“He is accused of assault causing harm to the Garda at Capel Street on 29 July and production of a knife capable of causing serious injury.” Just as the media conspired to hide Abdullah Khan’s ethnicity and religion (leaving out he shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he launched his knife attack), the charges brought against him exclude the obvious charge of attempted murder and terrorism. We have seen this time and again, not least the 2022 murder of two gay men by Yousef Palani where the media attempted to deflect blame away from his religious beliefs and cultural upbringing by stating he was raised for most of his life in Ireland so the blame is to lie with Irish society. After the stabbing of an army chaplain at Renmore army barracks in Galway in 2024, the media took full advantage of his age to block out any coverage of his ethnicity. It came out in the trial that Gardai (police) found an ISIS flag, beheading videos and other terrorist materials at his home. During his trial, the ‘boy’ said “I did it in protest of the Irish Defence Forces and their work in Mali and all the stuff for Islam.” It’s unknown how many other acts of Islamic terrorism the media, Gardai and legal system have covered up or minimised in Ireland.

Posted by Fred Bassett