EXCLUSIVE: Radical cleric who 'influenced 7/7 bombers' wants UK return and praises White Widow jihadist

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A preacher said to have brainwashed the 7/7 bombers has praised the White Widow - despite being locked up in a maximum-security jail. Shaikh Abdullah al Faisal, 62, is currently held in a New York penal facility as he serves an 18-year sentence for being an ISIS fixer. The firebrand jihadist - named in a Home Office report as having “strongly influenced” terrorist Germaine Lindsay - was deported from the UK in 2007 after serving a seven-year sentence for inciting murder. In 2023 US prosecutors