A prominent Islamic cleric who voiced support for Israel has been forced out of his home after a terrifying late-night attack by masked militants.
Nahiem Ajmal, a leading moderate with a huge following on YouTube, was asleep at home in Birmingham with his wife and two young daughters when thugs smashed windows and his front door before storming inside.
They were angered by comments made by the 41-year-old cleric – known to his followers as Mufti Abu Layth – last August in an hour-long lecture where he argued for Palestine to be handed over to Israel to settle the bitter conflict.
Nahiem Ajmal, a leading moderate with a huge following on YouTube, was asleep at home in Birmingham with his wife and two young daughters when thugs smashed windows and his front door before storming inside last Sunday (pictured, including a Palestinian flag waved by the men, left)
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This is the terrifying moment an angry mob smash up a Muslim YouTuber s family home after accusing him of disrespecting Palestine .
The masked gang waved a Palestinian flag while hurling bricks through the window of a house in the Hodge Hill area of Birmingham in the early hours of Monday morning.
Screams were heard as the thugs kicked in the front door and ran upstairs, swearing at the homeowner and demanding he come outside .
The victim - a popular Muslim YouTuber - later released a statement on social media saying he and his family were unhurt but his daughter had been left traumatised .