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2013-05-25 Britain

Woolwich attack: 'these poor idiots have nothing to do with Islam'

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Posted by Fred 2013-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Woolwich attack: Suspect victim of vicious knife attack aged 16
One of the men arrested on suspicion of hacking to death soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich was himself stabbed in a frenzied knife attack in a south London crack den five years ago, it emerged today.

Posted by tipper 2013-05-25 05:10|| 2013-05-25 05:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Woolwich attack: Michael Adebowale's mother 'tried to prevent radicalisation'
Michael Adebowale, the 22-year-old son of a Christian probation officer and a member of staff at the Nigerian High Commission, was filmed holding a bloodied cleaver in his hand after Drummer Lee Rigby was butchered in a London street.

Friends said he had been a lovely boy but became involved in some serious trouble as a teenager and then turned to Islam. He started mixing with some bad people and became increasingly extreme in his views.

His mother Juliet Obasuyi, a 43-year-old probation officer, went to her friend and neighbour, a 62-year-old security officer, for help about nine months ago after her son dropped out of university.

She told him: Michael is not listening any more. His older sister is a good Christian with a degree but Michael is rebelling as he has no father figure, dropping out of university and handing out leaflets in Woolwich town centre.

Posted by tipper 2013-05-25 05:15|| 2013-05-25 05:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Woolwich attack suspects' former university played host to extremists
The Islamic Society at Greenwich University, where both the Woolwich suspects are thought to have studied, has hosted a series of radical Muslim speakers and distributed extremist literature, The Telegraph can disclose.
The groups possible role in radicalising Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, is coming under close scrutiny after it emerged that the society had promoted extremist views for years.

Efforts to put a stop to campus extremism, led by the Government and the umbrella group Universities UK, appear to have had little effect on activities at the south-east London former polytechnic.

Adebolajo is believed to have studied at Greenwich from September 2003 after completing A-levels at Havering Sixth Form College.

Adebowale is thought to have studied business and may have completed a specialist course unit in organisational behaviour and human resources management.

The Telegraph has learnt that a pamphlet written by a preacher who was banned from entering Britain by the Home Secretary in 2010 was distributed during a freshers fair at Greenwich University in 2011. Dr Zakir Naik, the author, said in the booklet: Every Muslim should be a terrorist.

Posted by tipper 2013-05-25 05:21|| 2013-05-25 05:21|| Front Page Top

#4 This attack has everything to do with Islam. It's exactly the way the Prophet himself practiced the faith.

Posted by jpal 2013-05-25 08:01|| 2013-05-25 08:01|| Front Page Top

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