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Three men have been charged with conspiring to damage the home and office of a man due to publish a novel about the Prophet Muhammad, reports BBC Online.
Ali Beheshti, 40, Abrar Mirza, 22 and Abbas Taj, 30, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' on Friday.
The three were charged with "conspiring without lawful excuse to damage the premises... intending to destroy or damage property and with intent to endanger life". They were also charged with "conspiring without lawful excuse to damage the premises... intending to destroy or damage property and being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be endangered."
Beheshti was also charged with possessing a weapon "designed or adapted for the discharge of a noxious liquid or gas".