Born: 1991;

Place of Birth: Eritrea;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Eritrean, British;

General Info:
Ayub Nurhussein is a Islamic State terrorist who admits hoarding pro-Islamic State propaganda helped raise thousands of pounds for fighter brothers in the Middle East coutries.

He is charged with entering into a funding arrangement – totalling £2,699.19 for the purposes of terrorism between April 11 and July 11 last year. It is told that multiple communications had taken place between the defendant and another man, Said Mohammed, via the private messaging app Telegram.

It is claimed that Mohammed was in contact with a third person in Iraq, known as Wassim. Multiple messages had been exchanged in which Wassim had asked Mohammed to help raise funds from ‘brothers from abroad’ to support Islamic State activities.

Wassim had arranged for a European go-between to allow money to be sent to support the Islamic State (also known as ISIL) – with ‘no problems’.

In a voice message which was forwarded on to Nurhussein on April 19 by Mohammed, Wassim said: ‘Brother, this is the name of a sister in Denmark – you can transfer to it.’

The defendant responded to Mohammed by saying: ‘With Allah’s permission I will finish in four hours’ time and I will transfer the amount.’ The court heard that on April 20 a transaction of £1,300 was made from an account in Manchester to a Western Union bank branch in Copenhagen to a woman, named as Rwan Ebrahim.

A second transaction of £599.19 was made by Nurhussein on June 5 to the same bank in Copenhagen and collected by another man, Ali Aga, who was accompanied by Ms Ebrahim.

Mohammed subsequently sent a message to Wassim that said: ‘Brother, the brother has sent the money and he is at work.’ The court heard how, on July 2, the process was repeated again – with Nurhussein transferring £800 to the Danish bank.

Jurors were also shown extracts from clips with ‘graphic and grotesque propaganda’ shared from Nurhussein’s phone that, demonstrated the defendant’s ‘mindset’ at the time when the transactions were made.

Nurhussein has already pleaded guilty to seven counts in relation to possession and dissemination of terrorist material. A message from Wassim to Mohammed read: ‘Brother this may be the last time you have to send [money] I have found you a way to Iraq.’

‘Preparations were made to travel to Iraq to join Islamic State,’, adding that Mohammed had told Nurhussein ‘you’d better learn the Syrian language’.