A Muslim keyboard warrior has admitted posing as an Englishman online and calling for “Paki-bashing” in Birmingham where an immigrant mob later went on a violent rampage.
Ehsan Hussain, 25, used the name Chris Nolan in a Telegram group called Southport Wake Up to post messages including “get these Paki scums out”, “we need to take back what’s ours” between August 5 and 6 amid Britain-wide anti-immigrant protests.
On the evening of August 5 a mob of masked and armed Muslims with Palestinian flags rampaged through the Yardley area, where Hussain lives, attacking a pub and assaulting an innocent patron.
Hussain’s posts contained calls to “conquer Alum Rock”, an area where native Briton have been largely replaced by Muslims, and added to rumours of “far-right” protests targeting the area.
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Gang of Muslims attack a British man in a pub in Birmingham
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— Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK) August 5, 2024
Hussain pleaded guilty to publishing written material to stir up racial hatred at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Wednesday and was told to expect a jail sentence.
Hussain’s solicitor Aftab Zahoor claimed his client acted first out of curiosity and then to “take a poke at others” after being shocked by posts in the Telegram group.
District Judge Murray remanded Hussain in custody until his sentencing and told him his actions were part of “overall disorder, which caused real problems throughout the country.
“My powers of sentencing [a six-month maximum sentence] are clearly and substantially exceeded. You have pleaded guilty, and you will get credit for your guilty plea in due course,” he said.
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Birmingham, England, Aug . 5 — Armed “Muslim patrol” members surrounded and attacked a pub after marching around the area looking for white right-wingers to attack. (The rumored “far-right” protest never materialized.)
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Midland Police said the posts resulted in another man being wrongly identified as responsible for the messages, and said he has been spoken to by officers and is being supported.
Chief Superintendent Richard North, from Birmingham Police, said: “This has been an excellent but complex investigation.
“We would like to thank members of the public for alerting us to these posts which was crucial at a time when we were seeing lots of rumour, speculation and misinformation online; we know this can be extremely harmful to all of our communities.
“We do not tolerate violence in our towns and cities, or tolerate those who use social media to encourage such violence.”
Pictured above: Ehsan Hussain (left), Muslim rioters attacking a pub patron in Birmingham (right).
