Terrorism is a method, not an ideology; hence, it’s the ideology that ought to be of interest, but, you know, we’re not supposed to talk about that. “Three accused ‘intoxicated by the evil of terrorism’,” from BBC News, February 18:
Three men “intoxicated by the evil of terrorism” trained in a park to join or carry out violent jihad, a court heard.
Edward Brown QC, prosecuting, said they gathered a stockpile of weapons as they studied guerrilla warfare and filmed the training in Blackburn, Lancashire.
The trio styled themselves as The Blackburn Resistance, a jury at Manchester Crown Court was told.
Abbas Iqbal, 24, his brother Ilyas Iqbal, 23, and Muhammed Ali Ahmad, 26, deny preparing for acts of terrorism.
Abbas Iqbal also denies disseminating terrorist publications and possessing documents likely to be useful to a terrorist.
Ilyas Iqbal pleaded not guilty to two counts of possessing documents likely to be useful to a terrorist.
‘Firing weapons’
Mr Brown told the court: “The prosecution does not suggest that this group is a highly sophisticated, well-trained or well-funded terrorist cell.
“We do suggest however these three young men from Blackburn had become intoxicated by the evil of terrorism and had started to train themselves to join or carry out violent jihad…