UK: Muslim who stabbed MP under al-Awlaki's influence gets life of prison dawah
Posted by Robert on November 3, 2010 2:34 PM "You said it was worth it. You said you wanted to be a martyr," said the judge, who nonetheless still termed her cause "political." An update on [1] this story . "Student Gets Life Term For MP Murder Bid," by Gary Mitchell for [2] Sky News Online , November 3 (thanks to Steven): A student who tried to kill a Labour MP after being inspired by a radical al Qaeda cleric has been jailed for life. Roshonara Choudhry, 21, stabbed Stephen Timms twice in the stomach after watching online sermons by US-born extremist Anwar al-Awlaki. Choudhry's attack on the former Treasury minister - who she resented because he voted for the Iraq war - is thought to be the first al Qaeda-inspired attempt to assassinate a politician on British soil. She knifed 55-year-old East Ham MP Mr Timms as he held a constituency surgery at the Beckton Globe community centre in east London in May.... Choudhry, of Central Park Roa...