Britain allows convicted jihadist to run for Birmingham city council

The UK government continues to enable decay, moral or otherwise, by allowing a convicted jihadist to run for Birmingham council:

A convicted jihadist who was previously jailed for his role in an armed terrorist plot on a British consulate has confirmed that he will be running in a council election in the multicultural hub of Birmingham.

Pakistani-born Shahid Butt, 60, has attempted to downplay the Islamist infiltration of the United Kingdom, despite running for office as a convicted terrorist.

Butt is running to represent the overwhelmingly Muslim area of Sparkhill on the city council of Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city.

The council candidate was convicted in 1999 of having formed an armed terror group planning to attack an Anglican Church, a Swiss-owned hotel, and the British consulate in Yemen, the Birmingham Mail reported.

Butt’s group was also alleged to have been tied to an Islamist group that kidnapped 16 and killed four Western people in 1998 in Yemen.

His violent past stretched before that, however, having been jailed for his role in street violence in the 1980s in Birmingham, where his parents migrated to from Pakistan. Butt is alleged to have been a member of the Pakistani Lynx gang, which would clash with nativist groups in racist street battles.

The Islamic activist has also recently called upon Muslim youth in Birmingham to “work out at the gym and learn to fight” to be prepared for potential attacks from “disbelievers”.

In November, Butt also called on Muslims from around Britain to descend on Birmingham during the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer match in the city. He told followers that they needed to stop Israeli fans “desecrating” and “dirtying” the city, while also claiming that “babykiller” Israeli soldiers would also be in attendance.

Visiting Israeli football fans were ultimately banned from attending by local police, who attempted to claim that there were concerns over the Israeli fans, when in reality they were concerned over violence from the local Muslim population. The local police chief was later forced to resign after it emerged that the force had relied on fake evidence produced by an AI chatbot to accuse the Tel Aviv fans of wrongdoing.

If the UK government refuses to take any steps to bar Butt from running for and working in what's basically a local government outfit, they've only brought the country down even further.