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My pen pal Abu Hamza
London vicar Stephen Coles on his correspondence with the radical cleric Abu Hamza.
Reverend Stephen Coles is a vicar in the London neighbourhood of Finsbury Park. In 2001 he met extremist Abu Hamza al-Masri, who back then was an imam at the local mosque. Abu Hamza is currently serving a life sentence in the US on terrorism-related charges. Reverend Coles has been corresponding with the radical cleric since his arrest in 2004.
Image: Abu Hamza al-Masri addresses followers in north London, 2004
Credit: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images
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