Terrorism in the name of Allah

I am sick of hearing terrorists shouting that the killings and maimings they are carrying out are in the name of Allah. Who is this Allah? Is he a God of violence and hatred? That's the only explanation I can think of for last night's latest terror attack in the UK? Hatred in the name of a God is an historic cliche, going back to the Crusaders. But in today's world, Allah is being praised for acts of brutality and atrocity, as if that justifies everything. Modern politicians can't cope with this sort of mindless ideology and, I'm afraid, nearly always say the wrong things when they are requested to react to the latest attack. Instead of dismissing these Allah-invoking terrorists as murderers and killers and leave it at that, they have to come up with meaningless phrases which show up their confusion. Theresa May, for example, has said this morning that the terrorists attacked "unarmed and innocent civilians". Sorry!!! UNARMED civilians!! What sot of society does she believe we live in? Do people go to bars and restaurants in London armed to the teeth with guns etc??!! Of course the lovely people enjoying their night out last night were "unarmed". And innocent? Why would civilians be anything else but innocent? It's meaningless. Then there's the comment made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London. He said violence like this could not be justified! Well, durgh!!! Violence against men, women and children carrying on their normal lives could never be justified under any circumstances. How could it ever be, whatever Allah appears to be calling for? It's meaningless to say it's not justified because that implies that some violence against civilians might be justified. Doesn't it? All the other political stuff about "we won't be cowed by these terrorists, life will go on", is a now all too familiar mantra. I don't object to that, we are, after all, in this together and must stand together, but one of these days a politician might stand up and say something that isn't out of the book of cliches. We WON'T give in to terrorism! We all know that. But somehow it never really comforts us when a senior politician trots out that same old remark. Unfortunately, the way terrorism is going these days, it's difficult to see how any government can guarantee the safety of its citizens when all the terrorists have to do is get a van and a few butcher's knives and go on the rampage. The police last night were brilliant. They shot dead the three terrorists within EIGHT minutes of being called up. That is impressive. Only action like that is going to make the next terrorist plotter possibly think twice before doing the same, not some meaningless phrase uttered by a politician.