Of course, lots of people are bullied at school without turning to the Islamic State. What, oh what, could be the difference in this case? Could it be that Usman Khan read Islamic texts mandating violence against unbelievers and took them to heart? Nah, that couldn’t be it. Everyone knows that when Muslims turn to jihad, it’s non-Muslims’ fault! Must have been the bullying!
“London Bridge terrorist ‘preached with ISIS flags after being bullied at school,'” by Dan Coles, Mirror, November 30, 2019:
A man who went to school with the London Bridge terrorist claims he turned to ISIS after being bullied at school.
Usman Khan’s former classmate remembers him as the quietest student in the class, who became a recluse and only had one friend.
The classmate, who has not been named, told how Khan desperately tried to fit in and be liked at school by wearing the latest clothes but had no confidence and would never speak up.
He claimed Khan was bullied after starting secondary school when he started to grow facial hair at an early age, before his peers .
But the classmate was shocked when just a year after leaving school, he saw him preaching hate on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent, under the black flag of ISIS….