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British man who tried to join Daesh in Syria gets six years
[Iran Press TV] A British court has handed a 6-year jail sentence to a man who aimed to travel to Syria to join the ISIS Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorist organization. Ghulam Hussain,
Hussain, who is of Pak origin, paid the undercover officer for accommodation during his journey, telling the undercover agent that he would rather die than return to the UK. The undercover police officer made audio and video recordings of their talks. "It was your intention to go abroad, it was your intention to take up arms and to kill, and you did encourage the undercover officer to do the same as you," Judge Peter Collier told the defendant in court, adding, "You did have a commitment to travel to Syria, to join ISIS, to fight and give your life." Hussain was convicted for two offenses under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-06 |
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