“He was told that he would become a martyr if he were to die fighting against the enemies of Islam on the battlefield.”
Again and again we see that the hatred many Muslims have for Israel is based on the idea that Israel is not on “Palestinian” land, but on Muslim land, and that the Jews are the worst enemies of the Muslims (cf. Qur’an 5:82). Yet this remains the one aspect of the conflict that all — all — Western analysts and policymakers discount or ignore altogether. Find out how damaging this has been and still is in The Palestinian Delusion.
“Singaporean youth detained under ISA for planning knife attack on Jews leaving synagogue,” by Hariz Baharudin, Straits Times, March 10, 2021 (thanks to Steve):
SINGAPORE – A 20-year-old man who had planned to use a knife to attack and kill Jews leaving a synagogue, and to take up arms abroad, has been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Amirull Ali, who was a full-time national serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) when he was arrested in February, had planned to target three Jewish men after their Saturday congregational prayers at the Maghain Aboth Synagogue in Waterloo Street.
The Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Wednesday (March 10) that Amirull, who was enraged by the Israel-Palestine conflict, had targeted the men on the assumption that they would have done national service in Israel and hence had carried out alleged atrocities against the Palestinians.
But he shelved his attack plans twice, as he was concerned he would not attain martyrdom should he be arrested and sentenced to death after the attack.
Instead, he made plans to travel to Gaza to join the military wing of the territory’s ruling faction Hamas in its fight against Israel.
This is the second case of a thwarted terror attack on a place of worship in recent months. Last December, a 16-year-old self-radicalised Singaporean student who had planned to attack two mosques in Sembawang and Woodlands and kill Muslims there was detained under the ISA.
Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said on Wednesday that a large part of the Jewish community here are Singapore citizens, and would have served national service here.
Mr Shanmugam added that Amirull was detained not because he sympathised with the Palestinian cause, but because he wanted to kill innocent people here to show his support for the Palestinians. This would have severely impacted religious harmony here.
Speaking during a visit by Muslim leaders to the synagogue, the minister said: “It’s perfectly okay to support the Palestinian cause, but it’s not okay to go around killing people.
“If he had succeeded in his plans, the consequences for us would be very serious. It will go beyond the loss of the three lives, or however many he managed to kill. It would probably incite a greater animosity, distrust, between different races and religions in Singapore.”
Self-radicalised over several years
Amirull, who was also self-radicalised, had developed an interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict some time in 2014, after viewing a video of Palestinian civilians being bombed by Israeli fighter jets.ISD said: “His subsequent online research into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict convinced him that Israel was oppressing Palestinians and also deepened his hatred for Israel.”
In 2015, he started supporting Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (AQB), after reading a book glorifying the group’s exploits.
Three years later, Amirull discussed his intentions to travel to Palestine to join AQB with a foreign contact, who encouraged him. ISD added: “He was told that he would become a martyr if he were to die fighting against the enemies of Islam on the battlefield.”…
Mount Zion says
If you have to kill in order to be acceptable to your god and become a marthyr than there is something terrible wrong with this religion and with all Westerners calling Islam a religion of peace.
Anyone in the West defending Islam should be put on trial and sentenced to prison time for aiding and promoting evil , maybe then things would start changing in the west.
Michael Copeland says
“I would say, today, we can integrate all religions and races except Islam.”
Lee Kuan Yew,
Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959-90
gravenimage says
Spot on quote.
Infidel says
So why does Singapore have Malays? When Malaysia expelled Singapore from the federation, Singapore should have kicked out all Malays, and just kept the Chinese and Indians
Not just that, I once used the airport suite to sleep in b/w connecting flights from SFO to CCU. On the bedside table was an arrow mentioning the Qibla, if one was a muslim and wanted to face Mecca. Felt pretty creepy seeing that, since I’ve not seen it in any hotel in either India nor the US. Like both, Singapore ain’t a muslim country either
gravenimage says
Singapore: Muslim plotted to use knife to kill Jews leaving synagogue, and then to join Hamas
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Unfortunately, this just sounds like another devout Muslim. Glad his plot was foiled.
serialthinker2003 says
Singapore has no kick them out
Adrian says
singapore is supposedly a secular country, yet has a flag that shows the islamic moon
Infidel says
Apparently, the crescent does not represent islam, and that Singapore is one of 4 non-muslim countries that has a crescent in the flag. Apparently, ‘the waxing crescent moon represents a “young nation on the ascendant”. The five stars stand for the nation’s ideals of “democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality”‘
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Singapore#Design
Hadrian says
Lol the Nazi comes to play