Jamshed Javeed was an “intelligent, well-educated family man.” UK officials are scratching their heads, trying to figure out how he was “rapidly radicalised.” Religious fervor? Nah, that can’t be it…
“Teacher Jamshed Javeed admits Syria terror offences,” BBC, October 27, 2014:
A chemistry teacher has pleaded guilty to two Syria-related terror offences.
Jamshed Javeed, 30, of Levenshulme in Manchester, accepted he intended to travel to Syria to join rebels fighting against the government.
Javeed, who taught at Sharples School in Bolton, admitted two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terror acts.
He was remanded in custody after the Woolwich Crown Court hearing and will be sentenced in December.
Prosecutors say Javeed was arrested by counter-terrorism officers last December while preparing for a trip to Syria to join terror group Islamic State (IS), also known as Isis.
His family had earlier tried to stop him by taking and hiding his passport but he obtained a replacement document.
The teacher is said to have become rapidly radicalised from living an ordinary Western lifestyle to becoming someone determined to fight in the Middle East, having changed his appearance and behaviour from August 2013.
Greater Manchester Police said up until then, Javeed had been “an otherwise law-abiding man” who had a child, with another on the way.
Det Chief Supt Tony Mole, head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: “His family grew suspicious and were clearly intent on stopping him, but he ignored their pleas and told them he was determined to go through with his plans to travel to Syria.”
Mr Mole added: “What this case tells us is that the earlier we can be told about someone’s intentions to join a group like this the better. Ideally, we would like to stop people well before they get to this stage.”
He warned that those trying to travel to Syria to fight with IS puts “themselves and their communities in a very vulnerable position”.
“Anyone who goes out to fight with Isis could potentially be a serious danger to communities if they return,” he said.
“By the time you have been trained, had experience, built up future friendships and fully engaged with that terrorist rhetoric, you potentially become a dangerous individual so we take a robust approach to people that wish to engage with terrorist organisations.”
At the time of his arrest, Javeed said he felt the British government was not doing enough to help the situation in Syria and that his actions were “honourable”.
Woolwich Crown Court, in south-east London, heard he no longer supports the actions of IS in Syria and Iraq.
‘Appalled at brutality’In a basis of plea submitted by his lawyers, Javeed insisted he is not an extremist and “has never supported and does not support the aims of Isis as now revealed and understood”.
His motivation had been hearing reports of the “extreme suffering of the Syrian people at the hands of (President) Bashar al-Assad’s vicious regime”.
It added: “He does not support suicide bombings, the execution of hostages, or forcing non-Muslims to convert to Islam.”
He is “appalled at the indiscriminate brutality” of IS and would not now travel to Syria, according to the basis of plea….
Oh, well, then it’s okay.
James says
Okay..so he tells the truth at first in is guilty plea…but then lies to cover up his ideology and says I want do it again..typical five year old strategy.
mortimer says
What? No socio-economic, Marxist ‘grievance’?
What? He has a motive based on RELIGION? The Koran? He must be confused.
Islam is a religion of peace…isn’t it?
mortimer says
The only think jihadists fear is extradition. We need an international Devil’s Island to warehouse terrorists…a place in shark-invested waters patrolled by police vessels, offering no escape.
tsig says
They ought to let them escape, right into a sharks’ belly, I know it’s cruel and unusual but I think the sharks will be OK.
tpellow says
In virtually all the towns and cities of Britain where there are sizeable Islamic communities, there are active Islamic jihadists who hate we ‘kafirs’ and support the extreme Islamic jihad violence of the Islamic State.
Britain’s political class has encouraged mass immigration from Islamic countries, and is now reaping the whirlwind.
tpellow says
“How Likely Is Deradicalization?”
by Denis MacEoin.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4815/deradicalization
tpellow says
” No amnesty for Britons who join Islamic State,
argues STEPHEN POLLARD.”
http://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/528573/No-amnesty-for-British-jihadi-fighters
Ariel says
No Muslim becomes radicalised. Muslims are born radicals; it is in their DNA to be intolerant and violent. They believe that use of violence for a seemingly just cause is holy. Period! If Obama and the West finds it difficult to understand, then they should consult experts who have observed the patterns of Islamic fundamentalism in Asia and the Middle East.
Jayell says
And there was the Teaching Assistant from Leeds who was one of the 7/7 four who blew a tube train in London, murdering and maiming dozens. And the NHS doctor in Glasgow who drove his explosive-laden car into the departure lounge at Glasgow Airport. And the ‘hard-working’ physics student who had plans to blow up a tube train under the Thames. And then there was….and then there was…..ad nauseam. All ‘good hard-working boys’, very polite and respectable, wouldn’t harm a (non-muslim) fly, would help your granny across the road…Yet more adept in two-faced murderous treachery than any one else would ever dream of being. You want loyal, honest, dependable fellow-citizens? Well, we’ve now got about 4 million in the UK who will NEVER fit that bill.
Oliver says
Woolwich Crown Court, in south-east London, heard he no longer supports the actions of IS in Syria and Iraq.
‘Appalled at brutality’
(Many years ago, I did some work for a criminal defense attorney -never had a treason or terrorist, however). the above sounds like the ( “in prison) I found Jesus (or Moses-if Jewish-very few of those) or Mohammed
/Allah (numerous Muslim dopers); and as soon as they were out-on probation (if before sentencing and prison time) or parole with time off- back to the same 9or similar) crimes.
that is what this sounds like. Appalled at their brutality; Britain was not doing enough for the Syrians. Ad infinitum,, Ad nauseum.
kill these creeps, or send them (and their families) back to where they came form.