Note that the accused did the 'devout Muslim' thing after the fact in an effort to sway the court but their well-documented history showed they were anything but devout or Muslim.
WORLD ATLAS NOTE!
Asia has three important recognized political divisions: The Middle East, (or West Asia)...
Something that most of us forget in the West, unless you have friends from India that hate Muslims(and think the Brits are being really stupid) and continually remind you of this and that Iran was Persia and that they are not Arabs.
Diversity is our strength.