London – British police have apologized for having a mock suicide bomber shout the phrase “Allahu Akbar” before setting off an explosion during a terror response exercise.
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Greater Manchester Police said in a statement Tuesday it had been “unacceptable” to use the religious phrase as part of the terror drill at a major Manchester shopping mall.
The Arabic phrase means “God is Great.”
Police Chief Tony Lloyd said the use of the phrase could “undermine” strong community relations in the city.
Police said the mock operation was based on the style of attacks that had recently been used by the Islamic State group. It was designed to test the response of emergency teams.
Islamic State extremists have often used the phrase before attacking civilian targets.
From now on when the London police are conducting mock suicide bombing exercises, they will have the man (or woman) portraying the suicide bomber cry out “Shema Yisroel”. Okay?
It won’t be realistic , but at least it will be politically correct.
What’s wrong with Hava Nagila?
Well, what would you expect to call out? if the shoe fits…
If a training exercise is meant to be real, than no apology is needed. Do they or do they not often shout out this phrase is the only question.
The meaning of the phrase is not demeaning to Islam either.
So what’s there to apologize for?
They should apologize, that is way too realistic.
Keep on apologizing for calling out the cancer. Way to go. It’s like apologizing for calling out a deadly sickness today needs to be aggressively dealt with.