Some European politicians are asking YouTube to crack down on the Islamic terrorist videos that are all over the site.

The YouTube website is facing calls to crack down on extremist videos promoting violence after it emerged it was being used to post footage of Islamic fighters with guns and rocket launchers.

Videos were available on the site which had been posted by the British group ASWJ, an off-shoot of al-Muhajiroun, an organisation once led by the radical preacher Omar Bakri and now banned in Britain. The films are part of a growing wealth of extremist material being found on video-sharing sites and the internet which promote a radical agenda to young Muslim men.

IslamBase - which is registered in Glasgow but uses a server in the Netherlands - carries speeches by radical preachers such as Abu Hamza, Omar Bakri and Abu Qatada.

Gilles de Kerchove, the European Commission’s anti-terrorism coordinator, has said he wants to tighten legislation across the continent to try to target the grooming of young Muslims for terrorism over the internet. …

A spokesman for YouTube said: “The Internet gives everyone the opportunity to speak and be heard but by making it easier for people to express themselves the web also raises cultural and political concerns.

“That’s why we make it easy for users to flag content they believe violates our terms and conditions - and where it does, we remove it. We also work with the relevant local legal authorities when it comes to content that may break local laws.”

Meanwhile, that death threat against British councillor Alan Craig remains posted: YouTube - In memory of Councillor Alan Craig.

And the self-professed jihadi who posted it still has an account: YouTube - abdullah1425.