UK authorities have just been accused of “inflating far-right threat to appease critics who say they focus too much on jihadis.” Neil Basu, in speaking about online “Islamist and extreme right-wing terrorism” as if they were equivalent threats, is once again doing this. In any case, he will never “stop people becoming terrorists in the […]
UK: Police consider dropping terms ‘Islamist terror’ and ‘jihadi’ to avoid offending Muslims
Labeling jihadis “irhabis,” those who wage unlawful warfare, of course assumes that jihad activity goes against the teachings of Islam. Obligingly calling jihadis irhabis will prevent British authorities from being able to confront or challenge the fact that jihadis make recruits among peaceful Muslims by presenting themselves as the authentic exponents of Islamic teachings. Pretending […]
UK counterterror top dog: Motive of Muslim who stabbed 3 to death “far from certain,” could be mental health issues
The UK government continues its long-standing pattern of downplaying jihad activity or denying it outright, and ascribing what are clearly actions of jihadists to mental illness. If Britain is to survive as a free society, which seems quite unlikely at this point, this refusal to face up to what the country is facing must be […]
UK counterterror top dog: 3000 suspected jihadis and “we simply cannot watch all of them”
Why does Britain have so many suspected jihadis? Could it be that their policies of appeasement of Islamic supremacist groups and harassment of foes of jihad terror have failed miserably to blunt the appeal of jihad among Muslims in Britain? “‘We CANNOT watch them all’: Scotland Yark [sic] anti-terror chief Neil Basu says officers don’t […]
UK: London counterterror chief says they’re keeping “an open mind as to any motive” of London Bridge jihad murderer
Yeah, it’s a real mystery. Usman Khan was a hardened jihadi who had been imprisoned for jihad terror plotting. His motive is absolutely opaque to the terminally blinkered and willfully ignorant. Neil Basu and other British authorities of course do not wish to appear “Islamophobic.” “Terrifying new footage shows moment hero bystanders armed with a […]
UK: Top “anti-terror chief” blames press coverage for increased jihad terror
“Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu of the Metropolitan police force said that the ‘relentless’ reporting on extremist attacks could be promoting terrorism. Speaking at a counter-terrorism conference in Israel, Mr Basu claimed….that ‘Relentless media coverage of terrorist events is understandable given the public interest, but may exacerbate the problem.’” Covering up the deeds of jihadists and […]
UK counterterror top dog says jihad caused by lack of social mobility and Muslims shouldn’t be forced to assimilate
“Don’t forget that 70%-80% of the people we arrest, disrupt or commit an attack here, are born and raised here. Born or at least raised here. That has got to tell us something about our society.” No, it doesn’t. It tells you something about Islamic doctrine, and the contempt that is inculcated in all too […]
UK terror cop: High level terror threat is “new normal,” Muslims turn to jihad because they “feel disenfranchised”
Basu’s warning here that jihadis who have been prevented from going to Syria may mount jihad attacks at home is blazingly obvious; I’ve been pointing it out for years. The real news here is buried far down in the Independent’s report: “Counterterror police ‘priority’ investigations have increased by almost a third in 18 months and […]
UK: Vehicular attack at Parliament is terrorism, but “what the motive was we can’t answer at the moment”
And probably British authorities never will be able to answer, if the answer puts the May government in an unfavorable light. “Westminster terror attack: Driver arrested after car mows down cyclists and ploughs into Parliament barrier,” by Danny Boyle, Helena Horton, Harry Yorke, and Patrick Sawer, Telegraph, August 14, 2018: A terror suspect arrested after […]
Robert Spencer video: In the UK, if you see something, you better say nothing
In this new video, I discuss London Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu’s recent call for Britons to become “counter-terrorism citizens,” and how it contradicts the British police’s increasing focus on “Islamophobia.”