Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Meanwhile in Australia: You won't hear about this on NPR

The stabbing of a bishop in Australia may have been carried out by a Muslim teen. First the story from SkyNews,

"A Western Sydney church stabbing allegedly by a teenage boy that left a Christian priest and bishop injured has been classified as a 'terrorist attack' by police. Assyrian church leader Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was allegedly set upon by a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife on Monday just after 7pm as he delivered his sermon at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley, near Fairfield."

"NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb told reporters on Tuesday morning the teen allegedly turned up at the church armed with a 'possibly a flick knife' and allegedly stabbed the priest and bishop who have since undergone surgery for deep cuts."

"'We’ll allege there’s a degree of premeditation on the basis this person has travelled to that location, which is not near his residential address, he has travelled with a knife, and subsequently the bishop and the priest have been stabbed,' she said. Investigators believe at this stage the boy acted alone. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb on Tuesday morning said after “consideration of all the material” of evidence she had to declared it a 'terrorist incident'." 

Next some commentary by Bill Meuhlenberg at CultureWatch,

"It is said that the boy was upset, believing the Bishop insulted ‘the Prophet’ – Muhammad. It is also reported that he yelled Allahu Akbar as he attacked the Wakeley Bishop. More details will be forthcoming on all this, but it is a huge concern that radicalised teens are involved in jihad attacks like this.

While it is still early on, and more information is needed..."

This story will probably be ignored by American media outlets such as NPR just as they ignore the persecution and murder of Christians happening daily in the rest of the world.

 

2 comments:

  1. Katherine3:40 PM

    I suspected as much when I saw that the stabbing had taken place in the church during Divine Liturgy.

    In Australia, as all over the Anglosphere, a "terrorist" attack means an attack motivated by Islamist fanaticism. They're just afraid to say, "Islamist."

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    1. Right, if you say that you get reported for hate speech.

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