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UK: ISIS jihad massacre plotter has sentence reduced despite determination to attack

Jul 10, 2016 8:36 pm By Robert Spencer

The Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales, John Thomas, said that Khan “was determined to fulfil Islamic State’s cause for jihad by the carrying out of an act of terrorism within the UK.” So why was her sentenced reduced? Because of “her previous good character.” So the shattered, staggering, dhimmi UK can look forward to a new jihad attack from her all the sooner. How gloriously multicultural!

Sana-Ahmed-Khan

“Westfield ISIS attack plotter has sentence shortened despite courts saying she ‘was determined to fulfil cause,'” by Amita Joshi, John Shammas, Rachel Bishop, and Greg Wilford, GetWestLondon, July 8, 2016:

A woman who plotted an ISIS led terrorist attack in Westfield’s shopping centre with her husband has had her sentence reduced for “good behaviour.”

Sana Khan, 24, was jailed for 25 years after preparing terrorist acts on the anniversary of the London 7/7 bombings in the busy Hammersmith and Fulham spot with then husband Mohammed Rehman.

But she had her sentence reduce [sic] by two years at the Court of Appeal on Thursday (July 7), despite Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales, John Thomas, saying Khan “was determined to fulfil Islamic State’s cause for jihad by the carrying out of an act of terrorism within the UK.”

The couple’s plan was foiled when Khan’s husband asked Twitter followers: “Westfield shopping centre or London Underground?” after he tested a bomb in his back garden.

Rehman received a life sentence with a minimum of 27 years after he produced explosives and recorded a “martyrdom video” ahead of a possible suicide bombing in a crowded area of London.

During Khan’s sentencing at The Old Baily, Justice Jeremy Baker said he believed Khan had “full knowledge” of her husband’s terror plot and took a “full and active part in encouraging and planning [it].”

Delivering the verdict today, Lord Thomas said: “She was determined to fulfil Islamic State’s cause for jihad by the carrying out of an act of terrorism within the UK.

“She had provided funds to [Rehman], knowing the purpose for which he was using them.”

Explaining the reduction of Khan’s sentence, Lord Thomas referred to her “previous law-abiding life”, adding: “Taking into account her previous good character and her role in contrast to that of Rehman, the appropriate minimum term should have been 23 years.”…

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  1. Jack Holan says

    Jul 10, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    There is something definitely wrong with those authorities responsibility to protect Society at Large. It seems to make little difference if it’s Germany,France ,Begium, Canada or the USA. I don’t really care for hearing a dissertation or a previous life was one of Good Character. The primary responsibility of all Democratically elected governments to protect the citizenry. Any thing that ofscucate that goal must be excluded. This woman was a full participant with her husband. She deserves the sentence that the duly charged Jurers decided and not to take way that decision. If a Bench Trial a Judge decided and signed off on a duly considered opinion. This terrorists wary release is a threat to the larger Community and sounds only political

    • Khufu says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 3:00 am

      Most people in the UK would agree with a stiffer sentence but the authorities here are afraid of upsetting the True Believers. After all, who invited them into the country in the first place. The public were never asked.

      • nic says

        Jul 11, 2016 at 12:07 pm

        I don’t know how it works in the USA, but in the UK the jurors do NOT decide sentences; that is down to the Judge, advised by the Clerk of the Court. The jurors merely decide on guilt or innocence of the charges.

        So this woman’s sentence was reduced from 25 years to 23 years. Boo Hoo. Even when she gets out, she will be permanantly monitored. Personally, I think the decision is flawed, but I’m not going to lose any sleep over it.

  2. Fatts says

    Jul 10, 2016 at 11:10 pm

    Britain (no longer Great), France, Germany and especially Sweden are well on their way to submitting to islam and sharia.

    Pathetic.

    • BC says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 2:57 am

      Before you start sneering at Europe you had best look at the ‘imperfections’ of your own country

      • Johan Elzinga says

        Jul 11, 2016 at 5:23 am

        Thanks, I am European and I am happy to sneer at Europe. This happened in Europe, after all. The americans still have a chance to keep radical muslims out. We don’t, we gave that up.

    • DFD says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 7:10 am

      To Fatts:

      Here are two answers for you, which one is appropriate?

      First #1:

      You are absolutely right. I admire your response, how tough and determined you were after massacres, murders and rapes in the US.

      Oh no, there weren’t any, were there? Let’s see, Chattanooga in Germany, OK. Boston in Sweden, OK. Orlando in Scotland, OK. San Bernardino in Denmark, OK. Michigan in France, OK. Just a few… And those wonderful Church organisations in the US, like the Catholic one in California. Sorry, that must be California, a suburb of Cologne with Wholki as the Cardinal, also OK. Muslims raping children – not in the US, God forbid! Those kids were raped and molested by Martians, or maybe by the Amish; very likely so, after all, they speak German! In the US, Muslims wouldn’t dare even to threaten the people, like it just happened in Minneapolis, that’s in, errr… England? Well, certainly not in the US, that’s for sure. Anything like that in the US and: “Hohoho! They will be taught a lesson! It’ll be so tough and determined… That they will plan immediately the next atrocity!” Yeah, that’s how tough. Man, am I dripping with admiration.

      How admirable you are, nothing as pathetic as that in the US. Should something happen in American places such as these, obviously it wouldn’t have anything to do with Islam. More like work related, bad service in a diner, or similar such wonderful explanations.

      And how free you are! There are two Israeli satirical clips, one about the murder spree at a US military base, the other about how ‘ruthlessly’ your FBI is investigating – its agents if they are being suspected of Islamophobia. What’s strange about these is that you are not permitted in the US to watch these, just a few minutes of satire; you certainly are well protected by your government, lest YOU WAKE UP!

      That leads to answer #2:

      Unless you are one of these taqyians as found galore on Pam Geller’s website, you know: ”Euros are stupid- they deserve ‘it’ ”- ”bloody cowards”- ”it can’t happen here”- ”God’s just for ‘whatever’- etc. etc.”, then it’s pointless, since I’d be replying to a (possibly paid up) hate monger, liar and deceiver.

      But if you are not, and I do hope you are not (otherwise I am wasting good keyboard time) then please,

      PLEASE WAKE UP!
      ===============.

      Perhaps you are one of those unmentionable Americans, what would one call them? Euro-Americans, like there are Afro-Americans, Latino-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Native-Americans, so, there could or should be Euro-Americans. Maybe you are one of these, maybe you are not, but whatever, try to wake up! In case you haven’t got it:

      WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT!
      =======================.

      • WillG says

        Jul 11, 2016 at 12:10 pm

        DFD, you have it right. The civilised peoples of the world are in this battle together whether they like it or not, and must fight together. European and oriental genes (like the Chinese and Japanese) have created prosperous, advanced, democratic civilisations which put aside their differences and live in peace. The Muslim world and black Africa are self-created mayhem, death and destruction are everywhere, because of their inability to co-exist like civilised people. Whereas we discuss, compromise and reach peaceful solutions to our differences, in Islam and black African culture the instinctive and inbuilt response is always violence.

        • Kay says

          Jul 11, 2016 at 12:17 pm

          There are a lot of Christians in Africa. And many of them are being persecuted by Islam.

  3. mortimer says

    Jul 10, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    This should be appealed if possible. The public doesn’t deserve to suffer from another attack which she will no doubt try to assist.

    • Johan Elzinga says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 5:18 am

      SOME day people will wake up but this will not be any day soon. Cases like this prove that society still is willing to appease those groups in order to keep everything calm. The usual excuse for reducing sentences this much is – at least in the Netherlands where I live – that we must remain “human”. How human is this for the people who are left behind, the family, fathers, daughters, mothers and sons of the victims who are not guilty of anything but being at the wrong spot at the wrong time?

      As you, I hope that this will change but unless a public outrage (I mean a real revolution) appears, nothing will change, at least not any time soon, I expect. I expect as well that the deeper motives of criminals like this do not change at all, and their character doesn’t change either. So, yes, it is likely that she will now proceed to plan new attacks. But we do not have to fear because she was behaving herself in such a charming way.

      • linnte says

        Jul 11, 2016 at 1:38 pm

        Geert Wilders has said that the Qur’an needs to be banned as a (book filled with) hate speech. If this were to happen, Muslims would need to emigrate back to their homeland to worship their disgusting Allah. I think this is the goal we should work toward; getting the average person to read the Qur’an and Hadiths to prove how evil these books are. Then have them BANNED! It seems to be the only remedy against Islam, and it would not be attacking the individual Muslim, just their ideology.

        • DFD says

          Jul 11, 2016 at 2:09 pm

          linnte says: “……. emigrate back to their homeland to worship their disgusting Allah. I think this is the goal we should work toward; getting the average person to read the Qur’an and Hadiths to prove how evil these books are. Then have them BANNED! It seems to be the only remedy against Islam, and it would not be attacking the individual Muslim, just their ideology.”

          Hi Linnte,

          There’s a problem with this: Muslims were confined to their homelands before. Those lands which they stole from Christians, and Hindus in the east, forced mass conversions and ethnic cleansing of Christians.

          That only stopped when we achieved technological and military superiority, plus the time of colonization (a mere couple of hundred years) and for short time thereafter. Then they started again, what they have done for the last 1,400 years.
          Islam is not a nebulous thing floating in the ether.

          An INDIVIDUAL MUSLIM IS ISLAM!
          ===========================.
          And that’s that, that’s all there is. That people learn about Islam and the Quran is an excellent idea, don’t ban it, otherwise they may forget it and are easy prey again. Besides, banning books is like burning them – bad approach, very uncivilized. And weak!

          If you want to stop Islam, you will have to shatter the Muslims, individually as well as their states. If not, you will only transfer the problem to the generation.

          Banning the ideology, banning the Quran, expelling those who profess it? That has been tried, in Spain, after they drove their invaders out. The result? The had to establish the Inquisition to weed out those Muslims who were left behind and who pretended to have converted to Christianity. That was the primary reason for the establishing the Inquisition.

          Your approach is a lot softer and more humane than theirs, and they failed. You wont succeed with this either, assumed you had the power. And how they have failed, take a look at the Muslims today…

          So dear Lady, as commendable as your thoughts or ideas are, and as Christian as they are (and I am a Christian myself), no way… It’s jihad, ours against theirs, or vanish. That’s all there is.

          I bid you peace in Christ.

  4. b.a. freeman says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 1:27 am

    with the brexit vote, i believe that the majority in britain has shown that it is waking up. there will probably be civil war and blood running in the streets – for which the lying leftists and their muslim collaborators will be FULLY responsible – but there is a chance that britain will some day be free of both muslims and the left.

    here’s hoping that most of the bodies hanging from lampposts will not be those of ordinary britons.

    • Johan Elzinga says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 5:14 am

      Dear Sir, it is always good to keep your hopes up. But reality so far proves differently. There WILL be bloodshed and much of it will be of people who had nothing to do with anything.

  5. sencit says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 1:42 am

    These people should be deported and permanently excluded from the country, together with their families.
    If they were born here, it should make no difference. Being born in a stable does not make one a horse!

    • Johan Elzinga says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 5:09 am

      deported? How about the death penalty for someone who is proven to actually trying to kill more than one person? At least then we can rest assured that she doesn’t do it again. A renewed attempt of this women seems likely to me. And she has so many chances left…

      When I proposed this in public a woman became so angry she actually started to shout at me. Would she shout at the next of kin who are left behind after an attack like this?

      We should really start to consider the death penalty in my opinion.

  6. Curmudgeon3 says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 2:29 am

    Well we know for sure justice isn’t going to prevail. So let them live to fight another day. Will we learn that since the 13th century what their goal was? Evidently not.

  7. tama says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 2:57 am

    I know this is a little out there, but I wanted to dig into that islam qa site and find anything about the rise of islamic narcissism for western cities.
    This quote is just a little telling.. that it matters not whose land it is but that the rightful hand is by those who bring islam to it.

    “and does not belong to the people who lived there first, but to those who establish the laws of Allaah therein. Allaah created the land, and He created people to worship Allaah in the land and to establish therein the religion, laws and rulings of Allaah”
    https://islamqa.info/en/7726

    • WorkingClassPost says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 7:53 am

      Explains much about the attitude we see everywhere, and why they call it ‘their’ country, and that the police should not patrol ‘their’ streets.

      Just goes to show, that you don’t know islam, until you know islam.

  8. Charli Main says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 4:27 am

    No one is born a terrorist. All terrorists would at some stage of their lives, would have lived a ” law abiding” life.

    Please Mr Judge, I have never murdered anyone before, this is the first time, so please can you let me off with a caution.———————-

  9. Johan Elzinga says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 5:05 am

    Wow, this must have been the Netherlands. We do this all the time. So when does she plan to create a new attack? Oh, yes, sorry, I forgot that she was such a charming person really.

    • Angry Aussie says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 5:20 am

      Yes, it could also be Australia. We have a Prime Minister who boastfully hosted an Iftar during Ramadan at taxpayers expense (the cost of which is ‘not available’).

  10. Laura says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 5:46 am

    In the UK a ‘life sentence’ is actually as little as 8 years and for a sentence of say, 10 years the miscreant will serve only half of that, providing they behave.
    I think that such dangerous criminals should not be given the chance to reoffend, they should be taken out of society for the duration of their wicked lives.

  11. Angemon says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 7:10 am

    Explaining the reduction of Khan’s sentence, Lord Thomas referred to her “previous law-abiding life”

    Does Old Yeller really needs to be out down? Sure, he has rabies, but he was such a good dog before…

    • Angemon says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 7:12 am

      Argh, stupid auto-corrector. Where it reads:

      Does Old Yeller really needs to be out down?

      It should read

      Does Old Yeller really need to be put down?

      • WorkingClassPost says

        Jul 11, 2016 at 7:57 am

        Many times I’ve wanted to out put down the auto-correction…

        • DFD says

          Jul 11, 2016 at 2:41 pm

          Et tu? workingClassPost.

    • Thomas says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 12:44 pm

      Not fair to Old Yeller.

      Old Yeller was a good dog and got sick defending people.

      Old Yeller was a real hero!

  12. Sam says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 10:49 am

    What is wrong with humanity? Being nice to evil has never worked in our history.

    Evil is always defeated by force. Islam is evil. Islam must be eliminated by force. It is already too late for forcing a solution to Islamic terror by education, dialogue and other peaceful bs.

    If we dont want to die we must arm ourselves and fight evil Islam

  13. DFD says

    Jul 11, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    Lizzy Borden would be green with envy.

  14. b.c.terry says

    Jul 12, 2016 at 9:22 am

    Sentence reduced, now look for an earlier release in the future.

  15. Hessie L Harris says

    Jul 17, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    There have been scence fiction accounts of enemies of a state placing microchips in the brains of a nation’s ;leaders to get them to act against their country’s interest. Storeis like this make me wonder if life is now immitating art.

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