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Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, a former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and current Imam of the city’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, will visit Britain as part of a delegation organised by Pro-Palestinian group EuroPal, according to Jewish News Online. An email sent to MPs announced the details of Sabri’s visit agenda and offered meetings in parliament with the group between Monday 11 and Friday 15 September. Shockingly in a 2001 radio sermon he called for the destruction of Britain and the US and said: “Allah, destroy the US, its helpers and its agents. Allah, destroy Britain, its helpers and its agents. Allah, prepare those who will unite the Muslims and march in the steps of Saladin.” Sabri has a history of anti-Semitic and terrorist-supporting views, including advocating using children for terrorist means.

GETTY The Imam has offered to meet MPs in Parliament

Allah, destroy Britain, its helpers and its agents Sheikh Ekrima Sabri

In a sermon on Palestinian television, he said: “The Muslim loves death and [strives for] martyrdom.” In addition to calling for the destruction of America and Britain, he has said Jews are “the most cowardly creatures Allah has ever created”, adding that he is “filled with rage toward the Jews”. Joan Ryan MP, Labour Friends of Israel chair, said she was horrified Sabri was attempting to visit parliament “given his reported views on the holocaust, terrorism and the Jewish people." She added: “If these reports are true, he should not be allowed into the UK, let alone into Parliament.

IG A petition to ban him from the UK has gathered more than 5,000 signatures