{"id":6963,"date":"2014-10-28T15:04:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T15:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/10\/28\/teachers-plan-to-join-isis\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:58:17","slug":"teachers-plan-to-join-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/28\/teachers-plan-to-join-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher’s plan to join ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A science teacher from Sharples High School has confessed plans to join ISIS<\/h3>\n

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\n30-year-old Jamshed Javeed, was ready to leave for the war torn country when he was arrested by police in December.<\/p>\n


\nPolice state Javeed, of Levenshulme, Manchester, was part of a larger network of local British people who wished to travel to Syria and fight for ISIS. <\/p>\n


\nJaveed paid \u00a31,400 into his brother Mohammed’s bank account, \u00a31,100 of which would be used to fund travel to Syria.<\/p>\n


\nPolice also reveal he supported the travel of four more individuals between September and November of last year.<\/p>\n


\nJaveed stated in his plea he, \u201chas never supported, and does not support, the aims of Isis as now revealed and understood.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe also said he does not endorse forcing non-Muslims to convert to Islam, suicide bombings, or the execution of hostages such as aid worker Alan Henning, who was beheaded earlier this month.<\/p>\n


\nJaveed revealed to the court how he wanted to join rebel groups fighting the \u201cvicious\u201d regime of President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n


\nHe states he does not have an \u201cextremist\u201d mindset and even planned to continue his teaching career on returning to the UK, the court heard. <\/p>\n


\nHe was suspended by Sharples after being arrested in January, after police had launched an investigation into him and his accomplices.<\/p>\n


\nSharples headteacher Mrs Quesnel said, \u201cIt came as a huge shock to be informed by the police that they had arrested a member of staff. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe acted on the advice of the local authority and the police and suspended the individual. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis was a neutral act pending a police investigation, and in line with the council’s HR procedures. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThere was no evidence whatsoever to link any criminal activity to our school or the wider community and no evidence to suggest that any pupils, staff or the wider community were under any kind of threat. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe would like to reassure all our stakeholders that this was an isolated incident, involving one individual, and is in no way a reflection on Sharples School.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThere has been no evidence he tried to radicalise pupils from the school. <\/p>\n


\nCharges against him carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.<\/p>\n


\nLast year his family noted a change in his behaviour which was leaning towards a more radical line of thinking.<\/p>\n


\nHe purchased equipment for himself and ISIS fighters to use once he arrived in Syria. His concerned family including pregnant wife pleaded with him not to go, even hiding his passport. But the father of two was committed to go and applied for a new passport.<\/p>\n


\nTony Mole, head of the North West\u2019s counter-terrorism unit, said, \u201cWhat we have seen here is very interesting because somebody who has led a normal, quiet family life, a school teacher, has now pleaded guilty to two serious offences involving the preparation of himself and others for terrorist offences. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt appears that he has got together with a group who have been determined to go out to Syria and fight. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cDespite efforts from his family who were clearly determined to stop him travelling to Syria, he was determined to go.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nHe added, \u201cMy key point is that the earlier we can intervene the better. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe have got trained people. It is about communities being aware of people that might be showing signs of going out to meet terrorists. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cAnybody who goes out to fight with ISIS could potentially be a serious danger to communities if they return. <\/p>\n


\nNeighbours said Javeed\u2019s family have lived in Cringle Road for many years. <\/p>\n


\nA neighbour who knew Javeed said, \u201cWith him being a teacher, you just do not expect it. He is not what you think of as a terrorist at all. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to understand how he was able to fund something like that and pay for others to go? <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt seems you can\u2019t reason with people when they develop these beliefs.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nJaveed will be sentenced in Woolwich Crown Court on December 12. \n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A science teacher from Sharples High School has confessed plans to join ISIS 30-year-old Jamshed Javeed, was ready to leave for the war torn country when he was arrested by police in December. Police state Javeed, of Levenshulme, Manchester, was part of a larger network of local British people who wished to travel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}