Of course! What else could it possibly be? British officials don’t admit the existence of Islamic jihad, much less Islamic antisemitism.
“Abdullah Qureshi Given Hospital Order After Court Finds He Is ‘Suffering From A Mental Disorder,’” Campaign Against Antisemitism, February 19, 2023:
Abdullah Qureshi has been given a hospital order after the court found him to be “suffering from a mental disorder”.
On 7th April, Mr Qureshi, 28, from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates’ Court to two counts of assault by beating and one count of grievous bodily harm with intent. The charges related to a series of assaults on 18th August 2021 in Stamford Hill in which five religious Jews in the North London neighbourhood were violently attacked.
In one incident at 18:41 on the day of the attacks, an Orthodox Jewish man was struck in the face with what appeared to be a bottle. In another at 19:10, a child was slapped on the back of the head, and in yet another at 20:30, a 64-year-old victim was struck and left unconscious on the ground, suffering facial injuries and a broken ankle. Two further incidents were also alleged.
Dr Bala Krishna, a specialist in forensic medicine, informed the court that, at the time of her assessment of Mr Qureshi, it was her opinion that he was “currently presenting psychotic symptoms,” namely “paranoia and auditory hallucinations, depressive symptoms, and anxiety,” adding that he needs “further assessment to be fully diagnosed”.