He left Iran for London in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution where he was bullied and discriminated against for his South Asian identity.
This provoked his embracement of radical Islam and later he became closely acquainted with Al-Muhajiroun members Omar Bakri and Anjem Choudary.
In August 2001, he went to secret camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan and trained in the use of guns and explosives.
[5] He participated in the Islamist demonstration outside the Danish Embassy in London in 2006, where he chanted "Europe you will pay with your blood"[4] and "Denmark, USA, 7/7 on its way" through a megaphone,[6] and he was charged with using words likely to stir up racial hatred and released on bail to appear at West London Magistrates' Court on 31 March 2006[7] On 1 February 2007, he was found guilty, and will be held until his sentencing in April.
[9] He gave a series of speeches at the Regent's Park Mosque, the DVD of which was discovered at the former residence of Omar Bakri in 2006.