When did you last hear about a convert to Christianity or any other religion get the idea that his or her new religion commanded violence against unbelievers? Yet this is a frequently recurring phenomenon among converts to Islam. No authorities anywhere, however, have ever shown the slightest interest in this.
“UK’s first female suicide bomb plotter, 37, planned to blow up St Paul’s at Easter to ‘kill as many as possible,’” by Brittany Vonow, The Sun, June 23, 2020:
THE UK’s first female suicide bomb plotter, 37, planned to blow up St Paul’s at Easter to “kill as many as possible”, a court heard today.
Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 37, carried out a trip to the City of London to scope out St Paul’s as a potential target while staying in a hotel.
The former company director tried to make contact with a bomb maker online and asked them to build two improvised explosive devices while plotting to “kill as many people as possible”.
Shaikh later met with her contact, and handed them two bags, in which the IEDs were to be placed, not realising she was an undercover officer.
Prosecutors said she intended to leave one of the devices in the hotel and then carry the other into St Paul’s, where she would detonate it, killing herself and as many other innocent people as possible….
Shaikh became radicalised in 2015 after converting to Islam in 2007 following an act of kindness from a neighbouring Muslim family.
Christened Michelle Ramsden, she became isolated from her family during her conversion.
Shaikh fell out with Imams who were cautious of her increasingly violent interpretations of the faith and turned to radical groups for support….
“I want to kill a lot”, she told the officer. “I would like to do church… a day like Christmas or Easter good, kill more.
“I always send threats. But I want to make threats real.” She sent a picture of St Paul’s Cathedral to the officer and wrote: ‘I would like to do this place for sure.
‘I would like bomb and shoot ’til death… I really would love to destroy that place and the kaffir [enemies of IS] there.’ Just over a week later she visited St Paul’s and sent videos to her contact, writing: “I will to the bomb under the dome.
“I will also do something in hotel, then church, then kill til I’m dead.”
Shaikh appeared in the dock today dressed in a purple cardigan and black hijab….
Not quite as eye-catching as a red cadillac and a black mustache, but all right.
Col Kurtz says
The English will probably elect her to a high office!
Dude says
This cheery darling must have been a wonderful Christian. Certainly Jesus and God are very pleased with her. Now she will manifest the Holy Spirit in the mosques as God’s undercover servant. Akbhar akbhar.
tim gallagher says
If a person is full of murderous hatred then Islam seems to provide a perfect fit for their evil mentality. It happens over and over again. I don’t really understand why vile people who want to murder people actually feel the need to join Islam or any cult. It seems to me that if they want to go and murder people, then they can (and often do) just go and murder people (like that guy that shot so many people in Las Vegas at the concert a few years back, etc), but I suppose some people like to think that there is actually a god (as if god is like that) who condones murder and will reward people who murder other people. Or maybe it is Islam that changes people into potential killers once it gets hold of them. Maybe this miserable woman (she looks very depressed in the photo, but I suppose it is her mug shot) didn’t want to kill people until Islam brainwashed her into being a would be murderer. It is a kind of chicken and egg situation. Were these types of people already full of murderous rage or did Islam change them into something far worse once they joined up?
James Lincoln says
tim gallagher says,
“I don’t really understand why vile people who want to murder people actually feel the need to join Islam or any cult.”
One thing is certain, if they become a muslim, they are treated more leniently by law enforcement and the judicial system. That could be a motivating factor, I’m not sure.
And yes, I too have always wondered about the “chicken and egg” situation…
tim gallagher says
Yes, James, like you, I have often thought about the chicken and egg aspect of people like this woman, and the many other people like her. One thing is for sure, islam is never going to steer people who join it towards a more peaceful, tolerant fame of mind. And Muslims who become more devout always seem to become more dangerous and violent, which is something that only Islam does to people, whereas other religions, such as Christianity or Buddhism, seem to have the opposite effect. You’re probably right about the more lenient treatment Muslims get.
gravenimage says
Tim, this is why prisons are the perfect trolling ground for Islam–you already have a violent population in many cases looking for justification.
Interesting that white collar, non-violent felons don’t tend to go for this.
tim gallagher says
Yeah, I’m sure that’s the case, gravenimage. Islam, with its praise of violence and its calls for Muslims to go out and kill non-Muslims and also its view that raping non-Muslim girls and women is OK, is just perfect for evil, violent people. As I mentioned up above, I’m not really sure why people who want to murder people want to join Islam or any other religion. Of course, many serial murderers and those types of people don’t go and join anything. Maybe, the evil people who join Islam just enjoy the company of other evil people and that is why they become Muslims. They probably have a great time planning their evil acts together and encouraging one another. As you say, non-violent felons don’t seem to join Islam.
gravenimage says
I think company is part of it, Tim–but so is justification. Islam doesn’t just condone violence–it *sacralizes it*, saying that Jihadists go to paradise. Sick, sick stuff.
truthout says
I sometimes think that its the guilt aspect. They can kill under the cover of religion making it acceptable to their subconscious. Its also why they torture and take hostages.Shared madness within a group.
lucretia macevil says
I think there are many reasons: 1.They want to feed their mentally-ill grievances; 2. Islam gives them justification for their murderous rage; 3. Misery loves company, etc. etc.
Hank Mansfield says
37 years old, looking every bit of 50.
I bet she was fun at parties before the conversion, lol.
mgoldberg says
A lifetime of hard labor, and a bill publically sent to The Saudi purveyors of salafi for the expense of her incarceration.
gravenimage says
UK: Woman converts to Islam, plots massacre, says “I want to kill a lot…a day like Christmas or Easter, kill more”
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This is how pious Muslims ‘think’.
More:
Shaikh fell out with Imams who were cautious of her increasingly violent interpretations of the faith and turned to radical groups for support…
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Did these Imams notify British authorities of the threat? I doubt it. More likely they just realized she was so zealous as to be a loose cannon and get herself nabbed–and they wanted plausible deniability.
Michael Copeland says
“her increasingly violent interpretations of the faith…”
Question for Brittany Vonow of The Sun:
What is the non-violent “interpretation” of “Kill them wherever you find them”?
gravenimage says
Damn good question, Michael.
Prince Eugene says
Oh look, another Muslim Psycho Killer wannabe. What is it? Has any authority EVER investigated why so many converts to Islam declare that their new religion commands violence against unbelievers?
Oh look, no useless YT wikipedia warning > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52jAYa4Pm8
vcragain says
I’m Lett-leaning in my political views & I’m here – why ? Because I ALSO believe that Islam is a plague on this planet, and very dangerous via some of its’ believers who take up radical views & believe the ghastly stuff in their book about becoming special if they go out & destroy other human beings in their leader’s name. Disgusting stuff IMO & precisely why we need to clamp down on the whole thing to keep it under control. No decent society can afford to let this fester away as lighted embers without knowing which embers are showing signs of flames. The intent of Islam is to coerce the world into accepting it’s own domination by a religious sect with no interest in freedoms of any kind….obedience & submission is the aim. In fact Islam means ‘SUBMISSION’ not ‘peace’ as they claim !! With enough control no-one is ever safe from their persecution – as seen in any Islam-controlled state worldwide. Anybody interested in allowing that to happen ? If not, then watchfulness is the only answer ! Understand that there are other cults out there who would HAPPILY dominate us all if they thought they could achieve that very thing – Scientology is one of those. NO religious group should EVER be allowed to dominate in a country espousing freedom. When asked why I have such strong views on the subject of Islam, I always give the example of those who have left the cult – ask THEM why – they will give you the facts of just how insidious this is. The woman in this article shows exactly why there is a big problem with this ideology ! I’m making the very strong point to you all that political views have nothing to do with who favors a particular religion or the dangers it might pose to us all, and should have nothing to do with your discussions here on this subject. I spend a lot of time trying to tell my fellow Lefties that just being generous to the religious beliefs of others, should not mean allowing totalitarian ambitions in the name of ‘tolerance’ – you too are ‘in the way’ of said ambitions & will be dealt with as soon as they see you that way if they ever get control ! How did these deep feelings come about ? I’m a Brit – I watched the gradual pop-up of mosques all over the place in London from when I was a child & began to wonder exactly what was going on. I gradually learned all about the history of Islam….not favorable & what I learned of Islam from my father who spent 3 years in Kuwait & returned in 1954 with horror stories of how the males behaved there…I was 14 at that point & highly influenced by those stories…..hence my distrust & utter disgust at the root faith of the ME ! There is nothing you could say to me to change those beliefs even tho I often make people very angry about this !
gravenimage says
Same with me, vcragain.
truthout says
They will attack any one any where they can further their jihad.You don’t have to been one of them married to one of them or have anything to do with them.You don’t have to traveled their or directly served.Lets just say they love going after combat veterans children and irregular military families.I have more than digust with them.My hatred is total.
OLD GUY says
This women probably already had these murderous tendencies prior to joining Islam. The problem is that Islam wants and applauds her behavior, she fits right in with their need for individuals that want to kill others and will follow their ideology of hate. She’s evil,Islam is evil so they are a perfect match.