Posted on 08/16/2018 6:46:42 AM PDT by Gamecock
Officers were called to the Masjid Qamarul Islam mosque on Fosbrooke Road, Small Heath, at around 10pm on Wednesday and the Al-Hijrah mosque on Hob Moor Road 20 minutes later. West Midlands Police said the motive for the attacks is unclear at this stage.
Both mosques were hit by catapult ball bearings which smashed windows during evening prayers. The force said firearms officers were deployed as a precaution and the bearings recovered are thought to be from a heavy duty catapult.
Police are continuing to patrol the area to reassure worshippers and local residents. The incidents came just days after 29-year-old Salih Khater, from the city, was arrested when a silver Ford Fiesta crashed into a security barrier in Westminster after it hit cyclists and pedestrians. Nassar Mahmood, a trustee of Birmingham Central Mosque, said Muslims are facing ‘unprecedented’ levels of Islamophobia.
Speaking after the incident in Westminster on Tuesday, he said attacks have particularly affected women because they are ‘quite visible’ due to the dress they wear. Urging the media not to speculate on any motive for the Westminster incident, Mr Mahmood said: ‘We would ask you to be cautious of apportioning blame to the Muslim community. ‘We are shocked and saddened by this just the same as everybody else.’
When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults
Next they will be doing stickups.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
This having to translate every time you say something in Latin bites. Thanks to the jerk who ruined it for the rest of us.
Nothing like an ancient attack on a religious cult, created in the pits of hell, that wants the world to live like it’s 600 AD
Norman conquest? Muslim invasion conquest is what’s going on with the collision of those who are suppose to be protecting the homeland. It’s crazy, there is no virtue in multiculturalism and relativism, there’s only division, opposition and no commonality. We can’t unite with aggressors who want our abundance, our bounty, but not the privilege of our yoke, our commonality, that burden called privilege, which unites us and helped us create our abundance, our bounty, our respect and reverence, though imperfect, but instead these invaders want to impose subjugate and bind us viciously to that which created the poverty, vio!ence and chaos that they left behind.
Onagers and Ballista come next.
“This is getting medieval.” Just like Islam
That’s actually a trebuchet.
But seriously, are we back in medieval times? Who attacks something with a freakin’ CATAPULT in the 21st century????
Matters not!
That’s what I want to see!
Gotta keep the child sex slavers protected.
This is a good thing. I am so happy to see them fight back.
Have they captured the catapultman? ... It’s the catapult’s fault, y’know.
A medieval weapon used on a medieval cult.
“Could’ve hidden them in the bonnet.”
Between the dynamo and the sump..
Cheers
KYPD
My first thought .....
I certainly hope no one is crass enough to suggest to the Brits that frozen paintballs make lovely marks. Because that would be wrong.
Now, anyone can make one of those with parts they can't ban, and as soon as you fire it, you and your 2 buddies have packed it up and are off down the street before the police can respond.
The viciousness of the Ford Fiesta is well known in law enforcement circles.
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