The probation officer was almost certainly a non-Muslim. Mainstream analysts routinely wave away statements such as this one from jihadis: they are the “extremist” point of view, having nothing to do with genuine Islam, and if you take notice of what these “extremists” are saying about Islam then you’re “validating” their “extremist” view. This is […]
UK: Islamic State jihadi who emailed PM’s office threatening to “wage jihad” got job on Crossrail railway project
Crossrail is a railway project; it is Europe’s largest construction project. An Islamic State fanatic emailed the Prime Minister’s office threatening to “wage jihad” before being given a job guarding the Crossrail project. Shamim Ahmed also “once threatened to blow up a bookshop for selling the Charlie Hebdo magazine.” But none of this mattered. Public […]
UK: “I’m going to come right away and blow up the shop…I’m a Muslim”
“Following an appeal from the defendant’s mother and sister, District Judge Quentin Purdy granted him conditional bail…Ahmed is forbidden from contacting the French Bookshop or any members of staff and must not enter the London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea or leave the area surrounded by the M25 while on bail. He will be fitted […]