From the Daily Caller: A man who was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack on a British consulate is now campaigning for public office in the UK’s second-largest city.
Shahid Butt, who served time in prison for his involvement in a 1999 bombing plot targeting the British consulate in Yemen, is running for a seat on the Birmingham City Council. Butt is campaigning on a pro-Gaza platform in a ward where white residents make up just 8% of the population.
Butt was among eight Britons and two Algerians convicted of plotting the consulate attack, as well as plans to bomb an Anglican church and a Swiss-owned hotel in Yemen, according to the BBC. Prosecutors said these plots were part of a broader militant campaign aimed at driving Western influence out of Yemen and establishing an Islamic state.
Butt maintains that the case against him was fabricated and claims he signed a confession under torture. However, at the time, the judge dismissed these claims, according to the BBC.
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Recently, Butt 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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