By Sophie Borland for the Daily Mail and Richard Spillett for MailOnline
Published: 09:55 BST, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 10:16 BST, 7 June 2019
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Extremist Muslim gangs in British prisons are forcing other inmates to convert to Islam or face violence, a Government report has warned.
The gangs, often led by fanatics who are serving sentences for terrorism, are recruiting violent prisoners to be their 'foot soldiers', the report reveals.
Inmates who refuse to convert to Islam and join their ranks are being ostracised or attacked.
Muslim extremists are recruiting gang members in prisons, ordering them to convert to Islam
In 2017, it emerged that terrorist gang Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain and Mohibur Rahman, who called themselves the 'three musketeers, had hatched a plot to bring carnage to the streets of Britain with a pipe bomb after they met in prison
The report, which examined three unnamed high security prisons in England, also describes how the gangs are instilling fear in staff.
They are particularly keen to target offenders who are already in street gangs and therefore have a 'propensity for violence', it adds.
Experts have previously warned that UK prisons have become a breeding ground for extremists to spread
