Convicted terrorist sues saying he's 'deeply offended' by sign outside pub named the Saracen's Head Inn
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A convicted terrorist is taking a pub to court after he claimed to be deeply offended by the sign outside the venue. Khalid Baqa, who has previously spent four years behind bars for preparing Jihadi propaganda, wants more than £1,000 from the Saracen's Head Inn in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
![[Baqa said the sign - which depicts a brown-skinned man of Arab or Turkish descent - 'instilled worry and fear in me since it was clearly xenophobic, racist and inciting violence to certain people']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/01/93180691-14196175-image-a-67_1734314061191.jpg)
He has criticised what he described as the racist 'depiction of a bearded Arab/Turk' on the pub's sign and also insisted the depiction 'incites violence'. Baqa has asked for £1,850 from the landlord and has also announced plans for take on over 30 other pubs with the same name if successful.
![[Speaking to The Sun , Robbie Hayes (pictured) said: 'It's a complete joke. This has been called The Saracen's Head for 500 years']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/01/93180695-14196175-image-a-68_1734314064795.jpg)
However, the landlord of the pub is fighting back against the lawsuit which he has slammed as a 'complete joke.'. Speaking to The Sun, Robbie Hayes said: 'This has been called The Saracen's Head for 500 years. 'He's just chancing his hand. Of course it worries me - you never know with people like this.'.
The 52-year-old added that none of his pubgoers are racist and that he did not believe the sign or the name were racist but instead were 'simply historic'. Khalid Baqa, who has previously spent four years behind bars for preparing Jihadi propaganda, wants over £1,000 from the Saracen's Head Inn in Chesham for what he described as the racist 'depiction of a bearded Arab/Turk' on the pub's sign.
Baqa said the sign - which depicts a brown-skinned man of Arab or Turkish descent - 'instilled worry and fear in me since it was clearly xenophobic, racist and inciting violence to certain people'. Speaking to The Sun , Robbie Hayes (pictured) said: 'It's a complete joke. This has been called The Saracen's Head for 500 years'.
