From Breitbart: [ENGLAND] A convicted jihadist who was previously jailed for his role in an armed terrorist plot on a British consulate has confirmed that he will be running in a council election in the multicultural hub of Birmingham.
Pakistani-born Shahid Butt, 60, has attempted to downplay the Islamist infiltration of the United Kingdom, despite running for office as a convicted terrorist.
Butt is running to represent the overwhelmingly Muslim area of Sparkhill on the city council of Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city.
The council candidate was convicted in 1999 of having formed an armed terror group planning to attack an Anglican Church, a Swiss-owned hotel, and the British consulate in Yemen, the Birmingham Mail reported.
Breitbart explains that Butt is alleged to have been a member of the Pakistani Lynx gang, and spent some time in jail in the 1980s for his role in street violence in Birmingham, where his parents migrated to from Pakistan.
Butt’s group was allegedly linked to an Islamist group that kidnapped 16 and killed four Western people in 1998 in Yemen.
More recently, he encouraged Muslim youth in Birmingham to “work out at the gym and learn to fight” to be prepared for potential attacks from “disbelievers”.
“Muslims are not pacifists. If someone comes our way, we will knock their teeth out,” he declared.
Please meet Shahid Butt, a convicted Islamic terrorist who tried to bomb the British consulate and a church in Yemen.
He is now running for city council in Birmingham on a pledge to “crush the far right,” backed by a Muslim-progressive coalition and pro-Palestinian activists.… pic.twitter.com/Bt55evHfUP
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) January 29, 2026
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This guy is running for city council in Birmingham, England, and is expected to WIN. https://t.co/kqK7XyyFYv
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