It is unfortunately not unheard of for certain journalists to exhibit sympathies for militant organizations or terrorists. It is more unusual for journalists to become terrorists themselves. We now have such a case.
On June 6, 2017, a hammer-wielding Algerian student attacked police officers outside the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Farid Ikken, 40, took one of the officers to the ground and wounded him before other policemen shot two bullets at him. Ikken was carrying kitchen knives in addition to a hammer.
Anti-terrorist police who later raided Ikkenâs flat found a video of him pledging his allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS). The French Interior Minister confirmed that Ikken shouted âThis is for Syria!â as he struck the police officer.[1] According to the news agency AFP, a spokesperson for the French government said the man had never shown any signs of radicalization. The attack is therefore being treated as an â isolated incident.â[2]
There seems to be many such âisolated incidentsâ happening during Ramadan, from Egypt to England.
The Swedish independent news website Fria Tider soon exposed that the suspected terrorist from Paris had previously worked as a journalist in Sweden, including for the national publicly funded radio broadcaster Radio Sweden (Sveriges Radio).[3] Radio Sweden eventually confirmed that he had worked for them in 2010.[4] Ikken was a freelance journalist employed for different media in Sweden for several years.
In 2009, Farid Ikken won an EU award for journalism against âdiscrimination.â[5] He is thus an award-winning journalist and a terrorist. The article for which he received this award dealt with asylum seekers who are not entitled to free medical care but who still receive it, courtesy of the local taxpayers. Ikken was pleased to see that such important topics as discrimination and diversity received positive attention from the EU.[6]
Ikken had studied at Stockholm University and is thought to have married a Swedish woman during his time there. In 2017, he was enrolled as a doctoral student specializing in communication at Metz University in eastern France. Arnaud Mercier, his PhD supervisor, stated that he was completely stupefied by the attack as Mr. Ikken âbelieved very much in journalistic ideals.â Professor Mercier claims that he didnât have a beard and he didnât wear special clothes. The Swedish Security Service (SĂ€po) had no previous record of Ikken.[7] A well-known French media and journalism researcher has described him as âmeek as a lamb.â
According to most reports, Ikken does not seem to have shown external signs of so-called radicalization before this attack. The mass media and the authorities stress this fact, seemingly in an attempt to reassure people. Have they considered the possibility that this actually makes matters worse, not better?
The attack in front of the Notre Dame appears to be a case of what the author Daniel Pipes has dubbed âSudden Jihad Syndrome.â[8] This term applies to Muslims who, without having previously shown clear signs of Jihadism, suddenly attack, anyway. If Farid Ikken was indeed a so-called âmoderate Muslim,â his example illustrates that even so-called moderate Muslims may physically attack us.
The simple truth is that some allegedly moderate Muslims lie. The concepts of taqiyya and kitman allow Muslims to lie and falsify their intentions towards non-Muslims. This strategy is widely employed by Islamic terrorists.
Another possibility is that a moderate Muslim can suddenly turn militant within a very short time. This abrupt change may be triggered by political or personal experiences, even trivial ones.
As a science fiction fan, I have previously compared Islam to the film The Matrix from 1999. In the movie, anyone connected to the Matrix can at any time become agents of the system and kill those who are perceived as being a threat to the system. This is a good analogy for Islam. Anyone who identifies with Islam can suddenly become agents of Islam and kill those who are perceived as being a threat to the system.
In reality, this means that we cannot rely on so-called moderate Muslims. They may suddenly and without warning turn against us and attack us. The only ones we can trust to a certain extent are ex-Muslims, individuals who have completely abandoned and publicly distanced themselves from Islam.
Notes:
1. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4579792/Footage-shows-student-attacking-French-police-hammer.html
Revealed: Footage shows the moment ISIS-supporting Algerian student shouting âthis is for Syriaâ attacks French police with a hammer before being shot and wounded. 7 June 2017.
2. sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6712069 Man arrested over Paris attack lived in Sweden. June 7, 2017.
3. www.friatider.se/svensk-terrorist-som-angrep-fransk-polis-med-hammare-jobbade-som-journalist-p-sr âSvenskâ terrorist som angrep fransk polis med hammare var kĂ€nd SR-journalist. June 7, 2017.
4. sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6711896 Mannen som sköts i Paris har levt i Sverige. June 7, 2017.
5. www.expressen.se/nyheter/attackerade-polis-i-paris-har-studerat-till-journalist-i-sverige/ Farid Ikken misstÀnks för Paris-attacken. June 7, 2017.
6. www.journalisten.se/nyheter/de-vann-journalistpris-mot-diskriminering De vann journalistpris mot diskriminering 29.10.2009
7. www.thelocal.se/20170607/paris-hammer-attack-suspect-worked-as-a-journalist-in-sweden-report Paris hammer attack suspect worked as a journalist in Sweden: report. June 7, 2017.
8. www.danielpipes.org/blog/2008/01/sudden-jihad-syndrome-its-now-official Sudden Jihad Syndrome â Itâs Now Official. By Daniel Pipes, Jan 2, 2008.
Splendid, again.
LAD HAMMER OG SEGL LYSE Troels Trier Det borgerlige samfund efterlader dig fremmedgjort og forvirret. Komunismen kan gi dig en samlet opfattelse af din omverden og en vej til at ĂŠndre din situation. (LĂŠs Karl Marx og Friedrich Engels: Det kommunistiske manifest.) Lad hammer og segl lyse – hammer og segl finder vej, lad hammer og segl lyse – hammer og segl finder vej. Du kan la’ hammer og segl lyse – hammer og segl skinner pĂ„ dig. Du er rĂžvrendt og forvirret – du har intet sted at stĂ„, Du er rĂžvrendt og forvirret – du har intet sted… Read more »
Det kan vĂŠre en farlig branche, kommunismen. Jeg kendte ikke denne historie
How British universities spread misery around the world
Most of our British university teachers imbue their overseas students with disastrous ideas and remain comfortably here, uninvolved in the misery they have sown overseas. One heroic-cum-tragic exception was Malcolm Caldwell, a communist lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies who was such a fan of Pol Pot and his murderous regime that he went over to see it in person. He had a private interview with Pol Pot himself and was murdered later the same day.
https://spectator.com.au/2015/07/how-british-universities-spread-misery-around-the-world/
Den kendte jeg heller ikke.
Jeg synes sammenfaldet med hammeren i teksten, jeg af en eller anden Ă„rsag har pĂ„ lager, var oplagt- selvom den sidst hammersvingende mĂ„ske ikke nogensinde var kommunist…
Comey har avslĂžrt seg selv, det er han som er the bad guy
https://www.facebook.com/80256732576/videos/10155448121937577/
Gadd ikke Ä lese artikkelen siden den var pÄ engelsk og bÄde jeg og fjordman er norske.
à boikotte sin egen kulturarv og sprÄk er feil vei Ä gÄ selv om man vil spre budskapet sitt internasjonalt.
Men at en journalist ble terrorist er ikke overraskende da vi vet at de fleste journalister har en politisk agenda.
Svensk översÀttning http://mxp.blogg.se/2017/june/nar-journalister-blir-terrorister-2.html
Tak, det var hurtigt.
Vore journalister trĂŠnger i vidt omfang til en omskoling i bedste Pol Pot-stil.
Vore journalister trĂŠnger til et par af de syriske hjernekirurger.
Ja helt utrolig nÄ er svenske journalister blitt terrorister ? man kan vel si at mulighetene for Ä redde Sverige er minimale nÄ.
Tipper det var frustrasjon over at en artikkel ble om Ä utdanne migranter til sjÄfÞrter ble refundert