Good extremists and bad extremists?

In the aftermath of last week's brutal attack in London, some extremely unpleasant reactions have become noticeable.

To note immediately I regard Islam as barbaric and pre-medieval and its enforced belief system as totally unacceptable.

But that is still no justification for the neo-Fascist fringe to take the law into their own hands and indulge their own need for revenge. There is a legal system in place, the law should be allowed to take its course.

I have mentioned this before, but it is worth repeating. Involved here to a great extent are two forms of Fascism - Islamofascism from the Islamic fundamentalists, and standard Euro-Fascism in response. Both are extremes, both in my opinion are wrong and unacceptable.

My concern last week when the two Nigerian-British Muslims barbarically killed the soldier on the streets of Woolwich (and it is worth repeating, again, that their immigrant parents were Christians and in both cases the sons converted to this barbaric antiquated form of Islam) was simple enough. When does the next David Copeland, Anders Breivik or NSU underground movement (Uwe Mundlos, Uwe Böhnhardt, Beate Zäpsche) emerge from the gutter and start killing people in the name of combatting Islam?

Worth noting that in all three cases more people were killed by these thugs than were killed in London last week. That Anders Breivik killed 77 people alone should not be forgotten.

Two interesting items on Breivik.

The first - the amazing, peaceful response last year from the people of Norway to state what they stood for by singing a children's song (that Breivik hated incidentally):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17863332

The second - a Norwegian response from Aslak Sira Myrhe to the Breivik trial and the questions that arise from it (and note the comment about 1930s Fascism - we must be on our guard in this respect):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/24/anders-breivik-verdict-norway

My views on religion are known. I have little time for any belief system, but practise it on your own in your own time and do not hurt anyone else as a result. Frankly I will state the opinion that it will serve no purpose, but I will not deny you your democratic right to believe if you choose.

Abuses by believers though do not and cannot justify violent reactions against other individuals under any circumstances. If someone else who follows the belief's creed of violence is threatening to follow up on it, then recourse to the existing legal system is available. There is no need for, or possible acceptance of, vigilante action.

Postscript - to note in passing. Anders Breivik claims to be a Christian. My fellow atheists will be interested to know that Breivik does not acknowledge the existence of atheists or agnostics. They are either Christian-atheists or Christian-agnostics. In other words even though atheist or agnostic, we are still Christians! Make of that what you will.