UK: Man cleared of Islamic State propaganda terror charges

(Torquay)  In 2017 Police uncovered ISIS propaganda during a search of his restaurant in Exeter in November 2017 owned by  Abdul Hussain , last July during a search of his house they found a lot more. He was arrested and charged of hoarding so-called Islamic State propaganda and two terror documents entitled How to Survive in the West - a Mujahid Guide and Miracles in Syria.

The propaganda contained a large number of documents downloaded from the internet, including a "very large number" said to relate to the Syrian conflict, Iraq war, ISIS and terrorism. The ISIS videos  uncovered portrayed "disturbing scenes" of fighters training and "extremely savage" executions, the court heard. The documents entitled How to Survive in the West - A Mujahid Guide (2015) and Miracles in Syria crossed the line because they contained information useful to a terrorist. For example How to Survive in the West included information on how to be a secret agent living a double life and how to become a "sleeper cell" which "activates at the right time" when needed for jihad

In his defence  Hussain  denied wrongdoing, saying he had an "ingrained curiosity" about ISIS, the war in Syria and Islamic extremism and was researching the subject because he wanted to make a documentary and guess what the jury believed him and found him innocent of all the charges laid against him.