How British prisons became a breeding ground for Islamist extremism
Research finds criminals and terrorists are 'cross-fertilising' as a record number of extremists are jailed
Lizzie Dearden
Home Affairs Correspondent @lizziedearden
The Independent
When Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain and Mohibur Rahman met up in Belmarsh prison in 2013, they had already broken terror laws.
But it was not until after their beliefs were reinforced, as they mingled with fellow extremists in jail, that they turned their attention to wreaking bloodshed in the UK.
Dubbing themselves as the “Three Musketeersâ€, they were poised to strike police and military targets in the UK using a pipe bomb and meat cleaver until the security services intervened.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/islam-extremism-uk-prisons-radical-religion-jail-muslims-terrorism-a8554971.html
