Sy was also screaming “In the name of Allah.”

Jonathan Sharp, of the CPS, said: “Daouda Sy was a regular user of the street drug Spice and was well aware of the effect it had on him, having already been prosecuted for brandishing an axe whilst under its influence in March 2018.”

Jonathan Sharp, of the CPS, did not address the fact that Sy screamed that his victim “did not believe in God” and inside the McDonald’s screamed “If you don’t believe in God, I’ll kill you all,” making one of the patrons think he or she was “going to die in a massacre.” Why did Sy’s regular use of the drug Spice lead him to adopt the violent understanding of Islam that Sharp and his ilk no doubt insist is a perversion of the true, peaceful teachings of the religion? Why don’t other users of Spice become violently pious? Could there be another explanation for Sy’s actions that makes better sense of them than his use of Spice? Of course, British authorities will never consider that possibility. To do so would be “Islamophobic.”

“Man jailed over Sheffield McDonald’s machete attack,” BBC, August 23, 2019: