Landmark Ruling in Lyrical Terrorist Case

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... so it is NOT a criminal offence to write poetry about jihad.

Giving judgement, Lord Phillips said: "We consider that there is a very real danger that the jury became confused and that the prosecution have rightly conceded that this conviction is unsafe."
He went on to explain how in February this year, the Court of Appeal had studied Section 58 of the Terrorism Act in detail.
It had concluded that an offence would be committed under the act only if a document was of a kind likely to provide practical assistance to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
Propagandist or theological material did not fall within Section 58, Lord Phillips said.

Thank f00k for that. Freedom of speech still (vaguely) reigns.