Suspects 'converted to Islam' 11 August 2006 At least three of the men arrested on suspicion of being involved in a terror plot to blow up a series of transatlantic planes had converted to Islam, it emerged.
Ibrahim Savant, from Walthamstow, east London, changed his name from Oliver when he converted, according to neighbours. The 25-year-old student, whose Muslim wife is reportedly pregnant, was arrested at his family home in Folkestone Road. He is believed to have taken his Iranian father's name when he converted and immersed himself in religious books. The second convert was called Don Stewart-Whyte until he changed his name to Adbul Waheed after converting to Islam. The 21-year-old was arrested during a raid at a house in Hepplewhite Close, High Wycombe. According to locals, the property belonged to a white man whose behaviour had altered when he took up the religion. "He converted to Islam about six months ago and grew a full beard," an 18-year-old local resident, who asked not to be named, said. "He used to smoke weed and drink a lot, but he is completely different now." The third suspect believed to have converted to Islam is 28-year-old Umar Islam who was also arrested in High Wycombe. Elsewhere in the Buckinghamshire town, 27-year-old Shazad Khuram Ali was arrested after anti-terror squads stormed his home in Micklefield Road. At another High Wycombe address, a semi-detached house in Plomer Green Avenue, an Asian family was led outside by police but, according to onlookers, no-one was brought out under restraint. Waseem Kayani, 29, was arrested and the property was sealed off by police ready to be searched. One of the suspects worked at Heathrow Airport as a security man. Amin Asmin Tariq, 23, was about to set off for work when he was arrested at his terraced home in Ravenswood Road, Walthamstow. He had recently become a father and had worked at the airport for the past three years. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/PA_NEWA18888121155278706A0?source=PA Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
