itsnotoutthere Posted February 15 #1 Share Posted February 15 (edited) A 14-year-old boy has died and four people have been wounded in a knife attack in Austria. It happened at around 16:00 local time (15:00 GMT) near the main square of Villach, a southern town close to the border with Italy and Slovenia. The suspect is a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker and has been detained, AFP news agency reported citing a police official. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew5v48w54qo More cultural enrichment. Edited February 15 by itsnotoutthere 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted February 15 #2 Share Posted February 15 what’s happened now? Not another one? I cant keep track. Austria now. no, no, a Syrian asylum seeker. another one allowed in, are we surprised, allowing people in with a mindset of life is cheap, and we are paying the price. oh well, is everyone here safe, yes, okay then, lets talk about something else. without looking or googling how many people died in the German Christmas market attack? you cant remember? oh look over there another squirrel. The left want more of these people in your towns and cities. They'll be out protesting against the far right tomorrow. just in case anyone has any ideas to stop the cultural enrichment programme. its good for ye you know. until the next one stay safe. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell Posted February 15 #3 Share Posted February 15 They believe, erroneously, that they are God's chosen people. They also believe that the first law is to worship God. It isn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted February 15 #4 Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, Ell said: They believe, erroneously, that they are God's chosen people. They also believe that the first law is to worship God. It isn't. At this point, what they believe and what atrocities they justify in the name of their religion isn't even noteworthy any longer. They are barbarians and they always have been. The real question today and the focus of European populations should be how to remove those in their governments that BRING THEM IN. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell Posted February 15 #5 Share Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, and-then said: The real question today and the focus of European populations should be how to remove those in their governments that BRING THEM IN. I am of the paranoid persuasion, so I consider it likely that those those are simply following orders, either purposefully or ignorantly, in order to convince their populations that said people are not human. So I doubt that those those will be removed. Instead they will be succeeded by other thoses that will be tasked with dealing conclusively with the dehumanized people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted February 16 #6 Share Posted February 16 Quote from article: "A delivery worker who had driven his vehicle at the attacker helped prevent more injuries, police said. The driver - also a Syrian man - said he witnessed the attack as he was driving by and deliberately rammed the knifeman." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted February 16 #7 Share Posted February 16 looking very pleased with himself. Islamist radicals hold up an index finger as a sign of their ideology. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted February 16 #8 Share Posted February 16 (edited) I have posted several times on UM that the Syrians living in my city are the most polite and educated people I have had the pleasure to meet. Of course, there are some Syrian fks who kill people out of revenge or whatever. I live very close to a shopping center. Several shops are now owned by Syrians, and no one, Muslims, Christians or heathens have no problems shopping there. Maybe they are Syrian Christians, I never asked them. I do my laundries in a shop owned by Surinam Muslims. We talk, we laugh together, they ask me about my retirement, they ask me about plants, trees and herbs, because they know I have worked for 12 years for a landscaping company. And I think one of their employees, a very Muslim woman, has the hots for me. = Another thing (yes, I'm drunk), has any of you noticed NO Turks are involved in these attacks? There are millions of Turks living in Germany, and hundreds of thousands here in the Netherlands. But you rarely hear about a Muslim Turk going berserk, shouting 'Allahu Akbar', and kill innocent bypassers. Why not? If you want to offend a Turk here in the Netherlands, say something like, "Hey, are you a Moroccan/Arab?" One Turk once told me that he ...uhm... didn't like Arabs and Berbers that much. Turks here see them as 'hyenas'. Edited to add: What I am trying to convey here is, that it isn't about religion, but about education and upbringing. Turks are a proud people. Moroccans and Arabs are most certainly not. Proud people do not steal from old people; there's no honour in that. Moroccans won't hesitate to steal your money when you're an old guy taking up money from an ATM. What I want to say is: It's not just about religion. It's about culture and upbringing. Edited February 16 by Abramelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittens Are Jerks Posted February 17 #9 Share Posted February 17 Austrian knife attack suspect was radicalized on TikTok, officials say The 23-year-old Syrian refugee believed to have killed a teenager and injured five other people in a weekend stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach became radicalized quickly by using TikTok, officials said on Monday. The suspect, identified as Ahmad G., had the flag of the Islamic State in his apartment but had not previously attracted Austrian authorities' attention. The case highlights the challenge of preventing so-called lone wolf attacks, when an attacker acts alone without outside help. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-842534 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setton Posted February 17 #10 Share Posted February 17 On 2/16/2025 at 12:27 PM, stevewinn said: looking very pleased with himself. Islamist radicals hold up an index finger as a sign of their ideology. That gesture is used by Muslims all over the world as a symbol of Tawhid, the "oneness" of Allah, as opposed to the trinity in Christianity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted February 17 #11 Share Posted February 17 6 minutes ago, Setton said: That gesture is used by Muslims all over the world as a symbol of Tawhid, the "oneness" of Allah, as opposed to the trinity in Christianity. Great. I'll remember that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted February 17 #12 Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, Kittens Are Jerks said: The case highlights the challenge of preventing so-called lone wolf attacks, when an attacker acts alone without outside help. Interesting coincidence: In ancient Assyrian/Akkadian the word for 'wolf' is 'barbaru'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittens Are Jerks Posted February 17 #13 Share Posted February 17 44 minutes ago, Setton said: That gesture is used by Muslims all over the world as a symbol of Tawhid, the "oneness" of Allah, as opposed to the trinity in Christianity. The raised index finger has been used by ISIS as a symbol for their cause. It has also been used by ISIS supporters at rallies and, as appears to be the case here, after killing and injuring people with a knife. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittens Are Jerks Posted February 18 #14 Share Posted February 18 Syrian delivery driver who rammed car into attacker hailed as hero in Austria A Syrian migrant living in Austria has been hailed as a hero after he rammed his car into an attacker, bringing down a radicalised assailant who had killed one teenager and left five others injured. As the country mourned, many hailed the bravery of Alaaeddin al-Halabi, a food delivery driver who left Syria in 2015 and who had been driving past the area on Saturday when he noticed a commotion. He slowed down, he told Reuters, “because there were many people, some running, some scared, and some were shouting for help”. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/syrian-migrant-in-austria-who-rammed-car-into-attacker-hailed-as-hero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setton Posted February 18 #15 Share Posted February 18 9 hours ago, Kittens Are Jerks said: The raised index finger has been used by ISIS as a symbol for their cause. It has also been used by ISIS supporters at rallies and, as appears to be the case here, after killing and injuring people with a knife. And it's also used by Muslims all over the world as a symbol of Tawhid, the "oneness" of Allah, as opposed to the trinity in Christianity. To characterise it as an extremist symbol is ignorant at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittens Are Jerks Posted February 18 #16 Share Posted February 18 2 minutes ago, Setton said: And it's also used by Muslims all over the world as a symbol of Tawhid, the "oneness" of Allah, as opposed to the trinity in Christianity. To characterise it as an extremist symbol is ignorant at best. I'm quite aware the gesture is used by Muslims as a symbol of Tawhid. However, it is very much an extremist symbol in this instance. The raised index finger is also used in a political context by IS and its supporters — not as an affirmation of the oneness of God, but as an affirmation of their sinister ideology. When British rapper-turned Jihadi Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary posted a photo of himself using this gesture whilst holding a severed head, was he declaring his belief in the oneness of God? No, he was not — just as the attacker in this instance wasn't. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajay0 Posted February 18 #17 Share Posted February 18 I have been reading about such articles for years now, Islamic terrorists radicalized by ISIS propaganda killing western citizens. All this is a fall-out of the expensive Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in search of wmd which was not there . The invasion destabilized the region and created the monster of ISIS which has now become a much bigger global problem than Saddam Hussein. And now ISIS inspired Islamists are constantly creating havoc in the west with the ideological objective of destabilising it. I suppose this is what happens when you try to solve all problems with a hammer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unusual Tournament Posted February 18 #18 Share Posted February 18 On 2/16/2025 at 10:27 PM, stevewinn said: looking very pleased with himself. Islamist radicals hold up an index finger as a sign of their ideology. Looking at that monster, the answer is very simple. Illegal migrants should not be under the laws of the state. Laws of the state are for citizens and guests. They should be held accountable to another set that includes, no social security, no free medical, no work permit, instant deportation and jail/capital punishment. P.S. she should have popped him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unusual Tournament Posted February 18 #19 Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, Ajay0 said: I have been reading about such articles for years now, Islamic terrorists radicalized by ISIS propaganda killing western citizens. All this is a fall-out of the expensive Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in search of wmd which was not there . The invasion destabilized the region and created the monster of ISIS which has now become a much bigger global problem than Saddam Hussein. And now ISIS inspired Islamists are constantly creating havoc in the west with the ideological objective of destabilising it. I suppose this is what happens when you try to solve all problems with a hammer. To a point you are right but what to do with allies like Turkey? Turkey weaponised the migrant flows from 2015 onwards and Merkel forced the EU to accept them on humanitarian grounds to integrate into western society and the economy. Sometimes the enemy is also within and around us also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted February 18 #20 Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, Kittens Are Jerks said: I'm quite aware the gesture is used by Muslims as a symbol of Tawhid. However, it is very much an extremist symbol in this instance. The raised index finger is also used in a political context by IS and its supporters — not as an affirmation of the oneness of God, but as an affirmation of their sinister ideology. When British rapper-turned Jihadi Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary posted a photo of himself using this gesture whilst holding a severed head, was he declaring his belief in the oneness of God? No, he was not — just as the attacker in this instance wasn't. Correct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittens Are Jerks Posted February 18 #21 Share Posted February 18 14 minutes ago, stevewinn said: Correct. Yes, just as you were when you stated "Islamist radicals hold up an index finger as a sign of their ideology." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted February 18 #22 Share Posted February 18 5 minutes ago, Kittens Are Jerks said: Yes, just as you were when you stated "Islamist radicals hold up an index finger as a sign of their ideology." It was naive from the other poster when context is everything given the situation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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