Although the media remains mum about the possibility that John Muhammad was tied to the radical Muslim group Al-Fuqra, [1] it has come to light that he "espoused anti-Semitic views" and seems to have fired bullets into a synagogue.

Thus it seems eminently likely that Muhammad would enjoy the company of Muslim spokesmen such as Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, [2] who has said that Jews are "the enemies of Allah, sons of pigs and apes" — language inspired by Sura 5:59-60 of the Qur'an. This usage is extremely common among radical Muslims around the world.