This is Amazing.

I commend the blogger who put this together:

http://publicshaming.tumblr.com/post/51092450285/man-killed-in-horrible-london-machete-attack-racist

Also see: Muslims and the British press: http://amilandonethoughts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/if-you-believe-media-you-will-only-see.html

What does a MUSLIM think about the Knife Attack of the Soldier that Happened in Woolwich?

EDIT: It hasn't been confirmed as to whether the criminal was a Muslim or not. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. But in the case if it is... please read on. 

Here's what Islam says about the beheading that happened in London by the two 'Muslim' men:

"That if anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or to spread corruption in the land – it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind."- Quran 5:32 

“Whoever kills a mu‘aahid (a non-Muslim living under Muslim rule) will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, although its fragrance may be detected from a distance of forty years.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2995 (let alone a non Muslims living in his own land!)

Words cannot express how frustrated I am. A couple of pseudo-mujahideen thinking they would have the glory of martyrdom by BEHEADING A MAN ON THE STREETS OF LONDON and shouting 'Allahu akbar' when doing so. This is not jihad, this is barbaric mindlessness! And WE as British Muslims are left to pick up the pieces.

What fate have they left for us British Muslims?

So many British Muslims will suffer as a result; whether it be physical attacks, racial profiling of Muslim men, unemployment, Muslim mothers, women and children being taunted on the street, hijabs being ripped off or reactionary laws against us. I hope it goes all on their record on Qiyamah. And as for those who are discriminating against us Muslims, it's obvious that most 2.8 million of us are not like this. So be quiet. Of course there is a bias in the discourse of the media. But nevertheless what happened was completely against Islam as I have shown above.

You know, this ayah (verse of the Quran) comes to mind when thinking about what the fate of these mindless men could be. I do believe that there were attempts by Imams, parents and other fellow Muslims who tried to talk them out of their extremism:

"They will further say: "Had we only listened or used our intelligence, we would have not been among the inmates of the blazing fire." (Quran 67:10)


EDIT No2: It hasnt even been a day and already Mosques are getting attacked. As British citizens we have to unite against extremism as well as bigotry. These two groups have so much in common.

"We Are Demonized" - British Muslim Students

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/13/muslim-anger-student-rights-extremism-campus-_n_3265222.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

Do check out the link above as it articulates the issue very well. Again, there is fuss about the issue sex-segregation among Muslim students in their Islamic events on campus. This issue is being coupled with the idea that it stems from extremism and therefore shows the 'backwardness' and incompatibility of Islamic societies with western culture- implied by Raheem Kassam from the 'Student Rights' organisation. Apparently this is all done in the name of  "dedicated to supporting equality, democracy and freedom from extremism on university campuses". But I refuse to believe this statement since statements of this sort have been thrown around. It seems as if anything goes so long as you throw in the words 'freedom' and 'democracy'. One finds it hard to see how sex-segregation is linked to extremism if one discovers the significance behind it. Not to mention Islamic events by Islamic societies on campus usually have a section dedicated for those male and female students who choose to sit together. So, if a person wanted to sit in among their own gender only, they are free to do so. If they wished to sit with both genders, again they are free to do so. It's all consentual and does not stem from discrimination, certainly not extremism. 

I remember a few months back just after Hamza Tzortzis had a theological debate with Lawrence Krauss whom was due to have another debate with Richard Dawkins some time after. But that was stopped because Dawkins and Krauss complained about the sex segregation taking place at such events... even though there were designated areas where male and female students had the free choice to sit together. So what's the problem? I feel as if the attention is diverted onto 'issues' that were really never issues in the first place. There are more important issues to focus on that happen in campus what with theft, drinking culture, supporting students with their education etc. yet these people are focusing on this. The phrase ''eye off the ball'' applies here

It's just another feeble attack on Islamic Societies taking the small trivials things, applying a new context to them and then blowing them out of proportion. An attempt to ward non-Muslims away from having actual face-to-face interaction with their fellow Muslim students. An insincere move. Islamic societies hands down among the most active on campuses. Anything from Islamophobes to hinder their progress and alienate them from integration. Raheem Kassam implied this very practice to be synonymous with backwardness, yet isn't this 'witch-hunt' a discriminatory act which in itself is backwards? 'Freedom' and 'democracy' are only used here as a guise for Islamophobia.