Slough Council Flat Shelters IS Somalia Leader's Family
MI5-monitored preacher gained UK citizenship, fled to jihad, left wife and children on state support
UK granted citizenship to a radical preacher who became IS Somalia's leader; his family remains in council housing despite his 2016 passport-burning jihad pledge. Vetting and deportation failures span governments, subsidising terror ties.
Slough Council Flat Shelters IS Somalia Leader’s Family
Abdul Qadir Mumin leads Islamic State’s Somali branch from Puntland mountains. His UK-citizen wife and three children occupy a two-bedroom council flat in Slough. MI5 probed his London mosque sermons during 2003-2010, yet he fled to jihad unstopped.
Mumin arrived in Britain around 2003. He delivered extremist talks at mosques linked to Lee Rigby’s killers and Jihadi John. UK authorities granted him citizenship amid these activities.
He married 19-year-old Muna Abdule in a 2003 Islamic ceremony. Mumin was then 48. They produced a son now 20 and daughters aged 18 and 17.
Radicalisation accelerated in Britain. Friends note he shifted from traditional preaching to hard-line recruitment under MI5 scrutiny. He abandoned the family abruptly, vanishing to Somalia.
In 2016, Mumin surfaced burning his British passport on video. He pledged life to jihad. By 2015, he defected al-Shabaab to lead IS-Somalia.
Mrs Abdule claims no contact for over a decade. She visited Somalia once, finding no change in him. The family receives council housing support.
Security Lapses Span Eras
MI5 investigations yielded no arrest or exit ban. Mumin departed freely despite radicalisation efforts. This occurred under Labour governments from 2003-2010.
Citizenship endures despite his terrorist role. No public revocation appears. UK law protects even defectors unless specific terror convictions apply.
Mosque attendance by figures like Michael Adebolajo underscores venue failures. No shutdowns followed. Radical networks persisted post-Mumin.
Welfare Ties Bind Threats
Slough council provides the family home. Taxpayers fund housing for jihadist’s kin. Mrs Abdule cites hardship, yet state aid continues.
Children know their father’s identity. No contact exists, per claims. Upbringing in Britain shapes the next generation amid this legacy.
Mumin holds four wives total. UK-supported branch remains. Parallel cases show foreign extremists’ families retain benefits.
Integration Void Exposed
Britain hosted Mumin’s radical turn. Pre-UK, he preached traditionally in Somalia. Exposure hardened him for global jihad.
Sermons targeted recruits openly. MI5 monitored without decisive action. Outcome: exported terrorism leader.
Somalia hosts his operations in Galgala hills. UK citizens face indirect risks from such networks. Travel and finance links persist.
Recurring Deportation Paralysis
170 foreign extremists evade removal due to rights laws. Mumin fits patterns of monitored threats staying or fleeing. Families anchor in UK.
Governments nibble reforms. Core vetting collapsed across parties. Citizenship grants ignore long-term threats.
Institutional Pathology Persists
UK systems grant entry, citizenship, welfare to radicals. Monitoring substitutes for prevention. Families draw resources post-abandonment.
This sustains jihadist footholds. Ordinary citizens bear security and fiscal costs. Radicalisation hubs like those mosques endure.
Mumin’s case documents precise failures: vetting blindness, inaction on probes, welfare without safeguards. UK breeds, exports, then subsidises terror legacies. Decline embeds in every unchecked entry and unrevoked bond.
Commentary based on Islamic State leader has wife and children in Britain by Tom McArdle on The Telegraph.