Islamist Terrorism in the West

[Soldier of Macedon]

After this incident from a couple of weeks back:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54632353

Seven people have been charged over the death of a French teacher who was beheaded close to his school last week. Samuel Paty, 47, was targeted for showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students. His killer, 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov, was shot dead by police shortly after last Friday's attack. But seven people, including two students and a parent of one of Mr Paty's pupils, were detained in the days following the killing. On Wednesday, prosecutors said six of the suspects had been charged with complicity in a terrorist murder and placed under judicial investigation. One man is accused of having close contact with the killer and faces the lesser charge of associating with a terrorist.

Macron and Erdogan have been going back and forth with insults and threats. Macron is receiving the backing from EU leaders such as Merkel on his 'crackdown' against extremist elements whereas Erdogan's statements and calls for a boycott are being echoed by middle eastern leaders.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54692802

The mosque in Pantin, north-eastern Paris, was among the first signs that something this time was different. The building, shaped like an aircraft hangar with tiny windows perched high up in its corrugated walls, stands empty and closed. Outside is an official notice, taped in plastic against the rain, announcing its forced closure by the government for "involve[ment] in the Islamist movement", and for sharing a social media video targeting teacher Samuel Paty. The French government's general crackdown on radical Islamism, in response to the beheading of the history teacher outside Paris this month, has been rapid and tough - a blizzard of inquiries, closures, plans and proposals that have sometimes been hard to keep track of. "Fear will change sides," President Emmanuel Macron is widely quoted as telling his Defence Council last week. The government has announced more than 120 searches of individual homes, the dissolution of associations accused of spreading Islamist rhetoric, plans to target terrorist funding, new support for teachers, and fresh pressure on social media companies to police content more efficiently. Nothing on this scale happened after other attacks on President Macron's watch, despite the violent murder of some 20 people during his tenure, among them police officers, a young woman at a train station and shoppers in a Christmas market.

Now this from today:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54729957

Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice, police say. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said there had been a "terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame basilica". One elderly victim who had come to pray was "virtually beheaded". A suspect was shot and detained shortly afterwards. Mr Estrosi spoke of "Islamo-fascism" and said the suspect had "repeated endlessly 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest)." President Emmanuel Macron is on his way to the scene. Anti-terror prosecutors have opened a murder inquiry and France raised its national security alert system to its highest level. Mr Estrosi compared the attack to the recent murder of teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded close to his school outside Paris earlier this month. Police have not suggested a motive for the attack in Nice. However, it follows days of protests in some Muslim-majority countries triggered by President Macron's defence of the publication of cartoons that depicted the Prophet Mohammed. There have been calls in some countries for a boycott of French goods. Meanwhile, two further attacks took place on Thursday morning, one in France and one in Saudi Arabia. A man was shot dead in Montfavet near Avignon after threatening police with a handgun. And a guard was attacked outside the French consulate in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. A suspect was arrested and the guard taken to hospital.

[Carlin15]

Breaking news: Shooter injures Greek Orthodox priest in France’s Lyon and flees

[Soldier of Macedon]

Pakistan's reaction to France's treatment of Muslims.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/...of-encouraging

Pakistan has summoned France’s ambassador in Islamabad to express its deep concerns over what it called “systematic … Islamophobic acts” in the European country. Ambassador Marc Barety was summoned to the foreign office in Pakistan’s capital on Monday morning, a day after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan criticised French President Emmanuel Macron for “encourag[ing] Islamophobia”.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's treatment of Christians.

https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/p...ic-teen-338958

Many people in Karachi took to streets to protest the alleged abduction and forced conversion of a Christian girl to Islam. Arzoo Raja was abducted in broad daylight from outside her house in Karachi’s Railway Colony on October 13. The parents of the 13-year old were later told by police that she had converted to Islam according to her own free will and married her 44-year-old abductor Ali Azhar. Arzoo’s family lodged a police complaint and filed a petition in a local court to seek her safe return. Following this, in a shocking ruling on October 27, the Sindh High Court validated the child marriage and refrained police from arresting the prime suspect.

The girl's mother Rita Masih said she and her family had been threatened by men in civilian attire on court premises. Around 400 people, mostly Christians, gathered outside St Patrick's Cathedral and the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday to demand a fair trial and justice from the Sindh authorities, police and judiciary. The protesters, including the girl's family, slammed the Pakistan government and police. They shouted slogans, slamming the government for its 'indifference' towards minorities. They also expressed dismay over the lack of media coverage of the issue, saying that the plight of minorities was not given the attention it deserved. A cross party group of British parliamentarians also condemned the abduction, forced conversion and forced marriage of the teen. Abductions, forced conversions and forced marriages of girls and women from the minorities background has become a serious concern in Pakistan. It is estimated that approximately 1,000 -- mostly Hindu and Christian -- girls, are abducted, forcibly converted and forcibly married every year.

[Carlin15]

Terror attack taking place in Vienna right now. Multiple dead, multiple locations/shootings, ongoing hostage situation.

[Carlin15]

The army has been deployed.

The Austrian army took over the protection of the capital's facilities.

[Soldier of Macedon]

More information on the situation in Austria.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54788613

Austrian police are searching for at least one suspect after a multiple gun attack in the capital, Vienna, that killed four people. Seventeen other people have been wounded - some seriously - after gunmen opened fire at six different locations in the city centre on Monday evening. One attacker was shot dead by police, officials said. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer described the assailant killed by police as an "Islamist terrorist". Two of those who died in the random shooting were women and two were men. One of the women was reportedly a waitress. The second woman died of her wounds in hospital overnight, reports said. The victims were in a city centre area busy with people in bars and restaurants, near Vienna's central synagogue, but it is not yet clear if that was the target. Seven of the wounded have life-threatening injuries, Austrian media report. Addressing a news conference, Mr Nehammer said the heavily armed gunman killed by police was an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser and that his home had been searched and video material seized. Police tweeted that he had been wearing a fake explosive belt. Earlier, Mr Nehammer said at least one "heavily armed and dangerous" attacker was believed to be still at large. Officials were quoted as saying there could have been as many as four attackers. The interior minister urged people to avoid central Vienna and told parents to keep their children home on Tuesday if they could.........

[Carlin15]

Vienna Terrorist is an ethnic Albanian, Kujtim Fejzulai, from Macedonia.

His ethnic Albanian parents seem to be from the Tetovo village Chelopek.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj...ai-11604401398

https://alsat.mk/mk/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%...5%D1%82%D0%BE/

https://m.mkd.mk/makedonija/razno/vi...va-od-tetovsko

[Risto the Great]

All I heard on the news was a North Macedonian.

[Karposh]

Originally Posted by Risto the Great

All I heard on the news was a North Macedonian.

That's all most people would have heard too. A few mates from work messaged me today to take the piss a bit and I had to explain to them that the guy was not Macedonian but an Albanian, similar to the ones seen in the movie Taken with Liam Neeson.

[Amphipolis]

Originally Posted by Karposh

That's all most people would have heard too. A few mates from work messaged me today to take the piss a bit and I had to explain to them that the guy was not Macedonian but an Albanian, similar to the ones seen in the movie Taken with Liam Neeson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoH2EiQc3ms