Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6991074.stm
A jury in a three-week terror trial has been warned not to convict the accused through a "fear or alarm" of Islam.
Donald Findlay QC, defence counsel for Mohammed Atif Siddique, told the High Court in Glasgow that his client was merely researching Islamic terrorism.
The 21-year-old, from Alva in Clackmannnanshire, denies four terror charges and a breach of the peace.
The prosecution had earlier said Mr Siddique was not a researcher but "a wannabe suicide bomber".
In his closing speech, Advocate Depute Brian McConnachie QC referred to extremist material allegedly found on Mr Siddique's computer and dismissed the suggestion that he was carrying out research.
He told the jury: "This is not someone who is systematically carrying out research into Islamic politics and the difficulties facing Muslims in the Middle East, this is a wannabe suicide bomber."
Mr McConnachie also told the jury to put aside any prejudices when considering their verdict.
He said: "Muslim extremists do not have a monopoly on intolerance, bigotry or hatred."