Oliver N “was a very nice student, but towards the end of the last school year he converted to Islam and at this point his behaviour changed.” Why didn’t his behavior change when he converted to Islam? After all, Reza Aslan assures us that religions are infinitely malleable, and take any form that the believer wants them to take. Why didn’t Oliver shape his Islam into something proper to a “very nice student”?
Instead, he joined the Islamic State. This seems to have had something to do with his conversion to Islam, even though numerous authorities assure us that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. The authorities who make these assurances have done nothing to stem the rising tide of misunderstanding of Islam.
“Missing Vienna teen appears in Isis video,” by Jordan Schachtel, The Local, October 16, 2014:
A 16-year-old Viennese student who was reported as missing by Interpol has appeared in a video on the internet calling on Muslims to “kill infidels” and join Islamic State (Isis) militants.
According to a report in der Standard newspaper the fair-haired teenager’s former classmates recognised him in the video. He was filmed in what appears to be a slaughterhouse in Syria, and sheep carcasses can be seen in the background.
The 16-year-old, named as Oliver N, is reported to have sent threatening and insulting text messages to some of his classmates just a few weeks ago. He has been officially listed as missing since August 23rd.
According to der Standard he had been studying at a vocational college for Industry, Economy and Transport in Meidling. It’s thought he may have first come into contact with Islam in May, when he was approached at a party and persuaded to visit a mosque.
“He was a very nice student, but towards the end of the last school year he converted to Islam and at this point his behaviour changed,” the school’s director Erich Macho told the Austrian state broadcaster ORF.
“He was very open about his conversion – and it was also obvious by his behaviour and things that he said,” Macho added. “In hindsight it’s easy to say that we should have done something – he was also distributing Islamic material to students and teachers.”
“It was as if someone had turned on a switch in him,” a friend, Claudia, told der Standard. She added that he had posted a picture of a veiled woman on Facebook and referred to her as his wife.
She said that she hoped he would come back to Austria. “He was a very nice person who hadn’t had an easy life.”
Media reports said that the teenager was born in Linz but had been living in Vienna for some time.
The Interior Ministry believes that up to 160 Austrians are currently in Syria, fighting with Isis militants.
Recent reports suggest that two teenage girls who left Vienna to fight in Syria but now want to come back home could face up to five years in jail on their return.
The government has made it clear that participation in a terrorist organization – such as Isis – will be punished if fighters or their supporters return to Europe.
Jovial Joe says
“He was a very nice student, but towards the end of the last school year he converted to Islam and at this point his behaviour changed.” I love the unself-consciously droll tone of that statement, it’s hilarious and will make a fitting tribute for his tombstone:)
Beagle says
If there are up to 160 Austrians fighting for IS, the estimate (lie) of 100 for the US is probably off by a factor of ten at least.
dieter says
Most of them are chechen asylum refugees.
gp says
That explains it, chechen asylum refugees. ie: Religion of Peace
Oliver says
he was also distributing Islamic material to students and teachers.”
Austria is, I believe, a predominantly Catholic country. Using that as a fact–
IF A STUDENT HAD CONVERTED FROM CATHOLICISM (OR ANY OTHER BRANCH OF CHRISTIANITY) TO JUDAISM — WOULD THE SCHOOL HAVE DONE ZILCH, NADA, NOTHING, AS THEY SEEM TO HAVE DONE HERE?
I doubt it.
Mirren10 says
“It was as if someone had turned on a switch in him,” a friend, Claudia, told der Standard. ”
It’s almost as if these jihadists can *smell out* those who have the ‘switch’, just ready and waiting to be turned on.
So, he was approached at a party, and *persuaded to visit a mosque*. Is anyone at all investigating this mosque, the imam, and the people who approached him at this party ?
The Austrian/Viennese police should be swooping down on this mosque, without any warning, with big black dogs, drug sniffing, bomb sniffing dogs. They should be rounding up every single mohammedan in that mosque, and **interrogating** them.
The imam needs to be interrogated, his ‘sermons’ combed through for violent material, ( I know, a redundancy) and then tried and deported.
” She added that he had posted a picture of a veiled woman on Facebook and referred to her as his wife.”
Free sex, not just in this life, but if he blows himself up, in ‘jannah’, too. Or so the wicked fool undoubtedly thinks.
”The 16-year-old, named as Oliver N, is reported to have sent threatening and insulting text messages to some of his classmates just a few weeks ago.”
Well, of course. My friend’s daughter recently became a Christian; naturally she sent insulting and threatening texts to all her friends, to celebrate. As you do. Sarc/off.
“He was very open about his conversion – and it was also obvious by his behaviour and things that he said,” Macho added. “In hindsight it’s easy to say that we should have done something – he was also distributing Islamic material to students and teachers.”
Hindsight has nothing to do with it. His behaviour and what he said should instantly have set off alarm bells. And what was this ‘Islamic material’ he was distributing ? ‘Inspire’, perhaps, or ‘how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom’ ? Or just the revolting koran ? **That** needs to be stringently investigated, also, and whoever received it, and read it.
“He was a very nice person who hadn’t had an easy life.”
Thousands, if not millions, of people haven’t had an easy life. Do they send vile messages to their friends, bugger off to Syria, and appear on a video calling for murder ? No, they don’t, most of them. Just little creeps like this one.
”The government has made it clear that participation in a terrorist organization – such as Isis – will be punished if fighters or their supporters return to Europe.”
As has been said, many times before, **just don’t let them back in**. But that’s too simple and obvious for *any* Western government, it would seem.
No, if this little shit isn’t killed over there, and comes back, they’ll either mess around with ridiculous ‘de-radicalisation’ measures, like my own witless government, or he’ll be jailed for a short period, during which time he’ll be provided with a koran, prayer rug, halal meals, visits from an imam, and limitless opportunities for vicious dawa, all of which being paid for by the Austrian taxpayers.
Then, once released, he’ll use the expertise he learned over there, to build a bomb, and murder as many Austrians as he can.
God, how the wicked, wilful **stupidity** of it all utterly sickens me. I just hope the evil little toerag dies *over there*.
Jay Boo says
Hitler was from Austria
Was Hitler a closet Muslim?
Did he convert to Islam or was he influenced by a Muslim in prison?
Mein Kampf means ‘My Struggle’ or one could say ‘my jihad’
Mein Kampf summary: http://www.enotes.com/topics/mein-kampf
http://www.euro-islam.info/country-profiles/austria
Jen says
So… he was a troubled young man with pre-existing emotional problems due to having a hard life, and then he found Islam. Islam appeals to his already emotionally troubled mind, because instead of teaching you tolerance and restraint, it appeals to your human vulnerabilities like anger and hatred.
Islam… the perfect religion for any deranged individual. Troubled young people join street gangs when looking for a sense of belonging or a substitute for family support. They’re looking for a way to express their anger but in doing so, become socially outcast among civilised people.
To continue expressing their anger, they need to find a safe haven where this behaviour is not only encouraged, but where the individual behaving like this is held in high regard. A regular street gang fits this criteria quite nicely, but isn’t there a better alternative these days? How about if you murder, rape and steal while also receiving the blessing of God. You are a hero among your peers on earth and a hero in the eyes of your Creator. You will join the Islam gang, and they will call you “brother” or “sister,” you’ll have a sense of belonging, and you will become a martyr. Forget the Bloods or the Crips. Islam is the superior option to any gang. It’s also becoming quite “trendy” these days, with all that dawah floating around on the internet…
Mirren10 says
*Excellent* points, Jen.
gp says
Well done.
dieter says
Here is the actual video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cgm1KP0ryE
The Austrian media keeps using blurred still images, even though he publicly incited for mass murder on Youtube for all to see, is a member of a mass murdering terrorist group and Interpol issued an arrest warrant on him.
His accent is that of a middle eastern immigrant to Germany. I can’t hear a trace of Austrian in his speech. His mother lives in London. She spoke Austrian but kept interspersing English phrases in a TV interview. She did contact the authorities and nobody would listen. But she wasn’t specific about what it was, she told them or suspected. I don’t really know what to make of this.
Debbie says
Regarding the two girls fr Vienna who want to come back from Syria, this article says they’ll likely be sentenced to jail time. Can anyone fill me in RE what the USA is doing when jihadis return? Anything?
Jay Boo says
Oliver N is on a jihad high right now with his Muslim brothers.
The novelty will soon wear off when the ‘bromance’ is put under pressure.
Then he will not be so thrilled to be around Muslims.
Kaleb says
The Comment regarding Islam as a gang based culture is perfectly correct as pointed out by Daniel Greenfield. ..
http://sultanknish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-gang-religion-of-islam.html
With thanks to the Islamic Resource Centre ( Facebook Page )
https://www.facebook.com/Islamic.Resource.Centre.1
DiMu says
Islam causes schizophrenia with rabid psychotic episodes leading to frothing at the mouth and atrophy of the frontal lobes. Oh! I think I am describing Mohammered the Mad.
Buraq says
Let’s hope this ‘very nice student’ becomes a very nice martyr before he can do any damage.
Clown!
Mirren10 says
”Let’s hope this ‘very nice student’ becomes a very nice martyr before he can do any damage.”
Indeed.
abad says
Sounds like an easily swayed liberal to me (cue for the song “Sway” LOL)