Mohammad al-Massari

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Dr. Muhammad Al-Massari is a well-known scholar and exiled Saudi dissident who gained asylum in the United Kingdom in 1994^[1]. He runs the Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights in Saudia Arabia and is an adviser to the Islamic Human Rights Commission.

He has been known to declare British troops in Iraq to be legitimate targets for militants, and has hosted videos of bomb attacks on his website^[1]. He runs a radio station with similar messages, including songs calling for a jihad (holy war) against coalition forces^[1]. Although some government officials have expressed concern over the content of his broadcasts, Dr. al-Massari insists that his radio station is not broadcast in Britain and therefore is not under the jurisdiction of the British government^[1].

The government has commented that forthcoming anti-terrorism legislation would enable police to charge citizens of even indirectly inciting acts of terrorism, although they refused to comment on the radio station in particular^[1].