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| Anti-western propaganda and al-Qaeda material was at the home of an Islamist fanatic who plotted to kill a British Muslim soldier, a court has heard. | Anti-western propaganda and al-Qaeda material was at the home of an Islamist fanatic who plotted to kill a British Muslim soldier, a court has heard. |
| Parviz Khan, 37, was arrested at his property in Foxton Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, on 31 January last year. | Parviz Khan, 37, was arrested at his property in Foxton Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, on 31 January last year. |
| Leicester Crown Court was told a search uncovered computer equipment with details of religious fundamentalists. | Leicester Crown Court was told a search uncovered computer equipment with details of religious fundamentalists. |
| Amjad Mahmood, 32, and Zahoor Iqbal, 30, both from Birmingham, deny involvement in the plot. | |
| 'Glorification of death' | |
| Khan, 37, an unemployed charity worker from Birmingham, has pleaded guilty to involvement in a plan to seize to kidnap the soldier and behead him in a lock-up garage. | |
| He has also admitted intending to supply equipment to terrorists on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. | |
| Mr Mahmood, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, denies knowing about Khan's plot and failing to disclose information about it, while Mr Iqbal, of Perry Barr, Birmingham, denies possessing a computer disc called Encyclopaedia Jihad, which would be likely to be useful to a terrorist. | Mr Mahmood, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, denies knowing about Khan's plot and failing to disclose information about it, while Mr Iqbal, of Perry Barr, Birmingham, denies possessing a computer disc called Encyclopaedia Jihad, which would be likely to be useful to a terrorist. |
| Both men have also pleaded not guilty to helping Khan supply equipment to terrorists in Pakistan. | Both men have also pleaded not guilty to helping Khan supply equipment to terrorists in Pakistan. |
| Three other men, Basiru Gassama, 30, Mohammed Irfan, 31, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, have admitted other offences connected with Khan's plot. | Three other men, Basiru Gassama, 30, Mohammed Irfan, 31, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, have admitted other offences connected with Khan's plot. |
| Extremist speeches | |
| Duncan Atkinson, prosecuting, told the jury: "The computer base unit contained many files which demonstrated that its user had an interest in the Islamic faith. | Duncan Atkinson, prosecuting, told the jury: "The computer base unit contained many files which demonstrated that its user had an interest in the Islamic faith. |
| "However, there were also files which showed an interest in al-Qaeda and its activities in Afghanistan and Iraq." | "However, there were also files which showed an interest in al-Qaeda and its activities in Afghanistan and Iraq." |
| Mr Atkinson told the jury the search found files featuring fundamentalist Muslim preacher, Sheikh Feiz, which "advanced a message of the glorification of death and propaganda material relating to Palestine, suicide bombing, and terrorist attacks on the West, including the 7 July bombing. | |
| "This included files relating to suicide bombings, the use of weapons, and media files relating to martyrdom, the encouragement of beheading and the war in Afghanistan. | |
| "Again Sheikh Feiz was featured. There were also some music files which contained songs about Jihad and martyrdom." | |
| Other files included speeches by Osama Bin Laden and his right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahiri. | |
| The jury was told the search also discovered equipment which it was allegedly to be sent to terrorist contacts in Pakistan. | |
| This included packs of marksman kneepads, camcorders, sensor equipment to detect movement and torches. |