Islamist thug questioned following London Bridge terror attack is STILL spreading extremism on YouTube
A CONVICTED Islamist arrested after the London Bridge terror attack is back posting extremism on YouTube a year later, The Sun Online can reveal.
Ricardo McFarlane, 30, was filmed just days ago trying to convert people to Islam outside Westfield in Stratford, East London, in one video and railing against “enemies of Allah” in another.
The Muslim convert, who prayed with depraved London Bridge attacker Khuram Butt, was arrested and quizzed about the atrocity by anti-terror cops following a raid in East London but was later released.
He had appeared in the Channel Four documentary The Jihadis Next Door with the terrorist, who was shot dead along with two accomplices after killing eight and injuring 48 on June 3 last year.
McFarlane was also caged for 12 months in December 2013 for affray, which was linked non-Muslims being assaulted and harassed in East London.
Along with “Ginger Jihadi” Jordan Horner and Royal Barnes, he abused couples holding hands, people drinking alcohol and women whose clothes the trio disapproved of in a month of acting as “religious vigilantes”.
As well as being jailed, they were given five-year Asbos barring them from distributing material or accosting the public in 2014.
But McFarlane is still posting on his channel, with one video from two years ago showing him on the show being confronted by cops while alongside Butt, who complains the white cameraman has been let go.
He says: “The only English white person who is a non-Muslim who was part of our group, but because he is white and he is English he can go but all of us who were just praying, we have to stay.”
In another ten-minute video posted on April 21 this year, he rails against the enemies of Islam, saying: “It’s a shame that we are focusing on Muslim on Muslim conflict, like certain people are only focusing only on the Muslim community.
“They are not focusing on the enemies of Allah, those who want to destroy Islam, they’re given a green pass, they’re given a green pass to do what they want to do.”
Another clip posted last week features the dead al-Qaeda mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki, whose sermons are said to have inspired atrocities including the 7/7 bombings, the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre.
One shows him filming a demonstration outside the US embassy in London in 2015 with extremists including Siddharthra Dhar, who later became Jihadi John’s replacement as chief ISIS executioner.
The crowd can be seen listening to a speech by the jailed hate preacher Anjem Choudary as a US flag burns on the ground.
His channel also features a 90-minute lecture posted on May 1 by the Islamic extremist Mizanur Rahman, who was jailed in July 2016 with Choudary for inviting support for ISIS.
Both men were followers of the hate preacher Omar Bakri Mohammad, who fled from the UK after the 7/7 bombings on the London Underground.
McFarlane was a known associate of ALM, otherwise known as Muslims Against Crusades.
And McFarlane isn’t the only associate of the London Bridge attackers to have returned to preaching on social media.
Moshiur Rahman, a close associate of Choudary and follower of Bakri, has been preaching on social media including Telegram.
The extremist, from Luton, posted a video of Bakri delivering a sermon and a guide on marriage called “Jewels of Advice for the Husband and Wife”.
Today marks the one year anniversary of the devastating London Bridge attack when Butt, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, carried out a murderous rampage.
The trio – all wearing stab-proof vests – had rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge at 50mph.
McFarlane was caged for six months last year after admitting possessing a bogus Spanish ID, which was discovered in the boot of his car.
He sparked fury after refusing to stand for a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court because “he believes there is only one person who he should bow to” due to his religion.
A police spokeswoman said: “The Metropolitan Police can confirm that the material provided will be assessed.”
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