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Hassan Butt ((ウルドゥー語: حسن بٹ)) (born 1980) is the British Pakistani former spokesman of the radical Islamic group al-Muhajiroun who now calls on Muslims to ''"renounce terror"''.〔(My plea to fellow Muslims: you must renounce terror ) Observer, 1 July 2007〕 Butt has claimed that before renouncing terror he sent arms to the Taliban, organised training for 200 British Muslims to fight in Jihad, collected monies for terrorism, incited others to terrorism, encouraged attacks on political and military targets in the UK and associated with the 7/7 bombers. On 9 May 2008, British anti-terror police arrested Butt for questioning just as he was about to board a flight to Lahore, Pakistan.〔(Anti-terror police arrest Muslim author and former al-Qaida recruiter as he boards flight to Pakistan ), ''Daily Mail'', 10 May 2008〕 He was released after twelve days while the police investigation continues.〔(Terror suspect Butt released ), ''Channel 4'', 10 May 2008〕 Manchester Police subsequently released extracts from their interviews with Butt in which he stated that "I've never met Osama bin Laden. I've never met anyone from Al-Qaeda, or anyone who claimed to be from Al-Qaeda at all in my entire life", and that he had stabbed himself "as part of the whole scam." 〔(Hassan Butt freed amid 'scam' claims ) Channel 4, 21 May 2008〕〔(Hassan Butt, 'al-Qa’ida activist or charlatan'? ) The Muslim News, 27 June 2008〕 ==Personal life, education, and career== Hassan Butt was born in Luton to Kashmiri parents, who later moved to Manchester. There Butt attended Prestwich High School, where he claims to have been forced out for his 'Islamic activities’. He finished at Abraham Moss High School, then attended Bury College and the University of Wolverhampton, which also expelled him.〔('Jihad' cry prompts condemnation ) Salford Advertiser, 1 November 2001〕 At the age of 20 he moved to Pakistan and gained notoriety in 2002 when he claimed that he had recruited 200 British volunteers to fight for the Taliban who would return to the UK and launch terror attacks.〔(UK 'terror target' claim dismissed ) BBC News, 7 January 2002〕 On his return from Pakistan he resurfaced in London and approached the Mirror newspaper with an offer to sell his story for £100,000. Following the attempt to sell his story, a spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain said: ''"The very wild claims that Butt has made from Lahore show him for what he is: a clown and someone who wants to make himself important"'' 〔( Briton's boast of recruiting for bin Laden may lead to charges ) Daily Telegraph, 19 December 2001〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hassan Butt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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