Abu Haleema was born in London to Pakistani immigrants and grew up in South Kilburn.
In April 2014, Abu Haleema's home in London was raided by the police, who seized his passport and left a letter from the Home Office explaining that they believed that Haleema intended to travel to Syria to engage in terrorism-related activities.
[2][3] In January 2015, Abu Haleema was one of around 400 people who had their Twitter accounts closed, reportedly on the orders of the British security services and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Abu Haleema was arrested in November 2020 for disseminating Terrorism section 2 Tact.
[1] [2] Abu Haleema is active in social media such as YouTube and Facebook which he uses to spread his views.