Convicted extremist’s mother insists her son who called for beheadings would never hurt anyone

The mother of a convicted extremist has insisted her ISIS-supporting son who called for beheadings would ‘never hurt anyone’ as ministers race to stop his automatic release.

Mohammed Zahir Khan had previously posed with an ISIS flag and had called for a so-called ‘year of fear’ before being jailed in 2018.

The 42-year-old from Sunderland was supposed to have been imprisoned for four and a half years but is due for automatic release in the next few months.

Ministers are facing a deadline of February 27 to pass the emergency terror legislation through Parliament that would end automatic release for offenders after half their sentence after Sudesh Amman attacked locals in Streatham.

Source: Daily Mail