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Man convicted in past bombing plots seeks to run in UK election
Shahid Butt, convicted for 1999 terror plots, seeks to leverage local Muslim resentment against Labour in Birmingham’s Sparkhill ward in May election.
- Shahid Butt, 60-year-old Pakistani-born candidate, is running for Birmingham City Council on the pro-Hamas Independent Candidates Alliance list and will contest Sparkhill ward in the May 7 election.
- The Independent Candidates Alliance, formed in 2024, says it aims to siphon Muslim votes from the ruling Labour Party amid perceptions of alienation since 2024.
- His past includes a 1999 conviction for conspiracy to bomb a British consulate, an Anglican church and a hotel in Yemen, a five-year jail term, and anti‑Israel activism including a protest call before the Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match, November.
- Butt says he is the ideal candidate to unite a divided community, push back against the far right and defeat Labour, and will appear on a slate of about 20 candidates with Akhmed Yakoob and Shakeel Afsar.
- In his 30s, Butt joined a cell under Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, linked to the 1998 kidnapping of 16 Westerners , and urged youth to train and stand together, raising local public‑order and security concerns.
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Convicted pro-Hamas terrorist to run in local UK election
Shahid Butt, a convicted terrorist jailed for bomb plots against a British consulate and a church, to run for the Birmingham City Council as part of a pro-Hamas ticket, after calling on Muslims to protest planned match against Israeli soccer team. By World Israel News Staff A convicted Islamist terrorist and anti-Israel activist who has spread false accusations regarding the IDF is planning on running for a seat on the Birmingham City Council as…
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