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The bearded man sitting behind a desk is Adel Abdel Bary. Many people might remember the name, if not the face. Behind this new photograph of him is a story which raises worrying questions about the restrictions - or lack of them - placed on convicted terrorists and is symptomatic, some would argue, of the kind of place Britain has now become. First, though let us remind you of who Bary is. He is synonymous with an era, back in the 1980s and 1990s, when London was known as 'Londonistan' because, in the words of a former White House counter terrorism official, the capital was, metaphorically speaking, behaving 'promiscuously to all manner of Islamist recruiters and fundraisers for, and actual practitioners of, holy war.'

Adel Abdel Bary (left and inset) said he wants to give youngsters 'skills' and a 'vision' as he plans his first public interview since returning to the UK after his release from a US prison. The 64-year-old was convicted over his role in the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Since his return to Britain, Bary has been living with his wife, a UK citizen, at their taxpayer-funded Maida Vale home. In a profile piece on the Islam21c website, which claims to 'educate and inspire' Muslims, Bary is quoted as saying: 'The best things for our world now are the basics … Go play with the children, give them skills, give them a vision,' The Times reports.