Unmasked!

THE hate-filled dad who shocked the world by parading his baby daughter on a demo in a pink bonnet emblazoned "I LOVE AL-QAEDA" is today behind bars facing life imprisonment.

CRUEL TRICK: Tot Farisa in terror hat

When he first hit headlines preaching terror at the 2006 Danish Embassy protest in London he hid behind the chilling alias Abu Jihad-meaning 'holy war'.

But now we reveal the evil ranting fanatic is actually 41-year-old ALI BEHESHTI-now awaiting sentence for his part in an extremist firebomb attack on the home of a publisher.

When he cynically used his 20-month-old daughter Farisa as cheerleader for murder and mayhem, protesting at Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, Beheshti proudly proclaimed her "the youngest member of al-Qaeda".

Under cover of his fake name the radical Muslim waved banners vowing to "Massacre those who insult Islam!" and promising "Europe, your 9/11 will come!"

But although the jobless hardliner from East London, demands total respect for his own religion he uses ruthless violence to suppress the free speech of others-and state handouts to fund his sick way of life.

And this week in Croydon Crown Court he and accomplice Abrar Mirza admitted attacking the home of 45-year-old businessman Martin Rynja for planning to publish a novel about Mohammed. A third man is still on trial.

Police and fire crews smashed the door down to put out the petrol-fuelled blaze. Beheshti, a trained pilot and disciple of notorious hook-handed imam Abu Hamza, was arrested by anti-terror cops.

As her dad languishes in jail little Farisa is now four, attending Islamic school and living with mother Hannah, a white middle-class British convert to the faith.

Back in Hannah's hometown of Bristol her parents Ian and Susan are shocked.

They are said to have helped out their daughter and son-in-law financially before realising the terrifying extent of his radical views.

Last night they would not comment on Beheshti's crimes. But a friend said: "They're obviously very concerned and worry terribly for their granddaughter Farisa."

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