'"This means finding people who are capable of being persuaded and persuading them that their religious duty requires them to fight to kill and to die, if necessary. It means persuading them to travel from the UK to training camps and battlefields abroad, principally in Afghanistan."
And this they did, in the name of Islam.
From the MailOnline May 5
'Fight, kill and die': Four Muslims tried to recruit undercover police as part of holy war, court hears
A former Taliban fighter tried to recruit undercover police officers to 'fight, kill and die' in a holy war in Afghanistan, a court heard today.
Pakistani-born Munir Farooqi, 54, had been an 'active terrorist' with the Taliban before being jailed in Afghanistan in 2001, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He was then released by Pakistan, flew to Britain and was at the heart of a 'long and delicate process of radicalisation' of the two undercover officers, Manchester Crown Court heard.
The plan began at Islamic bookstalls in Manchester, taking in visits to mosques in the city, but ending with the sole intention of delivering recruits to 'training camps and battlefields' abroad, the jury was told.
'The prosecution allege in this case that this was an organised attempt taking place in Manchester to raise men for the jihad, to recruit fighters,' Andrew Edis QC, prosecuting, told the jury.
'This means finding people who are capable of being persuaded and persuading them that their religious duty requires them to fight to kill and to die, if necessary.
'It means persuading them to travel from the UK to training camps and battlefields abroad, principally in Afghanistan.'
Farooqi was running a Dawah bookstall in Manchester to spread the word of Islam, the court heard, when he was approached by the officers, identified only by the pseudonyms Ray and Simon, in October 2008.
And this they did, in the name of Islam.
From the MailOnline May 5
Harris Farooqi arriving at Manchester Crown Court today
'Fight, kill and die': Four Muslims tried to recruit undercover police as part of holy war, court hears
A former Taliban fighter tried to recruit undercover police officers to 'fight, kill and die' in a holy war in Afghanistan, a court heard today.
Pakistani-born Munir Farooqi, 54, had been an 'active terrorist' with the Taliban before being jailed in Afghanistan in 2001, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He was then released by Pakistan, flew to Britain and was at the heart of a 'long and delicate process of radicalisation' of the two undercover officers, Manchester Crown Court heard.
The plan began at Islamic bookstalls in Manchester, taking in visits to mosques in the city, but ending with the sole intention of delivering recruits to 'training camps and battlefields' abroad, the jury was told.
'The prosecution allege in this case that this was an organised attempt taking place in Manchester to raise men for the jihad, to recruit fighters,' Andrew Edis QC, prosecuting, told the jury.
'This means finding people who are capable of being persuaded and persuading them that their religious duty requires them to fight to kill and to die, if necessary.
'It means persuading them to travel from the UK to training camps and battlefields abroad, principally in Afghanistan.'
Farooqi was running a Dawah bookstall in Manchester to spread the word of Islam, the court heard, when he was approached by the officers, identified only by the pseudonyms Ray and Simon, in October 2008.
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