The ‘social media jihadis’

Two teenagers glorified jihad over social media, the Old Bailey heard today (FRI). Luqmaan Ahmed and Kashif Riaz, both 18, are accused of sending propaganda videos depicting extreme violence on WhatsApp and Instagram. According to the charges the pair were sending the clips from January 2018 to March 2018 while living in Manchester. Ahmed is said to have sent Riaz a video over the communication application called ‘The Battle of Abu Duhur’ while another film called ‘Dying Martyr’ was sent…