A convicted terrorist jailed for his part in an armed terror plot in Yemen is standing for election in the UK on a pro-Gaza platform.
As part of an alliance of independent candidates, Shahid Butt hopes to become a councillor in Birmingham in May. He is standing for election in the inner-city Sparkhill ward, where the majority of residents have a Pakistani background, and in a city that has seen tensions mount over immigration.
Butt, 60, was jailed for five years in Yemen in 1999 after bei
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