(BBC) A man who was found guilty of wearing a headband in support of Hamas at a pro-Palestine rally in central London has been given a conditional discharge.
Khaled Hajsaad, 24, wore the green headband which had the basic statement of the Islamic faith “Shahada” written on it in Trafalgar Square last year, Westminster Magistrates’ Court previously heard.
He had told police it was “an item of Saudi Arabia” and the Shahada was a “statement of my faith.”
He was found guilty in April of wearing the item “in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion” he was supporting Hamas — an illegal act in the UK — but the judge said she did “not classify the harm [caused] as serious.”
