Two Luton Muslims appear at the Old Bailey accused of inviting people to support ISIS

TWO Muslims who are accused of inviting support for ISIS by handing out leaflets on London’s Oxford Street today (Thursday) denied terror offences.

Ibrahim Anderson, 38, and Shah Jahan Khan, 62, both from Luton, are said to have distributed material supporting the aims and objectives of the terror group.

The pair, who attend the same mosque, are charged with inviting support for a banned organisation.

It is alleged they handed out leaflets, which did not specifically mention ISIS or Islamic State, on Oxford Street, central London on 8 August last year.

Muslim convert Anderson, who appeared at the Old Bailey in a denim jacket sporting a long ginger beard and prayer cap, is also charged with possessing information of a kind likely to be useful for terrorism.

Anderson and Khan, who has a long grey beard and was also wearing a prayer cap, spoke only to enter not guilty pleas at today’s brief hearing.

They will next appear at the same court next Thursday (July 16) for a case management hearing.

They were due to stand trial on 20 July, but a new date will be set at their next court appearance.

Anderson, of Dallow Road, Luton, and Khan, of St Catherine’s Avenue, Luton, pleaded not guilty to inviting support for a prescribed organisation on 8 August last year.

Anderson also pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of information likely to be useful for a person committing or planning to commit an act of terrorism on 16 December 2014.

They were both released on conditional bail.