On 22 May 2017, the suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people and injured many more after an Ariana Grande concert in the Manchester Arena. On 9 September 2017, the Manchester Arena was reopened with a benefit show labelled as a “We Are Manchester” concert. The concert’s aim was to raise money for a place of memorial for the victims of the attack. “We Are Manchester” is only one of the many peaceful responses to the attacks: In contrast to the heated debates on increasing security, they reveal different ways of standing together for a liberal and diverse society against the fear caused by terrorism.
Schlagwort: Terrorismus
Beduinen im Sinai: Verbündete im Kampf gegen den „Islamischen Staat“?
Während viele Augen auf die militärischen Erfolge gegen den „Islamischen Staat“ im Irak gerichtet sind, kämpfen Ableger der Organisation in anderen Teilen der Region weiterhin erbittert, etwa im nord-östlichen Sinai. Dort strebt der IS-Ableger „Wilayat Sinai“ mit lokaler beduinischer Unterstützung danach, eine Provinz des „Islamischen Staates“ zu errichten und liefert sich dabei ausgedehnte Gefechte mit den staatlichen Sicherheitskräften. Seit Anfang dieses Jahres haben sich jedoch einige beduinische Stämme auch auf Seiten der Regierungskräfte in den Konflikt eingemischt, was die ambivalente Beziehung zwischen den lokalen Beduinen und dem „Islamischen Staat“ veranschaulicht.
The Knife Attack in Hamburg: Lone Actor Violence and Mental Illness
On the 28th of July, a 26 year old man, Ahmad A. launched a knife attack in a supermarket in the Barmbek area of Hamburg, wounding four people and killing one. He fled the scene of the attack before being forcefully apprehended by some bystanders. The attacker, a rejected asylum seeker, was understood by the police to have been recently religiously radicalised. Hamburg’s Interior Minister Andy Grote explained that he was known to the police as an “Islamist but not a jihadist” and was suspected of having psychological problems. Prosecutors have asserted that he had no known connections with any organized radical network or group and that he had planned on dying as a martyr.
