A pensioner has admitted glorifying acts of terror on social media from his Edinburgh flat.
Firoz Madhani posted a string of rambling religiously-motivated rants on Twitter celebrating extreme acts of violence.
Edinburgh sheriff court heard how the 67-year-old 'incited violence by and against governments' as part of the charge following his slew of posts in September 2019.
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Madhani appeared at the city’s sheriff court on Monday and pled guilty to a charge under the Terrorism Act 2006.
Sheriff Daniel Kelly deferred sentence on Madhani, from the city’s Dalry area, until November for reports.
The charge admitted “glorifying acts of terrorism acts committed by others, encouraging acts of violence, and inciting violence by and against governments”.
The charge continued Madhani’s posts had the intention to be a “direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commissions, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism” or that his actions were “reckless” as to whether that was the effect.
The offence was aggravated by religious prejudice.
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Madhani, a first offender, had his not guilty plea to a second allegation accepted by the Crown.
That charge had accused Madhani of expressing an opinion or belief supportive of a prescribed organisation, namely Hezbollah, on social media from his flat on September 2 2019.
Hezbollah is on the list of banned terrorist organisations under UK law.
