Sweden deports imam accused of being an ISIS recruiter Ahmed Ahmed had been held for a year on suspicion of Islamist extremism

January 20, 2022   

(National-UAE) An imam suspected of being a recruiter for ISIS has been deported by Sweden after a year in detention.

Ahmed Ahmed, 52, was detained last year on suspicion of being a key figure in the radicalisation and recruitment of ISIS fighters across Sweden, where he had worked in a number of mosques.

Originally from Iraq, Swedish security services deported him last week after a judge ruled he posed a threat to national security.

It is alleged 14 people connected to him travelled to fight for ISIS.

In a 2015 raid on his home, images of ISIS fighters and Osama bin Laden were allegedly found on his phone along with a picture of the Jordanian pilot who was burnt alive by ISIS.

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