UK Terror Attack - London Mosque
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The PM has scheduled another Cobra meeting which are very rare events. However since the last few months they are becoming a recurring event.
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There were lots of people around the mosque at that time of night attending Ramadan night prayers. I read that the driver in the van was shouting about wanting to kill Muslims.
Please bear in mind that your comment might be misunderstood.
There is a long and shameful history of calling muslim/people of colour perpetrators "terrorists", while white perpetrators (which I suspect the one at this attack to be) are typically assumed to be "mentally ill" .
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New Scotland Yard have just issued a statement. Considering the circumstances of this incident , it is now considered as a terrorist attack. The attacker is caucasian and is being charged with attempted murder. He is being called a terrorist by police.
The police have to yet determine whether the person who has died was run over by the van or had a medical incident.
The police have to yet determine whether the person who has died was run over by the van or had a medical incident.
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That is true. I don't mean 'madness' as in 'clinically insane', but similar to the recent jihadi terrorist attacks. Though, I have a suspicion (and I could be wrong) that this was a less premeditated attack, possibly without any help from any organisation.
I can't believe it ....
Read this article: Finsbury Park: Muslims call for mosques to be given police protection after terror attack
Pay special attention to the comments. 21 comments, and all 21 of them hostile to Muslims?????
WTF is happening here?
Read this article: Finsbury Park: Muslims call for mosques to be given police protection after terror attack
Pay special attention to the comments. 21 comments, and all 21 of them hostile to Muslims?????
WTF is happening here?
Lone wolf terrorists are no less terrorists, and are probably harder to stop because they are less predictable and there are no communications to pick up in advance.
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It's nice to know the police in the U.K. are willing to label a terrorist attack a terrorist attack. They don't do that in the US unless the perpetrators are Muslim.
Some onlookers were hitting the attacker afterwards (understandably, IMO) and the imam of Finsbury Park mosque stepped in and told them to stop and wait for the police to handle him.
Finsbury Park mosque attack: Imam 'protected van driver' from angry public after crash | The Independent
Finsbury Park mosque attack: Imam 'protected van driver' from angry public after crash | The Independent
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TM said yesterday that she has a proposal to set up an anti-extremism commission. I have heard some of the experts on terrorism saying that is exactly what we need to have here.
May says Islamophobia is a form of extremism, marking shift in rhetoric | Politics | The Guardian
May says Islamophobia is a form of extremism, marking shift in rhetoric | Politics | The Guardian
I read the Finsbury Park mosque used to be very radical and that several terrorists and extremists had been going there, including Abu Hamza and the shoe bomber. The mosque had been reformed around 2005, but these reforms were probably not widely known in anti-muslim circles, so the mosque may have been targeted now because of its previous links to extremists.
Let's hope it doesn't turn out to be used to oppress legitimate opposition. Like ... veganism and animal rights groups, which is considered a form of 'extremism' by some.
Renting a truck in Cardiff and driving 100 miles to London to use it for an attack on a mosque sounds quite "premeditated" to me. But I share your hope that there are no right-wing organizations plotting further terror attacks.
Don't know how reputable "Metro" is, but here we go...
Son of Finsbury Park van owner says 'it's a shame they don't hire out tanks'
Son of Finsbury Park van owner says 'it's a shame they don't hire out tanks'
