43-year-old Tarik Chadlioui is accused of making propaganda films encouraging people to fight for ISIS in Syria.<\/p>\n
The alleged offences relate to two visits to Majorca in 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n
Lawyers for Mr Chadlioui argued that extradition breached his human rights.<\/p>\n
Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told that under the European Convention on Human Rights, extradition would compromise the father of eight’s right to a family life.<\/p>\n
The court heard Mr Chadlioui, of Sparkhill, Birmingham, was the sole breadwinner for the family, who have been in the UK since 2015.<\/p>\n
Emma Arbuthnot, Chief Magistrate, rejected the claim, saying Mr Chadlioui’s family were eligible for benefits and could seek help from his mosque.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt worst, and I accept it might be a hardship, the oldest two children could go out and get jobs, they are 17 and 18 after all. I find that the seriousness of the offence and the public interest in upholding our extradition agreement outweigh the interference with Mr Chadlioui and his family\u2019s rights,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Mr Chadlioui was\u00a0one of six people arrested across Europe\u00a0at the request of investigators in Majorca on 28 June.<\/p>\n
The Moroccan-born Belgian national protested his innocence, at earlier hearings.<\/p>\n
His lawyer\u00a0Malcolm Hawke, told the court, “His defence is that he has made thousands of these videos; why has he not been arrested in Belgium?<\/p>\n
“If he was this IS recruitment agent, this would have been picked up long before he came to the UK.”<\/p>\n
The court heard claims last month that\u00a0he had been an “anti-terrorist” preacher for decades and that the videos are anti-jihadist in nature.<\/p>\n
Mr Chadlioui was remanded in custody and has seven days to apply for leave to appeal against the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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