Two dry cleaners from Walsall told their brother’s BMW, watch and wedding outfit, to help him raise funds as he fought for so called Islamic State in Syria. Law student, Mohamed Hussain, 26, and Mohamed Rohaman, 32, collected £10,000 for Musadikur Rohaman as he was fighting in Raqqa. The two men were convicted by the Old Bailey under terrorism offences.
Musadikur Rohaman and his wife Zohura Siddeka, both 27, went to Syria in December 2014. The couple were part of a radical group called Islam Walsall. The convicted men tried selling the couple’s wedding outfits until their mother caught them as they took pictures for eBay. The £10,000 was sent in six instalments to six different people in Lebanon via Western Union. A family friend Mohammed Atiqur Rahman Khan also 27, who shared a love of BMWs was convicted along with the pair. A fourth man, Maruf Uddin, 26, was cleared of funding terrorism after the jury decided they did not know if the money was for Syria. The three people are due to be sentenced on 9th September.
