“He was attracted to Tommy Robinson’s interpretation of Islam as a violent religion you may think his explanation of the book shows both that he had read it and was excited by it.”
Yes, of course. Mohiussunnath Chowdhury was a peaceful exponent of the Religion of Peace, seeking refuge in its peaceful teachings and spreading peace everywhere, until he came across the teachings of the imam Tommy Robinson, who convinced him to twist and hijack his religion’s peaceful teachings, and to misunderstand and misinterpret those teachings as somehow, crazy as it sounds, exhorting to violence. If it weren’t for the imam Tommy, Mohiusunnath Chowdhury would be a florist today. Right?
“Uber driver, 28, plotted to drive his car into ‘evil’ Gay Pride parade to kill non-Muslims, court hears,” by Rod Ardehali, Mailonline, February 4, 2020:
An Uber driver described as a ‘pathetic little man’ by his own barrister planned to drive a van into an ‘evil’ Gay Pride parade to kill non-Muslims, a court has heard.
Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, also singled out Madam Tussauds and a double decker tourist bus as targets, Woolwich Crown Court heard….
In his closing speech prosecutor Duncan Atkinson said: ‘He wrote about ‘paradise under the shades of swords’ and wanting to discuss this with an imam,’ he said….
In 2019 he was still listening to the sermons of Muslim cleric Anwar Awlaki, who he told undercover officers he played for inspiration while he drove to Buckingham Palace in 2017.
On 17 March he played and sent Islamic State propaganda videos calling for battle between believers and non-believers, the court heard.
Mr Atkinson said: ‘He told you that he agreed with what Sheikh Faisal [Abdullah el-Faisal] had to say, he was sending them to undercover officers to educate them, you may think he was seeking to encourage those he sent them to support the views he expressed and shared.
‘He was attracted to Tommy Robinson’s interpretation of Islam as a violent religion you may think his explanation of the book shows both that he had read it and was excited by it.