Muslim Arsonists Get Prison

(London, England) Three Muslim men were sentenced to prison yesterday for arson.

Ali Beheshti, Abrar Mirza and Abbas Taj planned to set fire to Gibson Square Books after discovering it was going to publish The Jewel of Medina, a book about the Prophet and his young wife.

Mirza - Taj - Beheshti

Beheshti and Mirza poured diesel through the door of the Islington-based company and set it alight. They were arrested by armed Met Police officers as they attempted to flee the scene.

Beheshti, 41, of Tavistock Gardens, Ilford, and Mirza, 23, of East Field Road, Walthamstow, admitted conspiracy to commit arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered, at an earlier hearing on April 21.

A third man, Abbas Taj, 31, a minicab chauffeur who was driving the getaway car, pleaded not guilty to the same charge, but was found guilty by a jury after a trial at Croydon Crown Court on May 15. Today each was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

Via a thorough investigation by authorities, overwhelming evidence was collected to indicate that the three Muslims had shown a "violent mindset." It hasn't been explained how a violent mindset meshes with peace and tolerance and diversity. One probably has to convert to Islam to understand.