Four years ago, I wrote an article entitled “The Global Outbreak of Mental Illness,” detailing some of the instances in which jihad attackers were classified as mentally ill, with authorities denying that the attack was jihad at all. I could update that article now, but with all the new examples of this it would be much, much too long for a single article, and I already have a book in progress.
“Nando’s knife attacker who claimed to be terrorist detained under Mental Health Act,” by Lizzie Dearden, Independent, December 18, 2020 (thanks to Henry):
A man who launched a knife attack in Nando’s restaurant and claimed to be a terrorist has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
Ali Algdaner, 27, grabbed a handful of cutlery before stabbing a 20-year-old waitress in the back inside the Arndale Centre.
Greater Manchester Police said he approached other staff members and customers, before moving to the restaurant next door on 18 October 2019….
“While in police custody, Algander made false admissions that he was a terrorist and that he had planted bombs in the centre but a thorough search of the building ensued and no suspicious items were found,” a police spokesperson said.
“Algander continued to state he had committed a terrorist attack and was subsequently assessed by mental health specialists before being detained under the Mental Health Act. He has since been remanded in a specialist hospital.”
On Friday, he was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983….
terry sullivan says
he will be released asap
Eleanor says
And the police will order Nando’s to use plastic knives from now on, to prevent the “mentally ill” from stabbing people in their establishments.
Michael A says
Unfortunately that is likely
James Sesame says
It is the police & government that have the mental health issues & need put away.
JohnTheRevelator says
+10
Jayell says
+100
Bikinis not Burkas says
+1000
Rob Porter says
James Sesame. Well put, it is the cowardly and stupid police and government who have mental health issues. After a Muslim jihad attack in Toronto, during which two girls were murdered and the jihadist shouted ‘Allahu Akba’ – clearly indicating his purpose and what inspired his attack, the authorities refused to declare it a Muslim terrorist attack and the ‘brilliant’ Toronto police chief declared that “we might never know” what brought about the attack. Yes, if you are really stupid you would come to that lame-brained conclusion and yet all over the West dopey ‘authorities’ are doing so.
Crusades Were Right says
Maybe it’s one of those “catch 22” type deals? You know… a REAL terrorist would deny being one, so if someone actually insists he IS one…
lol
James Sesame says
Real muslim terrorists are proud to say so & do so because they know they will get off easy one way or another. They kill & are killed while killing “infidels” because their death Islamic cult demands it as the only certain way to muslim paradise: that they must be killed while killing as many unbelievers as possible.
gravenimage says
James, Crusades Were Right was being sarcastic.
James Sesame says
The Crusades were righteous, begun only after long terrorism by Muslims, to drive the living satanic religion out.
Angela says
None of it is terrorism, it’s jihad. There is no terrorism in the history of Islam, only jihad. No such thing as terrorism in war. The Crusades fought wars.
gravenimage says
“Angela” here does not appear to consider targeting civilians, women, and children to be terrorism. *Ugh*.
Angela says
No, In this instance it is Islamic jihad. Terrorism always carries demands. Twenty two young girls were blown to pieces at a concert in Manchester UK, no questions asked, no demands, no threats, that is jihad. Nobody was terrorised.
Infidel says
The demands here were to the rest of society – that they quietly accept islamic supremacy, it doesn’t have to be to the people being targeted in an attack. In the 80s, there were several communist terrorist groups like Bader Meinof in West Germany and Red Brigades in Italy that would carry out attacks on Western interests w/o making demands.
Jihad is terrorism, but something far more than that. It’s a fruit salad of tactics that have the goal of establishing islamic law
Also, the Crusades were crusades for the Christian armies, but a jihad for the Saracens
gravenimage says
Angela wrote:
No, In this instance it is Islamic jihad. Terrorism always carries demands. Twenty two young girls were blown to pieces at a concert in Manchester UK, no questions asked, no demands, no threats, that is jihad. Nobody was terrorised.
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Of course Islamic Jihad is intended to terrorize. The “Prophet” Muhammed said, “I have been made victorious with terror”.
And to pretend that no one at the concertn in Manchester–made up largely of pre-teen children–was terrorized is just grotesque.
To think that Jihad terror makes no demands is mistaken at best. Jihad is intened to force submission to Islam–this is how it has functioned from the very beginning.
Do you think all that Muslim conquest was actually peaceful?
Bikinis not Burkas says
72 virgins restored at midnight how many have to go slops?
sidney penny says
“with authorities denying that the attack was jihad at all”
If they agreed that it was jihad it would be Islamophobic?
Hoi Polloi says
More leftist paternalism. “They don’t know their own religion.” But let anyone but a leftist try that.
So where does this end? The jihadi imagines he’s a jihadi, the legal system pretends to have an interest in enforcing and applying the law evenly (if at all), the system pretends that it can diagnose and cure the “illness,” the media pretends the rest of us cannot see and do not understand. Must the victim now pretend that she wasn’t stabbed?
nichola tesdorf says
UK Police: “You’re mentally ill”.
Him: “No, I’m not, I’m a Jihadist”.
UK Police: “No, you’re not, you’re mentally ill”.
Him,: “No, I’m not mentally ill, I’m a Muslim and I’m a Jihadist”.
UK Police: “No, you’re not, you’re a Presbyterian and mentally ill”.
gravenimage says
UK: Muslim stabs woman, insists he’s a terrorist, cops say he isn’t, hospitalize him as mentally ill
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There’s ignorance, and then there’s willful ignorance…
Robn Searle says
Stop using the mentally label…. They are all Islamic soldiers sworn to kill.
James Lincoln says
From a physician’s viewpoint,
For a moment, let’s assume that the behavior of this Ali Algdaner, 27 was actually due to mental illness..
What was the initial psychiatric treatment?
Standard of care, of course, would be emergency involuntary admission to a psychiatric ward if the patient were deemed an immediate danger to himself or others. It appears, in this case, that he did pose a danger, and was detained under the Mental Health Act. He has since been remanded in a specialist hospital..
What criteria would the psychiatric medical staff use as a “test of adequate control” before release from the clinic? What medications / psychotherapy would he be prescribed? What would be the follow-up care regimen?
Most importantly, if it was determined by the psychiatric medical staff that the islam ideology exacerbated his underlying mental illness, would they recommend leaving the religion? If not, why not?
gravenimage says
Good points, James.
JohnTheRevelator says
This could be right out of a Monty Python movie:
Muslim Terrorist: “But I am a terrorist!”
UK Police: “Oh no you’re not, stop pretending!”
Muslim Terrorist:”I swear I am, look I just tried to cut this person.”
UK Police: “Well that doesn’t make you a terrorist.”
Muslim Terrorist: “It doesn’t?”
UK Police: “Nah mate, you’re just a stabber now.”
Muslim Terrorist: “But I believe in the Quran and killing unbelievers for the sake of Allah.”
UK Police: “You’re not fooling nobody, you have to hairier and scarier to be a real terrorist. Are you a member of ISIS?”
Muslim Terrorist: “Well no, but they are my heroes.”
UK Police: “Well that just makes you a fanboy now…go on and see your therapist, then go home.”
Muslim Terrorist: “If you insist.”
There’s life imitating art but too bad reality isn’t so cute and fun. Real people are getting injured and killed because of the elites refusal to deal seriously with this deadly ideology.
The Muslims are laughing at us, because they also see the weakness and confusion on our side. This will only embolden them and the attacks will continue to grow against non-Muslims. I do believe there will be a tipping point when all hell will break loose.
When people realize the police are not on their side but that of the Muslims, they’ll be forced to defend themselves. There are videos of people attacking Muslims that rarely surface but the fight-back is happening in the background. It’s not just a one-way battle for Muslims.
They should have the common sense to realize that western people can only be pushed so far and then their community will experience the retaliation head on. I wouldn’t be surprised if the cops and politicians get theirs also.
tgusa says
The police appear to have a mental illness. The jihadi is just a jihadi and always will be.
geof says
He is neither a terrorist or crazy . he is just muslum on jihad …a hater of infidels ..infidelphobia
Michael Copeland says
” an indefinite hospital order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act”.
This is the origin of the otherwise puzzling (to US readers) shorthand phrase “he was sectioned”.
OLD GUY says
Oh yes let’s not address the main issue, open borders brought these muslim/islamic men to your neighborhood. And let us face the truth, muslim/islamic people are the fine folks who are committing terrorists attacks world wide. So is this man a terrorist? He says he is. I believe he is, the problem is that the Open Border One World political leaders don’t and won’t accept that they are WRONG.
Open borders will bring the worse of humanity to your neighborhood. Controlled and restricted migration will protect the citizens and bring migrants who want to be a part of your society. We the people don’t need migrants that are criminals, freeloaders and that hate our culture. I am getting sick and tired of paying for these migrant mistakes.