According to a report by TheGuardian, a British Jihadi who claims he is
fighting alongside militants in Syria has said he will return to the UK
when he sees 'the black flag of Islam' hanging over Buckingham Palace.The man, who called himself Abu Osama, said he had been taking part in military training, making bombs and
fighting with the extremist Al-Nusra Front, which is linked to al Qaida,
for the past year.
Osama, whose accent suggested he comes from
the north of England, claimed to have been fighting for the
establishment of a caliphate - which he referred to by the Arabic term
Khilafah - across the Islamic world.
He told BBC 5 Live's Nicky Campbell: 'There is nothing in
Britain - it is just pure evil.
'If
and when I come back to Britain it will be when this Khilafah - this
Islamic state - comes to conquer Britain and I come to raise the black
flag of Islam over Downing Street, over Buckingham Palace, over Tower
Bridge and over Big Ben.'
But he added: 'I have no intention of coming
back to Britain, because I have come to revive the Islamic Khilafah. I
don't want to come back to what I have left behind.
Osama said he initially faced opposition from his family over his
decision to go to Syria,saying: 'At first it was hard for them to accept,
because no mother wants to lose her son.
'But I send them photos and I
speak to them about the situation, and now they can understand that this
is a good cause I am in.
'They are a bit scared but I tell them we will meet in the afterlife. This is just a temporary separation.
'They
said, "We understand now what you are doing", and my mother said, "I
have sold you to Allah. I don't want to see you again in this world".'
The comments were broadcast as
religious leaders called on British Muslims not to travel to Syria and
Iraq, amid fears of jihadis fleeing the country to take part in
terrorism.
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