UK man jailed for posting links to Islamic State magazine

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - UK - A terrorist sympathiser has been jailed for 18 months for posting links to a self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) magazine on his Facebook page.

Hassan Munir, 27, posted a link to Dabiq 4, a propaganda magazine produced by the extremist terror group.

The Old Bailey heard that Munir, from Bradford, had been repeatedly warned by Facebook and police officers after he posted jihadi material on his page - including material about beheadings.

Sentencing him, Mr Justice Saunders said the magazine posed a serious danger because it incited people to take up arms for IS, which is also known as Isil and Isis.

Munir said he posted a link to the extremist document on his Facebook page "in case me loses it like", but the judge said he did not believe him.

The 27-year-old, of Lynton Avenue in Heaton, Bradford, has between 400 and 600 friends on his Facebook page.

He previously posted details of how to make explosives and other material supporting IS.

He was warned by police, but ignored them. The judge said he was passing a jail term to make it clear a "deterrent" is important in such cases.

Munir pleaded guilty to disseminating a terrorist publication.




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