Tech consultant tells court: ‘Saudi Arabia is not a true Islamic state’

A technical support consultant accused of travelling to Syria to fight for terrorist groups told a court he considered going to Saudi Arabia but did not think it was Islamic enough. Isa Giga, 32, is accused of travelling business class to Syria in 2015 fight for ‘Jaysh Al Fath’ Islamist groups. Giga, who worked for technology company ANS, told his family he was going to Birmingham but had actually quit his job and travelled to Syria via Turkey. He then…