Radical Islamic cleric leads Peak District spiritual and fitness camp

Muslim groups claiming our wild spaces for Islam, under the guise of fresh air exercise and innocent hiking has been going on for some time. Readers might remember I reported on the activities of the Muslim Hikers Group two years ago; putting up signs pointing to Mecca on their routes round the Peak District, demanding that toilets be opened especially for them on Christmas Day so that they could perform wudu before their mass prayers, and Snowdonia and other wilds area too. This is different again and definitely wouldn’t be attracting innocent genine hikers.

From the Telegraph.

A radical Islamic cleric who has supported members of Hezbollah is running a summer camp that combines combat training with religious education in the Peak District this week.

Sayed Hussein Makke, a London-born Shia preacher and influencer, has mourned members of the Lebanese terror group – including a British friend who died fighting for Hezbollah – and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Earlier this year, his visa to visit Australia was revoked after Sky News reported that he had allegedly hailed Hassan Nasrallah, a Hezbollah leader killed in an Israeli air strike last year, as one of the world’s “greatest freedom fighters”.

Lawyers for Mr Makke said he was not a member of, and had not provided support to, any proscribed organisation.

The cleric is currently promoting a physical and Islamic training camp for young British men in the Peak District from July 30 to Aug 3. The camp, known as the Spiritual Warrior Project and held at Darwin Lake in Derbyshire, offers “Olympic-level wrestling” alongside religious education by a cleric.

The course is described as focusing on “God-centric masculinity” and “man psychology”. Applicants are asked how much they value “discipline” and “brotherhood”.

Promotional material for the course says: “Brotherhood is to trust your comrades – to know that you and your mission go further together than you could ever do by yourself. Spiritual Warriors live, eat and breathe brotherhood.”

An Instagram post shared by an account named Jafar Hammoud on Oct 7 last year, the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel, features Mr Zaarour with fellow students at a seminary in Lebanon. The post is captioned “war nights” and states that “victory is near”.

In a separate programme called the “One-on-One King Programme”, Mr Makke offers private mentoring to men and is said to explore “the masculine archetypes – king, warrior, magician, lover,” in a programme tailored to overcome personal weakness and “maximise potential”.

Mr Makke also sells oil-based products, including a pill to “boost libido”, for customers embarking on the “spiritual warrior path”. Rape jihad is real.