UK Prime Minister Theresa May said it would be wrong to describe Masood’s jihad attack as “Islamic” extremism. She said: “It is Islamist terrorism. It is a perversion of a great faith.”
But was there anything about Masood before his jihad massacre that would have identified him as an “Islamist” rather than as a Muslim? Was there any reason why anyone would not have identified him simply as a Muslim? Was he trying to convert Teegan Harvey to “Islamism,” as something distinct from Islam?
The answers to those questions are No, No, and No. And that illustrates why May’s distinction, and the terms “Islamist” and “Islamism,” are largely meaningless.
“Parliament terrorist’s daughter refused to wear a burqa,” by Mike Sullivan and Chris Pollard, The Sun, March 26, 2017:
Westminster killer Khalid Masood’s teenage daughter defied his orders to wear a burqa — and headed to a school prom night in a revealing backless dress.
Unlike her older sister, student Teegan Harvey, 18, refused to bow to pressure from fanatical Masood and convert to Islam.
Family friends said radicalized Muslim covert Masood, who killed four people and wounded more than 50 during an 82-second rampage in Westminster last week, demanded both his daughters become Muslims and don the veil.
Older sister Andi, now 24, converted to Islam six years ago and left her mum, Jane Harvey, and sister, Teegan, behind at their home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, to move in with her dad and his new partner in Luton, Bedfordshire, about 35 miles north of London.
They later moved to Birmingham, where Andi is said to have been persuaded by Masood to cover herself in a burqa.
She is also reported to have changed her name to an Arabic one.
But younger daughter Teegan resisted her father’s demands to give up her Western lifestyle.
The teenage beauty posed for the camera in a revealing backless dress at a prom night in May last year for soon-to-be graduates of Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School.
She had earlier come under pressure from her father to convert to Islam after she turned 16.
Her mother, Jane, managing director of a chemicals company, fought desperately to prevent her younger daughter from joining her father.
Luke Lawrence, 23, close friends with Andi at school when she lived in Northiam, East Sussex, with both her parents and sister, said: “Jane was totally against the idea and wanted Teegan to remain with her.
“But Andi was older and could be very headstrong, so she just went off and did it anyway.”
Luke said Andi was popular and attractive and he couldn’t understand why she had gone to live with her “nutter” dad.
Masood had changed his name from Adrian Elms after converting to Islam while in prison awaiting trial for an alleged knife attack in 2003.
Luke said: “Andi was a lovely girl, but when she moved away to become a Muslim, she cut off contact with her friends here.
“She went off to live with her dad after he converted her. I’m not sure why she went with him, he was a nutter.
“Teegan stayed with her mum.”…
Andi is still living in Birmingham, where one friend of mum Jane said: “She wears a full face veil and I think she has changed her name. It was her father who had helped convert her.“He wanted the younger daughter to convert, but Jane was against it and there was quite a family struggle.
“I know Jane was very upset and wanted her to stay at home and continue her studies.”…
cyrus basile says
The devil you try, Islam is the devil. That beautiful girl, why ruin your life? The evil with her has lost, but has remained the poor innocent victims outside Parliament, the muslim is the sight of the devil and the innocent victims sit at the sight of the true God in paradise
The Confessions says
“And that illustrates why May’s distinction, and the terms “Islamist” and “Islamism,” are largely meaningless”
These terms have no place in Islamic tradition. There is only “Islam”. Good old plain “Islam”.
She’s quite pretty by the way, good on her for standing up against her father’s wishes. She stood up for her freedom at risk of her life.
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Kathy Brown, Esq. says
‘She stood up…at the risk of her life.’ You got that right!
Confessions: I had my heart in my mouth the whole time I was reading this story; terrified I’d read at the end that her psycho muslim ‘father’ had killed her!
God bless this young woman-tho’ I do wish she’d not dress quite so revealingly. But oh-she’ll probably fix that in time-and she’s GOT time, God willing! God protect and guard her; and reward her smart, protective Mom!
The Confessions says
Indeed Kathy. May she be kept safe.
Carolyne says
While many of us do not approve of the revealing outfit this girl is wearing, she has a right to do so and this is the unfortunate way young girls dress today. I hope her father saw her in that outfit and I hope his head exploded over it, but we know it didn’t because he went on to kill.
And as Ms. Brown says, she’s got time to change, no thanks to dear ol’ dad.
john spielman says
GOOD FOR HER! now send her to Canada or the US where she will be safe from the Death cult of pedomuhammed- also known as islam
despite what islamic apologists would say, in Canada there is a growing anti sharia attitude among EVERYONE outside this barbarian antichrist religion of mass murder stealing lying raping and pedophilia
gravenimage says
We should not abandon Britain to the ravening Mohammedans. It is still just 5% Muslim. Why should they cede their civilized land to the invading barbarians?
M says
It’s never really the 5%/6% that matters. The majority of British people are ignorant about Islam and on board with appeasement and denial. Especially the younger generation. Only 47% want a stop to further muslim immigration. Only 28% have an unfavourable view of muslims. Despite a majority viewing Islam as incompatible with British values. The British are extremely divided and extremely confused.
Islam is compatible with British values – 28% agree
· Islam promotes acts of violence in the UK – 31% agree
· Islam is a negative force in the UK – 43% agree
· Most people in the UK have a negative view of Islam – 72% agree
· I have a good understanding of the traditions and beliefs of Islam – 32% agree
· Islam is a violent religion – 28% agree
· Islam is a negative force in the UK – 43% agree
When asked if they felt Islam promotes peace in the UK, 42% of adults aged between 18 to 24 agreed, compared to an average of 30% of adults over 25.
The 2,000 questioned were asked if they agreed with the statement ‘Islam is compatible with British values’, 43% of 18 to 24-year-olds agreed while it was less than 31% for all other age groups.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/07/11/negative-views-of-minorities-refugees-common-in-eu/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36346886/uk-attitudes-towards-islam-concerning-after-survey-of-2000-people
https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/what-do-europeans-think-about-muslim-immigration
Jeanette says
The educators in Britain are obviously as liberal (= Muslim-loving) as they are in the US.
gravenimage says
I know all this, M–thank you.
I still say it is too soon to give up on Britain. Moreover, it you are abandoning the UK, then you have to cede most of Europe to the Muslim hordes, as well. In fact, there is no part of the West that is free from this appeasement and denial.
I don’t plan on giving up.
Carolyne says
I don’t think we are abandoning Britain, It’s just that we in America can do nothing about it. That is the duty of the English.
gravenimage says
True, Carolyne–but we can offer support to British patriots.
Jeanette says
I’m all for doing whatever we can to help the British overcome the invasion by Muslims.
But I don’t see how we can do it.
Michael says
I hope that anti-Islam attitude grows and grows and grows, John. We all must resist it with everything we’ve got.
Emilie Green says
“But Andi was older and could be very headstrong, so she just went off and did it anyway.”
Headstrong and stupid.
As I’ve long said about the left, with Muslims being firmly with them – Always wrong, but never in doubt.
ElderlyZionist says
Pretty girl. Smart, too. Too bad her name and photo are plastered all over the internet. She doesn’t deserve the kind of attention she’s going to get. Hope she’s okay.
gravenimage says
Me too.
Jeanette says
Not that smart, apparently.
JawsV says
What, no honor killing? Masood was lax as a Muslim Dad.
Pal says
“Girl refused to convert to Islam, wear burqa”
That’s why she Will For Sure Refuse to use car & knife against unbelievers!
JawsV says
Someone should say, “Islam is a prehistoric dinosaur and should be extinct.”
That we have to deal with hijabs, burqas and niqabs in the 21st century is ridiculous.
Muslim Watch says
Stunning beauty…. why would anyone want to hide that behind some stupid veil?
Women have the right to dress the way they want, and we, Westerners, have had a proven record of allowing our women their freedoms, their rights, and their choices….
I commend this young lady for her courage…. good for her !!!!!!
Islam is perpetuated with violence, the threat of death, oppression, perversion, slaughter, and rape…
I wish there were many more like her who embrace the freedoms we have in the Western countries….
Bronson says
Rage against his kuffar daughter may have been a factor in his jihad endeavour.
dumbledoresarmy says
“Unlike her older sister, student Teegan Harvey, 18, refused to bow to pressure from fanatical Masood and convert to Islam.”
GOOD ON HER!!
Brave girl!
God bless and protect her.
Dig in your toes, sister!
Your evil father, who made the *worst* decision in his life, EVER, when he chose to join the mass-murderous Allah Gang, is now DEAD.
*He* can’t hurt you any more. He can’t threaten you anymore.
Stick with your education, live your life, and… be very, very wary of Mohammedans, because… some of them WILL want to kill you for defying Islam, and refusing to Submit. And some of those who want to kill you will smile and lie and pretend to be nice.
So… besides getting on with your education, lass, I advise you to sign up for advanced martial arts training. And if pets are permitted wherever you are currently liviing… get a dog. The biggest, blackest, most protective doggo that you can find.
Lor says
I would recommend the noble, loyal Doberman. They are all muscle and rather silent and observing which puts people on their guard. When THEY are on guard watch out because they are stealth.
You put it plainly DD and it is no overstatement that some fanatical Muslim/Islamist/ Islamic extremist………
will fixate on this as is their twisted call to duty.
Best to Teegan and wishes for her studies and to build a normal, free Western civilization life!!!! And get a dobie.
Rob says
Best response: Share David Wood’s videos with all your friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hUVVlgEqxY
gravenimage says
London jihadi’s daughter refused his pressure to convert to Islam, wear a niqab
………………
She’s lucky he didn’t “Honor Kill” her. Kudos to her mum for fighting for her–she was in danger, as well.
marina says
Andi is a complete idiot while Teegan is a brave girl. Now her nutjob of a father is dead she can live in peace.
Michael says
I’m trying to figure out the difference, per May, between Islamic terrorism and Islamic extremism (there is none, I know …).
She says this particular instance was Islamic terrorism, but not Islamic extremism.
At what point does murder of innocent people become extremism? Or what acts qualify as extremism, per May? Is there a certain number of deaths? A threshold we’re not aware of yet?
Apparently ‘Islamic’ and ‘Islamist’ are significantly different, too.
-ic insteada of -ist.
What qualifies one for these wonderful terms?
I guess she’s seeing how stupid and accepting and docile people are.
As The Confessions said above … there is only Islam. I know that disappoints a great many people. But such it is.
Bob says
If it’s not islamic extremism, then it’s presumably islamic ‘normalism’? I s that better, Mrs. May?
David McClellan says
NEWS FLASH:
People that can’t show us the god they claim to be defending the honor of have no just legal basis for claiming to be offended or that blasphemy has been committed or demanding that their beliefs be respected in lieu of penalties that include death and the denial of the natural right of others to question such irrational beliefs. Instead, they should be severely punished for terrorizing people by making false claims and unjust threats against their safety as well as for inciting and encouraging others to do likewise.
davej says
He “pressured them to convert to Islam”. Well that is child abuse, for a start. Any daughter of a Muslim is in great danger unless they toe the Islamic line.
Aside from numbers, exactly what makes Islam a “great faith” there Ms May?
Jeanette says
What makes it a “faith,” period, when everything it does qualifies it as a cult?
mousey says
so many people come to islam in jail, and they seem to take to violent jihad. Jail cells should be for one, and with sound proof doors. Slide food through the slot. Read a novel, watch tv, if you want company. Do pushups for exercise.
Ade says
and absolutely no korans !
Bob says
Nor muslim chaplains!!
Ade says
Good for her !
citycat says
Maybe he wanted tn be seen as a Muslim
His daughter made it difficult
He resorted to violent jihad
Was Islam like a religion to him like
There’s no discouragement
Could make him once relent
His first avowed intent
To be a Muslim
Type of thing
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DFD says
Theresa May says: “…“It is Islamist terrorism. It is a perversion of a great faith.”
Was that her or was that Obama saying that?
No matter. What I keep on wondering about is why on earth was Trump holding hands with Obama? And why is Trump telling Obama (and thus Merkel & Co.), that he, Trump, will be his Ronnie, if he – Obama – will be his Maggie. That doesn’t make any sense.
Oh, oh, oh – I got it! I was wrong!
=========================.
He was holding hands with Obama and, damn, did it again! He was holding hands with Theresa Sharia. Oh bloody hell! I meant Theresa May.
Uogh, uff! At last I got it right. It’s soooo complicated.
Crusades Were Right! says
Trust the “Currant Bun” to go for the sex angle!
; ¬)
Jeanette says
In the South, we often call a woman by the title “Miss” followed by her first name, even if she is married.
I vote we call Theresa May “Miss Shariah.”
DFD says
You are so polite. Here in England many of us call her something else…
patriotliz says
What do you call her?
“Masood had changed his name from Adrian Elms after converting to Islam while in prison awaiting trial for an alleged knife attack in 2003.”
So why the heck are prisons providing Islamic indoctrination? How stupid is that? Ban Islam from all prisons. It doesn’t do any good….only harm.
I can’t believe how suicidal Western nations are thanks to their Jim Jones cultism of Leftist ideology, i.e., all non-Western cultures are good and diversity is the prime directive no matter how barbaric the other culture is.
And another thing, no non-Muslim woman should ever marry a Muslim man even if he is a so-called “moderate” Muslim.
DFD says
“…What do you call her?…”
Depends, if we are polite or Ladies are present, it’s Sharia-May. It quickly becomes Blo…y Bi…h, and worse.
I essentially agree with your post. Particularly, and my compliments, you actually know and name the enemy – the left, ultra-left anarchists. The originators and masters of the ongoing situation. Which includes of course such charming characters as T May, Merkel, Sarkozy, Clinton, Hollande et al. And a lot of “als”.
Are you aware that for them it is not even a ‘revolution’, but **evolution**? For them it is indeed racism if we are critical. Incidentally, assumed we could stop the Muslim invasion over night – they’d simply send some other ones. Read and study Kalergie, THE brain behind this, added and to an extent based on Marx and heavily on Darwin, plus the accumulation thereof, the School of Frankfurt. Actually: School of Frankfurt & New York to be precise. The two epicenters for the ongoing situation are in Germany and the US.
As I said, you made a huge step. a phenomenal step in the right direction. You recognized the **real** enemy! Most JW readers (and those on similar such sites) fantasize about Nazis, Islamofascists and other such mystical beings… It is quite funny, black humor, when one reads this, one could get the impression that Nasty Adolf and his henchmen were secretly praying towards Mecca and wanted to Islamize Germany. Hey! Why not having a laugh, it’s revolting and bitter enough as it is.
BTW, do you realize that we are fighting a two-front war? Islam at one front, and the other… Oh dear. Whom, whom I ask? Oh, the Germans, by implication, just read when something happens in Germany – nothing like that happens in France, Sweden or England. Actually there it’s worse, but never mind. And America, so blessed, so peaceful over there, those Muzzies wouldn’t dare to cause the slightest disturbance there. So, where’s the other front?
You already have a good notion. Study Kalergi, Hottn, study the Frankfurter/N Yorkers… Yup. Soros and the Black Block. Oh, ever heard of Daniel Cohn-Bendit? Learn about him.
Salute
Schrödinger says
That’s his daughter?
Thank God for her independence, her decency, her incorrigibility, her sanity. And her little black dress!
Islam hides all beauty behind the hideous. And the hideous behind false beauty. Every minute of every day a muslim must struggle, they must jihad, above all else to conceal the horror of islam behind a veil of religious piety and deceit. Above all, from themselves.
Kasey says
Why do so many politicians suck up to an appeasement of Islam while condemning all its Islamist terrorist activities? British PM Theresa May has done just that by describing Islam “a great religion” (despite the terrorism).
Great? Great in what? Deception, discrimination, intolerance,possessiveness,claims of supremacy, hypocricy, revenge and lethal violence. Nothing much else!
utis says
With a creepy, violent Islamist father, this woman showed real courage just asserting her individualism. She is a real feminist.
sabina becker says
She is in danger of murderous reprisals from other muslims- her father being dead is no guarantee of safety for her or her mother —
Agree with comment regarding her dress as too revealing — especially if this image is plastered all over facebook, which is probably is at this point — yes, many western women reveal far too much in public, while muslim women are forced into the opposite extreme — some modesty is a good thing!