Car bomber e-mail sent to brother

Kafeel Ahmed: Text and e-mail to brother before he attacked

The brother of the man who died attacking Glasgow Airport with a car bomb has admitted withholding information.

Sabeel Ahmed, 26, from Bangalore, India, pleaded guilty to the charge at a hearing at the Old Bailey in London.

Prosecutors say Mr Ahmed received an e-mail from his brother, Kafeel, who drove the car into the airport and later died from his injuries.

Here is the verbatim text from that e-mail:

Inshallah by the time you get this message I should have achieved one of the two goals, by the will of Allah.

I sincerely apologise and pray that you forgive me for keeping this from you. It was for your safety and for the sake of the project.

And after much deliberation I have decided to write this message to that you are prepared to take the knock-on effects of my actions.

My sincere request that you do the following:

1. Pray to Allah for acceptance of my deeds.

2. Pray to Allah to give you calm and composure and strength (for you will need this).

3. Do not inform any one about me or my deed (and I mean any one).

4. If they (tholle) figure out it was me, (I have tried to clear up my tracks as much as possible), then go ahead and tell them whatever they ask of you (about my PhD and the project on global warming and my trip to Iceland and give them my comp [computer] if they ask).

And of course this is going to put you in trouble (Allah forbid). Say only that which is necessary. And please DON'T argue! Try to continue as normal but appear "shocked". Try to put off telling Abbu-Ammi [their parents] for as long as possible. I am sorry for putting you in this situation. But it's about time that we give up our lives and our families for the sake of Islam to please Allah (swt). And you will inshallah get the reward for this!

5. If they can't figure out who it was, then keep me alive for as long as possible!

For this you will just need to continue with the story that I am in Iceland. Continue to tell Abbu-Ammi that I am ok and have been delayed for 3-4 weeks there.

Until you get the opportunity to go back home. (This will require lots of strength and patience, May Allah rewards you for it).

Once you are at home, please pass on my will to Abbu, Ammi and Petli. AS for the rest of my family and friends, try to maintain anonymity and keep me alive in Iceland (or where ever!!).

6. If I am caught, then try to maintain calmness (and if asked, repeat my story of PhD and project ton global warming) and don't try to hard to get me released, I am prepared for the long haul (May Allah save me from the dreaded prisons). It will be your task to explain to people at home. I and the team are making maximum efforts to prevent this!

7. In any of the above cases, leave this place and go back home or elsewhere as soon as possible.

8. Please take care of Abbu and Ammi

11. At any time, don't hold back from joining the Jhd, by money, words and actions. Allah makes it easy for those who do so.

This is the "Project" that I was working on for some time now ... Alhamdulillah [praise God]. Every thing else was a lie! And I hope you can all forgive me for being such a good liar!! It was necessary, Just so that YOU know Alhamdulillah Everything since last week were executed by me and my team (this is confidential) on behalf of our Amir (if you got a sins then the plan was stalled mid way).

The other email contained my will. In case I am caught by tholle, please delete it before reading!! Otherwise please delete once you have gone through. Never check this email again on your comp. Try not to have any traces on your computer. Delete internet files, and delete cookies. Delete the downloaded txt file.

May Allah reward you for the troubles.

Your brother,

Abu Abdurahman