[ April 24, 2024 ]
London Bridge jihad murderer Usman Khan was at Cambridge University Friday, attending a prisoner rehabilitation conference, when he suddenly decided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the “deradicalization” process: Khan stabbed Jack Merritt, 25, to death at what the Daily Mail called a “prisoner rehabilitation conference that paired jailed killers with students and held creative writing workshops.”
But there’s nothing to worry about here. Jack Merritt’s father, David Merritt, is still a true believer in Britain’s failed multiculturalist project: he wrote that Jack “would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily.” Apparently, David Merritt would want jihadis in Britain today to be treated exactly the way Usman Khan was, that is, with credulous leniency. ITV News reported Saturday that Khan got onto the track that led him to the program where he killed Jack Merritt when he “penned a letter from his jail cell asking to take part in a deradicalisation course to become ‘a good British citizen.’”
Predictably, British authorities, ever anxious to avoid charges of “Islamophobia,” fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
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Khan’s deceitful cry for help came in October 2012, “after his conviction for plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange as a member of an al Qaida-inspired group.” While he was in prison, he wrote to British authorities, saying he wanted to “learn Islam and its teachings” through a “deradicalidation [sic] course.” Khan added: “I would like to do such a course so I can prove to the authorities, my family and soicity (sic) in general that I don’t carry the views I had before my arrest and also I can prove that at the time I was immature, and now I am much more mature and want to live my life as a good Muslim and also a good citizen of Britain.”
His request was granted. And Khan is no means the first “deradicalized” Muslim to return to the jihad. Deradicalization programs have been implemented elsewhere, notably in Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s deradicalization program is worse than a failure: terror analyst Paul Sperry wrote in the New York Post several years ago that “counterterrorism experts have long suspected Saudi Arabia’s ‘rehabilitation’ center for terrorists does a poor job of de-radicalizing jihadists. But a Saudi detainee at Guantanamo Bay now reveals it’s actually a recruiting and training factory for jihad.”
Sperry reported that
According to recently declassified documents, senior al Qaeda operative Ghassan Abdullah al-Sharbi told a Gitmo parole board that the Saudi government has been encouraging previously released prisoners to rejoin the jihad at its terrorist reform school, officially known as the Prince Mohammed bin Naif Counseling and Care Center.
When asked about the Saudi deradicalization program by his parole board at Guantanamo, al-Sharbi responded: “True. You are 100 percent right, there is a strong — externally, a strong — de-radicalization program. But make no mistake, underneath there is a hidden radicalization program. There is a very hidden strong — way stronger in magnitude — broader in financing, in all that.”
The record shows that al-Sharbi was right. UPI reported in February 2009 that “eleven Saudis released from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are on a list of 85 wanted terrorism suspects made public by the Saudi Interior Ministry, officials said. Saudi officials said the 11 former Guantanamo Bay detainees underwent a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists and are thought to have fled the country, joining terrorist groups elsewhere.” In June 2010 a Saudi official revealed that twenty-five graduates of the Saudi deradicalization program had returned to jihad.
That same month, Indonesia’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Patrialis Akbar, admitted that his country’s deradicalization program was a failure: “We have to say that generally the program has failed. There are convicts who have successfully been re-integrated back into society, leaving behind their old ways. But successes are few compared to those who remain unreformed. It is extremely difficult to reform terrorists because we are trying to destroy years of indoctrination and misinterpretation of Islam.”
One wonders why it is so difficult. If their misinterpretation of Islam is so clear, one would think it wouldn’t be all that hard to explain that to jihadists, who are generally very devout and anxious to the right Islamic thing.
Unless, of course, the “misinterpretation of Islam” that the jihadists use to justify their actions and make recruits is based on a broad, mainstream tradition in Islam — a tradition that is yet to be successfully challenged on Islamic grounds by self-proclaimed moderates.
And in the West? The Washington Post reported in February 2017 that the French government’s deradicalization program was, according to a French Senate report, a “total fiasco.”
This universal failure is no surprise. Deradicalization programs are based on a false premise: that jihadis are misunderstanding Islam and misinterpreting the Qur’an, and can simply be shown the error of their ways. If the true teachings of Islam are peaceful, then all that needs to be done is show the jihadis how they’re overlooking all the peace, and all will be well. But since the Qur’an and Sunnah are full of commands to make war against and subjugate unbelievers, the idea that jihadis can be “deradicalized” by reference to them is just a myth told to Infidel authorities to lull them into complacency.
As Usman Khan demonstrated Friday on the London Bridge, we’re likely to be paying for this myth for a long, long time.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.
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4 years ago
Euro-Numbskulls Increase Iranian Trade After Violent Crackdown
https://en.radiofarda.com/a/six-european-countries-join-instex-after-violent-suppression-of-iran-protests-/30300604.html
Trump dropped Obama’s phony nuke deal [JCPOA] with Iran in 2017. He also slapped US sanctions on businesses that traded with Iran. Europe stayed in the phony nuke deal, and responded to Trump’s sanctions by setting up a money laundering barter system with Iran to immunize European businesses from sanctions [INSTEX]. Money going to and from Iran goes through the European Bank, where sanctions do not apply.
Germany, Britain and France started this dumb INSTEX game in January 2019, and Finland, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden have now also just joined. This makes no sense, because new money entering Iran mainly goes to terrorism and population subjugation.
Rule #1 of human behavior: “Rewarding destructive behavior will increase the frequency and severity of that destructive behavior.” But politicians still think that appeasement will work.
4 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Boris will put Traitor Mays mistakes right. Got to win the election outright first to wield any real power over parliament and get Brexit done.
Then changes for the better will happen.
4 years ago
Reply to
Dave Glynn
Boris is better than May, but he does dumb things too. For example, as UK foreign minister, he signed an authorization for British Intelligence to spy on Trump, to help Brennan’s CIA.
4 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
All politicians appear to be deeply flawed individuals and I wouldn’t trust one of them 100%
4 years ago
Reply to
Dave Glynn
JUST SO YOU KNOW BRAVE DAVE GLYNN WHO SHOULDN’T BE STATING YOUR REAL NAME ONLINE, MATE, I HAVE A FRIEND WITH A TEA HOLDER-TIN WITH THE BRITISH FLAG THAT SAYS “KEEP CALM & CARRY ON” WHICH WAS A SLOGAN OF THE CONSERVATIVES BEFORE WWII THAT WAS NEVER USED AS THE WAR STARTED AFTER THE POSTERS WERE PRINTED. PM CHURCHILL’S 1945 CAMPAIGN SHOULD HAVE USED THOSE POSTERS AND NEVER HAVE ALLOWED ATTLEE TO DESTROY YOUR EMPIRE LET ALONE CORBYN TO WIN TODAY!
THE TEA IT CONTAINS IS GOOD EXCEPT YOU BRITS HAVE THE IDEAL THAT FOLKS HAVE TIME TO USE SPOONS TO HOLD THE TEA BAG WHILE IT SEEPS AND WE LAZY AMERICANS LIKE OUR LITTLE STRINGS TO SEEP THE TEA QUICKLY AS WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE GO! I ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE CO. TO LET THEM KNOW THIS! ADMITTEDLY I LIKE THE TIN MORE THAN THE TEA EVEN THOUGH IN COLD WEATHER I LIKE TEA AND COFFEE TOO MUCH. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
4 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
FROM A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE OF SELF-INTEREST THAT IS WHAT THEY DO LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AS ALL COUNTRIES SPY ON EACH OTHER AND EACH OTHERS’ LEADERS OR THEY AREN’T DOING THEIR JOBS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS/INTELLIGENCE! THERE WAS A REQUEST MADE BY WHAT THE BRITS COULD CONSIDER A CREDIBLE U.S. OFFICIAL AT THE TIME AND COUNTRIES SPY ON EACH OTHER ANY WAY! HOWEVER, LIKE UKRAINE, U.K. DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING THE DEM-WIT LEFTISTS COULD USE WHICH IS ALL THAT COUNTS! GUARANTEE IF THEY HAD, THE DEM-WITS WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO TRY TO USE IT AGAINST PRES. TRUMP! U.S. REP SHIFTY SCHIFF WOULD HAVE BEEN JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH PRESS RELEASES ALL ABOUT IT! HOPEFULLY, PM BORIS WILL WORK WITH THE BREXIT PARTY AND AGREE TO A COALITION TO LOCK THE CORBYNITES OUT OF POWER! HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON TO ALL RIGHTISTS!
4 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Are they blind to whats happening in iran socially? How do they feel about that – Guess they did’nt learn a thing from National Socialism and the deaths of 60 million plus people – or Communism and the USSR
4 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
THE EUROPEANS CAN SAY ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC SELF-INTEREST AND WE AMERICANS CAN SAY, WE WON’T EVER TRUST YOU AS ALLIES ANY WAY! ALL OUR MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WE KEEP TO OURSELVES, PERIOD, FORMING INDUSTRIAL TECH ALLIANCES WITH COUNTRIES LIKE ISRAEL WHICH CAN BE REALLY TRUSTED! HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON RIGHTISTS!
4 years ago
In the Muslim Holy book, the Quran in 19:33 Jesus said, “I was at peace when I was born. I will be at peace when I die and I will be at peace when I am resurrected alive.”
Quran 3:54, God is the best planner. 3:55, God said, “O Jesus, I am terminating you and raising you to me so that those who follow you will be superior to unbelievers and return to me on resurrection day and see judgement.”
4 years ago
Reply to
Darwin Iverson
Yes, but the Koran also requires that Muslims must convert, subjugate or destroy all unbelievers of Islam. Therefore, Islam is not compatible with, or tolerant of Christianity.
Quran 5:51 O you who believe (Muslims)! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people (Jews, Christians, infidels).
Quran 8:7 Allah wished to confirm the truth by his words: Wipe the infidels out to the last.
4 years ago
Reply to
Darwin Iverson
So what? Nazism wasn’t all bad — the nazis got the trains to run on time. Retard.
4 years ago
Reply to
Darwin Iverson
Those infidels shouldn’t be allowed to even mention our lords name unless they are in the process of converting to Christianity.
4 years ago
If only these Islamic terrorists went after those idiots who created these ‘deradicalization programs’ it’d be sweet justice. They all deserve it for defending these vermin.
4 years ago
Reply to
Ban Islam
Agree. Even Liberal loon Clooney the Loony had to admit Trump was
Correct and he was wrong http://offtrade.net/cnmnews/cloony-admits-trump-was-right/
LOL !
As long as they don’t have to pay the price for their loonism, they will shill for it !
4 years ago
Reply to
Ban Islam
Islamic terrorists can never be deradicalized it is simply impossible. The only safe way is to once caught to immediately despatch them to Allah. No if, no but, no fancy lawyers!!
4 years ago
If only these Islamic terrorists went after those idiots who created these ‘deradicalization programs’ it’d be sweet justice. They all deserve it for defending these vermin.
4 years ago
4 years ago
British leadership is a house of fools stumbling over one another making excuses and remaining ignorant of reality.
4 years ago
Reply to
gfmucci .
I am convinced those people are in fact a collection of gutless fools , and really that goes for any country that allows this type of terror to continue , it is beyond belief that any country would stand still for this .
4 years ago
Another great analysis by Mr. Spencer, one to which I am compelled to express myself, especially since I believe that this article is a projection that what is happening around the world will become very active here. To begin with I admit to being a legitimate Islamophobe. I believe my concerns are based on a realistic analysis of what I have seen going on over the last 50 years. Islam is not, from my conclusions, a reverent religious belief system. I see any belief system that considers itself to be the dominant belief system, with underlying beliefs that they must convert the world to their belief system, and justifying conduct that constitutes terror, to be an actual criminal cult; therefore I feel it is reasonable for us non-Muslims to be especially concerned for our safety. Recently, I heard that
the intelligence community has concluded that because these believers claim justification for their violent conduct towards non-Muslims, they have
essentially come to the realization that rehabilitation of those believers is not an available or workable remedy. Those violent believers come from a
culture, and follow their belief system with such fervor that they have no understanding that life is to cherished and, and as a result, no fear of losing their lives,
falsely believing that the next “life” will be better than the present one. With that type of thinking, it should be clear that they cannot accept western
free societies. Therefore, I believe that the only answer, short of the death penalty for acts of murder and appropriate incarceration for other violent acts, after they serve the penalty for their heinous acts, would be to ship them back, to their own cultures where their belief system will not make available to them us non-Muslims, who they intend to terrorize. I agree that unless we begin to do so, in addition to the closing of our borders to these robotic inane and dangerous believers, we will continue to face these horrendous acts of violence here in the states. That, to me, is the reality!
4 years ago
Reply to
Dennis
The truth will set you free, but the truth, when unpleasant, is rarely acknowledged.
Terrorists must be liquidated. Period. Full stop.
The West, including the state of Israel, refuses to face this fundamental truth.
The cost of this failure is borne, and will continue to be borne by murdered innocents.
4 years ago
Those so-called deradicalization programs have all the survivability potential of a rehab romance.
4 years ago
Send em some Muslim loving gays to the Saudis hm?
4 years ago
And MSM in the UK avoided using any reference to Islam or Muslims simply calling him a terrorist and an act of terrorism.
Of course when anyone with views considered to be right of centre even makes a potentially controversial remark, MSM will use any reference it can find to associate the `culprit` with right wing extremism.
Its MSM Globalist bias that creates greater anger and divides an already disgusted majority of free thinkers from the brain washed (sadly mainly young) idiots who are taught love, kindness and treat everyone as equal will result in a better World. What part of history and nature do these fools not understand
4 years ago
Reply to
Roy Jennings
Mayor Kahn too avoided mentioning the murdering muzrats name.
Couldn’t be related?????
They’re all inbred anyway so wouldn’t be too surprised if he knows his namesake is actually his real cousin.
4 years ago
Reply to
Dave Glynn
Exactly. I was thinking about that possibility too. The only way to rehabilitate these murdering inbreeds permanently is by a bullet or with a noose. The idiots who have left this inbred terrorist loose again should now be charged with complicity.
4 years ago
Reply to
Hans Wellington
There’s a big stink brewing up right now as who is responsible for allowing these scumbags to be free early. One of the murderers friends has already been scooped up and thrown back into the slammer.
rules will change.
4 years ago
Further proof that the only real answer to islamic jihad is EXTERMINATION –
4 years ago
Reply to
volksnut
Those inbreeds can never be deradicalized. They have no human qualities, compassions or feelings. They are basically just primitive through generations of intensive inbreeding produced brainwashed primates. The only kind way to deal with them is quick extermination.
4 years ago
So it is clear that “deradicalization” of a Muslim jihadist is impossible because Islam is radical, extreme and requires violence against the unbeliever in order to be a “good” Muslim.
4 years ago
“Deradicalization” for muslims…what a laugh. When is the UK and Europe going to realize that they are taught to lie to advance Islam??
They don’t get it.. and until they do, more innocent people will die.
But in reality Europe is on its way to becoming completely Islamic. It’s already too late..
4 years ago
Pakistani mayor – pakistani rules
4 years ago
Rehab? Rehab?
4 years ago
The bitter fruits of an official cultural and religious state of blindness in too many officials in the UK justice system, prison service and political elite result in the mass rape of some of the most disadvantaged young girls in UK society as well as the slaying by car crash, bomb, and knife at the hands of the faithful of people going about their daily lives in our cities.
I don’t know of any scheme in the UK where people involved in the day to day running of the affairs of state can go to have their oh so PC fantasies dispelled by cold and gritty reality as to what Islam and it’s willing enablers are doing to our country.
Until we have compulsory seminars for people involved with muslims at every level of British society, these misjudgements and “errors of omission” are likely to continue causing even more alienation and deaths.
The remedies are simple, but as yet, like across the western world, I see little evidence the people are ready to learn from their many mistakes, being ostracised by their peers for their bold initiative seems to count for more.
The horses don’t seem thirsty enough to drink quite yet.
4 years ago
HEY! AAA NEEDS TO CATCH ON TO TREATING ALCOHOLICS THE JIHADI DERADICALIZATION WAY! THROW THE DRUNK A BOTTLE OF BOOZE AFTER EXPLAINING TO HIM THAT ALCOHOLISM IS A FALSE ENJOYMENT OF SPIRITS AND WHAT DO THEY DO? SURPRISE! GET BACK IN A CAR, COMMIT DUI AND KILL YOU! WOW! GO FIGURE!
MAN, I’M JUST TOO CYNICAL TO BELIEVE THAT WILL EVER WORK! I STILL SAY DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE! IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE MENTAL FORTITUDE TO KNOW THAT DRINKING TOO MANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ISN’T GENERALLY A GOOD THING, I DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR YOU! LIKE A SELF-ENABLED, NASTY EX-BOSS WHO TAUGHT ME ALL I WILL EVER NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALCOHOLICS, I SAY LEGALLY SPEAKING DECLARED ALCOHOLICS CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED WITH ALCOHOL OR AUTHORITY OF ANY KIND JUST LIKE ISLAMIC JIHADIS WITH WESTERN CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM SO MUST LIVE IN THEIR OWN SHARIA STATES! HAPPY & SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON, RIGHTISTS!
4 years ago
Reply to
Cauc-Asian Patriot
More tax payer funded er-ridicularization for welfare cheats who work cash in hand only to avoid tax!
Please no more Muslim invites or fake refos. Give them an inch and they take a mile. As long as its freebies.
