Good news (for now):
An unrepentant Muslim convert who was on course to become the UK’s first female homegrown suicide bomber has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years for plotting a terror attack at St Paul’s Cathedral.
But it is only good news for now, since Western leaders continue in their willful ignorance about jihad; jihadis go to jail and return to society unchanged or even more hardened in their violent beliefs than they were before. Jihadis use the prison system to spread their messages of jihad and Islamic supremacy. Anywhere they go, they view themselves as committed servants of Allah on the mission to expand and conquer, as per Islamic teachings. British prisons are now grounds for radicalization; Muslim prison gangs have even been caught beating prisoners who won’t convert to Islam. Female jihadis are no different from their male counterparts, although they are often presented in the media as victims. The reality is that they victimize as much as the men do, and if they have children, they train them to be hardcore jihad fighters.
It was also reported by the Voice of Europe back in March that this “unrepentant Muslim convert” Safiyya Shaikh was working with a partner: a “23-year-old ‘Norwegian‘ from Skien who was born to migrant Somali parents.” But information about him is vague, including his name. The Voice of Europe report indicated:
He stands accused of having planned to bomb St. Pauls Cathedral together with a 36-year-old British woman whose name is Safiyya Amira Shaikh, but who was born Michelle Ramsden. Ramsden is said to have converted to Islam in 2007.
Shaikh wanted “to kill a lot” on “a day like Christmas or Easter.” She remains unrepentant. In November, she smiled as she appeared in court. And she was also smiling as her sentence was passed down:
Shaikh, who sat in the dock wearing a black hijab with her head bowed, showed little emotion as the sentence was read out. She smiled and raised her index finger – a gesture appropriated by the so-called Islamic State group.
Let’s just hope that Shaikh isn’t sent to some bogus “deradicalization” program while in prison. “Former member of al-Qaeda turned MI6 spy, Aimen Dean, warned that there ‘is no such thing as a rehabilitated jihadist’ and that efforts by UK ‘authorities to deradicalise convicted terrorists will not work.'”
“Muslim convert jailed for plotting suicide attack on St Paul’s Cathedral,” Worcester News, June 3, 2020:
An unrepentant Muslim convert who was on course to become the UK’s first female homegrown suicide bomber has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years for plotting a terror attack at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Safiyya Shaikh, a 37-year-old mother from Hayes in west London, extensively researched how to cause maximum carnage at the visitor attraction and place of worship, saying she wanted “a lot to die” before being killed herself so she could reach paradise.
Shaikh’s murderous plans came to fruition when she sought help from a bomb-making expert who she believed to be a willing co-conspirator – only to find it was an undercover officer.
She admitted preparation of terrorist acts and dissemination of terrorist publications on the internet.
Shaikh’s defence team said she had “doubts” over the plot. But moments before the judge was due to sentence her on Thursday, prosecutors disclosed details of a phone call to a friend from prison last week in which Shaikh said: “I didn’t get cold feet, yeah – I was ready to go through with it.”
Sentencing Shaikh to life with a minimum term of 14 years at the Old Bailey on Friday, Mr Justice Sweeney said: “I had already reached the sure conclusion in the original evidence that your claim of doubt to the police and others was a lie.
“Your intention had been – and remained throughout – strong.”
Shaikh, who sat in the dock wearing a black hijab with her head bowed, showed little emotion as the sentence was read out.
She smiled and raised her index finger – a gesture appropriated by the so-called Islamic State group – to members of the press as she was led from court after sentencing.
Police said heroin user Shaikh had never expressed regret or remorse for her actions, and had planned to leave a bomb at the London landmark before detonating her suicide vest on an Underground train moments later…..