UK Synagogue Attack: Anti-Semitism or "Anti-Zionism?
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Sir Keir Starmer has said it is clear "hatred is rising once again" following a terror attack on a Manchester synagogue - as he promised Britain would "come together to wrap our arms" around the Jewish community.
The prime minister said: "Earlier today, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day for the Jewish community, a vile individual committed a terrorist attack that attacked Jews because they are Jews."
Greater Manchester Police said two members of the Jewish community have died and three more are seriously injured, after a car was driven at pedestrians and a person was stabbed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall on Thursday morning.
The offender is also dead, having been shot by police, and the incident has been confirmed by police as terrorism.
Police named him as Jihad al Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent.
Sir Keir, who returned early from a meeting of European leaders in Denmark, said Jewish buildings, including synagogues and schools in the UK now require round-the-clock protection "because of the daily threat of antisemitic hatred".
"We must be clear it is a hatred that is rising once again, and Britain must defeat it once again," he added.
Addressing the Jewish community moments after an emergency Cobra meeting, he said: "I promise you that I will do everything in my power to guarantee you the security that you deserve, starting with a more visible police presence, protecting your community.
"I promise you that over the coming days, you will see the other Britain, the Britain of compassion, of decency, of love.
"And I promise you that this Britain will come together to wrap our arms around your community and show you that Britain is a place where you and your family are safe, secure and belong."
Sir Keir said "to every Jewish person in this country", he knows "how much fear you will be holding inside of you" and said he expresses "my solidarity, but also my sadness that you still have to live with these fears - nobody should have to do that".
He then posted on X: "Antisemitism is a hatred that is rising, once again. Britain must defeat it, once again."
Earlier, the prime minister told broadcasters on the tarmac in Copenhagen extra police were being sent to synagogues across the UK after the terror attack.
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The prime minister said: "Earlier today, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day for the Jewish community, a vile individual committed a terrorist attack that attacked Jews because they are Jews."
Say hello to the return of the Middle Ages.
It is a vile and hateful act. I'm sure the terrorist picked Yom Kippur specifically to carry out his hatred.
Greater Manchester Police said two members of the Jewish community have died and three more are seriously injured.
A car was driven at pedestrians and a person was stabbed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall on Thursday morning.
IMO Hamas and its teacher Iran can be thanked for their SO successful psychological warfare campaign that is infecting the minds of the bleeding hearts of the world.
The offender is also dead, having been shot by police, and the incident has been confirmed by police as terrorism.
Police named him as Jihad al Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent.
I'm wondering if his parents named him Jihad and if they did, they should be jailed for his crimes. I suggest that anyone named Jihad should automatically be added to the terrorist watch list.
One terrorist wiped out, millions to go, along with their sympathizers.
Can anyone explain to me why Microsoft Bing REFUSES to defne or translate the word "Jihad" but provides absolutely unrelated answers? I then searched "Why is Microsoft Bing refusing to define or translate the word "Jihad"?" and got similar absolutely unrelated answers.
Will someone please post what Google comes up with? I wanted to be able to post that the perpetrator lived up to his name.
There's much too much information to post!
Here's a very brief excerpt from the Wikipedia article:
Jihad is mentioned in four places in the Qur'an as a noun, while its derived verb is used in twenty-four places. Mujahid , the active participle meaning " jihadist ", is mentioned in two verses. [ 22 ] In some of these mentions (see At-Tawbah 9/41, 44, 81, 86), it is understood that the word jihad directly refers to war, and in others,
jihad is used in the sense of "the effort to live in accordance with Allah's will". [ 22 ] Qur'anic exhortations to jihad have been interpreted by Islamic scholars both in the combative and non-combative sense. [ 33 ]
Ahmed al-Dawoody wrote that there seventeen references to or derivatives of jihad occur altogether forty-one times in eleven Meccan texts and thirty Medinan ones, with 28 mentions related to religious belief or spiritual struggle and 13 mentions related to warfare or physical struggle. [ 10 ] : 56
Can anyone explain to me why Microsoft Bing REFUSES to defne or translate the word "JIhad" but provides absolutely unrelated answers?
Probably "political correctness".
(On certain subjects Wikipedia is also unreliable-- they occasionally publish something innacurate, something that is obviously biased)
Here's a very brief excerpt from the Wikipedia article:
So basically it means "a struggle"
But can be used in the totally spiritual sense (an inner struggle to fight one's own negativity) and/or an outer struggle meaning actual physical warfare against an external enemy.
I've also come across the word "Jihadist". That's generally used in the West to mean a terrorist!
I've also seen where many Muslems have the belief that if they die defending Islam they are guarateed a place in Heaven.
Many really believe this (and the way heaven is depiected is "pure paradise'!
And then there's the YPJ:
Kurdish female fighters are best known as members of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), an all-female militia that emerged from the Syrian civil war in 2013 to fight against groups like the Islamic State (ISIS) and Turkish-backed forces.
The YPJ are a significant part of the broader Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) , with a history rooted in the struggle for Kurdish autonomy and women's emancipation. They have become a symbol of female empowerment, fighting on the front lines and ispiring women globally,
(The YPG are Kurds. They have a strong commitment to womens' rights...as well as many other democratic principles)
The reason I mention this: Even the tough fighters of ISIS were terrified of the YPG women.
Why? Because apparently ISIS fighters believed that if they died "defending Islam" they'd go to Heaven, but if they died fighting women-- they would not go to Heaven!
[ OK-- that's enuf Jihadi talk for one day...]
Yeah, I'll say.