jihadist propaganda video in Syria after fleeing to join fighting in the country.
Sufiyan Mustafa – hook-handed cleric Hamza’s sixth son – is seen in military fatigues urging followers to fight against the forces of President Bashar Al Assad in the recording.
It comes after it emerged last weekend he had managed to leave the UK to fight in Syria.
In the video Mustafa, 22, urges viewers to "shine a light on the atrocities" carried out by Bashar Assad, the Russians and ISIS.
In the 30-minute video he launches an outspoken attack people who see ISIS as "representative of Islam".
He says: "It is very unfair for the West to judge Muslims by the actions of Al Qaeda, ISIS or Hizbollah. If that is fair then all Muslims have the right to view all Christians as crusaders or Americans as Charles Manson."
And he blames the Syrian president for emptying the prisons of terrorists so that he can paint his revolutionary opponents as terrorists.
He says: "I will continue to stand by the side of the Syrian people and fight for their causes that many loved ones have sacrificed their lives for."
He adds: "There is no solution to the Syrian situation while Assad is in power ... if you want to help then shine a light on the atrocities carried out by Bashar Assad, the Russians and ISIS."
Ex-student Mustfa is thought to have risen to become a jihadi commander with rebels fighting repressive Al-Assad in the civil war that has raged since 2011.
He travelled 2,000 miles to join fighters and initially lived a “ghost” existence merging into the background of the conflict.
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But he has joined fighters on the frontline in the north of the country and was involved in the siege of Aleppo last summer.
Mustafa has appeared in You Tube videos before leaving for the Middle East, but the video shot in Syria was handed to us by an investigator.
Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza, 58, was the hate-filled imam at Finsbury Park mosque, in North London.
One-eyed and hook-handed Hamza is now serving life in a US jail for terror offences after an eight-year battle to get him extradited.
He was branded “evil” by a US judge in 2015 as she jailed him for 11 crimes including plotting to set up a US terror training camp.
Since the Syria conflict began in 2011, 800 Brits are said to have fled there to fight – with most joining terror group IS which Mustafa opposes.
He is sixth of the eight children fathered by Hamza, who lived in London and claimed benefits before he was sent to face justice in the States.
