There may be 200 that they know of now, but it was number 201 of the Tiny Minority of Extremists that very nearly succeeded in committing mass murder. More on this story. “Suicide bomber in Sweden not on security list,” by Louise Nordstrom for the Associated Press, December 15 (thanks to JCB): STOCKHOLM – The […]
Report: “About 200 Islamic extremists” in Sweden
“The radicalisation happens in Sweden.” And while “the agency stressed the 200 or so extremists were ‘not a threat to the fundamental structures of society, Sweden’s democratic system or central government’,” the fact that such “radicalization” can and does occur within the country points to an equally urgent matter and a broader web of “extremists” […]
Spencer: Sweden: Suicide Bomb Against Free Speech
In Human Events this morning, I discuss one obvious lesson of the jihad bombs in Stockholm: […] And so we see yet again, with this new escalation in the jihad against the West, that the freedom of speech is one of the foremost battlegrounds of this war. Jihadists like Taimour Abdulwahab Al-Abdaly, the suicide bomber […]
Stockholm jihad bomber’s family blames Britain for his “radicalization”
But they really should be blaming Islam, for in this fascinating piece from the Telegraph, it is taken for granted that someone who becomes more “religious,” i.e., more devout in his observance of Islam, will be liable to become fanatical and violent. Yet we are constantly told in the West that the truly devout Muslims […]
Sweden jihad bomber: “To all Muslims in Sweden I say: stop fawning and humiliating yourselves for a life of humiliation is far from Islam”
He was hoping to commit mass-murder on a large scale for Allah. “Stockholm bomber aimed for major targets: prosecutor,” by Patrick Lannin and Niklas Pollard for Reuters, December 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Middle East-born man who died in a blast in Stockholm was wearing an explosives belt […]
Sweden jihad bomber “friendly” immigrant “radicalized” in Britain
“He drank alcohol and had girlfriends.” But then in England he encountered Muslims who told him that the true and pure Islam was something different from what he had been living. Once again we see devoutness in Islam lead to jihad activity. But note also that, at least by the account of Qadeer Baksh of […]
UK: Luton mosque says they threw out Stockholm jihad bomber for his “extremist” views
“I talked to him and went through his arguments and countered all of them theologically and he accepted it. I thought that was the end of it but he carried on. So one day, before the end of Ramadan, when the mosque was full I directly challenged all his misinterpretations of Islam.” Of course, Qadeer […]
UK police search house in link with Sweden jihad blasts
International jihad. “UK police search house in link with Swedish blasts,” by Simon Johnson and Patrick Lannin for Reuters, December 13 (thanks to JCB): STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – British police were searching a house in southern England on Monday as part of investigations into two explosions in Stockholm which Swedish authorities said they were treating as […]
Sweden jihad-martyrdom bomber: “The Islamic State of Iraq has kept its promise”
More on Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly. “Sweden: Stockholm bomber ‘acted on Al-Qaeda’s orders,’” from AKI, December 13 (thanks to C. Cantoni): (AKI) – Iraqi citizen Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, who apparently blew himself up on a busy shopping street in the Swedish capital Stockholm at the weekend, was acting under direct orders from Al-Qaeda’s leadership, according to […]
Spencer: Why Sweden?
In today’s Front Page, I ask the burning question: why Sweden? Why did Islamic jihadist Taimour Abdulwahab Al-Abdaly, the suicide bomber who killed himself on a major street in Stockholm on Saturday, decide to target Sweden, of all places — one of the most benign multiculturalist welfare states on a continent full of them? For […]