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France: Muslim driver ramming pedestrians while screaming “Allahu akbar” was “absolutely not an act of terrorism”

Dec 22, 2014 11:56 am By Robert Spencer

Dijon attackThe Allahu-akbaring motorist, you see, “had only begun to shown interest in religion a few days prior to the attack.” But why did his sudden interest in “religion” lead him to think that it would be a fine idea to mow down some pedestrians while screaming “Allahu is greater”? And never mind that jihadis just called for attacks against France. It has “absolutely” — absolutely! — “nothing to do with terrorism.” The free West in its death throes is opting for a comic opera response to the jihad that is ever-advancing.

“French prosecutor rules out terror link in Dijon car rampage,” by Jean-Philippe Ksiazek, AFP, December 22, 2014:

A driver who rammed a crowd of pedestrians while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) in France’s eastern city of Dijon had a history of severe mental illness, a prosecutor said Monday, ruling out a “terrorist act”.

“This is absolutely not an act of terrorism,” Prosecutor Marie-Christine Tarrare told reporters during a press conference, adding that the man had a “long-lasting and severe psychological disorder” and had been hospitalised over 150 times since 2002.

She also said he had acted alone and did not have any religious motives when he ran down 13 pedestrians in Dijon on Sunday.

According to police, the man had targeted groups of passersby at five different locations in the city in a rampage that lasted around half an hour.

Tarrare said the suspect’s motives were “relatively vague and unclear” but that he was upset at the treatment of Chechen children, which contradicts earlier reports that he had made comments about the treatment of Palestinians.

According to Tarrare, the suspect told police he had cried “Allahu Akbar” to muster up the courage to carry out the attack.

“He doesn’t deny deliberately ramming pedestrians,” she said, adding that he “hasn’t expressed any regrets.”

The prosecutor said the driver, the 40-year-old French-born son of North African immigrants, had only begun to shown interest in religion a few days prior to the attack.

Police said they had found no sign of extremist Islamist affiliation after searching his car and home.

“What we are dealing with here is an isolated act of a mentally unstable person, who has been ill for more than 10 years and who has received care for that, and who – until now – has not been known for violent acts,” Tarrare said….

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  1. cs says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    Ah ok,I am much less concerned now!!

    not

  2. Salah says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    “..adding that the man had a “long-lasting and severe psychological disorder” ”

    Fourteen centuries ago, a man with a “long-lasting and severe psychological disorder”
    came up with a brilliant idea: Islam. It has caused the death of more than 270 million non-muslims.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/12/perfect-man-of-islam.html

    • mccode says

      Dec 22, 2014 at 6:22 pm

      Quite.

      a “long-lasting and severe psychological disorder” that might well be diagnosed as schizophrenia. Deluded psycho, deluded followers.

  3. Jay Boo says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    Then French prosecutor closed his eyes and clicked his ruby colored heels together three times and made a wish.

  4. CWS says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Well, I’m glad they cleared that up for us.

  5. Jay Boo says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    Koran inspired grievance mongering is a Muslim’s greatest pleasure.

    Imagine what hell it must be to be a wealthy Muslim billionaire like Bin Laden and have nothing to bitch about?
    Pure Misery.

    • Keith says

      Dec 22, 2014 at 6:47 pm

      I am sure a wealthy Muslim can find plenty to bitch about after all he does belong to the religion of the perpetually offended.

  6. mortimer says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    Is it MADNESS OR JIHAD? Why can’t it be both??

    The prosecutor presents a FALSE ALTERNATIVE or FALSE DILEMMA or BLACK-OR-WHITE THINKING!

    Why is the perpetrator not 1)RELIGIOUSLY-INSPIRED and 2)MENTALLY ILL simultaneously?

    The perpetrator expressed typical jihadist rage: 1)the Chechens are persecuted so Muslims must commit suicide attacks 2)the Palestinian children are suffering so Muslims must commit suicide attacks.

    Is this real madness or OVERLY-VALUED IDEATION?

    Or is it both?

  7. Michael Copeland says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    Remember the Islamic State press release?
    “If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then …. run him over with your car”
    http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/home/root/news-libertygb/6648-total-confrontation-2016-al-qaeda
    We cannot expect a prosecutor to know about that, can we, now?

  8. Silvia says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm

    History will judge these despicable traitors of their own people. They are shamelessly lying to their own people and sacrificing them in order to protect and cover up for the enemy within which THEY welcomed in.

    The good (or awful) news is that there are HUNDREDS of terror attacks in their NEAR future so they can’t continue to lie for long.

  9. Don McKellar says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    Every time you read or hear some official make a ridiculous lying statement like that, every intelligent, rational person in the world is alerted to the fact that it is indeed completely about Islam and was absolutely an Islamic terrorist attack. Otherwise, why in the freaking world would they feel compelled to say that? If it were not, it would be self-evident and no statement would be required.

  10. Buraq says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:09 pm

    Ramming infidels with a car while yelling allahu akbar *is* the evidence! He’s a clown!

    As the French might say: The more Islam changes the more it stays the same.

  11. mariam rove says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    “This is absolutely not an act of terrorism,” Prosecutor Marie-Christine Tarrare told reporters during a press conference, adding that the man had a “long-lasting and severe psychological disorder” and had been hospitalised over 150 times since 2002….

    The prosecutor is right. He is mental. That disease is called Islam. M

  12. voegelinian says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    The Allahu-akbaring motorist, you see, “had only begun to shown interest in religion a few days prior to the attack.”

    The Muslim driver sounds like he belonged to that vast demographic of “Muslims who are lax” or “Muslims who are ignorant of their own Islam” (or even, for the Kinder and Softer JW (e.g., a mortimer or a Salah), actually are good decent people “trapped” by their own Islam and who thus, of course, have become our White Man’s Burden to help) — about which the Jihad Watch Softies imply there is not that much to worry about — at least not enough to motivate us to actually start doing something concrete & comprehensive about the Muslims in the West (other than limp-wristed measures that would likely only aggravate them more, like the proverbial hornet’s nest prodded and poked with a stick).

    • voegelinian says

      Dec 22, 2014 at 1:47 pm

      I.e., this Muslim driver belonged to those fictitious categories of the JW Softy Fantasy Tasonomy of Muslims before he suddenly started trying to vehicularly murder people on the street.

      • voegelinian says

        Dec 22, 2014 at 1:47 pm

        * Taxonomy

        • Jay Boo says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 6:06 pm

          voegelinian
          Don’t worry about your misspelling words.
          You have much more serious character issues to fix voegelinian as I noted below.

    • Angemon says

      Dec 22, 2014 at 3:10 pm

      voegelinian posted:

      “for the Kinder and Softer JW (e.g., a mortimer or a Salah)”

      As usual, when pro-islamic trolls are running around, voegelinian can be found deriding counter-jihadis.

      • voegelinian says

        Dec 22, 2014 at 4:39 pm

        You’re a pro-Muslim troll.

        • Angemon says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 5:36 pm

          voegelinian posted:

          “You’re a pro-Muslim troll.”

          Says the guy who was banned several times from JW. Real mature of you, voeg. Real mature.

          You know what? Every once in a while other JW users congratulate me for the replies I give to muslims and islamic apologists. You know, where I explain why it’s a fallacy to assume that both islam and christianity teach the same thing, or how the violence in the Bible and quran are different, or the context of a given verse. Heck, look at this particular feedback I got for a post I made:

          http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/10/jewish-daily-forward-we-are-all-pamela-geller#comment-1130162

          “Robert Spencer says

          October 6, 2014 at 8:54 am

          Angemon:

          Ha! I was vastly amused reading your dismantling of this transparent fake’s clumsy psy-op. Many thanks.”

          Here’s another nice feedback I got:

          http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/12/fbi-dhs-issue-bulletin-for-law-enforcement-warning-of-lone-wolf-domestic-terrorism#comment-1162707

          “Bezelel says

          December 15, 2014 at 11:23 pm

          Angemon, thanks for covering the facts. christy[a banned user who tried to liken truthful coverage of jihadi actions to nazi propaganda] is obviously a paid troll that has no moral compass to hinder his/her commenting.”

          If I’m a pro-muslim troll, like you say, then it seems I’m going to great lengths to suck at it. You, on the other hand, are noted by your repeated derision of regular counter-jihadis and by your ability to whine when said counter-jihadis don’t act as your mouthpiece.

          Perhaps you should take time from slandering staunch counter-jihadis and use it to try to cure your comprehension issues. Meanwhile, the recent jihadi attacks made muslims and their apologists enter in “damage control” mode and, as such, there’s an increased number of trolls trying to whitewash islam. I, for one, chose to spend my time here debunking their BS rather than claiming that this person or that person are “softies”. Ta ta for now.

        • Jay Boo says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 6:01 pm

          Angemon was right on the money when he said:
          “As usual, when pro-islamic trolls are running around, voegelinian can be found deriding counter-jihadis.”
          —————————–
          Allow me to second that opinion
          Trolls seem to always get a free pass with voegelinian

          voegelinian
          Calling another longtime anti-jihad commenter a
          “pro-Muslim troll.”????? simply because he nailed you with a truth that you have absolutely no defense is not only uncouth; it is dishonest.

        • Angemon says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 8:30 pm

          Thanks for the vote of support JB. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

        • Champ says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 6:05 pm

          Dear Angemon “a pro-muslim troll”? LOL!! ..and I’m the Queen of England! …see, I can tell jokes, too!

          Merry Christmas, Angemon! ..and you are anything BUT a pro-muslim troll, pfft!

          And Jay Boo is right, voeg is being dishonest. For shame!

        • Angemon says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 8:34 pm

          Thanks for the support Champ. Merry Christmas for you and your family, especially for the upcoming newest member 😀 .

        • Champ says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 6:56 pm

          As usual, when pro-islamic trolls are running around, voegelinian can be found deriding counter-jihadis.

          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

          I completely agree with Angemon.

        • Champ says

          Dec 22, 2014 at 8:57 pm

          Thank you, Angemon! 🙂

  13. change watch says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    Even more despicable is the practice of keeping the jihadists details totally out of the press. In Sweden its an offence to name a rapists ethnicity. Show them you know, read A Consequence of Apathy by NR Baldwin out on Amazon. This is the one book European Government’s don’t want you to read., the truth is out there. Read it. Show them you know.

  14. DaffersD says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    There is a new incident in Nantes, someone used a car against a christmas market there and then started using a knife, no further details.

    But I reckon this one will have the authorities tearing their hair out looking for another excuse, one thing is for sure if this was one of those legendary Nazi’s who do not exist that did this to Muslims who had a mental health problem they would soon define it as not being a mental health issue.

    Silly sods…

  15. Alice says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 2:24 pm

    Too bad the people are smarter than the elites. Inbred, I guess.

  16. Angemon says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    “This is absolutely not an act of terrorism,” Prosecutor Marie-Christine Tarrare told reporters during a press conference

  17. shoehorn says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 4:05 pm

    OK, the Religion of Severe Mental Disorders strikes again.

  18. BlueRaven says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 5:16 pm

    Here are no dots need connecting –

    ““What we are dealing with here is an isolated act of a mentally unstable person, who has been ill for more than 10 years and who has received care for that, and who – until now – has not been known for violent acts,” Tarrare said”
    “The prosecutor said the driver, the 40-year-old French-born son of North African immigrants, had only begun to shown interest in religion a few days prior to the attack.”

    Wow… a few days of religous sermons can turn a mad man into a killer. Which spiritual enlightenment could do that to a human being?

  19. Peter says

    Dec 22, 2014 at 11:18 pm

    Funny how all the mentally insane people are carrying out attacks while shouting Islamist slogans or writing Islamist stuff on social media and letters. Coincidence?

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