GMC urged to suspend GP leader of UK Islamist group Dr Abdul Wahid, UK chair of Hizb ut-Tahrir, remains an NHS doctor in Harrow despite the group now being banned in the UK

(Jewish News) The General Medical Council has been urged to take action against a Harrow GP who also leads the UK branch of a soon-to-be-banned Islamist terror group.

Dr Abdul Wahid, who also uses the name Wahid Asif Shaida, also trains newly qualified doctors.

He is one of the leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamic organisation involved in pro-Palestine protests, which has also been banned in many Arab nations, as well as in Germany and China.

In December 2023 Wahid described Hamas as a “resistance” group and called [the] 7 October terror attacks “a very welcome punch on the nose” on Piers Morgan’s Talk TV show.

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