Manchester Police: Doing the Difficult Work of Policing


Jihad Al Shamie killed two and injured two.  Manchester police killed one and injured one.  And had the suicide belt been real and detonated,  many others may have lost their lives.  The officers did their job and removed a threat.  For that, we should be grateful.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/03/world-news/manchester-victim-was-accidentally-killed-by-police-in-panic-to-stop-knife-wielding-terrorist/ 

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud stated she had never heard of anyone named Jihad.  She needs to do her homework.  The name, while not prevalent, is in usage.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41734079

I tire of the primary meaning given to the word in the article above. Jihad is used to mean  struggle, within the Nafs (or the soul).  This is the soft answer given within Western nations which host Muslim populations.

The primacy really lies within Tafseer, Ahadith, and historical applications for the word. This is converted into the currency of kalam - or creed.  

Jihad relates to stages of battle and evolutions of the battlespace during the life of Muhammad.  There are five (not four) stages of Jihad.  Unsure how many know the fifth stage.  But every single stage is related to physical activities against a perceived enemy.  

Stages are attached to signals (ayat) within the Qur'an and further keyed within the Ahadith.  The Qur'an is a code book.  Ahadith is the key which unlocks the code.  The Islamic Foundation Library in Markfield, Leicestershire, England is a great place for junior analysts to get their feet wet.  My belief is that Al Qaeda was adept at using Ahadith to hide their Comms. 

Think Sanskrit is difficult? Try Ahadith for a  linguistic challenge. smile  

Jihad begins with the gallop of the horse. And if someone traveling to a land of Jihad dies on their bed, they are considered a martyr.  Intent - is the beginning point for Jihad.  When the individual dies, their body is not washed and their blood stands as a testament to their god.  They receive no funeral prayer because they are already "alive and with their Rabb".

Shaheed (or Shahid) is in greater common usage than Jihad for a boy's name.  I had an enjoyable working relationship with a surgeon with the first name Shahid. He is one of the good guys.

Regardless, Jihad Al Shamie was playing out the legend:  A new actor, on the same seventh century stage, in a different century.

My prayers are extended to the Manchester officers today.  

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