Preaching Hate In The Name Of Free Speech

[Shola Sholaz]

The brutal murder of British soldier, Lee Rigby, by two religious terrorists on May 22 is the immediate trigger for this week's column.
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The murder which for its sheer brutality has been rightly identified for the barbaric act that it was has left many wondering what kind of hatred could have caused it. It was a throwback to the age of tribal wars and battles when relatively crude implements were the preferred weapons of offence.
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The attackers momentarily turned a space in the 21st century into the age of head hunters when alike sharp and blunt knives and machetes came in handy as tribal groups tackle their enemies.
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And so it was that Rigby's attackers, one of whom has been identified as Michael Adebolajo (Adeboloja?), a Briton of Nigerian descent, set upon their victim with machetes, knives and a meat cleaver.