“He ‘did not really practise Islam, although he read the Koran and sometimes prayed in the morning when it was convenient but did not hold extreme views’, lawyers said.”
That’s a relief!
“Jurors heard he had posed next to an image of the Brussels-born Islamic terrorist alleged to have masterminded the attacks in Paris in November 2015, but had denied being an extremist.”
Well, then, he must not be one! Posing next to a photo of a jihad mass murderer? Why, who doesn’t do that every now and again?
Yet another convert to Islam gets the idea that his new religion requires him to commit treason and mass murder. Authorities remain uninterested in this phenomenon.
“Damon Smith guilty of planting ball-bearing Tube bomb,” BBC, May 3, 2017:
A man has been found guilty of trying to cause “maximum damage” by making a bomb filled with ball bearings and leaving it on a Tube train.
Damon Smith put his homemade device into a rucksack and left it on a Jubilee line train in October.
The 20-year-old had admitted perpetrating a bomb hoax but claimed it was a prank.
Had it worked, the bomb would have exploded just as commuters were leaving the North Greenwich station platform.
Former altar boy Smith built the device with shrapnel and a £2 clock from Tesco after Googling an al-Qaeda article on bomb-making.
The Old Bailey was told the student, who has an autistic spectrum disorder, had a keen interest in guns, bombs and other weapons, which may have been a function of the condition.
His lawyer told the trial he was no “hate-filled jihadi” and never meant to harm anyone.
However, the jury convicted him of making or possessing an explosive substance with intent to endanger life after two hours of deliberations.
The Met said he was not charged under the Terrorism Act because there was not enough evidence that his crime was politically motivated.
On 20 October, the defendant – then aged 19 – left the rucksack containing the bomb on the train.
Passengers handed it to the driver who then realised as he was approaching the station it contained explosives.
Smith then went to university and when he returned home that evening, checked the internet for news reports about what he had done.
When he was arrested, he admitted making the bomb, but said he had meant for it to have been a Halloween prank and that he had been inspired by a YouTube video.
Jurors were also told Smith had professed an interest in Islam as he felt it was “more true” than Christianity.
He “did not really practise Islam, although he read the Koran and sometimes prayed in the morning when it was convenient but did not hold extreme views”, lawyers said.
Jurors heard he had posed next to an image of the Brussels-born Islamic terrorist alleged to have masterminded the attacks in Paris in November 2015, but had denied being an extremist.
His lawyer, Richard Carey-Hughes QC, said there was “no evidence that he changed from clinging to his mother’s apron strings to a soldier of Islam and a would-be soldier”….
mortimer says
THE BOMBER WAS NOT AN ‘EXTREMIST’ ??? HUH???
What are the lawyers smoking? Do they listen to themselves.
JIHAD is NORMATIVE Islam, rather than ‘EXTREME’.
REPEAT: JIHAD is NOT ‘EXTREME’ Islam.
overman says
Exactly. ‘Extremism’ is just another way of excusing the normal tenets of this sick ideology.
Jihadi John says
No, that UK terrorist was not an extremist. He was not following an extreme, perverse interpretation of the Quran. He was simply following the Quran literally. Allah wants him to strike terror in the hearts of the infidels, which he did!
Dodo says
Lawyers (for the most part) are the scum who use their knowledge of the letter of the law to pervert the spirit and meaning of the law. Along politicians – the most despicable profession a human being can practice.
mortimer says
Message to lawyer, Richard Carey-Hughes QC:
“It’s the IDEOLOGY, stupid!”
Guest says
He only dipped his toe in the waters of Islam, yet he was prepared to kill dozens of innocent people.
And obviously he wasn’t extreme in his actions, he was ONLY going to kill a carriage full of people, not the whole train load of people that an extremist would slaughter. So kudos to him for being so “non-extreme”.
The incredulous buffoonery these cretins lay out for their defense defies any sliver of sanity.
gravenimage says
Good points, Guest.
SK says
“A shopping list for ‘pressure cooker bomb materials’ was also allegedly found on an iPad ending in a note to ‘keep this a secret between me and Allah #InspireTheBelievers’.”
This is from the earliest article we have on here, aggregated from the Daily Mail’s online component.
Aardvark says
ALBBCeera is now claiming that he is suffering from Asperger’s syndrome – a variation on the mental problems claimed for other mohammedan terrorists by the media.
And they have made no mention of Islam in the main TV news items about this incident.
gravenimage says
I know people with Asperger’s and Autism–they are not planting bombs on trains.
dumbledoresarmy says
Exactly. I have a son with Asperger’s. there is *no way* he would do anything like this.
What I would note is that someone with Asperger’s might, if their parents and other social circle were not on the ball, be vulnerable to being targeted by Muslim dawa, because of their particular issues (they can often be rather isolated socially, and have difficulty reading social cues, and are therefore vulnerable to ‘love bombing’ by cult recruiters of *any* kind). And *then*, like any *other* convert to Islam, they will become dangerous not because of the Asperger’s but because of the Islam.
Guest says
Oh no !
I just saw the flash of the eureka bulb appear above the heads of some jihadi recruiters.
DJ says
Looking at the tape of his Police interview he does seem to be a pretty simple character. There is inappropriate smiling and laughter and a weirdly high pitched voice.
This one is just a tool in the hands of others I think.
Santa Voorhees says
I suffer from Asperger myself, yet I do not go around planting bombs on trains.
I hope only that Asperger does not become the new tell-and-repeat mantra like mental illness.
mortimer says
What is the difference between an ‘EXTREMIST’ bomb and an ordinary, ‘moderate’ Muslim bomb or a semi-practicing Muslim bomb?
Don’t worry, folks! Just a ‘moderate’ Islamic bomb! Nothing to worry about! He didn’t really mean it … very much … to explode and kill commuters at the height of rush hour… in a cramped space. No… he isn’t an ‘extremist’ so you can all relax now and go back to being complacent about jihad!
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, FOLKS ! MOVE ALONG ! GO BACK TO SLEEP ABOUT THE JIHAD THREAT !
overman says
“He ‘did not really practise Islam, although he read the Koran and sometimes prayed in the morning when it was convenient but did not hold extreme views’, lawyers said.”
l wonder if he said that with a straight face. lt’s like something out of Monty Python.
Westman says
Yes, “The Life Of Lyin'”
john thomas says
Carey-Hughes QC!
“Commercial Pilot’s Licence and extensive aviation expertise with BOAC and British Airways flying VC10s worldwide.
The arts, music, cinema, collecting, cricket and cycling and other sports, fly fishing, Bridge.”
But not on the Underground it would appear.
Abu Nudnik says
I like these lawyers. They’re giving us good arguments to keep out moderate Muslims.
Salome says
You beat me to it.
Carlos Danger says
Take his sorry arse to the Tower, then behead him.
Carlos Danger says
Behead Demon Smith as well.
mccode says
“The 20-year-old had admitted perpetrating a bomb hoax but claimed it was a prank.”
A prank???
Oh, yeah, just like those Halloween trick-or-treaters who enjoy pulling a ‘prank”.
Guest says
A prank ……..
Of course, REAL ball bearings, REAL explosives, REAL timing device, REAL intent ———– just a prank.
gravenimage says
Yeah–it’s like TPing someone’s trees, or ringing their doorbell and running away…sarc/off
Walter Sieruk says
On an internet video the imam Anwar al Awlaki when speaking about the Islamic East having Muslim suicide/homicide terror attacks against the West he declared “We have men who are dedicated and sincere.” The key word in that statement “sincere.” Of course those violent jihadists are sincere they wouldn’t commit self- destructive jihad attacks against the West and Westerner if they were not sincere. This serves as an extreme example of how a person can be since but wrong. In this case murderous wrong. Therefore this, likewise, serves as an example of the total falsehood and folly of the fool saying which is that “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as your sincere.”
With being sincere, many times, there are feeling that are, in essence, thoughts that have “good intentions.” A strange and odd as this is to the Western way of thinking the dangerous and deadly jihadist/Muslims have “good intentions.” with their deadly and violent jihad for the cause of Islam . This shows the truth of the old saying which is that “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
gravenimage says
You are right about the concept of “good intentions” in Islam, Walter.
Of course, when Westerners talk about the “road to hell being paved with good intentions”, they mean something that–initially, at least–really does appear to be beneficial, such as coddling a child a bit *too* much, or giving “second chances” to unrepentant thugs.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
That’s right! He didn’t hold extreme views, he holds normative Islam views. What’s the world come to where an observant Moslem can’t pull of a jihad mass murder? Somebody have this young man give Fox RINO a jingle to let them in on the secret.
gravenimage says
Spot on, APF.
kevin a says
Boyfriend of alleged murder victim flees country after her body was found with multiple stab wounds.
A “”CANADIAN”” man wanted over the stabbing murder of his 22-year-old girlfriend may have confessed to the crime in a social media post.
Ager Mohsin Hasan has been on the run since Friday after his girlfriend, Melinda Vasilije, was found stabbed to death in her apartment in Kitchener, Ontario.
http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/boyfriend-of-alleged-murder-victim-flees-country-after-her-body-was-found-with-multiple-stab-wounds/news-story/3f3974ab2adc9de42e9844516d1e47d6
dumbledoresarmy says
“Canadian”. That is, “a Canadian-passport-holding Muslim..”.
gravenimage says
Yes, DDA. This Muslim thug is not a “Canadian”, anymore than his Western-passport-holding coreligionists are “Australians”, or “Germans”, or “Britons”, or “Swedes”, or “Americans”.
marina says
“He ‘did not really practise Islam, although he read the Koran ”
He may have read a few of the kuffar killing verses and decided to take action on his own.
gravenimage says
UK: Muslim planted bomb on Tube train, but “did not hold extreme views”
………………………..
Yeah–nothing “extreme” about wanting to mass-murder innocent people on a train…sarc/off
Mark A says
What a relief that he did not have “extremist views.!
The fact that he did not have “extremist views” makes planting a bomb on a subway train acceptable then?
Martin says
“Former altar boy Smith”
Yeah, his past as an altar boy is relevant to what exactly? Was it his Christian, altar boy past that made him seek out al-Qaeda material? Not hardly. So why put it in there unless the BBC is purposefully trying to obscure the ISLAMIC motivation behind Smith’s actions?
gravenimage says
Exactly, Martin.
Sarah says
I agree with the lawyers in that he didn’t hold extremist views. Because there is no such thing as extremism in Islam. There is Islam. And then there is anything but Islam. Islam is not flexible, it is not multi-faceted. It is an all encompassing system that controls every aspect of the life of the idiot following it. It does not allow for someone to pick and choose anymore than it allows for an extreme fundamental form as opposed to a moderate form.
This little piece of work was just another Muslim. And that right there, is exactly why we should be incredibly worried about the Muslim’s residing in the West and the horde’s of them attempting to come here.
Guest says
Holy crap
What a hide this “non-extreme”, “just kidding”, jihadi has got.
He was just spotted in the Tesco returns department demanding a refund on a faulty clock
And it gets worse ……. they gave it to him
And it gets even more worse …… he purchased another clock ….. uh oh.
Dave Catleugh says
I watched this story on the BBC News, and do not recall any mention of him being a Muslim. Presumably they didn’t think it relevant.
Anne Smith says
I listened to the news most of yesterday and although this story was on regularly there was absolutely no mention of Islam or of his interest in it. They concentrated on making out he was suffering from Asperger’s and somehow that was the reason he made the bomb.
If it had gone off the shrapnel and ball bearings would have caused really horrible devastating damage to the people in the train, but the BBC is making quite light of it. Almost treating it as an amusing jape which somehow wasn’t in good taste. No mention of Islam, oh no.
Craig W says
This is what truth and “justice” looks like in Londonstan, George Orwell and Mark Stein were/are right.
Londonstan just made my no travel list!
Craig W says
‘If it may please the court, my client did not shout “Allahu Akbar!” … he thought “Allahu Asperger’s”.
Therefor, if the glove doesn’t fit!’
Monty says
Gee, if this guy is not an extremist he must just an ordinary Muslim. I thought that “moderate” Muslims were not given to bombing innocent people. I guess I was wrong about that. Now I know why I avoided London during my last trip to the UK. In the mean time I will try to find the difference between moderate Muslim bombers and extremists. I’m sure the M & M’s, Merkel and May can tell me.
Jeanette says
Globalist controllers: Who says bombs are extreme?
jayell says
“He ‘did not really practise Islam, although he read the Koran and sometimes prayed in the morning when it was convenient but did not hold extreme views’, lawyers said.”
Yeah, right, chaps, keep taking the tablets. By the way, this character is now on the way to prison. No doubt he’ll continue his ‘education’ there, there will be enough ‘tutors’!
Joseph says
Thus PROVING beyond any doubt what has been obvious to any sane person for years – it is NOT just the extremists that are dangerous – ALL muslims are potential or actual terrorists.
mach37 says
I really REALLY wish that all these people who think Islam is peaceful would just read a few chapters of the Koran. It wouldn’t take many to change their minds – if they read the right verses.