Editing Stephen Timms (section)

== Murder attempt ==
{{Main|Stabbing of Stephen Timms}}

On 14 May 2010, Timms was approached by 21-year-old female [[Islamist extremist]] Roshonara Choudhry, during a [[constituency surgery]] at the Beckton Globe Library in Kingsford Way in [[Beckton]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7127575.ece Woman charged with attempted murder of Labour MP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320150010/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |date=20 March 2022 }}, ''The Times'', 15 May 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8683596.stm |title=Former minister Timms stabbed |date=14 May 2010 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=14 May 2010 |archive-date=28 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728152940/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8683596.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Choudhry stabbed Timms twice in the abdomen with a 15cm (6-inch) kitchen knife, before being disarmed.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/woman-21-arrested-over-stabbing-of-labour-mp-1973948.html Woman, 21, arrested over stabbing of Labour MP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907165527/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/woman-21-arrested-over-stabbing-of-labour-mp-1973948.html |date=7 September 2019 }}, ''The Independent'', 15 May 2010</ref> She stated that she had been influenced by watching sermons of [[Anwar al-Awlaki]], a leader of [[al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]], and that her attack was to punish Timms for voting for the [[Iraq War]], and seek revenge for the Iraqi people.<ref name=youtube-withdraws>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/world/05britain.html YouTube Withdraws Cleric's Videos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111112104/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/world/05britain.html |date=11 November 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', 4 November 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/06/alqaeda-leaders-tour-of-britain-radicalised-ageneration.html |title=Al-Qaeda leader's tour of Britain 'radicalised a generation of young Muslims' |work=Oneindia News |date=6 November 2010 |access-date=8 November 2010 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008035530/http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/06/alqaeda-leaders-tour-of-britain-radicalised-ageneration.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>HEGGHAMMER, T., NESSER, P.. Assessing the Islamic State's Commitment to Attacking the West. Perspectives on Terrorism, North America, 9, jul. 2015. Available at: <http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/440 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519123210/http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/440 |date=19 May 2017 }}>. Date accessed: 7 June 2017.</ref>

He suffered "potentially life-threatening" wounds, including lacerations to his [[liver]] and a perforation to his stomach.<ref name=bbc3nov>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11682732|title=Woman jailed for life for attack on MP Stephen Timms|publisher=BBC News|date=3 November 2010|access-date=4 November 2010|archive-date=3 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103230842/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11682732|url-status=live}}</ref> Timms underwent emergency surgery at the [[Royal London Hospital]], from which he was discharged on 19 May.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8692562.stm MP Stephen Timms discharged from London hospital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320150013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8692562.stm |date=20 March 2022 }}, BBC News, 19 May 2010</ref>

On 2 November 2010, Choudhry was found guilty of Timms' [[attempted murder]]. She was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 15 years.<ref name="bbc3nov"/> After the court case, Timms said he was not bitter, but that forgiveness was not possible because his attacker showed no remorse. He has since sought the banning of incendiary material on popular internet sites "to protect other vulnerable young people from going down the same road."<ref name=not-bitter>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/stephen-timms-i-dont-feel-bitter-but-im-not-ready-to-forgive-my-knife-attacker-6532423.html  Stephen Timms: I don't feel bitter but I'm not ready to forgive my knife attacker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210180614/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/stephen-timms-i-dont-feel-bitter-but-im-not-ready-to-forgive-my-knife-attacker-6532423.html |date=10 February 2018 }}, ''Evening Standard'', 4 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.</ref> [[YouTube]] removed some videos of al-Awlaki within hours of the sentence.<ref name=youtube-withdraws/><ref name=not-bitter/>

Following the 2021 [[murder of David Amess]], Timms said in parliament that he would like to meet Choudhry, so "he can finally forgive her".<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-10-19|title=Stephen Timms: MP who survived stabbing wants to meet jailed attacker|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58972716|access-date=2021-10-19|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019235333/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58972716|url-status=live}}</ref>