Broren, søsteren og kona til en av de to britisk/muslimske selvmordsbomberne som detonerte på en bar i Tel Aviv i april ifjor, står for retten, tiltalt for delaktighet. De tre visste om planene og gjorde ingenting for å stanse dem.

E-post mellom Omar Sharif og de tre viser med all tydelighet at de var klar over hva som skulle skje. Eksperter har lykkes å få frem e-post som var blitt slettet. Selv bedyrer de tre at de er fredsommelige muslimer. Men i hjemmet ble det funnet militant materiale fra den ekstreme al-Muhajiroun.

Det vakte voldsom oppsikt at to britiske borgere hadde latt seg verve av Hamas til å sprenge seg selv i lufta. Tre ble drept og 65 såret i angrepet. Bare en av de to angriperne, Asif Hanif (21) ble drept på stedet. Omar Sharif (27) kom seg unna, men ble funnet druknet 12 dager senere.

Sharif var blitt far bare to måneder tidligere. Det var hans tredje. Han hadde nok vært i tvil, for søsteren oppildnet ham til å være fast i troen og forsettet. Hun er lærer.

E-posten sier det meste.

The trial was told of email exchanges between Omar Sharif and his family.

The first, on April 22 last year – eight days before the bombing – was sent by Omar from Palestinian territory to his brother Zahid.

It read: «Please take care of yourselves. Difficult times may lay ahead for you and the family in the next few weeks and months if Allah wills. Plan now and get rid of any material you may consider problematic.»

The second part to Tahira, his wife, asked her to look after their three children, one of whom had been born two months earlier.

It read: «I hope you are strong. Know that everything is just a test and Allah will reward the patient ones. Look after Khadijah, Hamzah and Asyiah, bring them up well. We did not spend a long time together in this world but I hope through Allah’s mercy and your patience we can spend an eternity together …

«I hope to go and be with the best of company soon, you will hear from my friend the good news.

«Make dua [prayer] that Allah makes me … firm and that he accepts my actions. Delete this message.»

Omar’s sister Parveen sent him an email the next day from a computer at the home of friends.

It read: «We all have to be firm and focused … there is really no time to be weak and emotional. When we see you again it will be like only half a day has passed.

«Don’t worry about Tahira and the kids. She is strong and focused. You married a real good woman.

«Stay focused and determined. You have no time for emotions. May Allah take care of us all and join us all soon.»

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Vikram Dodd and Press Association
Tuesday April 27, 2004
The Guardian