Matthew King likely thought that the imam was in some way an apostate from Islam. The Qur’an says: “And it is not fitting for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and his messenger have settled a matter, that they should claim any say in the matter, and whoever is rebellious to Allah and his messenger, he indeed goes astray in obvious error.” (33:36) It also says “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (47:4).
King, therefore, likely reckoned that the imam had gone astray, and uttered his threat accordingly.
Meanwhile, he is a “teen convert to Islam.” It’s good that his mother turned him in and blew the whistle on his massacre plot, but where was she when he converted? Likely being told that any concern about his conversion would be “Islamophobic.”
“Teenage IS fanatic reported by mother as he plotted attack on British soldiers,” by Emily Pennink, PA Media, May 12, 2023:
A teenage Islamic State fanatic was reported by his mother as he plotted an attack on British police officers or soldiers, a court has heard
Muslim convert Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to kill military personnel as he prepared to stake out a British Army barracks in Stratford, east London.
His plans, which he discussed with an online girlfriend, were thwarted after his mother reported him to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme, the Old Bailey was told.
King, from Wickford in Essex, pleaded guilty in January to preparation of terrorist acts between December 22 2021 and May 17 2022….
Opening the facts of the case, prosecutor Paul Jarvis the court that the investigation into King’s activities “strongly indicates” he has an “entrenched Islamist extremist mindset, holds extreme anti-western views and intended to commit terrorist acts both in the UK and abroad”….
Around 2020, he became interested in Islam, began to attend mosques and watched Muslim videos on YouTube.
By May 2021, his family noticed he had become more extreme and his mother became concerned he was watching material online promoting hatred, Mr Jarvis said.
He had also developed a friendship with a girl identified only as Miss A, who he met online.
He told her about his jihadist intent, saying: “I just wanna die a martyr.”
When Miss A appeared to support and encourage him, King responded: “I guess jihadi love is powerful. I just want to kill people.”
In further graphic chat, Miss A talked about torturing, mutilating and beheading a soldier and then cutting up the body parts, the court was told….
Some of his reconnaissance videos were overlaid with nasheeds – Islamic chants – and he posted on Snapchat: “Target acquired.”…
Authorities were alerted after King posted on WhatsApp an image of a male holding a knife with the words: “Those who said that there is no jihad and no battle. They are lying!”…
He described his former Islamic name as “Abdul Kalashnikov” and told police: “The only thing which is black and white is the sharia, the law of Allah.”
On being cautioned, he said: “I don’t believe in the UK law, the only law I believe in is the law of Allah.”…
Rob (Robin) Blair Harris says
Islam is an existential threat to civilisation.
Rob (Robin) Blair Harris says
Why does the site simply lose my comment posts?
GOLDMANNN says
Yes same as mine . Mr Blair.
Alan Knight says
Same as mine get “mysteriously” lost!
DiscoTed says
Why is it that Caucasians who convert to this thing more likely than not want to show off their new found “fairh” by wanting to commit acta of violence?
Is it not supposed to be a religion or peace?
David M says
Well that’s because it is a lie that Islam is peace, the Quran is full of violence teachings. People who convert to Islam actually start researching it, then they go out & put these teachings into actions.
Converts to Islam are therefore a lot more dangerous than the average Muslim who was just born into it & doesn’t have a clue about most Islamic teachings.
abu taleb says
Converts to Islam must put extra effort to show the muslims that they are becoming true muslims. The least they can do is show hostility toward their previous non muslim fellows, The most extreme is becoming jihadists and kill the infidels.
Jayell1 says
This sort of thing has happened before. It seems that islam seems to attract authentic, indigenous UK citizens (and indeed anyone) who have ‘got something wrong with them’ – it’s a kind of social cancer that infects anyone with an underlying predisposition to any kind of deranged criminality. This shouldn’t be surprising since the entire ‘religion’ was concocted by and in the name of a deranged criminal and formulated to appeal to humanity’s base instincts in order to get a universal following to spread their unmitigated evil as far across the planet as possible. The terminally screwed-up ‘hero’ of this piece ought to serve as a warning to the authorities to proscribe islam lock, stock and barrel, but this won’t happen because the UK establishment has also been terminally infected by this diabolical contamination for quite a few years now.
Michael Copeland says
“The essence of his doctrine was violence and lust: to exalt the brutal over the spiritual part of human nature.”
— John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States
https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/04/quiz-who-is-being-referred-to/
born saturday says
and i repeat, 90 percent of the perpetrators are muslim in most of europe (apart from hungary and poland) and the percentages presented by the police are for muslims who have been granted nationality and therefore are estimated not as foreign, and also for muslims born within europe that also are estimated as not foreign by the police…
90 percent muslims…
alexreid says
The Imam was probably a Liberal Muslim. (NB There is no such thing). you always get this with a new convert into anything. Here, he is now unfettered by the normal constraints of Western Democracy to do anything he wants, even kill other Muslims, as they’re deemed not to be Muslim enough
Keith O says
Very brave of the mother to report him. At least she had the common sense to see he was out of control and do something about him.
Alan Knight says
My former Intelligence Officer used to say “If you want to look into a man’s soul, look at his Left eye; the Right eye is controlled by a man’s conscious thought; his Left eye is independent, and tells you all that you need to know about a man.”
Look at Matthew King’s left eye! You are looking into the soul of a psychopath!
Full praise to his mother for blowing the whistle!
Check Burry says
He reminds me of greta thunderbird, dead pan, hates everything. What have they done with his female friend?
Hank says
Islam is again exposed as a pathogen of the mind. It is up to no good – for 1400 years.
Even lying and extortion is encouraged (Taqiya, Jizya)
The political elite should be expelling it in the millions back to countries infected with it.
OLD GUY says
Look a him, he’s got looser written all over him. His idea of becoming someone is to make the headline news as a murderer. What better way to reach that goal than to join islam where they cheer and honor those who kill innocent people.