The cousin of a student accused of terror charges today said that he had sent her emails about martyrdom and Jihad.

Shazia Rehman, 29, a biomedical scientist, told the High Court in Glasgow that she had printed out the six emails sent by 21-year-old Mohammed Atif Siddique, but claimed she had never read them.

Brian McConnachie QC, prosecuting, read out parts of the emails to the jury.

In one of them it states: "The one who blows up the enemies of Allah by blowing himself up as well cannot be considered a suicide and he is, Allah willing, a martyr."

Other emails mentioned the Taliban and Jihad, the massacre of Muslims in Bosnia and the position of women under the Taliban.

Donald Findlay QC asked Mrs Rehman: "If I suggest the reason Mohammed Atif Siddique sent the emails to you on these subjects was that he had respect for you because you were clever and he just wanted to know what you thought about it, is that possible.?"

Mrs Rehman replied: "It is."

But when re-examined by Mr McConnachie and asked if Siddique had asked for her opinion about the emails, she replied: "I don't think we ever discussed the emails."

Mr Siddique, of Alva, Clackmannanshire, denies all charges against him.

The first charge against Siddique alleges that between March 1, 2003 and April 13, 2006, he possessed articles in circumstances which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that they were connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.

The offence is alleged to have taken place in his Alva home, Ibrox public library, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow Airport.

The second charge alleges that he collected items and recorded information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

Mr Siddique is also accused of on various occasion between September 1, 2003 and September 30, 2005 at Glasgow Metropolitan College committing a breach of the peace by showing students images of suicide bombers and beheadings by terrorists, threatening to become a suicide bomber and carry out acts of terrorism in Glasgow or elsewhere and and claiming to be a member of Al Qaeda.

The fourth charge against him alleges that between September 1, 2003, and April 13, 2006 he provided instruction on using or making firearms and explosives on his three internet web sites.

Charge five alleges Siddique distributed terrorist publications on the web sites to encourage acts of terrorism.

The trial, before Lord Carloway, continues.