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Jihadis train openly in French park

Oct 16, 2014 11:29 am By Robert Spencer

jihadis2“When officers pulled up they were greeted with cries of ‘infidels’ according to French media reports. The leader of the group told police they were training to ‘avenge the deaths of their Muslim brothers’…One of the men involved later denied the men were trainee jihadists and insisted they were just taking part in a self-defence class.”

Self-defense against what? Even if they weren’t jihadis, which seems unlikely given their remarks, training openly in a park seems to be calculated move to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). And that, too, is a kind of jihad.

“‘Apprentice jihadists’ train in French park,” The Local, October 15, 2014:

UPDATED: Concerned residents in the eastern French city of Strasbourg called police this week when they saw a group of “apprentice jihadists” training in a park using fake weapons, according to reports. However one of the men said the gathering was just a self-defence class.

When officers got to the park they found at least six people “training for Jihad”, police sources told RTL radio this week.

The police had been called to the scene by local residents who had reportedly witnessed “bearded men dressed in djellabas” taking part in combat training in the park.

When officers pulled up they were greeted with cries of “infidels” according to French media reports.

The leader of the group told police they were training to “avenge the deaths of their Muslim brothers” before telling police they “would burn in hell”, RTL claimed.

One of the men involved later denied the men were trainee jihadists and insisted they were just taking part in a self-defence class.

According to a 35-year-old member of the group — a Muslim speaking on condition of anonymity — the man held was their self-defence teacher.

The man admitted his teacher had yelled “infidel” to police during a heated exchange, but denied that any of them had admitted they were training to join jihad in Syria.

“It was our first course, we hardly knew each other. We were doing some stretches, ran a few laps, practised body placement, punch-kick combinations,” he said.

It was “simply a self-defence course with a trainer”.

With no offense having been committed, none of the “apprentice jihadists” were arrested. A police source describing the incident as a simple “provocation”.

France’s anti-terrorist police the DGSI has taken control of the investigation.

Authorities in France are becoming increasingly concerned by the threat posed by “home grown jihadists”, hundreds of whom are suspected to be fighting in Syria and Iraq.

The French government is worried returning jihadists plan to carry out attacks in France and recently stepped up security at places like shopping centres and transport hubs….

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  1. Nicu says

    Oct 16, 2014 at 11:54 am

    What happened to La Grande Nation ? !

  2. Elise says

    Oct 16, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    The French did the same thing when the Nazis rolled into Paris; they told them where the Jews lived.

  3. Kepha says

    Oct 16, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    @Nicu: France ran up against the likes of Wellesley, Blucher, Moltke, Steinmetz, and Roon too many times.

  4. Salah says

    Oct 16, 2014 at 11:51 pm

    ‘Authorities in France are becoming increasingly concerned by the threat posed by “home grown jihadists”’

    A french singer concerned by the threat posed by “home grown garbage bags”

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/11/quand-la-femme-est-grillagee-pierre.html

  5. FatherJon says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 4:20 am

    Similar counter-terrorist precautions have taken place here in Australia, especially after the attempted killing and beheading of police officers in Melbourne by a wannabe jihadi.

  6. paddy says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 6:44 am

    What America needs to do is like the ‘Walking Dead’ and stop all infection. The muslim infestation is far worse than the mad world that us free men and women have created.
    They ARE parasites who will claim all advances in the evolution of humanity as their own without having done fuck all apart from wailing about how great god is and would you like to sit on/put your lips around my cock.

  7. DiMu says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 9:20 am

    Time to wheel out the rusty guillotine.

  8. gp says

    Oct 18, 2014 at 7:07 am

    Warfare by welfare, allows them to spend time on all important islamic studies and become full time jihadists.

  9. gp says

    Oct 18, 2014 at 7:41 am

    Jihadis train openly in French park-

    I bet if they received more government benefits they could train with real weapons as well. Warefare through welfare allows them time for all important Islamic studies and full time jihad…and lots of jihadi babies. France is completely infested.

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