Overview
- UK counter-terrorism authorities are assessing the resurfaced posts that were published between 2008 and 2014.
- According to BBC and Reuters reports, the posts praised killing colonisers and Zionists, urged killing more, insulted Britons, and included the line, “I am a racist, I don’t like white people.”
- Abd El Fattah issued an unequivocal apology, arguing some posts were taken out of context and describing them as a young man’s anger over regional wars and police brutality in Egypt.
- Conservative figures and Reform UK demanded denaturalisation and deportation, with Chris Philp urging citizenship removal and Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage condemning the comments.
- A spokesperson for Keir Starmer said he was unaware of the posts when he welcomed Abd El Fattah’s return and considers them abhorrent, as the Board of Deputies of British Jews voiced deep concern.