Islamophobe London Mosque Attacker Jailed For At Least 43 Years
03 February 2018Islamophobia Watch
man who drove into worshippers near a London mosque, killing one man and
injuring a dozen others, was sentenced Friday to at least 43 years in prison
for what a judge called a crime driven by 'malevolent hatred.'
Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said Darren Osborne's mind had been 'poisoned' by
far-right ideas, and he had shown no signs of remorse.
'Your mindset became one of malevolent hatred,' the judge told the prisoner in
the dock at Woolwich Crown Court. 'This was a terrorist attack. You intended
to kill.'
She sentenced 48-year-old Osborne on Friday to life with no chance of parole
for 43 years.
A jury convicted Osborne on Thursday of murder and attempted murder for the
June 2017 attack in London's Finsbury Park neighborhood.
A 51-year-old man, Makram Ali, was killed and 12 people were injured when
Osborne drove a rented van into people leaving evening prayers during Ramadan.
Prosecutors said Osborne was motivated by a hatred of Muslims and had been
radicalized by online far-right and Islamophobic propaganda.
Ali's family watched from the public gallery as sentence was handed down.
The judge said the victim had 'lived his life without enemies — until,
unknowingly, he met you.'
Ali left a wife and six children. His daughter Ruzina Akhtar said in statement
read in court that 'his life was taken in a cruel way by a very narrow-minded,
heartless being.'
Decapitated Doll Left In Front Of Amsterdam Mosque In Islamophobic Attack
A decapitated doll was left in front of a mosque with an Islamophobic banner
in the Dutch capital Amsterdam by a group of far-right extremists, head of the
mosque said on Thursday.
The far-right 'Rechts in Verzet' movement claimed responsibility for the
attack and hanged anti-Islam banners and headless model in front of the Emir
Sultan Mosque in Amsterdam.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Kamber Şener, head of the mosque, condemned the
incident and said there were many far-right extremists who tried to frighten
Muslims.
Şener said they encountered such an incident for the first time and added an
investigation into the incident has been launched.
The banners hanged outside the mosque read: 'Islam must be stopped. We do not
want a mosque tied to [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan in northern
Amsterdam.'
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