An Islamist who received indefinite leave to remain in the UK now faces prison after being found with a “suicide bomb manual”.Abdullah Yousef, 24, created a Telegram group in May 2024 to share material created by the Islamic State (Isis), Birmingham Crown Court heard.Yousef, of Galapagos Grove, in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, had an “apparent interest” in making explosives, as he shared videos glorifying the September 11 attacks.He arrived in the UK at the age of 15, claiming to be from Syria, but prosecutors believe he is from Egypt.The 24-year-old brazenly shared social media messages to others, reading “You know I support IS, Daesh, Islamic State” and “By the way, I am a terrorist”.He denied charges of being a member of a proscribed organisation, collecting information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, and six counts of dissemination of terrorist publications, but a jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on Monday.Prosecutor Frederick Hookway told the court more than 7,000 photographs, 21,000 videos and 270 links were shared in the Telegram group, of which the defendant was listed as the owner, including instructional material about an “amazing way” to make a bomb.Also shared was an Isis-published guide on using knives and vehicles in terror attacks, referencing the 2016 lorry attack in Nice, France in which 86 people were killed.Abdullah Yousef said he supported IS, Daesh, Islamic State and declared himself a terrorist | THAMES VALLEY POLICELinks were shared to videos on how to make explosive belts and vests, and a 15-page document was found in a folder which said it was “aimed for personal development and knowledge of Mujahdeen”.An expert in explosives, who was asked to look at the document and comment on the viability of what was being described, said it contained information that was “credible and potentially of use to someone preparing an improvised explosive device”.Yousef told a Telegram contact he had finished electrical studies and wanted to learn how to make explosives, but wanted to learn more from an “archive” of IS materials.Asked by the same contact if he wanted to “make explosives or go into battle”, Yousef replied: “Both, if I can make a good one that would work here. I don’t mind.”Yousef will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court at a later date | GETTYGiving evidence, he told the court that his profession as a terrorist was a “joke” and that he did not recall looking at the explosive vest manual, but he did admit to having a “curiosity” in the subject.He said: “If someone is curious, they are just curious…they don’t have any bad intentions behind it.”When Mr Hookway asked what he meant by sharing a Koran quote about striking the necks of “disbelievers”, Yousef replied: “I don’t need to answer that.”After the verdict, Detective Chief Superintendent Oliver Wright, head of CTPSE, said: “Yousef professed being a member of Daesh, a proscribed terrorist group in the UK, that promotes violence in furtherance of its cause.”He also made vast quantities of terrorist material available to others, including details of how to make improvised explosive devices and a video glorifying the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers.”Sharing this content can have the very harmful result of encouraging those vulnerable to radicalisation to adopt a similar extremist mindset and be motivated to engage in terrorist activity.”A sentencing date has not yet been fixed, and the case has been adjourned for a pre-sentence report.He will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court at a later date.