Muslim Beheaders of Lee Rigby argue with judge: “We did not betray Islam. You don’t know what Islam is. You will never be safe.”

Beheading in London suburb The Truth About Islam

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This ‘argument’ is very illustrative of the fallacious debate on jihad and the West’s misunderstanding of Islam and the jihadists themselves. We are told by media, cultural and political elites about “misunderstanders” or “hijackers” of Islam — the kuffar explaining Islam would be laughable if the human cost wasn’t so high.
What’s it going to take for the clueless kuffar to get it? They “don’t know Islam is.” How many heads have to roll in the UK or Nigeria or Israel or Egypt or Nigeria or China or Burma or Bosnia or Thailand or Bangladesh or Manhattan or Fort Hood or …
Further, it is outrageous that the media continues to refer to these devout Muslims by their long-abandoned English names. They changed them and insist on being called by their Islamic names, Ishmael Abdullah and Mujaahid Abu Hamza. The media won’t because it rightfully indicts Islam.

“Lee Rigby murderers sentenced to life in prison”


Michael Adebolajo has been sentenced to a “life means life” prison term for the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby while Michael Adebowale was sentenced to life with a minimum of 45 years By David Barrett, and Claire Carter, The Telegraph, 26 Feb 2014

The Islamist killers of Drummer Lee Rigby erupted into violence in an Old Bailey courtroom as they were sentenced for murder yesterday.

Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, had to be manhandled out of court by security guards after being told by Mr Justice Sweeney that their crime was a “betrayal of Islam”.

Adebolajo screamed at the judge as he was manhandled down the dock stairs in the historic Court No 2 but, in scenes lasting several minutes, his co-defendant was held to the floor and cuffed before being carried downstairs head first.

Relatives of Drummer Rigby, who were sitting just three feet away from the dock, stood up and cowered away from the violence.

Eight dock officers wrestled with the killers, who hacked the 25-year-old soldier to death in May last year after running him over near his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London.

Drummer Rigby’s widow Rebecca was left sobbing uncontrollably at the scenes.

Angered by the judges’ comments about Islam, Adebowale stood up and shouted: “That’s a lie. It’s not a betrayal of Islam. You don’t know what Islam is.”

The struggle erupted as the murderer yelled: “I swear by Allah that America and Britain will never have any safety. Allahu Akbar [God is Great].”

After the defendants had been removed Mr Justice Sweeney resumed his sentencing to give Adebolajo a “whole-life” tariff, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in jail.

Adebowale was given life with a minimum term of 45 years.
The judge said the pair both became extremists and decided to “murder a soldier in public daylight” to advance their extremist cause.

He described the scene of the murder as a “bloodbath” and said they “butchered” Drummer Rigby.

Mr Justice Sweeney said the pair had not shown any regret for the killing, adding: “I’m sure this was a murder done for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or racial cause.

“Your sickening and pitiless conduct was in stark contrast to the compassion and bravery shown by the various women at the scene who tended to Lee Rigby’s body and challenged what you had done and said.”

Adebolajo, who wanted to be called by the name Mujaahid Abu Hamza, was dressed in a black Islamic robe and had refused to stand up in court.

Lawyers for Adebowale, who was dressed in a black skull cap and black hooded top, referred to him by the name Ishmael Abdullah.

Richard Whittam QC, prosecuting, said they should both receive whole life terms because of the severity of their crime and its political motivation. David Gottlieb, for Adebolajo, had argued that a whole life tariff would not be appropriate for his client.

“The first defendant (Adebolajo) is not so depraved and wicked that he is incapable of redemption in the future,” he told the court.

He added that Adebolajo was a “sincere but misguided person who has committed a wicked act”.

Abbas Lakha QC, for Adebowale, argued that a whole life tariff would be “inhuman” because it would “extinguish all hope of release”.

The fanatics were convicted of murder last December but their sentencing was put on hold while the Court of Appeal decided whether judges were free to impose whole life tariffs following a controversial ruling by European judges.

Last week appeal judges backed existing British laws which say that in “exceptional” cases the most heinous criminals can be sent to jail for the rest of their lives.

Both killers were born into Christian families and converted to Islam.

Adebolajo became interested in the religion in his teens and eventually became involved in Islamist extremism.

His activities escalated in 2010 when he was detained in Kenya attempting to cross the border into Somalia. It is believed he intended to join al-Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group.

Adebowale and Adebolajo, who both grew up in east London, claimed they were “soldiers of Allah” and that the killing was a legitimate act because Britain was at war with Muslim people.

During their trial at the Old Bailey, Adebowale, from Greenwich, south-east London, offered no evidence in his defence, but Adebolajo, from Romford, Essex, gave a rambling testimony during which he told the jury he loved al-Qaeda.

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