Brother of Minn. terror suspect arrested in Netherlands: ‘We are not extremists’
November 15, 2009 by creepingThat’s what we’ve been saying since our inception…these aren’t extremists, they are normal Muslims carrying out Allah’s will. From The Associated Press:
Mohamud Said Omar, 43, was arrested Sunday at an asylum seeker’s center near Amsterdam and is being held at the request of American authorities.
The arrest is related to the FBI’s investigation into the disappearance of up to 20 young Somali men who left the Twin Cities over the last two years for Somalia, presumed to have joined the terror group al-Shabaab. Dutch authorities said the U.S. has asked for Omar’s extradition, which could take up to a year if he contests it.
Dutch prosecutors said U.S. investigators suspect him of bankrolling the purchase of weapons for Islamic militants and helping other Somalis travel to Somalia in 2007 and 2008.
Osman said he had not spoken to Mohamud for about a year, but that he was not as surprised as his brother to learn of Mohamud’s arrest, saying Mohamud had worked as a janitor at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, the largest mosque in Minnesota, and sometimes served as a driver for people that Osman suspects might have had ties to al-Shabaab in Somalia. Both brothers said Mohamud earned $800 a month working at the mosque.
“I think my brother, what they are doing is scapegoating him,” said Osman.
“He’s the same like me — just normal,” Abdullahi said. “We pray five times a day and follow our religion, but we are not extremists.”
Always the victims. A separate AP report indicated Omar had a U.S. green card, and another Star Tribune report stated he was from Minnesota:
A Somali man from Minneapolis being held in a Dutch jail on suspicion of bankrolling terrorist activities has been identified by sources in the Twin Cities Somali community as Mohamud Said Omar, 43.
Radical Harlem Mosque’s Boy Scouts Look Outward – Recruiting for Islam?
November 15, 2009 by creepingA mosque in Harlem that mimicks the Muslim Brotherhood in name, purpose, and logo, is home to a Boy Scout troop. An all-Muslim troop now planning to perform dawah recruit non-Muslims into its fold. Where will the transition to Islam and sharia begin? Taking shoes off before entering the mosque? Teaching about Allah? Eating halal snacks? A stealth radicalization process through the BSA? From the The Uptowner:
A Harlem Boy Scout troop that has been meeting at an Islamic mosque since 1978 is planning to reach outside its walls to bring in new recruits.
Convening weekly at the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, the ranks of Boy Scout Troop 357 are filled with children who have some tie to the religious center, either as members or as relatives of people associated with the mosque. The troop’s scoutmasters and committee leaders all grew up in the mosque. But the group’s makeup could soon change as leaders plan their first concerted outreach to bring in members of all faiths. “We believe we can benefit everybody and not just Muslims,” said Scoutmaster Salih Abdur-Rahman, a member of the unit when he was growing up.
Troop 357 members do push-ups at the start of their weekly meeting. (Photo by Andrew Keshner)
Troop 357, meeting at the mosque on 113th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, has about 20 members, with some people coming from the Bronx, Brooklyn and New Jersey. The troop is trying to roughly double its ranks with efforts that will start in the next several weeks. This will include going door to door with flyers, speaking at local public schools and encouraging current members to bring friends, said Abdur-Rahman.
But is the Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood (MIB) a place for any Boy Scout? Consider their statement of purpose:
“Allah is our goal
The Prophet Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah is our leader
The Qu’ran is our constitution
Jihad is our way
And death in the way of Allah is our promised end.”
Consider their logo adorned with the sword of Islam.
And consider they place that emblem on the Scout uniform:
The distinctive unit patch of Pack and Troop 357 is known as the Liwa-ul-Iman (Banner of Faith). Utilizing traditional Islamic symbolism, it serves the purpose of reminding Muslim Scouts of the lofty principles of their faith. It is worn on the official uniform of the Boy Scouts of America, beneath the American flag, in order to remind those same scouts of their duty to serve the nation with distinctive dignity. The Muslim Scouts of Unit 357 are educated in these principles.
Among the principles the imam of MIB holds is being a member of the National Committee to Free Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin – the imprisoned cop killer and former black power radical known as H. Rap Brown – who is also the leader of the radical militant Detroit Muslim group, Ummah. Numerous members of the ‘Ummah’ were recently arrested and indicted on numerous charges.
When the Scouts defined their motto as “Be Prepared”, we doubt they meant be prepared to wage jihad in the name of Allah.
Bangladesh: Muslim cartoonist gets hard labor for hurting religious feelings of Muslim community
November 15, 2009 by creepingWoe, the poor Muslim community…always seemingly caught between having their ‘feelings’ hurt and killing in the name of Allah. Bizarre dichotomy.
A court in southwestern Bangladesh yesterday found a cartoonist guilty of “hurting the religious feelings of the Muslim community” and sentenced him to two months of hard labour,.
Arifur Rahman, 25, was tried in absence over the drawing, which sparked street clashes and riots in the capital Dhaka when it appeared in a satirical magazine two years ago.
Rahman, who was arrested but later bailed, said that he was unaware of the trial.
The cartoon appeared in Bengali newspaper Prothom Alo’s weekly and now defunct magazine Alpin.
“He has been given a two-month, hard labour jail sentence and a 500-taka ($7.40) fine,” said magistrate Kaisarul Islam, who presided over the case in the city of Jessore.
“I am not on the run and have not been told about the case,” Rahman said in Dhaka. “I will speak to my lawyers.” ~ end
An interview with Arifur Rahman at Cartoon News here.
The government confiscated all copies of the now-defunct satire magazine in which the cartoon was printed. Amid a protest by Islamic groups, Prothom Alo’s editor and publisher apologised for printing the cartoon, and fired the cartoonist.
On Feb 4, the High Court ruled Arif’s detention illegal and ordered his immediate release. He was freed on Mar 20 this year. The cartoonist’s arrest and detention also earned criticism from local and international rights groups. In January, human-rights watchdog Amnesty International demanded Arif’s release, terming him “a prisoner of conscience”.
In one of his cartoons published in Alpin (17th September, 2007 issue), an old man was asking the name of a child with a cat in his lap. The boy answered and was scolded for not putting Mohammad before his name, as he was Muslim. Then the man asked about the animal and the scared boy put the holy prophet’s name before the cat as suggested by the elder. Things turned bad the moment it hit the stands. The furious mullahs were on rampage and Arif was suddenly the enemy of the state! His story really starts from here:
So what was the idea behind the cartoon? Why did you draw it?
Well, i never thought this was going to be such a big issue. The joke I used is a common one in our locality, infact in that zone. I heard it when as a kid and even when I grew up. My idea was to highlight the faulty religious teachings by some of our elders where they advise to put the name of our holy Prophet before every name, when they should also clarify where it shouldn’t be used. What surprised me, I learnt after my release that the same joke was used in a publication of Islami Chatra Shibir name Kishorekantha (November, 1998 Issue).
Are you safe? Do you feel the JMB are done with you?
That’s the thing still haunt me even in my dreams. I usually keep a low profile; never in anywhere have I introduced myself as Arif. But still I don’t feel safe; they can be anywhere and even kill me if they want. I don’t even work in the shop where I used to.
Muslim terrorists in Philippines release Irish priest to see Pacquiao fight
November 14, 2009 by creepingUpdate: Pacman with an 12th round stoppage – TKO – referee stopped the fight – Pacman dominated, two knockdowns in the fight
It’s been a while since we had a post on the Sweet Science but there is a big fight tonight featuring Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. Even more rare is when the topic of boxing and jihad intersect as reported in this case.
No, it wasn’t because Hillary Clinton was coming. The sudden release of Micheal Sinnott was because of someone else: the world’s top pound-for-pound boxer.
The Irish priest said his captors decided to get him out of the jungles of Mindanao as early as possible because they wanted to catch Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto.
“Your freedom is our freedom. We don’t want to be here for a long time, too. And we want to watch Pacquiao’s fight,” Sinnott said on Saturday, quoting his kidnappers as saying.
The 79-year-old Sinnott also said that his abductors found it difficult to take care of an elderly priest, thus they decided to free him early.
Read it all here and read previous Creeping Sharia posts on the Islamic jihad problems facing the Philippines.
85% of media stories on Ft. Hood didn’t mention “terror”
November 14, 2009 by creepingRemember what we discussed in the previous post about “major media who run cover for Islamists and give Islamic terrorists an open forum.”
By Carolyn Plocher and Dan Gainor | Culture and Media Institute
Rather than call the attack “Islamic terrorism” or just plain “terror,” the White House took a careful approach and news reporting did so as well. That all changed during the Fort Hood Memorial service Nov. 10. ABC “World News with Charles Gibson” anchor Charles Gibson said Obama was “unambiguous in judgment” about the attack, but that wasn’t accurate. Obama never used the term “terror” and made no mention of Hasan’s religion. But he did hint at it and that was enough for the media.
- Networks Decide Attack Wasn’t Terror: 85 percent of the broadcast stories didn’t mention the word “terror.” ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news referenced terrorism connections to the Fort Hood attack just seven times in 48 reports.
- ABC, CBS, NBC Follow White House Line: Before Obama’s Nov. 10 speech, 93 percent of the stories had ignored any terror connection. But after Obama hinted at what ABC called “Islamic extremist views,” all three networks mentioned terrorism.
- Alleged Attacker’s Muslim Faith Not Important Either: Slightly more than one-fourth (29 percent) of evening news reports mentioned that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a Muslim. Of those, half (7 out of 14) defended the religion or included experts to do so.
It wasn’t until Nov. 8, three days after the shooting, that the broadcast network evening news programs even mentioned the word “terror” in relation to this event. But even then the three programs only referred to it once each.
Much more detail at Culture & Media Institute, check it.
In related news, the media networks have chosen to promote the Muslim Mafia, unindicted co-conspirators to convicted funders of terror group Hamas, and currently under a RICO indictment – CAIR. From WND:
“Perhaps you saw CAIR spokespeople interviewed on MSNBC’s Hardball or on PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, MSNBC, or the BBC,” Awad writes. “Or maybe you read CAIR quotes in the Washington Post, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, or USA Today.”
And don’t forget Saudi-owned Fox News who continually gives terror-linked CAIR an open forum to disseminate Islamist propaganda and lies, and did so after the Ft. Hood terror attack. Hence the need for a war on terrorist, and terrorist abetting, media.
Related: ‘Themes’ by terrorism’s deniers
Wanted: A War on Terrorist Media…
November 14, 2009 by creeping…and to that we’ll add their friends in major media (tv, print, online) who run cover for Islamists and give Islamic terrorists an open forum.
Mark Dubowitz | The Journal of International Security Affairs
The Long War against radical Islam is a war of ideas as much as a war of arms. Yet, for much of the past decade, the incitement and violent propaganda emanating from satellite television stations, radio outlets, and Internet platforms operated by violent Islamist extremists has too often gone unnoticed and unanswered.
Today, such neglect is no longer an option. Media technologies—satellite television, radio, and the Internet—have become operational weapons used by radicals to plan, recruit, train, fundraise and incite. Free speech protections may protect the hateful content of their messages, but by using media as direct operational weapons, these terrorist groups are crossing all free speech red lines.
To counter their influence, policymakers and counterterrorism officials need to treat these media outlets as indistinguishable from the terrorist organizations that use them—by banning, jamming and shutting down the media outlets where possible, and by countering their messaging with alternatives.
Terrorist media platforms increasingly are a critical part of the battlefield on which the Long War against violent Islamist extremism is being fought. If they hope to persevere, the U.S. and its allies will need to take aggressive and direct action against these media properties.
A great deal can be done.
Continue reading Wanted: A War on Terrorist Media, good background on Hamas, Hizbollah and al Qaeda’s booming propaganda machines, and Mr. Dubowitz’s recommendations on what can be done.
al Awlaki, Ft. Hood, and Somali jihad recruiting
November 14, 2009 by creepingAs noted in this post, the same Anwar al Awlaki who praised Ft. Hood mass murdering jihadist Nidal Hasan, and with whom Hasan sought counsel via email, is also identified as an influential recruiter/inciter of Muslim youth to the Somali jihadi.
Below are salutations exchanged between al Awlaki and al Shabaab (al Qaeda linked Islamic terrorists in Somalia). We have not seen al Awlaki’s name discussed in other reports on the recruitment of U.S. Muslims to Somalia but presume authorities are aware of the connection.
Saturday Schoolhouse Rock! How a Bill Becomes a Law (video)
November 14, 2009 by creepingAnother episode…for a new generation.
I’m just a bill
Yes I’m only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I’m stuck in committee
And I’ll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?
Bill: Yeah, I’m one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.
Boy: Die?
Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Oooh, but it looks like I’m gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me.
Boy: If they vote yes, what happens?
Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.
Boy: Oh no!
Bill: Oh yes!
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