'We Will Shoot' Anyone Who Shouts 'Allahu Akbar', Says Venice Mayor

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dailycaller
JOSHUA GILL
Religion Reporter
11:32 AM 08/24/2017

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The mayor of Venice declared that if anyone shouts ‘Allahu Akbar,’ authorities will “send them straight to Allah” in light of the Barcelona terror attacks.

Mayor Luigi Brugnaro made the remark at a conference where he also stated that Venice’s more aggressive approach to thwarting terrorists made the city far more secure than Barcelona, according to The Times. Other Italian leaders, such as Mayor Andrea Gnassi of Rimini, expressed disdain for Brugnaro’s blunt warning to Islamic terrorists, but Brugnaro said Venice’s success in routing out terrorists speaks for itself.

“In contrast with Barcelona, where they had not set up protection, we keep our guard up,” Burgnaro said. “If anyone runs into St Mark’s Square shouting ‘Allahu Akhbar’, we will take him down. A year ago I said after four steps, now after three. I will say it in Venetian: ‘Ghe Sparemo’ (We will shoot him).”

[The_Reader_David]

The Venetians had a more recent historical memory of dealing with jihadis going into the current phase of the long war between Islam and the West than anyone else. For a long time after the Ottoman Sultans had gone pragmatic and simply wanted to comfortably rule their empire, following the Ottoman defeats at Lepanto and Vienna, there was an island, held by the Serene Republic of Venice, against which the Sultans would send any jihad enthusiasts. The attacks were quite futile, as the island was heavily fortified, could be resupplied by sea, and the Venetians had control of the seas. But it solved a problem for the Sultan/Caliph by simultaneously letting those who wanted to follow the traditional reading of the Qu'ran and Hadiths wage jihad and getting all the jihadis killed off.