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Elderly Pakistani Man Stabbed To Death After Leaving Mosque In Birmingham
A 75-year-old man stabbed to death yards from his home may have been targeted in a racially motivated attack, according to police.
Mohammed Saleem, who used a walking stick, was stabbed three times in the back as he returned home from prayers at his local mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham, on Monday night.
The blows were struck with such violence they penetrated to the front of his body.
The father of seven also had no defensive wounds in what has been described as a swift, vicious and cowardly attack by the man leading the murder investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Payne of West Midlands police.
Officers want to trace a white man, aged 25-32, of medium height and build, spotted on CCTV footage running near the scene of the attack around the time it happened, just before 10.30pm.
Police also want to trace a seven-seat people carrier captured on CCTV, driving near the mosque with the two male occupants, both white and in their 30s, who are considered “significant witnesses”.
In an emotional family appeal on Thursday, two of Saleem’s daughters, Shazia Khan, 45, and Nazia Maqsood, 44, called for the attackers to hand themselves in. They tearfully described their father as a “widely respected member of the community” and “much-loved”.
For just a minute, can we talk about how fucking broadcasted this would be if it was a Christian walking out of church?
The dictionary definition of terrorism states it is “The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.”
So why aren’t anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant attacks ever referred to as terrorist attacks? They seem to fit the dictionary definition perfectly.
This hardly saw London news. The other day, a soldier was attacked by two people who had converted to a radical Islamic group, and it’s been the main headline since it happened, two days ago. When it happened, the media went crazy with shouts of “terrorism” and were emphasising the black race of the two people who did it; and their religion, which was Islam.
The evening of the attack, a FB group commemorating the soldier was put up. The comments on that group were so hateful towards Muslims and some people thought acts of violence would be the only way to “Get rid of Muslims, and make them go back to where they came from.” The news didn’t highlight any of this. They didn’t get highlighted as terrorists.
The English Defence League are a group of people, who say they are peaceful protesters against Islamic Laws in Britain. On the evening of the attack, they rallied forces and had violent behaviour towards police and had to be calmed down by them. So much for peaceful. The media didn’t label them as terrorists either.
The media initially insinuated that Islam was to blame, but have since changed their wording to “a radical Islam group”. It’s a shame that since this has happened, the amount of racist and religious prejudice had increased.
I don’t see how the above incident is less deserving of the news than the one about the soldier. It’s the media.
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Elderly Pakistani Man Stabbed To Death After Leaving Mosque In Birmingham
A 75-year-old man stabbed to death yards from his home may have been targeted in a racially motivated attack, according to police.
Mohammed Saleem, who used a walking stick, was stabbed three times in the back as he returned home from prayers at his local mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham, on Monday night.
The blows were struck with such violence they penetrated to the front of his body.
The father of seven also had no defensive wounds in what has been described as a swift, vicious and cowardly attack by the man leading the murder investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Payne of West Midlands police.
Officers want to trace a white man, aged 25-32, of medium height and build, spotted on CCTV footage running near the scene of the attack around the time it happened, just before 10.30pm.
Police also want to trace a seven-seat people carrier captured on CCTV, driving near the mosque with the two male occupants, both white and in their 30s, who are considered “significant witnesses”.
In an emotional family appeal on Thursday, two of Saleem’s daughters, Shazia Khan, 45, and Nazia Maqsood, 44, called for the attackers to hand themselves in. They tearfully described their father as a “widely respected member of the community” and “much-loved”.
For just a minute, can we talk about how fucking broadcasted this would be if it was a Christian walking out of church?
The dictionary definition of terrorism states it is “The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.”
So why aren’t anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant attacks ever referred to as terrorist attacks? They seem to fit the dictionary definition perfectly.
This hardly saw London news. The other day, a soldier was attacked by two people who had converted to a radical Islamic group, and it’s been the main headline since it happened, two days ago. When it happened, the media went crazy with shouts of “terrorism” and were emphasising the black race of the two people who did it; and their religion, which was Islam.
The evening of the attack, a FB group commemorating the soldier was put up. The comments on that group were so hateful towards Muslims and some people thought acts of violence would be the only way to “Get rid of Muslims, and make them go back to where they came from.” The news didn’t highlight any of this. They didn’t get highlighted as terrorists.
The English Defence League are a group of people, who say they are peaceful protesters against Islamic Laws in Britain. On the evening of the attack, they rallied forces and had violent behaviour towards police and had to be calmed down by them. So much for peaceful. The media didn’t label them as terrorists either.
The media initially insinuated that Islam was to blame, but have since changed their wording to “a radical Islam group”. It’s a shame that since this has happened, the amount of racist and religious prejudice had increased.
I don’t see how the above incident is less deserving of the news than the one about the soldier. It’s the media.
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