‘I’m not a terrorist – I was exorcising evil spirits’

An alleged IS fanatic who watched suicide bombers on Youtube told a jury: ‘I listen to rap music as well, but I don’t believe in the gangster lifestyle.’ Former straight ‘A’ student Mubashir Jamil, 22, tried to fight for IS in Syria after being radicalised by extremist propaganda including jihadi clips on the popular video site, it is claimed. He planned to sneak across the Turkish border to join the terrorist group after becoming transfixed with images of dead ‘martyrs.’ Jamil asked an…