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"Another frame-up of Muslims collapses"
"The convictions of five young Muslim men jailed over extremist literature have been quashed by the Appeal Court.
Freeing the men, the Lord Chief Justice said there was no proof of terrorist intent. The lawyer for one said they had been jailed for a "thought crime."
.... at the Court of Appeal, Lord Phillips said that while the men had downloaded such material, he doubted if there was evidence this was in relation to planning terrorist acts.
He said the prosecution had attempted to use the law for a purpose for which it was not intended....
Inayat Bunglawala, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said the Lord Chief Justice had been "right" to quash the convictions.
He said: "If there is no actual terror plot uncovered by the police then we do not believe we should be convicting people for what is effectively a thought crime."
The Islamic Human Rights Commission said it hoped Thursday's judgement would stop the "criminalisation of Muslim youth for downloading and reading material that is widely available to everyone".
Chairman Massoud Shadjareh said: "Our anti terror strategy should target and bring to account those who plan criminal acts of terrorism. Instead individuals who write poetry, read blogs or download material from the internet are being targeted because of their ethnicity or religious affiliation."
