Category: Bin Ladenism
reports and articles on those with extremist views that mirror those of Osama Bin Laden
New York City: Extremists Promote Al Qaeda and Extreme form of Sharia Outside NYC Mosque
— CNN reports: “Peaceful preaching inside, violent message outside a New York mosque” :
— “Outside a Manhattan mosque where the imam preaches against terrorism, the brothers of the “Revolution Muslim” are spreading a different message.”
— “Protected by the Constitution of the country they detest, radical Muslim converts like Yousef al-Khattab and Younes Abdullah Mohammed preach that the killing of U.S. troops overseas is justified. In their thinking, so were the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States — and so are attacks on almost any American.”
— ” ‘Americans will always be a target — and a legitimate target — until America changes its nature in the international arena,’ Mohammed said in an interview to air on tonight’s ‘AC 360.’ ”
— “Al-Khattab and Mohammed consider al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden their model.”
— ” ‘I love him like I can’t begin to tell you, because he doesn’t seem to have done anything wrong from the sharia,” al-Khattab said, referring to Islamic law. ‘If you’re asking me if I love him as a Muslim, I love him more than I love myself.’ ”
— “They hand out fliers outside the gleaming 96th Street mosque, where up to 4,000 people visit every day. Inside the sleek, modernistic house of worship, Imam Shamsi Ali preaches against the violence that now sweeps many Muslim countries.”
— ” “What we try to do is reminding our people about the real Islam,” Ali said. “We tell them what the real Islam is all about. Islam is about peace. Islam is about moderation. Islam is about friendship. Islam is opposed to any kind of hatred against anybody.’ ”
— “Law enforcement sources have told CNN the men walk right up to the line of protection under the First Amendment, but their message is not going unnoticed.”
— “Al-Khattab handed CNN Correspondent Drew Griffin a business card from an FBI agent who he says is keeping tabs on him. The agent would not comment without clearance from his superiors, except to say, ‘Obviously, if they gave you my card, you know we are watching them.’ ”
— “The mosque has called police on Al-Khattab and Mohammed several times, and passers-by occasionally engage them in heated debates. Ali told CNN that ordinary Muslims are ‘disgusted with their behavior.’ But they insist they don’t fight themselves, and don’t incite others to do so.”
— “Al-Khattab calls President Obama “a murderer, a tyrant, a scumbag,” and says he wouldn’t ‘shed a tear’ if Obama were killed. But he added, ‘Would I incite his murder? That’s not what I teach.’ ”
— “Mohammed calls himself an American “by default” who identifies with Muslims. Al-Khattab, a Jew who lived in Israel before converting to Islam, says he “would like to see a mushroom cloud” over the Jewish state — “but before that, I’d like to see the people guided, and I’d like them to go back to their original countries where they’re from.”
— “But federal agents are not only watching them, they’re watching some of those who are listening.
— “Neil Bryant Vinas, a young New Yorker who has pleaded guilty to plotting to attack trains on the Long Island Rail Road, met with al-Khattab. Al-Khattab said Vinas and “some brothers” traveled to Atlantic City, New Jersey, and had dinner with him. Al-Khattab said they considered him something of a hero because he left Israel and converted to Islam.
— “Al-Khattab also claims friendships with Tarek Mehanna, now under indictment in Boston, Massachusetts, on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and Daniel Maldonado, who pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Texas to receiving military training from Islamic militants in Somalia.
— “Mohammed says he and his fellow radicals are ‘commanded to terrorize the disbelievers … ‘ “
Somalia: Extremists Stone Man to Death Before Crowd – Pregnant Woman to Follow After She Gives Birth
— BBC: “Somali adulterer stoned to death”
— “Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.”
— “Abas Hussein Abdirahman, 33, was killed in front of a crowd of some 300 people in the port town of Merka.”
— “An official from the al-Shabab group said the woman would be killed after she has had her baby.”
— “Islamist groups run much of southern Somalia, while the UN-backed government only control parts of the capital.”
— “This is the third time Islamists have stoned a person to death for adultery in the past year.”
— “Al-Shabab official Sheikh Suldan Aala Mohamed said Mr Abdirahman had confessed to adultery before an Islamic court.”
— ” ‘He was screaming and blood was pouring from his head during the stoning. After seven minutes he stopped moving,’ an eyewitness told the BBC.”
— “The BBC’s Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says that if the woman is also killed, her baby would be given to relatives to look after.”
Saudi Arabia: Veiled Saudi Women Launch a Freedom Campaign — by Phyllis Chesler
Egyptian Security Arrests Several Christians for Praying At Home
Egyptian Security Arrests Several Christians for Praying At Home
— AINA reports
Egypt (AINA) — On October 24, 2009 Egyptian State Security arrested a Christian Copt in the village of Deir Samalout, Samalout, Minia province, for praying “without a license.” He was held in prison for two days before being released on “compassionate grounds.” Maurice Salama Sharkawy, 37 years old, had invited Pastor Elia Shafik, to conduct the sacrament of the ‘Anointing of the Sick’ for his sick father, who had suffered a stroke. State Security broke into his house while the prayers were ongoing, handcuffed Maurice, put him into a police car and took him to a police station for interrogation.
Authorities accused him of carrying out “religious rites without a license” and “causing sectarian sedation” by calling a priest into the village. A number of his cousins living in the same family house and who attended the prayers were also detained with him.
State Security has placed Maurice under observation by three policemen.
In an audio interview with Wagih Yacoub of Middle East Christian Association (MECA), Maurice said that State Security told him he should have gone to them first to obtain permission before carrying out any religious rites. He was also advised by Security that there are twelve Muslim houses in the village and that would create sectarian clashes.
The son of the village mayor filed a complaint that the Copt Maurice has converted his home into a place of worship without obtaining a governmental license to host performances of religious rites.
The police record of the investigation states the defendant called for this prayer meeting, which raised the anger of a number of Muslim neighbors who complained to the mayor of the village. The village of Deir Samalut has no church, and the nearest one is in the village of el Tayeba, over five miles away.
Mohammed Khalaf Allah, mayor of the village Deir Samalout, told al-Sherouk newspaper that Maurice used to invite Copts in his home, and that he asked him more than once to go to church (in the next village) and “pray there but he claimed that he could not go to church and that the priest visits him at home for ordinary matters, which is common among Christians.” The mayor also said: “The villagers confirmed to me more than once that the sound of prayer comes out of Maurice’s house, and that he refuses to go to church and decides to pray in his own home together with a number of the village Copts.”
Commenting on the latest incident, Rev. Moses Raphael of the Samalout Coptic Orthodox Diocese said the arrest of the village Copts for praying at home is not uncommon. “Such a matter comes as no surprise; it has become common in Minya to prevent Christians from praying.”
Given the recent security clampdown on Christians praying in places outside their licensed churches, Youssef Sidhom, editor-in-chief of the Coptic Watani newspaper, blames the State as the main party standing in the way of promulgating the unified law for building places of worship which, would put an end to these human rights transgressions. “Authorities turn a blind eye to Constitutional provisions of equality and freedom of belief.” He said. “They terrorize worshippers who dare conduct services outside a licensed church, treating them as law violators, despite the fact that the root problem lies in the authorities’ reluctance to permit the erection of new churches or restore existing ones.”
Texas: Shooter Nidal Hasan Reportedly Defended Suicide Attacks Before Fort Hood Rampage
Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing”: Hassan Almaleki Arraignment Delayed, On Suicide Watch
— Arizona Republic: “Glendale dad accused in ‘honor killing’ on suicide watch”
— “A Glendale father accused of slaying his daughter for being too ‘Westernized’ is under suicide watch in a Maricopa County jail, court officials said Thursday.”
— “Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, an immigrant from Iraq, is accused of running over his daughter, 20-year-old Noor Almaleki, and another woman in a Peoria parking lot on Oct. 20. His daughter died Nov. 2 of injuries sustained during the attack.”
— “Prosecutors say Almaleki was enraged over his daughter’s defiance of Iraqi and Muslim traditions. She reportedly had married a man in Iraq but returned to the United States and was living with her boyfriend and his mother, who was the second victim.”
— “Police said Almaleki fled the country after the attack, driving to Mexico and later taking a plane to London. He was detained by British authorities and extradited to Atlanta last week.”
— “Almaleki’s arraignment, which was scheduled for Thursday morning in Superior Court, has been delayed because of the apparent suicide threat.”
Philippines: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Refuses to Cooperate with Govt on Philippine Priest Sinnott Kidnapping
— Moro rebels won’t surrender Sinnot captor
— Philippines Sun Star reports: “Muslim rebel leaders Thursday refused a government demand to force one of their members accused of kidnapping an Irish priest to come out and personally deny the allegation.”
— “Aloy Al Asree, the commander of the 113rd Based Command of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), would not want to turn himself into a target by the authorities, an MILF official said.”
— Accused Philippine rebel kidnapper to remain hidden: MILF
— AFP reports: “Aloy Al Asree [is] a commander of more than 3,000 men in
— Govt can rescue Sinnott without aid
Pakistan: Taliban kill two female teachers in Bajaur
Pakistan: Taliban kill two female teachers in Bajaur
— Pakistan Daily Times: “Two female schoolteachers were killed on Wednesday when the Taliban ambushed their car in Shandai Mor, two kilometres from Khar in Bajaur Agency. Shazia Begum and Shamim Bibi, teachers at the Communal Girls School, were travelling from the school when terrorists fired on the vehicle, killing the two and injuring two others.”
Arizona – Noor Almaleki Honor Killing: Father To Be Arraigned, Face New Charges
— Arizona Republic reports: “Glendale father to be arraigned in ‘honor killing’ case”
— “An Iraqi immigrant accused of slaying his own daughter for becoming ‘too Westernized’ will be arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court on Thursday morning.”
— “Prosecutors say Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, of Glendale, conducted an ‘honor killing’ on his own daughter because he felt she had shamed the family by not following traditional Iraqi or Muslim values.”
— KPHO reports: “Dad To Face New Charges In Daughter’s Death”
— “A Glendale father accused of running down his daughter because she was too Westernized faces arraignment Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court.”
— “Prosecutors are expected file harsher charges against 48-year-old Iraqi immigrant Faleh Hassan Almaleki in the death of his daughter, 20-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki.”
— “Faleh Almaleki was originally charged with two counts of aggravated assault.”
— “Peoria police spokesman Mike Tellef said detectives and Maricopa County prosecutors are determining what the new charges against Almaleki will be.”