“Urging the jury to return a guilty verdict, Mr Goddard told the High Court in Glasgow that none of Badri’s family and friends knew about these activities.” Yes, no doubt they are shocked! shocked! that he is involved in such activities.
What is medical student doing getting involved in jihad activity? Doesn’t he know that poverty causes terrorism?
“Medical student accused of terrorism offences led a double life, a jury hears,” by Wilma Riley, Daily Record, October 6, 2015:
A MEDICAL student accused of terrorism offences led a double life, a jury heard today.
Prosecutor Richard Goddard was giving his closing speech at the trial of Yousif Badri, 29.
Badri denies two charges relating to the downloading of material including the al-Qaeda training manual.
Urging the jury to return a guilty verdict, Mr Goddard told the High Court in Glasgow that none of Badri’s family and friends knew about these activities.
“That was part of his life he kept as a closed book. For a number of years he kept it a secret,” he added.
Mr Goddard said it was a crime to collect “information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”.
“There is no need for the Crown to demonstrate Mr Badri had any intention to commit acts of terrorism.”
Aberdeen University student Badri claims he was carrying out research.
Mr Goddard said: “If you were doing this for the best of intentions what’s the big secret?”…

sidney penny says
“Urging the jury to return a guilty verdict, Mr Goddard told the High Court in Glasgow that none of Badri’s family and friends knew about these activities.” Yes, no doubt they are shocked! shocked! that he is involved in such activities.
Robert please get it right.
Yes, no doubt they are shocked! shocked! absolutely shocked! that he is involved in such activities.
Lia Wissing says
Is he underprivileged, unable to access the good life, deprived of a job?
Firebug says
I’m from Glasgow, and the answer is no.. the only people who find difficulty getting a job are indigenous people like myself. I graduated 2 years ago with first class honours … still no job due to the positive discrimination these filth get.
Angemon says
Indeed. What was he researching for? And if he denies he ever downloaded the aforementioned material, what did he use for his alleged research?
Harry_the_Horrible says
Ban books much, UK?
Y’know, I don’t see the problem with downloading a manual even from ISIS. Something about freedom of speech and thought.
The guy might be a Moslem terrorist wannabe, but the cops have no business arresting him until he actually does something or otherwise breaks a law. Books shouldn’t be against the law.
Westman says
**Mr Goddard said it was a crime to collect “information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”.**
Leave it to the liberal Brits to define a crime about an unprovable future. My ancestors left England because people could be jailed for aspersions or poverty. This “law” would never pass a Constitutional test in America.
I downloaded a map from Pamela Geller’s website of targets where ISIS fighters intend to attack in Berlin. It definitely is “information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”. I also have the ISIS application form from Jihad Watch – I guess we should all be arrested?
This sure sounds like the days when Kings ruled. This guy may be a budding terrorist, but they should prove it. We know the Brits don’t have free speech but this goes too far.
underbed cat says
Can’t profile….in a time of war……whoever came up with that idea….let me guess. Profiling is using your knowledge…about a subject…and then putting the information to good use. Repeating patterns. Use the media to transmitt signals…how tricky.
Blend in until the stars are in the right arrangement?
mortimer says
Fascinating that a PRIVILEGED medical student without apparent HARDSHIPS would choose ISLAMIC TERRORISM and ISLAMIC SUPREMACISM rather than join one of the SOCIALIST PARTIES and fight for the proletariat!
mortimer says
How many Muslim doctors believe it the duty of Muslims to KILL, MAIM, MUTILATE, RAPE, ENSLAVE, EXTORT MONEY FROM or otherwise PERSECUTE the dirty, dirty kafirs???
Do we want them or trust them to treat dirty kafirs?
Marty says
Absolutely correct Mortimer.
It is the vile ideology of islam we should concentrate on, not the
social class of individual mohammedans.
Two NHS doctors tried to bomb Glasgow airport, & the muslims who
control an NHS hospital in Lincolnshire sacked Dr Erian when they
discovered he is a Coptic Christian.
Mohammedans are sworn to destroy us by all means at their disposal
& all non muslims should shun them.
DeMolay says
Exactly. Would I want to go under the knife with my Knight Templar tattoo visible?
Not really !
Gamaliel says
Someone should check out what happened to the patients he treated. Someone should check out what happens to other patients of Muslim doctors especially Jewish ones.
Victor says
If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear. Everything done in secret is for a reason and usually not a very noble one. He should join an open dialogue with some people willing to ratify or abolish this rediculous so called religion wich any fool knows has nohing to do with God.
jayell says
This is now starting to get boring. Who remembers the case of the ‘respected’ muslim medic who drove his explosive-laden 4×4 car into the departure lounge at Glasgow airport not that long ago? That was such an ‘expected shock’ to all his family, friends, colleagues, blah blah blah… And the nice, dependable teaching assistant from Leeds who was one of the four charming characters who caused injury, death, destruction and general mayhem as part of their valuable contribution to British Society in the 7/7 debacle? And the ‘brilliant engineering student’ who was going to use his professional skills to blow up tube train under the Thames? And I believe the wonderful character who was so concerned about the moral welfare of London’s young people that he planned to leave a car-bomb outside a night club was also a charming, polite, professional gentleman without whom the UK economy would collapse withion 30 seconds (no doubt as the night club might have done after his good endeavours). And the wonderful, young, intelligent female (muslim) student who didn’t quite agree with the way the MP for Newham (London) voted on a certain matter of sensitive foreign policy (on the orders of his party) that, to everyone’s shock and surprise, she thought that she might her point a little more clearly with the aid of a sharp object from her kitchen. And there’s more, lots more, but it’s going to get even more predictable and boring – I mean, the ‘shock’ and ‘surprise’ is becoming predictable. And very boring.
Veronica says
Yes – we are all getting paranoid about what Muslims might do next – with good reason it now seems to those of us who have been paying attention for the past 10 years – nothing has come from mainline Muslims to make us feel that this is an aberration of their faith – nothing. Do we see ANY comparable viciousness from ANY other religion in the world ? – NONE – only from Muslims – that is evidence enough that something is VERY wrong with this belief system. Where is the outrage ?? I have often wondered if there is something actually very different about Middle Eastern psychology that they seem to need this paternalistic very cruel God figure – unable to think for themselves, unable to operate outside of a groupie religious existence ? Maybe we take our ‘enlightenment’ status too much for granted and do not understand what the rest of the world missed by missing that era ?
BC says
Even worse he took a place in medical school which a British student could have had. Somebody who really wanted to be a doctor
More Ham Ed says
Al-Qaeda training manual prerequisite: the unholy ko ‘ran.
underbed cat says
What is the response when a conversation leads to current events (terror) of the day and you happen to mention to your liberal, loving, blind to unexamined diversity,uninformed friend, relative.or group about the knowledge that it seems very few know about islam. They shutter, pull back, grimmice, turn green and utter no, no no, islam is peaceful I have a friend, bla ,bla, bla, and not one has seen a koran, read it and can beleive some of the verses, then gasp that that you can say what you just stated. Know nothing about sharia, deception, slander, hijra, jihad and want to end the dicussion now. See it all the time on Fox even, and worst the cluelessness of “some”,Republicans.even ones who discuss who will lead, That is so disturbing, Politics trumps reality, truth is waiting at the door…and you feel like you live in a parallel world. If Republicans would get courageous and be the first to speak out with facts and evidence they would be hero’s, instead I fear someone on the left will reconstruct history and speak out first, leaving Republican some with “ignorance on their face”.
Racing with the truth will bring sanity to the world. Looks like Cameron had a light go on and is speaking out. Good ….Thanks to Ben Carson, Trump, and Louie Gohmert, Michele Bachman as some of the informed and brave politicians. And the analysts, writers, exmilitary, former FBI who have studied and educated the rest of us.