In July last year, a Garda was stabbed in Dublin by a man who shouted “Allah uh Akbar” as he unsuccessfully attempted to ram a knife into the Garda’s ribs. Thanks to evidence produced in court yesterday, we now know that the attacker, 24 year old Abdullah Khan (presumably not of the Ballymahon Khans) had pledged his undying allegiance to a man called Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the founder of ISIS.
Further, we know that Mr. Khan carried out his attack because he was angry at the state permitting free speech, and, as he saw it, the insults that free speech permit be directed at Muhammed, who Muslims view as a prophet. In a previous incident, he had attempted to burn down a pub belonging to Conor McGregor, on the basis that Conor McGregor was part of the “right wing” and that Mr. McGregor was “helping the far right grow in Ireland”.
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