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Anger as Islamist hate cleric who praised Hitler for killing Jews allowed into UK

Home Office faces questions about why it granted entry to Bangladeshi cleric Enayet Ullah Abbasi for a speaking tour this month

June 29, 2023 11:32
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A hate preacher who said “Hitler did a good job on killing Jews in the Holocaust” was allowed to enter the UK for a lecture tour despite his history of extremism.

The Home Office is facing questions about why it granted entry to Bangladeshi cleric Enayet Ullah Abbasi for a speaking tour earlier this month.

He was only forced to cut short his visit after reports revealed that he had praised the September 11 hijackers and a series of venues where he was due to speak withdrew.

Now further details of the violent rhetoric espoused by Abbasi, a prominent figure in Bangladesh where he draws large crowds, can be revealed including a series of vile antisemitic statements about Jews.

The JC has unearthed a video of speech he made in Bangladesh last year in which Abbasi told his supporters: “Hitler did a good job on behalf of humanity.”

He added: “In Europe, he sized down a huge number of Jews, nearly seven million.”
In the Bengali-language speech, translated by the JC, he went on: “If these [Jews] remained, then living in this world would not be possible, is this correct or not?