The Sun identifies him as a “white Muslim convert.” The British press is hopelessly wrongheaded about the jihad issue, framing it almost exclusively as a racial problem between “Asians” and “whites.” But the existence of bloody-minded jihadis like Ashraf Islam shows why it is so stupid to see the jihad threat in racial terms. Ashraf Islam wants to murder the Prince not because he is “brown” and the Prince is “white” — they are both “white.” Ashraf Islam wants to murder the Prince because Islam has subscribed to a violent and supremacist belief system — one to which people of all races adhere. But everyone is afraid to confront that belief system. It is so much easier, and more comforting, to pretend as if the whole problem were one of racial tension.
“Jihad Brit in Harry kill plot,” by Daniel Cutts for The Sun, June 1 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
A WHITE Muslim convert walked into a police station and told cops he was going to kill Prince Harry, it was revealed last night.
Ashraf Islam made his chilling threat a day after the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, South London.
Islam, 30, is now facing ten years in jail after admitting threatening to kill soldier Harry, 28, who is third in line to the throne.
Anti-terror cops were called in to investigate after Islam’s threats on Thursday, May 23, and security around the royal was stepped up.
Two days later, last Saturday, Islam appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates” Court and pleaded guilty before being remanded in custody.
Scotland Yard allegedly later found a laptop belonging to Islam showing internet searches for kidnapping, guns and vans.
His internet history is also said to show he had been on terrorist and firearms websites….
“” A SECOND man was charged last night with Lee Rigby”s murder. Michael Adebolajo, 28, of Romford, Essex, is also charged with the attempted murder of two police officers and possessing a firearm.