Ethics

An anti-war communal and Moslem arrangement have got backed a lawyer facing a disdain of tribunal hearing followers a terrorism trial.

Glasgow lawyer Aamer Anwar criticised the trial of his client Muhammad Atif Siddique, from Clackmannanshire, who was convicted of a series of offences.

The Glasgow Stop the War Alliance and Moslem Action Committee said Mister Anwar had been made a "scapegoat."

The groupings have got urged Glasgow Muslims to retrieve him at Friday prayers.

Last calendar month Siddique, 21, from Alva, was jailed for eight old age for possessing and collecting terror-related items and information.

In a statement read out on the stairway of the High Court in Glasgow proceedings after the jury's verdict, Mister Anwar said he believed the determination was a "tragedy for justness and for freedom of speech".

'Disparaging

He claimed the computer science pupil did not have a just trial and it was heard in an "atmosphere of hostility."

The trial judge, Godhead Carloway, accused Mister Anwar of making "disparaging remarks" about him, the jury, and the prosecution.

A day of the month have yet to be fixed for the High Court disdain hearing.

A spokesman for the Moslem Action Committee said: "It have been decided that Aamer's lawsuit will be raised at Friday supplications at all masjids across Glasgow.

"This is a new development in the Moslem community and shows the depth of misgiving for the functionary response to the warfare on panic as well as the growth support for Aamer Anwar."