Three Men And A Police Officer Stabbed At Mosque.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10123253/Three-men-and-police-officer-stabbed-at-mosque.html

Hate attack or a general falling out, among worshippers ?

[mikey4444]

Sounds like a mad person, from what I have heard on the BBC news this morning.

[RATTER15]

Back to brighten up our Sunday Morning I see :-)

[boxtops]

It says in that link that it's a domestic incident

[anotheoldgit]

Why would anyone want to take a machete along to a prayer meeting?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/16/birmingham-mosque-stab_n_3448917.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

In this Huffington Post report are some suggesting that it might be an anti Muslim attack?

/// The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said Muslims were scared and living in fear of a ''wave of attacks''
Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of IHRC, said: ''Muslims feel scared right now and it is completely understandable. ///

/// ''Muslims have been physically attacked, mosques burnt down, cemeteries vandalised and social media is full of anti-Muslim hatred and violent threats towards Muslims. More needs to be done to protect the Muslim
community.'' ///

[DTCwordfan]

Some local deranged loon - just as we get occasionally in a Christian Church - remember the attack in Gloucestershire eighteen months or so ago.

[jomifl]

Just the normal form of worship, show your devotion to god by killing (or trying to kill) someone that you think he might not approve of, or whom you believe might have shown disrespect.

[sandyRoe]

Sometimes those calling the loudest for respect are least likely to deserve it.

[ChillDoubt]

In this Huffington Post report are some suggesting that it might be an anti Muslim attack?
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Unsure, though I doubt it. I'd read somewhere this morning that the man using the machete was Somalian, allegedly.

[Baldric]

I've seen it on Tv, I've not read the links here yet, but reading the posts here suggests someone would really like it to be an anti muslim incident

[ichkeria]

"Why would anyone want to take a machete along to a prayer meeting? "

To attack someone with it, at a guess

[sandyRoe]

Or for self defence?

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22924456

[anotheoldgit]

Baldric

/// I've seen it on Tv, I've not read the links here yet, but reading the posts here suggests someone would really like it to be an anti muslim incident ///

Rather a strange suggestion, I have also read the posts and cannot see that anyone is suggesting that.

Please point the finger and explain further.

[THECORBYLOON]

Have you not suggested it might be an anti-Muslim incident by asking if it is a hate attack?

[anotheoldgit]

THECORBYLOON

/// Have you not suggested it might be an anti-Muslim incident by asking if it is a hate attack? ///

No I was just asking the question "hate attack or general falling out", I gave no personal answer, but reading the various reports on this incident, there are some who seem to be pointing the finger.

[Gromit]

// Why would anyone want to take a machete along to a prayer meeting? //

To kill people with. If a feud or argument had been simmering for a while, then the decision to take a weapon was a premeditated one.

It actually could have a racial element as the mosque would mainly be run by and the majority of worshippers would be Asian. The man arrested was a Somalian.

[naomi24]

Hate might be a bit of a strong word, but the bloke with the machete definitely didn't like the others very much. ;o)

[jomifl]

Tetjam, it is puzzling isn't it, muslims learn the koran by heart and go to prayers every friday and most of them haven't picked up on the idea of not killing people. I haven't read the koran and don't go to prayers every friday but I don't kill people. How can anyone explain that?