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UK: Former RAF gunner who converted to Islam jailed for jihad terror offenses

Jul 16, 2016 10:26 am By Robert Spencer

He fought with the RAF. Then he converted to Islam. Now he has been jailed for jihad terror activity. Yet British authorities, and Western authorities in general, show absolutely no interest in the phenomenon of why so many converts to Islam become traitors and plot violence against their native lands.

Stephen-Gray

“RAF gunner and paraplegic man jailed for terrorism offences,” BBC, July 15, 2016:

A former RAF gunner who converted to Islam and a paraplegic man have been jailed for terrorism offences.

Stephen Gray, 32, also known as Mustafa, was jailed for five years at Woolwich Crown Court.

The RAF veteran served in the Iraq War and attempted to reach Syria on two separate occasions in July 2014.

Abdalraouf Abdallah, 23, was jailed for up to five-and-a-half years with further supervision for trying to help Gray join jihadis in Syria.
‘Jihadist network’

British-Libyan Abdallah, left paralysed after he took part in the 2011 Libyan uprising, was convicted in May of two counts of preparing acts of terrorism and funding terrorism.

During the trial, the court was told he played a key role in arranging the journey to Syria for Gray, Abdallah’s own brother Mohammed and two other men. He had also tried to arrange firearms for three of them and sent £2,000 to his brother for terrorist purposes.

Abdallah vehemently denied having anything to do with the so-called Islamic State during his defence but prosecutor Max Hill QC accused him of being “at the centre of a jihadist network facilitating foreign fighters”.

Gray pleaded guilty to preparing to commit acts of terrorism, assisting another in committing acts of terrorism and funding terrorism.

He had served two tours of duty in Iraq as a gunner in No 2 Squadron of the RAF Regiment and later converted to Islam after returning home disillusioned by the war.

The pair, both of Moss Side in Manchester, had known each other for seven or eight years and had exchanged messages online about Gray’s planned trip to Syria.

Abdallah’s brother Mohammed went to Syria in June 2014 and planned to meet Gray there, the court was told.

Gray then left for Barcelona in July 2014 and went on to Turkey but was turned back and never made it to Syria.

Another convert he was travelling with, Raymond Matimba, also known as Abu Qaqa Britani Afro, succeeded in joining Mohammed and another man inside the war zone.

Abdallah was sentenced to five-and-a-half years, plus an extended sentence of four years for preparing acts of terrorism, and two years, to run concurrently for being concerned in a funding arrangement of terrorism.

Gray was jailed on two counts of preparing acts of terrorism – for five years plus an extended licence of four years as well as one count of being concerned in a funding arrangement of terrorism for which he received three years. His sentences will run concurrently.

In addition to his sentence, he will be added to the terrorism register for 15 years.

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  1. linnte says

    Jul 16, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Sad. I bet his parents are grieving.

  2. Angemon says

    Jul 16, 2016 at 10:49 am

    In addition to his sentence, he will be added to the terrorism register for 15 years.

    Yeah, that should stop him!

    • خَليفة says

      Jul 16, 2016 at 12:45 pm

      That just gives him 15 years to plan an attack.

      How about put him ( and all the other terrorists and supporters ) on a chain gang for 15 years building monuments of western victories.

  3. Marty says

    Jul 16, 2016 at 11:04 am

    In the UK, as in the US, most converts to mohammedanism are either
    petty criminals or sociopaths.
    This man is an unlikely traitor, but he probably had personal problems.
    The UK’s most notorious sadistic sex killer (other than JTR) was Neville Heath
    an ex RAF man.
    Probably he just wanted an excuse to murder people.
    Inside, he’ll have privileged life, & may well be worse on his early release.

    • Bob says

      Jul 17, 2016 at 9:28 am

      Not to mention,Marty, that inside he’ll be a missionary for islam terror!

      • Jerry says

        Jul 17, 2016 at 5:52 pm

        @Bob

        Not inside.
        There he will be in the reverse missionary position.

  4. KrazyKafir says

    Jul 16, 2016 at 11:10 am

    In a sane world, he would be helped over to Syria, and then his birth certificate and citizenship burned.

    • خَليفة says

      Jul 16, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      An intercontinental trebuchet can launch them from Dover and send them to the middle of Syria.

  5. Hwilsongoon says

    Jul 16, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    Cancel its brit passport. Deport to libya.

  6. Michael Copeland says

    Jul 16, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    “I am a traitor to America because my religion requires me to be one.”
    Samir Khan
    “The nation of Islam is one nation to the exclusion of all others.”
    Placard in Oxford Street.

    • Marty says

      Jul 16, 2016 at 12:51 pm

      If any Brit had a poster or placard that was anti islam they would
      get a visit from the fuzz & be charged with “racism” or the greatest
      oxymoron of all time “islamophobia”

  7. Salome says

    Jul 17, 2016 at 1:41 am

    I have a preliminary and partial solution. All free nations should:
    1. recognize the Islamic State;
    2. declare war on it;
    3. unashamedly make that war a war of annihilation;
    4. enact legislation deeming anyone who has in any way fought or recruited for, funded or arranged funding for, or committed any acts of violence in the name of the Islamic State, or declared allegiance to same, to be a citizen of the Islamic State;
    5. enact legislation providing that anyone deemed to be a citizen of the Islamic State by reason of any of the matters set out in 4 must be deported to it (to be used as target practice by the forces of those nations that have declared war on it).

    • linnte says

      Jul 17, 2016 at 8:27 pm

      Hot dog Salome! This is the BEST plan yet! Give them what they want so badly! Then BLAST their butts all the way back to wherever in the ME! They could even be encouraged to sign up as an Islamic State Supporter, you know, make it all legal and nice. Then BOOM! CAUGHT YA RED HANDED! literally.

  8. Salome says

    Jul 17, 2016 at 1:42 am

    And I should have added ‘tried to travel to territory currently held by the Islamic State for the purpose of joining its forces’. Give ’em a one-way ticket for their pains.

  9. ScottM says

    Jul 17, 2016 at 2:18 am

    John Brennan, current head of the CIA converted to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia.

    • Hwilsongoon says

      Jul 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm

      Thats a myth

  10. Hindu American says

    Jul 17, 2016 at 12:16 pm

    Note the assumed name – Abu Qaqa Britani Afro

    Abu+Qaqa+Britani+Afro

    Says it all.

  11. John A. Marre says

    Jul 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    Conversion to Islam means pledging allegiance to a foreign political entity which advocates the overthrow of our elected form of government. That is a prima facie reason for revocation of citizenship.

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