England

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

 

[BillsFanNC]

 

[B-Man]

 

 

Motive unclear

 

A terrorist attack occurred in Manchester, England, this morning against a local synagogue. Here is a widely shared photo of the perpetrator,

 

From the U.K. Daily Mail, referring to the above photo,

 

This is the terrorist with a suspected suicide belt who killed at least two people outside a Manchester synagogue before being shot by police.

A car was driven into a crowd and a man stabbed at 9.31am on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Police said three other victims are in a serious condition after the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.

 

I know the picture is blurry, media accounts show a clearer image. Does he look “far right” to you? How about in the midst of a mental health crisis?

 

You can leave your thoughts in the comments section below. Because you can’t in the U.K., as local media have disabled comments sections.

 

As for me, I’m going with evil. Quoting from the Daily Mail,

 

Police sources told the Mail it was ‘too early’ to determine the attacker’s motivation.

 

So his motivation is not yet clear. Well, except for the painfully obvious.

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/motive-unclear-4.php

[B-Man]

 

[Wolfgang]

 

[Neo]

The synagogue attacker has been identified as 35 year old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent who entered Great Britain as a minor.  The crime has been labeled an act of terror.

 

Time will tell us more.  Immigration and integration are conjoined twins as issues.  Neither is beneficial or harmful alone.   Of course, how you define beneficial or harmful is the illuminating choice one makes during policy conversations.

 

I am fascinated by England, Great Britain, and current events regarding immigration, integration and free speech.  I am more than a little surprised by the trajectory.

 

The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have said anti-semitism will not stand and that government will do everything it can to keep its citizens safe.   Talk is of security.    I am not convinced this is a security issue and not a national character issue,   Time will tell.  In the meantime, don’t  tell me what security details are being deployed.  Tell me what it means to be British.  That moral courage shouldn't be controversial.  That courage is scarce, though, and not just in Great Britain.

Edited Thursday at 09:01 PM by Neo

[Big Blitz]

 

[JDHillFan]

Grotesque 

[ScotSHO]

55 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

Grotesque 

 

During the 1979 Iranian Revolution, communists and Islamists formed a temporary and tactical alliance to overthrow the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Following the revolution, however, the new theocratic government, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, brutally suppressed its communist allies to consolidate power.

 

Libtards across the globe have learned nothing.  Brutally suppressed are internet nice words for all useful commies in Iran were killed dead.

 

[B-Man]

 

 

Meet the Syrian Migrant Named Jihad Who Killed Manchester Jews

Catherine Salgado 

 

No one grounded in reality will be shocked to discover the background of the terrorist who attacked a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur.

 

Jihad Al-Shamie, whom Greater Manchester Police describe as a “British citizen of Syrian descent,” took his name so seriously that he decided to wage jihad (“holy war”) on the congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. After all, Islamic sacred texts command the killing of Jews. Jihad thought he was on his way to Paradise for running over and stabbing Jews, so he was in for a fiery surprise after law enforcement shot him.

 

The police tentatively identified the killer as Al-Shamie but noted that other individuals were also in custody in connection with the ongoing investigation. The police were also, of course, reluctant to admit that there could be any obvious motivation for a Syrian to attack a synagogue. What a mystery.

 

Al-Shamie drove his vehicle into the synagogue and stabbed a man to death in an attack that killed two and injured multiple people. The synagogue was full at the time due to service for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

 

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/02/meet-the-syrian-migrant-who-killed-manchester-jews-n4944410

[Wolfgang]

England chose this path long ago...

 

Perhaps they can move what's left of the Palestinians into the UK...

 

I would support that move...

[Walking Tall]

Such a shame what the UK is going through. I lived there from 1986-88 and have so many fond memories of my time there.

Edited Friday at 04:04 PM by Walking Tall

[JDHillFan]

All those people waving their flags over there are the real baddies. 

[AverageAllensSuspensor]

4 hours ago, JDHillFan said:

All those people waving their flags over there are the real baddies. 

 

I have a hard time understanding the bail system, especially with violent/sexual crimes.

 

It is idiotic letting (probable) violent offenders back to the streets in exchange for money while awaiting trial. If they are dangerous they need to be behind bars in jail.

 

I can understand using a bail system with crimes like tax fraud etc. that take a long time to investigate and where there is little risk of the suspect "ruining" the investigation if not in jail. But for rape, murder etc? Idiotic.

 

(We actually agree on something? Feels a bit scary.)

Edited yesterday at 04:02 PM by AverageAllensSuspensor

[B-Man]

 

 

BEN FREEMAN: I’m Leaving the UK.

 

For years I clung to the belief that, despite the rise in hostility to the Jewish community, we could still build lives here. I had watched from abroad during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020, when Jew-hate poisoned the party and seeped into wider politics. Yet, despite my deep disappointment, I still believed in this country enough to move back from Hong Kong in 2022. I wanted to believe the Jewish story here still had a future, and I was determined to be a part of it.

 

October 7, 2023, changed everything. Hamas carried out the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, and instead of residents recoiling in horror, Britain’s streets filled with marches that celebrated it. Even after two Jews were massacred in Manchester yesterday, on Yom Kippur, the marches continued.

 

Jew-hatred has become mainstream here. It has been excused by leaders. It has been embedded in a culture where terrorism is justified and Jewish suffering denied.

 

You see it in the tearing down of hostage posters across Britain’s cities, a painful message that Jewish lives do not matter. You can see it in the way Jew-hatred and violence are always paired with condemnations of “Islamophobia.” You can see it in a justice system that treats public displays of Judaism as a threat to public safety, rather than the Islamists who cause the danger. You can see it in placards calling for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state and for the genocide of Jews, and in crowds carrying the flags of proscribed terror organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah. These are not, and have never been, pro-Palestinian marches. They are, at their very core, anti-Jewish. They are about stigmatizing Jews as perpetrators of mass murder—and therefore creating the permission structure for violence against us.

 

https://www.thefp.com/p/im-leaving-the-uk-antisemitism-manchester