tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248234931266550822.post5284235368905771175..comments2023-11-09T05:50:27.936-08:00Comments on The Facts About Islam: Christian Missionaries: A Dishonest Past on Islam Sleep Walks into the PresentYahya Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373097645466995642noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248234931266550822.post-60984036372128384112011-02-02T01:15:42.625-08:002011-02-02T01:15:42.625-08:00A British Airways employee conspired with a radica...A British Airways employee conspired with a radical preacher to blow up a US-bound aeroplane, a court has heard.<br /><br />From his Newcastle home, Rajib Karim shared details of his BA contacts in e-mails to Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, Woolwich Crown Court was told.<br /><br />The computer expert worked for the airline in the city and had access to BA offices there and at Heathrow.<br /><br />Mr Karim, 31, denies plotting to blow up an aircraft and gaining a UK job to exploit terrorist purposes.<br /><br />The Bangladeshi national has already pleaded guilty to three other terror charges, the jury was told.<br /><br />On the first day of the trial, the court heard how Mr Karim came to the UK in 2006 and got a job with BA.<br /><br />The jury was told that Mr Karim established a "deep cover", joining a gym, playing football and never airing extreme views.<br /><br />It is alleged that he was communicating with a terror cell as well as Anwar al-Awlaki, who has never been caught and is believed to be hiding in the mountains of Yemen.<br /><br />Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said the defendant was preparing himself or others for terrorist attacks.<br /><br />He said the court would hear that Mr Karim was an extreme jihadist.<br /><br />"He believes that terrorism, including the murder of civilians, is permissible to establish a true Islamic state.<br /><br />"The defendant was anxious himself to carry out such an attack and he was determined to seek martyrdom - to dieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com