A hijab-wearing Muslim police officer who was hailed as a role model for confronting anti-lockdown protesters faces being sacked from Scotland Yard over her alleged links to a female jihadist in Syria.
Pc Ruby Begum, 29, is also accused of posting offensive messages on Twitter where she insulted Jews and mocked the 9/11 terror attacks.
She is alleged to have made the comments before joining the Metropolitan Police in 2016 but chose not to delete them after becoming a special constable.
Pc Begum, who faces a misconduct hearing, is alleged to have failed during the forceâs vetting process âto disclose her association with a female Jihadi living inside the Islamic State caliphate in Syriaâ.
She is also said to have an âinterest in the teachings of extremist preachersâ.
The officer, who serves with the Metâs Territorial Support Group, a unit which specialises in public order policing, was praised by colleagues and the public in 2020 after a photograph of her confronting a mob of anti-lockdown protesters in London went viral on social media.
She was seen wearing a hijab on the front line against the baying crowd.
Offensive term
The Metropolitan Police has said the offensive and discriminatory comments were made between 2013 and 2019.
One of the posts, from July 30 2014, first exposed in an investigation by the Mail on Sunday newspaper, reads: âIsrael have no limits. Scumbags. I canât wait for the day they get severely punished.â
She is also said to have used the offensive term âkuffarâ to describe non-believers, writing: âKuffar lips have been all over my mug there is no way Iâm using that thing againâ.
Another Tweet two months later read: âMust be stupid if you think Iâm gonna do 2 mins silence for 9/11.â
âRobust actionâ
The suspected Isis female who Pc Begum is said to have communicated with used the online name Muslimah4Life, according to the Mail on Sunday.
In one Tweet, Muslimah4Life said she was using a Yazidi slave as a maid: âMy maid (slave) taught me how to bake a Syrian bread, finally I made one on my own today. Alhamdulilah [praise be to God].â
The Met Police said in an earlier statement: âThere is no place within the Met for any racist, homophobic or otherwise hateful attitudes and officers and staff can expect robust action should they be found to hold or express such views.â
A three-day misconduct hearing starts on Oct 21.
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