Roshonara Choudry: model student inflamed by a web preacher stabbed MP ‘to avenge Iraqis’
4th November 2010
Key paragraphs:
But what made Choudhry’s crime all the more disturbing was her transformation in just six months from a moderate Muslim enjoying her English degree studies into an al-Qaeda operative, as a result of simply listening to the sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki online.
Police believe that Choudhry had no direct contact with Islamic extremists and became “self-radicalised” by the calls to arms of al-Awlaki, the Yemen-based leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He is behind numerous terrorist plots, including last week’s attempt to bring down aircraft using parcel bombs.
Moral: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MODERATE MUSLIM. A ‘moderate Muslim’ is one who does not take the tenets of his religion seriously; and that can change at any moment without any warning. As the saying goes, ‘Past performance is no guarantee of future results.’