Students Downloading Jihadist Material Acquitted

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 13, 2008 @04:08PM from the it's-ok-to-look dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Five UK students who were charged under the UK's 2000 Terrorism Act for possession of jihadist materials were acquitted after the jury found that, while they had downloaded the materials, there was no evidence that they were planning any sort of crime. The Lord Chief Justice was quoted as saying, 'Difficult questions of interpretation have been raised in this case by the attempt by the prosecution to use [this law] for a purpose for which it was not intended.'"

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Re:Well, they are just students, after all. by Das+Modell · 2008-02-13 17:46 · Score: 1, Flamebait

You seem rather naive about Jihad. It's not some silly ideological bandwagon for teenagers, it's holy war against infidels. Jihadists kill people, or at least try to. Many Muslim youths have left their homes in the West to join the global Jihad.