In Belfast, a Sudanese man repeatedly stabbed a man in the head before attempting to behead the victim. This attack invites a comparison with events in Windsor, Ontario, back in 2017.
As Robert Spencer notes, the attacker in Belfast was a “Sudanese man,” an Arabic speaker not named at the outset. Police were “commencing an investigation to establish a motive,” which was already evident. The Sudanese man, 30 years old, was acting in obedience to Qur’an 47:4, “When you meet the unbelievers, strike necks.” Dial it back to Windsor, Ontario on October 8, 2017.
Anne Widholm, a 75-year-old grandmother, was taking an after-church walk on a local trail when Habibullah Ahmadi, 21, attacked her. According to Dr. Balraj Jhawar, the victim’s skull fractures, smashed face and fractured neck vertebrae were “among the most brutal things I’ve seen in my career.” (emphasis added) So the “friend of Allah,” which is what Habibullah means, had targeted the frail woman’s head and neck.
At the outset, police proclaimed a random attack and announced no motive. That was “absolutely unacceptable” to Dr. Jhawar. “This is not just another assault,” he said. “This is maybe representing a new, dark side of Windsor that we can’t let propagate.”
The attacker was profiled as a “Windsor man” also known as “Daniel.” At 21 he was a full adult, but no photos of him ever appeared. News reports on the crime included no interviews with the attacker’s relatives, friends or colleagues, before or after the trial.
The Belfast attacker was later identified as Hadi Alodid and his victim as Stephen Ogilvie, a man “in his 40s.” Ogilvie suffered “serious eye, face and back wounds,” and in some accounts lost one of his eyes. The Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder.
Habibullah Ahmadi’s attack on Anne Widholm drove her into a coma, which Dr. Jhawar called “a worse state than death.” When she died a year later, the charge was changed to murder. Habibullah Ahmadi pleaded not guilty. and his possible motive for attacking a defenseless grandmother escaped attention during the trial.
As Mark Tapson explains, Prime Minister Kier Starmer issued a statement condemning the Belfast attack and declaring “absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets.” On the other hand, it’s hard to find statements by Starmer naming and condemning Alodid, or naming and supporting victim Stephen Ogilvie. In similar style, the PM finds no fault with the immigration policies that have made the UK streets, as Mark observes, “Muslim-occupied territory.”
In Canada, feminists did not decry the deadly attack on Anne Widholm as an example of toxic masculinity or violence against women. Then-Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who had often spoken out about bullying, offered no statement. The case also escaped the notice of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who believes “diversity is our strength.”
Keir Starmer may be, as Bruce Bawer contends, “the most despicable creature ever to hold the title of British Prime Minister.” The Widholm case suggests that Canadian officials are far worse.
In February 2021, judge Bruce Thomas sentenced Habibullah Ahmadi to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 13 years, suggesting that the convicted murderer “has good prospects for rehabilitation.” Last year Ahmadi’s appeal was denied, but he can apply for parole in 2030 and odds are strong that he’ll get it. In Canada, a life sentence doesn’t mean life, and Anne Widholm is still dead.
At this writing Stephen Ogilvie remains in critical condition and according to one report has lapsed into a coma. Alodid will probably get off light, and as Spencer notes, those who suggest Islam might have had anything to do with the attempted beheading will be charged with “racism” and of course, “Islamophobia.”
In modern multicultural Britain, a Muslim can attempt to behead a man, the cops pretend they don’t know why, and “absolutely nothing will be done to prevent it from happening again.” The same is true in Canada. Full disclosure, Windsor is this writer’s home town and the attack on Anne Widholm took place near the residence of my cousin Gerri. But of course, the victim could have been anybody’s cousin, wife, brother or friend.
In Canada, to quote the anthem, nobody is standing on guard for thee. Expect no plus brillants exploits, or even common sense, from the pasty-faced poltroons now in power.