Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

[Cecil Rhodes]

I'd like to see his brothers pull that shit on us .

[Cecil Rhodes]

Of course the bovine right emerge on here, as always, to proclaim their clearly deeply held racist and and ill informed attitudes.

Cow or Bull ?

[Prospero]

In your case Cecil, the shit is purely from the bull Cecil... but then you have a sturdy reputation to maintain.

[robertlouis]

Any time there is an incident of Muslim commuting (or attempting to commit) a terrorist act in a western country... we often hear fears of 'backlash' against the Muslim community in the media (and from the talking heads in the local Muslim community)... fortunately... these fears are often misplaced as the actual rate of # of 'hate' crimes in this country is pretty low... and those against Muslims are even lower per the FBI crime stats.

That's thankfully true in both the UK and the US, but there's evidence in the wake of this horror of the EDL (English Defence League), a far-right group, actively orchestrating attacks on muslim property and in some cases on individuals - which as I said earlier, is exactly what the terrorists want to happen.

As ever, it's time for cool heads on all sides and allow the authorities to act and for due legal process to take its course.

[Cecil Rhodes]

In your case Cecil, the shit is purely from the bull Cecil... but then you have a sturdy reputation to maintain.

As do you ....

[robertlouis]

In your case Cecil, the shit is purely from the bull Cecil... but then you have a sturdy reputation to maintain.

Asinine might have been better - bovine behaviour tends to be placid and stupid.....

[SheWantsTheD]

2. It appears they were converts - from the afro caribbean community, not immigrants from Muslim countries.

This is another assumption. There are many African countries with large Muslim populations. All black people in europe and america are immigrants, someone in their family came to the west by one way or another. It could well be that these two were born into families already practicing Islam but became radicalized and then went off and did these things.
This coming from a black male born into a christian family. I would laugh if someone called me a christian "convert". I was raised in it.

[tsadriana]

It has been confirmed this morning that the guy who was killed it was a soldier......

[robertlouis]

This is another assumption. There are many African countries with large Muslim populations. All black people in europe and america are immigrants, someone in their family came to the west by one way or another. It could well be that these two were born into families already practicing Islam but became radicalized and then went off and did these things.
This coming from a black male born into a christian family. I would laugh if someone called me a christian "convert". I was raised in it.

The current news reports say that they were British born black men who converted to Islam ten years ago.

[Cecil Rhodes]

Asinine might have been better - bovine behaviour tends to be placid and stupid.....