Posted on 10/29/2019 8:01:40 AM PDT by EdnaMode
A man shouting “Allahu akbar!” at a Paris screening of Joker was detained by police after the outburst caused moviegoers to panic Sunday night.
The incident was reported by Le Parisien, which noted that the 34-year-old man was removed from the Grand Rex theater and placed under psychiatric observation.
According to a witness, the man first started repeatedly shouting “It’s political!,” at first drawing laughs from the audience. Soon other audience members were asking him to “shut up” while others grew worried, the witness said.
After the shouts of “It’s political,” the man stood up, placed his hands on his chest and “started yelling Allahu akbar!,” or God is great in Arabic.
The witness told Le Parisien, “People panicked, ran to the exits. Some were crying. A mother was looking for her daughter.” Another witness said some moviegoers climbed over seats to exit, while others were on the floor and being stepped over.
Although the suspect left the scene, police were able to track him down from the phone and jacket he left at the theater. Le Parisien reported that some audience members stayed to finish the film.
Tensions, so far mostly unwarranted, have greeted some screenings since Joker opened. Earlier this month, an audience at a Long Beach theater self-evacuated after a man began acting suspiciously.
According to the Long Beach Post, police were dispatched to the Regal Edwards theater in Long Beach Towne Centre on Saturday after they received calls that there were shots coming from the theater. Long Beach police spokeswoman Arantxa Chavarria said that the moviegoers self-evacuated the theater because of a “suspicious subject inside.” Police arrived and did not find the man in possession of any weapons, however the suspect was taken into custody for an unrelated outstanding warrant.
Islamophobes. They need to be punished for their prejudice. /s
“Allahu akbar!”
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Why the panic?
The Ministry of Propaganda has assured us that means “this has nothing to do with Islam”
Now that IS so funny.
A man shouting “Allahu akbar!” at a Paris screening of Joker was detained by police after the outburst caused moviegoers to panic Sunday night.
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They should have detained the moviegoers for their anti-Islamic intolerance.
The worshiper who yelled “Alahu Akbar” was merely expressing his love for the prophet. Everyone who panicked and left, should have to attend mandatory sensitivity training for Islamophobes!
Why would they run? He was just proclaiming that Allah is great. /s
You mean the ordinary people know that they should be afraid when a muzzy yells “allahu akhbar”? The people are smarter than the authorities. They know that insane muzzies yell their battle cry when they kill humans or are about to crash a plane into buildings.
Psychiatric observation is not what’s needed. Expulsion of all who practice the religion of death and destruction is what’s needed.
He was just Joking.
Contrary to popular belief, it does not mean “God is great”. It means “You all gonna die”.
It should be illegal to yell Aloha Snackbar in a crowded theater.
Those who panicked need to be sent to re-education camps.
Would be nice in yelling that it would be a hate crime.
Is it free speech to yell “Allahu Akbar!” I n a crowded theater?
I was thinking the same thing.
Maybe it was “Allons au Snack Bar”. Something like “let’s go to the snack bar.”
I cannot imagine why a statement of sincere faith would cause panic. Sure, there are occasionally lone wolf attacks by those who do not truly understand the Koran, but Islam is a religion of peace (I hear that on the news almost daily, so it must be true).
Islamophobic moviegoers.
/s
‘“started yelling Allahu akbar!,” or God is great in Arabic....
‘The witness told Le Parisien, “People panicked, ran to the exits. Some were crying....’
Ah, liberals letting the truth come out.
In a crisis, they KNOW darn well Islam is ruthless and to be feared.
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