Manchester jihad bomber Salman Abedi was aggressive and violent toward women who in his view were dressed immodestly, i.e., in ways forbidden by Islamic law. He punched a young Libyan Muslim woman in the face for wearing a short skirt “and then delivered further punches as she lay on the ground.” Red flags should have been raised, according to an inquiry.
Women who do not follow the Islamic dress code in areas where Sharia is strictly enforced face prison, violence and even death. Despite insistence that these restrictions are cultural and not religious, it is written in the Qur’an that women must be dressed as required; otherwise she may be abused:
(Quran 24:31) And tell the believing women to reduce of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
If a woman does not cover, she is fair game to be assaulted, so Abedi was acting within what he viewed to be accordance with the highest law: Sharia.
(Quran 33:59) O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.
“Salman Abedi punching female student in row about her wearing short skirt at college was ‘red flag’ to his radicalisation, Manchester Arena terror attack inquiry hears,” by James Gant, MailOnline, December 13, 2021:
Salman Abedi punching a female student following a row about her wearing a short skirt could have been a ‘red flag’ to his radicalisation, a public inquiry has heard.
An expert in Islamist extremism told the hearing into the May 2017 Manchester Arena attack that one of the factors in the 22-year-old’s motivation to carry out the suicide bombing was religious-inspired misogyny.
Dr Matthew Wilkinson said there was a pattern of those convicted of Islamist extremist offences also having a history of violence towards women, while the so-called Islamic State group – said to have inspired the bomber – was widely known for its denigration of women.
During his studies at Manchester College in 2012 and 2013, Abedi punched a student, also from the city’s Libyan community, after she slapped him following comments he made about her appearance.
Abedi retaliated by striking her on the face and then delivered further punches as she lay on the ground, the inquiry was told.
Dr Wilkinson agreed with Nicholas de la Poer QC, counsel to the inquiry, that the incident could be interpreted as being driven by misogyny.
He said: ‘Yes, very much so, and we have other reports from fellow students saying he had related disrespectfully to female members of staff and teachers. One fellow student said he had real problems with women.
‘There is this profile of someone who had a very bad attitude towards women.’
Abedi was suspended by the college but no charges were brought after police said a ‘mediation’ had taken place at the request of the female student. Police told the college it was safe for him to return after the restorative justice process, the inquiry heard.
Mr de la Poer asked: ‘Do you consider this particular incident should have been raising a red flag for the authorities about whether Salman Abedi had at that stage potentially developed a ‘them and us worldview’ which required some sort of intervention?’
Dr Wilkinson replied: ‘I think if that event had been investigated properly it might have done. It might have flagged up the issues of dress code being abhorrent to Salman.
‘I certainly think if it had been flagged up together with a consistent portrait of Salman Abedi that had come from the various educational institutions where he had attended, then it really might have been a red flag.’….
Jim says
Tolerance is a good thing, but only if it is mutual and there is a shared moral basis upon which differences can be tolerated. Somehow the religion of peace is exempted from this tolerance, we are not quite sure why. The new woke multicultural morality seems to be that everyone has the right to live wherever they want, and the other people there just have to put up with it.
gravenimage says
Tolerance is generally a good thing–tolerance of punching non-violent women in the face because of their dress, not so much…
Christopher Watson says
Any sub-human that hits a woman should be taken behind a shed and had the shit beaten out of him. That would probably cure him.
Keith O says
It may not solve the problem, but it would sure as hell feel good doing it to them!
A bit of contact counselling goes a long way.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
This is the result of taking jurisprudence letters and social-psychology texts to a knife fight.
Playing dainty with this ticking time bomb could be seen amongst the numerous
splattered female body parts on
the floors, walls, and ceilings of the
Manchester Arena.
The danger of Islam is so downplayed and ignored in the corporate media that the civilized world fails to see the red flags that inevitably arise amongst the followers of this proto-nazi ideology.
This horrible atrocity also points out, as does the recent takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, that at the dark heart of Islam rests an extreme disregard and hatred of women, and consequently, life itself.
Islamophobia? Yes, I think it’s more than justified. It is a principal requisite in the preservation of a civilized society.
The illegal alien, Ilhan Omar, knows this quite well, but prefers to hide behind her victim status to further her vile antisemitic and anti-American agenda.
Hoi Polloi says
The idea this is acceptable….. “‘mediation’ had taken place at the request of the female student….” is another aspect of this problem. Those involved in essence, for whatever reason, hereby instituted sharia.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Hoi Polloi. “Mediation” is part of “Defund the Police”.
A crime should be treated *as a crime”–whether the victim is too cowed to want to see it prosecuted or not.
And good to see you posting again. Hope you are well.
Hoi Polloi says
Good Evening To All.
Glad to be back and hope all here are well this Christmas.
gravenimage says
Same to you, Hoi Polloi!
Violet C says
Agree! In Canada massive immigration is so out of hand that an Islamic Party of Ontario was formed. Action on their twitter site. Of course the corporate media in this country either down played, lied, or did not report this. Justin Trudeau and the left love immigrants because of their vote at the expense of our country and citizens security. Very little if anything is reported in this country to the detriment of our traditional citizens.
Hoi Polloi says
I no longer recognize Switzerland and I shudder to think about Italy, with its extensive, open coast. Such a crime against the people of those oh so beautiful countries.
gravenimage says
Yes–very scary stuff from Canada.
Michael Copeland says
The “Radicalisation Expert,” Dr. Matthew Wilkinson, gave evidence to the Manchester Arena Inquiry. The Inquiry’s report states that there is no suggestion that Dr. Wilkinson’s reports are written from other than an entirely objective viewpoint.
https://files.manchesterarenainquiry.org.uk/live/uploads/2021/06/25172241/Ruling-on-Dr-Wilkinson-conflict-FINAL-24.6.21-97132862_1.pdf
Dr. Wilkinson is a convert to Islam, though he has not changed his name. His reports are written from a muslim viewpoint.
He carefully steers the spotlight away from Islam by using the term “Islamist extremist”. This is to nourish the notion (thoughtfully unstated) that such a person is different from an observant muslim. Nothing to do with Islam, you see. He refers to Islamic State as “the so-called Islamic State group”, thereby casting doubt on its Islamic identity, while it is only “said to have” inspired the bomber. He will not link the two. Still nothing to do with Islam. Move along now.
He spoke of
“a pattern of those convicted of Islamist extremist offences also having a history of violence towards women….”
You see, these are violent men who have a problem with women. The bomber was “someone who had a very bad attitude towards women’. No link with Islam. Keep moving along.
What he does not inform the Inquiry is that Islam authorises men to beat women from whom they “fear disobedience”, that Islam instructs muslims to hate kafirs and strike terror into their hearts, also to kill them, and that a muslim who “kills and is killed” goes straight to paradise, no questions asked.
Probably no-one is telling the Inquiry these Islamic matters.
gravenimage says
A typical Taqiyya artist, Michael.
gravenimage says
UK: Manchester jihad bomber should have raised red flags when he punched woman in face for wearing short skirt
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Indeed so. How many more ticking time bombs (figuratively, and in some cases literally) are there just like Salman Abedi, in the UK, and in the rest of the West.
OLD GUY says
With Biden’s open border policy it won’t be long until muslims like him will be roaming out streets and neighborhoods. Now if I punch a muslim women if the face for wearing the hijab that would be Islamophobia and the media would go nuts. what’s the difference between the muslim males wanting to see their women covered up from head to toe and our males wanting to see a little leg? Or is a muslim women more right in covering up her beauty or ugliness over another women who is proud of how she looks, or one who doesn’t care what she looks like? I like FREEDOM of choice. But sometimes Wal-Mart can be a bit much.
gravenimage says
OLD GUY, civiized Infidels don’t punch women because they “want to see a little leg”.
But Islam teaches Muslims that they have the right to abuse women who dont wear the Hijab.