Ahmed Hassan, who attempted to risk the lives of nearly 100 passengers by trying to detonate a bomb on a District line train at Parsons Green station, London was told by a judge to spend 34 years in prison and learn the true meaning of the Koran as a book of peace.
Justice Haddon-Cave told Hassan, “You will have plenty of time to study the Koran in prison in the years to come. You should understand that the Koran is a book of peace, Islam is a religion of peace. It is to be hoped that you will come to realise this. The Koran and Islam forbid anything extreme, including extremism in religion. Islam forbids breaking the law of the land where one is living or is a guest. Islam forbids terrorism. You have, therefore, received the most severe of sentences under the law of this land. You have violated the Koran and Islam by your actions, as well as the law of all civilised people.”
