He likely smiled because, if he played a role in his brother’s jihad massacre, he thinks he has earned great blessings from Allah. “Terrorist’s brother arrested: Dramatic moment armed police swoop to arrest Ismail Abedi, 23, over his sibling’s arena massacre,” by Rachael Burford, Thomas Burrows, Rory Tingle, Joseph Curtis, Abe Hawken, Richard Spillett and […]
Manchester jihad mass murderer’s younger brother arrested in Libya for ties to the Islamic State
All in the family. “Salman Abedi’s younger brother arrested in Libya over alleged Isis links,” by Will Worley, Independent, May 24, 2017: Libyan authorities say they have arrested Hashem Abedi, the younger brother of Manchester attacker Salman Abedi, in Tripoli on suspicion of links to Isis. A local counter terror force known as Rada detained […]
New York Times on Manchester jihad mass murderer: “No one yet knows what motivated him to commit such a horrific deed”
If Salman Abedi had been a “right-wing extremist,” the Times, and the world, would know right now. But when the killer is a devout Muslim who knows the Qur’an by heart, was known to British authorities as a terror threat, and had been in touch with a recruiter for the Islamic State (ISIS), the New […]
UK: Manchester jihad mass murderer “devout” Muslim who learned Qur’an by heart
He learned the Qur’an by heart and his father is a pillar of the mosque. Yet somehow he succumbed to what Theresa May and so many other Western leaders have repeatedly characterized as an outrageous misunderstanding and hijacking of the true teachings of Islam. Why wasn’t the peaceful, benign Islam that Abedi supposedly imbibed at […]
UK: Manchester jihad mass murderer was “chanting Islamic prayers loudly in the street” in weeks before massacre
“The 22-year-old British-born attacker was heard ‘chanting Islamic prayers loudly in the street’ outside his home in the south of the city.” Not that anyone reported him. That would have been “Islamophobic.” It’s a good thing we have Theresa May and the rest to tell us that this has nothing to do with Islam. “‘He […]
UK: Muslim responsible for Manchester jihad attack identified as Salman Abedi, known to authorities
Too many jihadis to keep track of, and more are coming all the time. Madness. “ISIS claims responsibility for Manchester attack, suspected bomber identified,” CBS News, May 23, 2017: MANCHESTER — CBS News can now confirm authorities believe the suspect responsible for the deadly Manchester Arena attack is 23-year-old Salman Abedi. Authorities said the suspect […]