Editing Richard Reid (section)

==Islamic radicalisation==
Upon his release from prison in 1995,<ref name="guardian 02-28-02"/> Reid joined the [[Brixton Mosque]].<ref name="time 01-14-02"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1729022.stm|title=Shoe bomb suspect 'one of many'|date=26 December 2001|publisher=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225445/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1729022.stm|archive-date=11 January 2009}}</ref> He later began attending the [[North London Central Mosque|Finsbury Park Mosque]] in North London, headed at that time by the anti-American cleric [[Abu Hamza al-Masri]], who was described as "the heart of the extremist Islamic culture" in Britain.<ref name="time 02-12-02"/><ref name="time 01-14-02"/> By 1998 Reid was voicing extremist views.<ref name="time 02-12-02"/> At the Finsbury Park Mosque he fell under the sway of "terrorist talent spotters and handlers" including [[Djamel Beghal]], one of the leaders of the foiled [[2001 attack U.S. Embassy Paris plot|plan for a 2001 suicide bombing of the American Embassy in Paris]].<ref name="time 01-14-02"/><ref name="RaynerBeghal">{{cite news|last1=Rayner|first1=Gordon|title=Charlie Hebdo suspect 'mentored' by Abu Hamza disciple, Djamal Beghal|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11333776/Charlie-Hebdo-suspect-mentored-by-Abu-Hamza-disciple.html|access-date=13 December 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225231828/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11333776/Charlie-Hebdo-suspect-mentored-by-Abu-Hamza-disciple.html|archive-date=25 December 2017}}</ref>

Reid spent 1999 and 2000 in Pakistan and trained at a terrorist camp in Afghanistan, according to several informants.<ref name="time 02-12-02"/> He may also have attended an anti-American religious training centre in [[Lahore]] as a follower of [[Mubarak Ali Gilani]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bomb Probe Eyes Pakistan Links|url=http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/006/nation/Bomb_probe_eyes_Pakistan_links+.shtml|last=Stockman|first=Farah|date=6 January 2002|work=Boston Globe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204163044/http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/006/nation/Bomb_probe_eyes_Pakistan_links+.shtml|archive-date=4 February 2002}}</ref>

After his return to Britain, Reid attempted to obtain duplicate passports from British government consulates abroad. He lived and travelled in several places in Europe, communicating using an address in [[Peshawar]], Pakistan, coincidentally where [[al Qaeda]] was formed in the late 1980s.<ref name="time 02-12-02"/>