Danish Official: Gunman Who Killed Two People Was Inspired by Radical Islam

[brooklynite]

Source: Slate

After a massive manhunt involving “all the country’s police forces,” Danish officials say they shot dead the man who killed two civilians and wounded five police offices in separate attacks on a freedom of speech event and a synagogue. The targeting of an event that featured Lars Vilks, a controversial cartoonist who has faced numerous threats for depicting the Prophet Mohammed raised fears of a Charlie Hebdo sequel in Copenhagen.

"As a nation, we have experienced a series of hours we will never forget," Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Sunday. "We have tasted the ugly taste of fear and powerlessness that terror would like to create. But we have also, as a society, answered back."

Both killings have been characterized as terror attacks and Jens Madsen, the head of the Danish intelligence agency, says investigators believe the gunman was inspired by Islamic radicalism, reports the Associated Press. The attacker was known to security forces, Madsen said, without going into detail. The Danish intelligence agency “is working on a theory that the perpetrator could have been inspired by the events in Paris. He could also have been inspired by material sent out by [the Islamic State group] and others," he added.

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/02/15/danish_official_gunman_in_attacks_was_inspired_by_radical_islam.html

[Fred Sanders]

1. Two "could have beens" are not a conclusion, are they?

[Yo_Mama]

14. No, but the fact he was already on the police radar makes it a pretty strong hypothesis.

The nature of the attacks support the hypothesis, but the prior information would be an important factor.

[Rhinodawg]

15. So true..

and the theory of gravity is just a theory.

I hope I never become a dhimmi.

[Comrade Grumpy]

25. Has any more evidence developed?

All I've heard is that he had a criminal record and gang affiliations.

Most of these "lone wolf" guys seem to be lumpen types.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. well that is a shock.

Bring on the "not a true muslim" and the tragedy buts.

[onehandle]

3. Guns are an international blessing. nt

[Rhinodawg]

4. Sure...All the Radical *****ist fighters are NEVER inspired by *****.

So, how many of the over 100,000 terrorist attack have N O T H I N G to do with ***** ?

(cant say the obvious...nope... its not allowed to say the f**king truth ....crazy)

[alp227]

19. No one's saying you're not allowed to say THAT.

Instead, don't conflate ALL Muslims with the crazies.

[Rhinodawg]

20. If you ever see me do it, send me the link.

cause I never conflate "ALL" muslims with what you call the "crazies"....or what everyone else calls Radical Global Islamic Terrorism.

[MattSh]

5. Headline I'd like to see.

Executive Who Killed 2 Million People Was Inspired by Radical Capitalism

[roamer65]

21. That would be Dick Cheney. N/t

[Rhinodawg]

6. Nothing to do with Islam

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(To the jury,Ive research it and Pat Condell had been posted multiple times on Du before without getting a hide
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x182508
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x485257
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x591981
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101729520#post1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x285718
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x462769

A lot of people like his views...and some don't.

I really don't want a hide and I don't know who to ask or figure out if I'm risking a hide.
I think I've proved it its ok to post with the proof I've given and those people who posted didn't get it hidden.
Thank you for your indulgence)

[Mosby]

11. +1

[alp227]

18. You know who else is fawning over that video?

David Horowitz's FrontPage Magazine - whose slogan is "inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out". Shows you which target audience Condell is pandering to.

[Rhinodawg]

22. I see you are upset...

see this post and let it rip. Lets see you got the guts respond to that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141014484#post56

Islam is a bigoted, misogynistic belief system...

And inspires all sorts of terrible acts, just as it condones it in its own books. Just like all the Abrahamic faiths.

Religious privilege is the only reason Islam is treated with kid gloves as an idea. As with other religions.

"Islamophobia" is a stupid term, as it would be akin to saying "fascist phobia". What would be more accurate a term in "Muslimphobia". And yes, there are people out there with irrational fears of Muslims, or who are just xenophobic and racist as well. But Islam, as an idea, is positively terrible.

I'm sick of the media, the President, etc. saying that all Muslims who kill in the name of their religion aren't "true" Muslims, it's dishonest bullshit that's a result of religious privilege. Or that Islam is a religion of peace. Really? Do people read the text?

And I'm sick of every event where a Muslim kills in the name of Islam of having people try to deflect from any criticism of Islam with the bullshit known as "Islamophobia". Islam itself contributes to lots of phobias, homophobia being among them, it's not irrational to think it's an immoral, assholish belief system.

Many people on DU really don't get this, as not only are they steeped in religious privilege, but it's hard for them to see an American minority group as subscribing to bad or conservative ideas under most circumstances, because it doesn't match with their experiences and prejudices.

I think if a person kills in the name of Islam, it should be treated as the hate crime it is, and also be another good opportunity to denounce the terrible ideas of Islam.

[Skidmore]

27. All three monotheisms have

their share of bigoted, mysogynistic ideas and all claim privilege. All of them have fundamentalist adherents who care nothing about any other peoples in the world save their coreligionists and preserving the narrow version of Truth and Sanctity they lay claim to. It seems to me that all three of the Abrahimic religions have been given huge passes in a world they are shredding as they lay claim to being the chosen of god.

[RoccoR5955]

7. So he was not a "self described atheist"

as the mainstream media says.
He was a wingnut, who thought that killing would accomplish something.
In some ways it does. In some ways, sane people abhor violence even more when it is used in such a way.

[GGJohn]

24. Ummmmmm, you do know that this happened in Copenhagen,

not the US?

[samsingh]

8. seems like millions are being inspired by it

[Rhinodawg]

10. Oh please...These insane, reactionary anti-liberal beliefs of

intolerance , anti-Semitism, violence, misogyny, homophobia and racism have nothing to do with Islam.... even if the people committing these acts say they are.

A few bad apples...

[samsingh]

23. again, ISIS is now estimated to be 200,000 strong and growing rapidly

about 10% of the 1billion are believed to be very supportive of an ultra view of the religion.

that's hardly a few bad apples.

[Pooka Fey]

9. The audio included in the Slate link in the OP is blood chilling.

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I read the whole article, but the audio really brought this event even more clearly into focus.

[seveneyes]

12. Find those who teach these people to create terror

Isolate them from spreading their death to the vulnerable.

[Rhinodawg]

16. Well, you may a partial wish.

Calls to Arrest Danish Imam Who Prayed for Killing of Jews


In a joint Berlin press conference with the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin, the associate dean of the center, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, called on the German Justice Ministry to issue an arrest warrant for Sheikh Abu Bilal Ismail, a Danish imam who called for the extermination of the Jews at Berlin’s al-Nur mosque in July.

Ismail said it was necessary to “Destroy the Zionist Jews…” and to “Count them and kill them to the very last one. Don’t spare a single one of them… Make them suffer terribly.”


http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Wiesenthal-Center-calls-for-arrest-of-Denmark-based-imam-375662

[seveneyes]

17. Society has the power to end most of the teachings that create mayhem

The will to do so appears to be in short supply.

[tabasco]

13. Really?

[CJCRANE]

26. And who bankrolls radical islam?

No one wants to look into that.

Let's just have more unwinnable wars and more surveillance.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

28. His classmates from high school described his hateful comments against the west

A guy from his class was interviewed on tv and it seems that he expressed hatred against western culture during class discussions, years before the shooting. It would appear that his tendency towards radicalism occurred well before he went to prison.