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UK: Man converts to Islam, seeks advice on ‘how best to conduct jihad,’ downloads info on making a suicide vest

Sep 30, 2020 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer 19 Comments

If there were a steady stream of converts to Christianity who turned to violence in the name of their new religion, would authorities be so sanguine?

“Muslim convert Liam Fenn who downloaded videos on how to make suicide vest jailed,” by James Rodger, Birmingham Mail, September 29, 2020:

An “obsessional” Muslim convert who downloaded videos on how to make a suicide vest laden with shrapnel has been jailed for four years and eight months.

Liam Fenn, 21, from Wigan, Greater Manchester, was referred to the Government’s counter-terror programme Prevent following comments he made to a youth mentor at his school sixth form in March 2017.

He told police officers he sent emails to an account attributed to proscribed terror group Al Muhajiroun seeking advice on “how best to conduct jihad” and asking whether he should travel to Medina to study or to Syria to fight.

Fenn was given a clear warning about the dangers of viewing and downloading extremist material and taking advice from unknown people over the internet, but he later admitted he could not stop himself.

From November 2017 onwards he repeatedly accessed an “enormous volume” of such material and used encrypted technology, Manchester Crown Court was told.

On January 29 this year he was arrested and a number of electronic devices were seized from his bedroom.

Among numerous downloads were three videos which provided a detailed demonstration of how to manufacture an explosives vest.

Fenn also accessed documents on how to conduct attacks using a vehicle as a weapon and how to prepare for a knife attack, as well as posting a video online containing footage of speakers who praised so-called Islamic State and encouraged acts of terrorism.

Last month he pleaded guilty to eight counts of possessing a document likely to be useful to a terrorist and one count of recklessly encouraging terrorism on various dates between March 2018 and January this year.

Alex Rose, defending, said his client was suffering from undiagnosed autism at the time of the offences and had a mental breakdown following the death of his father when he was aged 13.

That led him to finding “solace” in becoming insular as he became obsessional over a range of diverse topics including religion – starting from Buddhism, moving on to Hinduism and Sikhism, and ending with Islam.

His questioning nature sent him on a “pursuit of truth” which focused on the more extreme aspects of religion and carried on into terrorist groups such as Islamic State and al Qaida, said Mr Rose….

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Filed Under: converts to Islam, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), suicide bombing, United Kingdom Tagged With: al-Muhajiroun, Greater Manchester, Liam Fenn, Wigan


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  1. spiro says

    Sep 30, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    He should make the vest and demo it at his favorite mosque for others to follow
    It’s only fair to share

    Reply
    • Anna Yelena says

      Sep 30, 2020 at 5:38 pm

      Anna Yelena

      Reply
      • Anna Yelena says

        Sep 30, 2020 at 5:39 pm

        Well said!

        Reply
    • abad says

      Sep 30, 2020 at 7:25 pm

      +1

      Reply
    • Sylvia Drummond says

      Oct 1, 2020 at 4:27 am

      Spiro – The most sensible idea yet

      Reply
  2. FYI says

    Sep 30, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    man converts to Judaism,Christianity,Buddhism,Hare Krishnas etc..
    Nothing bad usually.
    {Visual metaphor:tumbleweeds}

    man converts to islam…
    Something bad usually.
    {Visual metaphor:bomb explosion}

    man converts to Christianity
    “I once was lost but now I’m found”

    man bored with the pacifism of Christianity converts to islam.
    “I once was found but now I’m lost”

    ..who then becomes a jihadist.
    “I know I’m lost ..and now I’m fiend”

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Sep 30, 2020 at 9:04 pm

      +1

      Reply
      • Jayell says

        Oct 1, 2020 at 2:27 am

        “I know I’m lost ..and now I’m fiend”…..brilliant one, that! Here’s another one….

        “What a fiend we have in Mohammed”…..

        Too many syllables to fit properly. Shame, but then you shouldn’t wreck a good tune anyway.

        Reply
        • FYI says

          Oct 1, 2020 at 8:06 am

          Who wants to be an islamic millionaire?

          You can phone a fiend…

  3. AleX says

    Sep 30, 2020 at 6:38 pm

    The local masjid community found the new convert too cute and enticing to be part of the Muslim Brotherhood.
    The convert was thus assigned to the sisterhood militant wing of Jennah for future houris.

    Reply
  4. Hugh Fitzgerald says

    Sep 30, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    The faces.Always the same. Dead eyes.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Sep 30, 2020 at 9:08 pm

      *So true*, Hugh.

      Reply
  5. Rob R (Brit stuck in Britainistan) says

    Sep 30, 2020 at 7:05 pm

    Isn’t he an adorable little attention seeker? Obviously got bored of video games and masturbation.

    “MUM, IF I CLEAN MY ROOM WILL YOU BUY ME A ROCKET LAUNCHER?”

    Reply
  6. gravenimage says

    Sep 30, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    UK: Man converts to Islam, seeks advice on ‘how best to conduct jihad,’ downloads info on making a suicide vest
    ………….

    I’m shocked! Shocked! Oh…wait…no, I’m not…

    Reply
  7. Dude says

    Sep 30, 2020 at 11:09 pm

    If you’ve sinned then the only way to get to paradise is to die trying to kill unbelievers. The books play on the weak-minded to conquer the world. DUH, that’s god, dude!

    Reply
  8. Mason Stewart says

    Oct 1, 2020 at 1:29 am

    hmmm I wonder who is responsible for recent the stabbing in Manchester.

    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/breaking-armed-police-scrambled-after-19018902

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Oct 1, 2020 at 8:47 pm

      Given the heavy armed response to this stabbing, it seems pretty clear that the police realized it was a terrorist attack.

      Reply
  9. Jayell says

    Oct 1, 2020 at 2:50 am

    So here we actually have an authentic case of a mentally-ill jihady. One might wonder why he ended up with islam, but then it seems he comes from Wigan which. like a lot of towns in the UK’s north-west, is now heavily contaminated. It doesn’t say so in the story, but it seems likely that this character was might have been ‘befriended’ at his school, as usually happened with a lot of those rape-gang victims. I have this image of the Disciples of the Great Prophet constantly circling around like buzzards, looking for their next victim. ‘Let us pray’ is what they say in C of E church services; in the mosques that must surely be ‘Let us prey’ – and here we have a very sad example.

    Reply
  10. No Muzzies Here says

    Oct 1, 2020 at 12:14 pm

    Converting doesn’t eliminate ugliness. Is he angry at what he sees in the mirror?

    Reply

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