Guide Note: November 8, 2007: Samina Malik was convicted of terrorism offenses. She is the first muslim woman in Britain to be found guilty of terrorism offenses. She posted a series of poems on websites across the internet about killing non-believers, pursuing martyrdom and raising children to be holy fighters and collated a library of material aimed at supporting terrorism and terrorists.

Fast Facts:

1. Worked at Heathrow Airport
2. Aged 23 at time of conviction
3. Referred to herself as the " lyrical terrorist" in her writing
4. Convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 today following an Old Bailey trial
5. Cleared of the - more serious - charge of possessing an article "for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism"
6. Claimed she was writing poetry for "fame and recognition" and to attract men she hoped to marry
7. Her lawyers claimed her poetry was no worse that of Wilfred Owen
8. 2004: Became more interested in religion and started wearing a hijab, changing her writing name from "Lyrical Babe" to "Lyrical Terrorist"

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