UK: “Gifted” Muslim student becomes would-be ISIS jihad murderer

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This article tries to give the impression that the Internet has some mysterious, magical power to “radicalize” otherwise loyal, law-abiding Muslims in the West. This is nonsense. Young Muslims such as Mubashir Jamil would never be susceptible to what they saw on the Internet if it didn’t coincide with what they learned at home and at the local mosque.

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“‘Gifted’ student became would-be IS fighter from surfing internet, court told,” Express, March 6, 2017:

A “GIFTED” straight-A student turned from computer gamer to would-be Islamic State fighter from surfing the web, a court heard.

Mubashir Jamil, 22, from Luton, became obsessed with dead martyrs and fascinated with violence before he allegedly made plans to go to Syria in April last year, the Old Bailey was told.

Prosecutor Barnaby Jameson told how the former Challney High School for Boys pupil got A grades in his GCSEs and did work experience at an accountancy firm.

He worked in a local Amazon warehouse and listed his interests as reading fiction, surfing the internet and physical training.

Mr Jameson said: “When not working he led a low-profile existence, spending much of the time at home in Belmont Road playing computer games.

“He spent a good deal of time, as we shall see, surfing the internet.

“It was through the internet that the defendant was drawn into a world poles apart from that of a gifted schoolboy with A* in both the arts and the sciences.

“Through the world wide web the defendant became an extreme jihadist radical and follower of Islamic State.

“He became a would-be IS recruit willing to sacrifice his life for IS and indeed the lives of others.

“He turned from a player of video games into someone willing to carry out suicide attacks in this country on behalf of IS.

“His preference, however, was to go to Syria and join IS as a jihadist fighter.”

The defendant became intent in bringing what he described as “intense pain” to the enemies of IS, the court heard.

Mr Jameson said Jamil had a “fascination with violence”, including the murder of Western hostages by IS.

“He also had something of an obsession with images of dead jihadi fighters or martyrs,” the prosecutor said.

Jamil actively engaged around March last year after getting the encrypted messaging app Telegram, jurors heard.

He used it to chat with someone called Abdul who said he was working on the Syrian border, the court heard.

As he applied to join IS, he allegedly told Abdul: “I am not afraid of violent fighting, getting hurt and tortured and hurting others.”…

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Dennis
Dennis
7 years ago

This article reinforces my personal belief that the underlying problem realistically faced by the free world today is the fact that Islam is a political philosophy that will not be rejected by its believers, and will promote and create people who will attack all non- Islamic believers and non-believers period. It is that obvious to me. When an intelligent human being can readily accept the political philosophy that is promoted by Islam, and when Islam shows no interest in overtly and actively rejecting the concept of Jihad, one can cannot but come to the conclusion that people of this belief system are inherently dangerous and we must protect ourselves from them by keeping them out of this country and destroying their armies wherever they are found.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago

Another good muslim gone bad, is there any other kind? Toss him in the clink with the others, leave him there for a few decades.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Really? At an incarceration expense of forty-thousand pounds a year, when the cost of five 9mm bullets is less than a pound.

I don’t think so.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago

Well, yes, that is an option, very likely the best one.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago

Maybe they can do like the Iranians and have public hangings using a construction crane as a gallows, only sell tickets to help defray the costs of disposing of the corpse.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
7 years ago

We are not savages.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago

You gotta fight fire with fire.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
7 years ago

I think justice is served with the use of timely and legal executions.

I don’t think we require, as do our enemies, that we dance around the fire at night to demonstrate our resolve.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Agreed. You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago

Very well said.

Stephen James Sinclair
Stephen James Sinclair
7 years ago

This story could be made into the Muslim version of “How Green Was My Valley.”

caliroxanne
caliroxanne
7 years ago

Yes, they’re all gifted just like the clockboy fraudster. I suppose they are gifted when it comes to lying, deception and manipulation.

taxpayer22
taxpayer22
7 years ago

UK: “Gifted” Muslim student becomes would-be ISIL jihad murderer. Note the Levant part.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago

Five will get you ten he entertained thoughts of jury-rigging a common alarm clock into a contraption to resemble an IED and taking it to school to cause a stir that would garner him disproportionate attention, maybe even an invitation to the WH.

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