A LONDONER has been jailed for four years for glorifying terrorism on online platforms.
Mohammad Zubair Khan pleaded guilty to multiple terrorism offences at the Old Bailey after initially denying any wrongdoing.
He came under the lens of Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) officers in June 2021 after a video produced by a proscribed terrorist organisation had been posted on a Twitter handle linked to him.
Khan, 22, was arrested under the Terrorism Act as investigators also discovered that he had downloaded extremist material - Islamist terrorism propaganda videos, featuring Daesh fighters and depicting extreme violence - and shared them on messaging apps.
He was also found to have praised the activities of terrorist groups abroad.
In November last year, Khan was charged with eight counts of dissemination of terrorist material and he pleaded guilty just before the trial was slated to begin. His sentencing took place on Friday (9).
Scotland Yard has urged people to be alert about online radicalisation attempts by extremist groups.
Its Counter Terrorism Command leader Dominic Murphy said terrorist groups like Daesh produced online content in their bid to radicalise and recruit vulnerable people and encourage them to commit terrorist acts.
He called on members of the public to report to the force via www.gov.uk/report-terrorism if they came across any extremist content online.
“We will investigate where appropriate, and act to get this dangerous propaganda taken down,” Murphy said.
Londoner jailed for glorifying terrorism on online platforms
Mohammad Khan was arrested in 2021 after a video produced by a terror group was shared on his Twitter handle
Moglai Bap and Mo Chara of Kneecap perform at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
Police may probe anti-Israel comments at Glastonbury
BRITISH police said they were considering whether to launch an investigation after performers at Glastonbury Festival made anti-Israel comments during their shows.
"We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon," Avon and Somerset Police, in western England, said on X late on Saturday (28).
Irish hip-hop group Kneecap and punk duo Bob Vylan made anti-Israeli chants in separate shows on the West Holts stage on Saturday. One of the members of Bob Vylan chanted "Death, death, to the IDF" in a reference to the Israel Defense Forces.
"Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation," the police statement said.
The Israeli Embassy in Britain said it was "deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival".
Prime minister Keir Starmer said earlier this month it was "not appropriate" for Kneecap to appear at Glastonbury.
The band's frontman Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terrorism offence last month for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah at a concert in November. He has denied the charge.
A British government minister said it was appalling that the anti-Israel chants had been made at Glastonbury, and that the festival's organisers and the BBC broadcaster - which is showing the event - had questions to answer.
Health secretary Wes Streeting said he was also appalled by violence committed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
"I'd also say to the Israeli Embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens and the settlers in the West Bank," Streeting told Sky News.
"I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously," he said.
(Reuters)