He was clearly influenced by Islamist dogma, so in that sense he was an Islamic terrorist. Fortunately he wasn't particularly clever or organised so he wasn't very effective. A number of hostages escaped so clearly he didn't have a cohesive plan and it seemed he acted alone.
The situation he generated could have been worse, but it was bad enough for those who were killed.
The disturbing and unanswered question is "how many more like him" ?
Rather that - like most terrorists - he was driven by his fanatical obsession with his version of Islam.
I don't think someone acting on their own can genuinely be called a terrorist, he didn't even have an IS flag, a bomb or decent weapon...what he did have was a proven criminal history and clear signs of delusion and mental illness.
This whole thing is a bit of a beat up...the guy is a nut pure and simple.
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When those 600 odd AFP made that raid some months ago, there were at least 200 Muslims protestors in the streets and you can bet your boots the AFP would have them well photographed.
I thought at the time it was a good ploy by the AFP to drag them out of the wood work and it worked so well.....they received the desired affect......I did make a comment when it happened.
He was an Iranian Shia
The nut case IS mob are super extreme Sunni
I don't think he is a pure and simple nut. He was an Islamic jihadist nut. I know that you, like many posters, are desperately trying to to separate his terrorism from the Islamic faith. Why? It's a futile exercise. What happened to your cynicism? Has it been replaced by naivety?
Sure a good idea, but with all those beards can they tell one from the other ?
So_Gullible.
Fair chance the cops killed one of them, Coroners report will tell all...you guys are the Gullible.
Did you get this heated when Martin Bryant and Port Arthur happen?
The dude is White. Should we blame his "Whiteness" and by association, all White people?
He was Tasmanian. Should we barred all Tasmanians from the mainland?
He, according to Wikipedia, was assessed to be mentally ill, low IQ... what should we do with low-IQ, mentally ill people?
But that's different right?
What a silly argument. Being white or Tasmanian are not something one has a choice about, but adopting an extreme ideology is. No one is blaming all muslims for this, but the Islamic doctrine includes dogma that justifies horrific acts against others. Those who chose to cherry pick the doctrine and act on the vilest part of the doctrine are culpable for their actions.
So he did this in the name of Islam?
What if someone were to do some crazy, criminal acts... and said they do it in your name. Or they know you and did it after meeting you... Should we blame you?
Anyway...
Since when do you have to be a member of ISIS, to be an Islamic terrorist? There are many brands of Islamic terrorists, and yes it is possible to be a solo terrorist.
And the guys flag wasn't a fake flag, it had a genuine Islamic slogan on it, it just wasn't an Isis flag.
Again a silly argument. If I had been advocating others to do crazy criminal acts, then yes, I and he would be culpable if he did it in my name. But when that is not the case and there is nothing that I have ever said that should cause him to undertake such acts, then why would I be culpable?
But Islam is a doctrine, as you well know, that contains many passages demanding of its followers to commit the most vile and heinous acts on others; apostates, non-believers, followers of other faiths, homosexuals, adulterers etc. You are totally aware of these doctrines, as they have been brought to your attention many times in this and other threads. So if a follower of Islam commits such heinous acts in the name of Islam, then he and those who advocate following the extreme parts of that doctrine, as well as the author of that doctrine, whoever that may be, are culpable.
Islam is a religion, and like all religion there's a bunch of nonsense, a bunch of violent and idiotic superstition in there. And like all religion and religious texts, there are also good moral teachings in there as well.
You make it out like Islam is the only religion that advocate the worship of one true god; or the only religion that preaches and used and abused to wage wars and establish political doctrines and states.
Weren't the Crusades a series of Holy Wars? How did all of Europe and most of the world convert to Christianity?
Through songs and dance over Christmas?
Killed 2 people hey, how do you know?
Fair chance the cops killed one of them, Coroners report will tell all...you guys are the Gullible.
Islam is a religion
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