Jihad recruiter jailed for life

A former Taliban fighter who ran a “recruitment centre” for extremist Muslims to go to Afghanistan to kill British troops was today jailed for life.

Jihad recruiter jailed for life

A former Taliban fighter who ran a “recruitment centre” for extremist Muslims to go to Afghanistan to kill British troops was today jailed for life.

Pakistani-born British citizen Munir Farooqi, 54, was at the centre of a plot to radicalise and persuade vulnerable young men to “fight, kill and die” in a jihad in Afghanistan, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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