https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/w...on-mosque.html
U.K. Police Investigating Van Attack in London as Terrorism
LONDON — The authorities in Britain said on Monday that they were treating an early morning attack near a mosque in London as a possible act of terrorism, amid fears of retaliation for several recent assaults in the country attributed to Islamist extremists.
Shortly after midnight, a van rammed into a group of pedestrians near the Finsbury Park Mosque, in North London. One person died at the scene and at least 10 were wounded, but the authorities said it was not immediately clear if the attack was responsible for the man’s death.
The assault, which the police said was carried out by a 48-year-old white man who was believed to be acting alone, drew condemnation from a broad array of political and religious figures and came at what Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged was “a difficult time in the life of the city.”
Some Muslims and others were asking whether the authorities and the news media were quick enough to describe the assault on Monday as an act of terrorism — although Mrs. May said the attack had been declared terrorism within eight minutes.
Speaking in front of her offices at 10 Downing Street, Mrs. May denounced the assault as an act of “hatred” and “evil” against innocent civilians during the holy month of Ramadan, and said security at mosques would be bolstered
Calling the attack a “sickening attempt” to destroy those freedoms, she noted that extremism and hatred could take many forms. But she said the country would never give into hate.
Harun Khan, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said he recognized that many Muslims would be angry about the attack and appealed for calm, but he also warned of a rising tide of anti-Islamic sentiment.
“During the night, ordinary British citizens were set upon while they were going about their lives, completing their night worship,” Mr. Khan said. “Over the past weeks and months, Muslims have endured many incidents of Islamophobia, and this is the most violent manifestation to date.”
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So was this a white person trying to kill muslims? Which still would be terrorism IMHO
Either way, the muslims are eager to use this as a reason to go on the offensive as attack dogs making it look like "islamophobia" is a rampant problem that needs to be stamped out.
On Monday, the Muslim Association of Britain condemned “this evil terror attack,” called for the police to protect mosques and asked the government to fight hate crimes against Muslims.
“We call on politicians to treat this major incident no less than a terrorist attack,” the association said in a statement. “We call on the government to do more to tackle this hateful evil ideology, which has spread over these past years and resulted in an increase of Islamophobic attacks and division of our society, as well as spreading of hate.” ... “When islamist terrorists attack we rightly seek out hate preachers who spur them on,” Mr. Cox wrote on Twitter. “We must do the same to those who peddle Islamophobia.”
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well, gorsh, if their religion didn't go around being the cause of nearly EVERY SINGLE terrorist attack for the last 50 years maybe people wouldn't be "islamophobic"
Yeah I condemn any violence or attacks on anybody, muslim or not. but I think that Islam need to take just a wee bit of responsibility for the reason why they have such a bad reputation. If you go around killing people routinely and are the cause of most terrorist attacks in the world and are trying to take over the whole middle east and killing your own people, then I think you will end up with people not liking you, and being afraid of you Islam.
U.K. Police Investigating Van Attack in London as Terrorism
LONDON — The authorities in Britain said on Monday that they were treating an early morning attack near a mosque in London as a possible act of terrorism, amid fears of retaliation for several recent assaults in the country attributed to Islamist extremists.
Shortly after midnight, a van rammed into a group of pedestrians near the Finsbury Park Mosque, in North London. One person died at the scene and at least 10 were wounded, but the authorities said it was not immediately clear if the attack was responsible for the man’s death.
The assault, which the police said was carried out by a 48-year-old white man who was believed to be acting alone, drew condemnation from a broad array of political and religious figures and came at what Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged was “a difficult time in the life of the city.”
Some Muslims and others were asking whether the authorities and the news media were quick enough to describe the assault on Monday as an act of terrorism — although Mrs. May said the attack had been declared terrorism within eight minutes.
Speaking in front of her offices at 10 Downing Street, Mrs. May denounced the assault as an act of “hatred” and “evil” against innocent civilians during the holy month of Ramadan, and said security at mosques would be bolstered
Calling the attack a “sickening attempt” to destroy those freedoms, she noted that extremism and hatred could take many forms. But she said the country would never give into hate.
Harun Khan, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said he recognized that many Muslims would be angry about the attack and appealed for calm, but he also warned of a rising tide of anti-Islamic sentiment.
“During the night, ordinary British citizens were set upon while they were going about their lives, completing their night worship,” Mr. Khan said. “Over the past weeks and months, Muslims have endured many incidents of Islamophobia, and this is the most violent manifestation to date.”
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So was this a white person trying to kill muslims? Which still would be terrorism IMHO
Either way, the muslims are eager to use this as a reason to go on the offensive as attack dogs making it look like "islamophobia" is a rampant problem that needs to be stamped out.
On Monday, the Muslim Association of Britain condemned “this evil terror attack,” called for the police to protect mosques and asked the government to fight hate crimes against Muslims.
“We call on politicians to treat this major incident no less than a terrorist attack,” the association said in a statement. “We call on the government to do more to tackle this hateful evil ideology, which has spread over these past years and resulted in an increase of Islamophobic attacks and division of our society, as well as spreading of hate.” ... “When islamist terrorists attack we rightly seek out hate preachers who spur them on,” Mr. Cox wrote on Twitter. “We must do the same to those who peddle Islamophobia.”
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well, gorsh, if their religion didn't go around being the cause of nearly EVERY SINGLE terrorist attack for the last 50 years maybe people wouldn't be "islamophobic"
Yeah I condemn any violence or attacks on anybody, muslim or not. but I think that Islam need to take just a wee bit of responsibility for the reason why they have such a bad reputation. If you go around killing people routinely and are the cause of most terrorist attacks in the world and are trying to take over the whole middle east and killing your own people, then I think you will end up with people not liking you, and being afraid of you Islam.
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