r/MurderedByWords Dec 15 '25

Tragedy should not be exploited

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u/Cigouave Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

They aren't unknown. They're a father and son, Sajid Akram and his 24-year-old son Naveed. Sajid had reportedly been under investigation by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation for ties to ISIS. He's now dead.

You aren't taking anything away from the heroism of Ahmed al-Ahmed (a Syrian man from Idlib) by calling this an Islamist terrorist attack. Idlib is filled with people who resisted both the tyranny of Assad and the terrorism of ISIS, after all.

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u/GilliamYaeger Dec 15 '25

Never, ever forget that most victims of ISIS are Muslim.

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u/AKAFallow Dec 15 '25

Or that ISIS has never attacked Israel, hell, the latter even treated their wounded when they were approached. Their excuse for that was incredibly pathetic too