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ABSoc for Justice, in collaboration with London’s Palestine House, is scheduled to hold a “Guide to Islamic Activism” workshop on November 14. The four-hour program will run from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the central London venue, according to the event listing.
The event will feature Batool Subeiti, who celebrated the Hamas-led October 7 massacre and later traveled to Lebanon to meet senior Hezbollah official Mohammad Raad, according to previous reporting. The flyer says the discussion will cover questions including “How Can Muslims Engage in Lawfare Against Zionists?”, “Who Should Muslims Vote For?” and “How Should Muslims Combat Islamophobia?”, as well as “Street Activism, Direct Action & More.” Other advertised speakers at the event include Ammar Kazmi, Aymun Moosavi and Zayn Ahmed.
ABSoc for Justice describes itself as the activist wing of the Muslim Student Council, an umbrella body for AhlulBayt Islamic Societies at more than 45 British universities, according to parliamentary evidence. Metro reported that ABSoc for Justice has worked with Press TV, the U.S.-sanctioned Iranian state broadcaster that the Treasury says has been used by Iranian intelligence services to recruit “sensitive assets.” The group has repeatedly collaborated with the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which has faced allegations of links to the Iranian government and IRGC, according to the same Metro investigation.
Subeiti Celebrated the October 7 Massacre
Subeiti repeatedly praised the Hamas-led attack as it unfolded. In one October 7 post, she listed what she said the ‘Palestinian resistance singlehandedly achieved’ during the opening hours. Her list included kidnappings, Israeli deaths, armed incursions into Israeli communities, the seizure of military vehicles and Israelis fleeing toward the airport.
In another October 7 post, Subeiti shared a Khamenei Media post quoting remarks the Iranian supreme leader had made four days earlier that the “usurper Zionist regime is coming to an end.” Subeiti stressed that Khamenei had made the statement on October 3. She wrote that the words were not simply rhetoric, adding that “leaders of the resistance field” were watching what was being “cooked in the dark of the night” and giving glimpses of what was to come.
The Jewish Chronicle separately reported that Subeiti described October 7 as “unprecedented revenge” and praised the attack’s “creativity and execution.”
Subeiti Later Met Senior Hezbollah Official
Subeiti later traveled to Lebanon with her sister Fatima while working on a documentary about their grandfather, Muhammad Hadi al-Subeiti. During the trip, she met Mohammad Raad, the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, according to the same report.
Hezbollah is proscribed as a terrorist organization in its entirety in the United Kingdom. The British government announced on February 25, 2019 that it would extend the existing ban on Hezbollah’s military wing to the entire organization. The government said it could no longer distinguish between the group’s military and political wings. The full proscription came into force on March 1, 2019.
A social-media post shared by the sisters described their grandfather as a founding member of Iraq’s Islamic Da’wa Party. It also said he had helped with the “formation of the Islamic resistance of Lebanon,” according to the JC. During their meeting, Raad reportedly spoke about their grandfather’s “martyrdom” and the “strength and dynamism of his ideas,” the newspaper reported.
An Iraqi academic study independently identifies Muhammad Hadi al-Subeiti as a major Da’wa leader who assumed leadership of the party in the 1960s and wrote much of its clandestine central publication. Separately, Iraqi writer and Da’wa historian Ali al-Mu’min writes that the movement’s Lebanese organization later became a “backbone” of the emerging Hezbollah. He names future Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah, Naim Qassem and Mohammad Raad among figures who had belonged to Da’wa.
Subeiti Wrote for Hezbollah-Affiliated Al Mayadeen
Subeiti has also written for Al Mayadeen and Al Mayadeen English, according to her published-media profile and the outlet’s own promotional material. A 2023 U.S. State Department report referred to Al Mayadeen as a Lebanese “Hizballah-affiliated media network.”
In one Al Mayadeen English post promoting her work, the outlet said Subeiti argued that the “Resistance Axis” should draw lessons from Qassem Soleimani and Hassan Nasrallah and recognize the importance of “unity of the fronts.” Her media profile also lists work appearing in Iran’s Press TV, Tehran Times and Mehr News Agency.
Kazmi Hosts Program on Sanctioned Iranian State Broadcaster
Another advertised speaker, Ammar Kazmi, hosts the political program Attrition on U.S.-sanctioned Press TV, according to the broadcaster’s program archive. Episodes hosted by Kazmi have examined Shia “resistance movements” stretching from Lebanon to Iran.
Co-Host Is Activist Arm of National Campus Network
ABSoc for Justice describes itself as the activist wing of the Muslim Student Council, which serves as an umbrella body for AhlulBayt Islamic Societies at more than 45 universities in Britain, according to parliamentary evidence. The Muslim Student Council says it runs national campaigns, conferences and partnerships across the network. Individual university ABSocs operate locally, according to its website.
The Community Security Trust told Parliament that ABSoc for Justice’s social-media activity had included implicit glorification of proscribed organizations and their leaders, “predominantly Hizbollah and Hamas.” CST also said the group had explicitly glorified Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” according to its submission.
CST identified cleric Hussain Makke as one of ABSoc for Justice’s “main political advisors.” It said he had been barred from Australia following his attendance at Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral and statements praising Nasrallah and the “Resistance,” according to the same evidence.
ABSoc for Justice has repeatedly collaborated with the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which acknowledged working with the group on “numerous occasions” in a published response.
Palestine House Founded by Veteran Gaza Flotilla Organizer
Palestine House identifies Osama Qashoo as its founder. Qashoo has said he co-founded the International Solidarity Movement, according to a biographical interview. Later reporting identifies him as a co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement and a key organizer of the 2010 Gaza flotilla involving the Mavi Marmara.
Qashoo remained involved in Gaza flotilla activity in 2025, when the Associated Press identified him as captain of a support vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla, according to AP reporting.
ISM co-founder Huwaida Arraf acknowledged in a 2006 Washington Post letter that the International Solidarity Movement “cooperates with Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.”
The venue has also installed a rooftop statue of imprisoned Fatah figure Marwan Barghouti. Barghouti was convicted by an Israeli court in 2004 of five murders connected to Second Intifada attacks and sentenced to five life terms, according to October reporting.