Yes, I believe this is terrorism, not to mention just downright hateful:
BERLIN – A Jewish dance group was attacked with stones by a group of children and teenagers during a performance at a street festival in the Germany city of Hannover, police said Thursday. One dancer suffered a leg injury and the group then canceled their performance.
The teenagers also used a megaphone to shout anti-Semitic slurs during the Saturday afternoon attack, Hannover police spokesman Thorsten Schiewe said.
Police said the incident is under investigation and that they do not have an exact number of attackers yet. Schiewe said there were several Muslim immigrant youths among the attackers.
Two suspects, a 14-year-old and a 19-year-old, were being questioned, he said.
Alla Volodarska, whose Progressive Jewish community of Hannover group held the performance, told The Associated Press in an interview that members were still in shock.
“What happened is just so awful,” Volodarska said. “The teenagers started throwing stones the moment our dance group was announced, even before they started dancing.”
via Group of youths attack Jewish dance group – Yahoo! News.
Considering what I wrote a minute ago, I figured I would point this out. Yes, I do believe that stuff like the above is terrorism and they should be charged as such.
I certainly agree that it was a blatant hate crime. Not sure it crosses the line to terrorism; unless planned and organized in advance.
Do you accept the even-handed approach that says the scum who killed Mathew Shepard are also terrorists? I see no meaningful differences myself. Hate is hate and intimidation is intimidation.
No, Matthew Shepard’s murder was a hate crime. Not Terrorism.
I believe you might be correct here. Just Jewish Hatred. Not terrorism.