Copycats or not, that is not what matters here. Not everybody got a combat, discipline and terror training like the thugs in Paris. What matters is that it happened. And that illustrates the motivational power of the events in Paris, and that there are people out there who are willing to follow that example as best as they can, amateurs or not. And that is what worries the security authorities more than anything else. There is no defence possible.
Meanwhile this, a Turk commenting quite honestly about the hypocrisy that also is to be seen in the official, politically correct reaction of the Muslim community to the events in Paris. For some reason, views like this still are underrepresented in the mainstream media, even after Paris.
"The magic formula "This has nothing to do with Islam" does not work anymore: A call for more honesty, thoughtfulness and self-criticism among Muslims" - Hit the translate button:
https://translate.google.de/translat...ehr&edit-text=
German original:
http://www.achgut.com/dadgdx/index.p...eht_nicht_mehr