utoya: a clarification

 
Marbury has just received this message from Andrew Craze,  senior fellow at the Institute for the Defence of Freedom, and author of Eurabian Nights; The Darkening of Western Civilisation:

When I first heard the news of the massacre at Utoya, I knew immediately what to think: the Islamists had struck again. To anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of terrorist tactics, the hallmarks of Al Qaeda attack were glaringly obvious. Yet the cowardly ostriches of the mainstream media, terrified of offending the sensibilities of their liberal masters, refused to acknowledge the obvious signs of jihadist activity. They turned a blind eye to the ideological context of the shooting, and focused only on an individual they naively suggested may have acted alone.

Since then it has transpired that the attacks were carried out, not by an Islamist, but by an enthusiastic supporter of far right groups, particularly those who campaign against the "Islamification" of Europe. 

I should now like to emphasise that it is absurdly premature to draw conclusions about the motivations of the man behind this terrible act. In all likelihood this was the act of a crazed lone individual. Certainly, his political views and ideological affiliations are utterly irrelevant to what happened. I urge all those in the media to resist the urge to score cheap political points at a time like this.

Comments

[Thomas Ogilvie]

Strange. When I first heard about the attacks, *I* immediately thought that it appeared the work of a right-wing 'Lone Wolf'. At that time, the media were suggesting it could have been Islamists. I mention this because it surprised me that anyone could have thought otherwise. Targets of a governmental building and a left-wing summer camp don't exactly smack of Islamists.

[jimmyfallon]

WOW, this is stunningly ironic and the fact he doesn't seem to see it that way is tragically funny and exposes his hatred of Muslims quite plainly.

[simon]

Crazy name, crazy guy. (Really Ian, sometimes you spoil us.)

[Marbury]

Just to be clear - Mr Craze doesn't exist but is a product of my Crazy Satirical Imagination.

[peter]

And of course, the last time that parts of Europe were under threat of Islamic occupation, all we ended up with were croissants and Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turk". Who knows what horrors would be inflicted upon us all if, say, the Islamic Secularists currently running Indonesia were to also run Europe?