The jury can be forgiven for being so easily fooled. For years now, the British government and media have systematically deceived the public about the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat, insisting that Islam is a religion of peace and only racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” think otherwise. They doubtless figured that poor Mohiussunnath Chowdhury had a spell of anger over “Islamophobia” and was now over it and would resume his place among the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims.

“‘Islamist’ Uber driver ‘boasted how he deceived jury into clearing him of Samurai sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace then went on to plan another attack on tourists in London,'” by Duncan Gardham, Mailonline, January 8, 2020:

An Uber driver cleared of launching a Samurai sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace went on to plan another attack on tourists in London, a court heard today.

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, from Luton, was ‘motivated by dreams of martyrdom for the cause of Islam, and inspired by preachers of hate,’ a jury at Woolwich Crown Court was told.

Duncan Atkinson QC, prosecuting, said Chowdbury was ‘keen to take part in an attack on a high profile and very public target in the UK.’

The targets mentioned included Madame Tussauds in London, the Gay Pride parade, and an attack on tourists on a London open-top tour bus, the jury was told.

‘The object was to unleash death and suffering on non-Muslim members of the public who happened to be present, using a firearm, sword and even a van as part of an attack,’ the prosecutor said.

Chowdhury told undercover officers that he had indeed been trying to carry out a terrorist attack in 2017 and that he had ‘deceived’ the earlier jury that acquitted him of it, the court was told.

Chowdhury is accused of accused of preparing acts of terrorism and his sister Sneha Chowdhury, 25, is accused of failing to disclose information.

His sister had ‘better reason than anyone to understand what her brother was thinking, and wanting to achieve,’ Mr Atkinson said.

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury had a big beard and looked unkempt at the time of his first trial, the court heard today.

He allegedly told undercover officers that a fellow inmate gave him the advice to ‘play the game’ and shave his beard off.

On the day of his planned ‘suicide’ in August 2017, Chowdhury changed his WhatsApp profile picture to a green bird, said to be a reference to martyrdom.

He also wrote his sister a note which read: ‘The Queen and her soldiers will all be in the hellfire they go to war with Muslims around the world and kill them without any mercy.’

After his acquittal, Chowdhury told undercover officers that he had initially gone to Windsor Castle, because his intention was to kill a soldier but when he got there, he could not see any soldiers so he drove to Buckingham Palace.

He said that on the way to commit the attack he had listened to and found inspiration from the lectures of the al-Qaeda preacher, Anwar Al Awlaki.

During the conversation in March last year, he told the officers, that when he got to the Palace, the only soldiers he could see were too far away behind a gate to reach, so he began to manoeuvre his vehicle to attract the attention of police in a nearby van.

Woolwich Crown Court was told that an officer managed to get the passenger door open and stop him from swinging or stabbing with the weapon, but there was then a short struggle with the officers trying to get the sword from Chowdhury while he was punching them and they were punching him, as he shouted: ‘Allahu Akbar’ [god is great] over and over again.

Chowdhury was put on trial twice for the attack, after the first jury was unable to reach a verdict.

Before the second trial, on September 27 2018, drawings were found in Chowdhury’s cell at Belmarsh jail, which make reference to ‘paradise’ and showed a terrorist shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ and firing at a police officer outside 10 Downing Street.

At the time of his first trial Chowdhury had a big beard and looked unkempt.

But he used the word ‘deceive’ when he was referring to his appearance and appeared ‘very proud’ when he was speaking about how he had fooled the jury, the court was told.

‘Despite his acquittal on December 20 2018, once he was released from custody he immediately showed that his mindset had not changed one jot,’ Mr Atkinson said….