An update on this story. "NY man sentenced to 13 years in terrorism case," by Edith Honan for Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brooklyn bookstore owner who pleaded guilty to conspiring to transfer funds to militant groups in Afghanistan and Chechnya was sentenced on Monday to 13 years in prison.
Abdulrahman Farhane, 52, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court after pleading guilty in November to one count of conspiring to launder money and one count of lying to federal agents.
During the sentencing, prosecutors said after the September 11 attacks Farhane met frequently with Mohamed Alanssi, an FBI informant, and the two discussed sending money to jihadists.
Farhane was part of a larger case that accused four men with conspiring to provide material support to groups the United States says are involved in terrorist activities, all of which depended on Alanssi's testimony.
Alanssi's credibility was later called into question by defense attorneys when, in 2004, he attempted suicide by setting himself on fire in front of the White House in protest against his treatment by the FBI.
Two others -- Tariq Ibn Osman Shah, a New York City jazz musician and martial arts instructor, and Mahmud Faruq Brent, a Maryland taxi driver -- also pleaded guilty but have not yet been sentenced.
The fourth defendant, Rafiq Sabir, a doctor from Boca Raton, Florida, is scheduled to go on trial later this month.
Prosecutors said that Farhane, who moved to America from Morocco in 1987, stocked his store with anti-American books and that his address book read like "a Who's Who of terrorist financiers in the United States."
Two of Farhane's children, who spoke with reporters after the sentencing, said that Farhane had been manipulated by Alanssi.
"Yes, he pleaded guilty because that was the only way out," said his daughter, Asmaa Farhane.
They said that Farhane was an especially vulnerable target for federal investigators because he speaks little English and suffers from depression and what they described as "mental illness."
The muslim persecution continues......History shows Muslims wake up when persecuted...keep up the good works you are doing....
I can tell you, not a single Muslim will rot in any armreeki Jail for as long as there are other Muslims alive and breathing. I see this as a waste of tax payers money and future lives
....I am so happy to hear good news.....
....now only if we can tighten our immigration laws....Ban Muslim Immigration...
They said that Farhane was an especially vulnerable target for federal investigators because he speaks little English and suffers from depression and what they described as "mental illness."
Would that illness be Islam?
"The muslim persecution continues......History shows Muslims wake up when persecuted...keep up the good works you are doing...."
Posted by: Abdullah
.......ok dull one...since you do not know Muslim history, I will furnish the first example for you......there were a few "crusades"....here are the events leading up to the first one....the other crusades are very similiar....read real history and see just who is or was persecuting who.......
"The Timeline
630 Two years before Muhammad's death of a fever, he launches the Tabuk Crusades, in which he led 30,000 jihadists against the Byzantine Christians. He had heard a report that a huge army had amassed to attack Arabia, but the report turned out to be a false rumor. The Byzantine army never materialized. He turned around and went home, but not before extracting 'agreements' from northern tribes. They could enjoy the 'privilege' of living under Islamic 'protection' (read: not be attacked by Islam), if they paid a tax (jizya).
This tax sets the stage for Muhammad's and the later Caliphs' policies. If the attacked city or region did not want to convert to Islam, then they paid a jizya tax. If they converted, then they paid a zakat tax. Either way, money flowed back to the Islamic treasury in Arabia or to the local Muslim governor.
632—634 Under the Caliphate of Abu Bakr the Muslim Crusaders reconquer and sometimes conquer for the first time the polytheists of Arabia. These Arab polytheists had to convert to Islam or die. They did not have the choice of remaining in their faith and paying a tax. Islam does not allow for religious freedom.
633 The Muslim Crusaders, led by Khalid al—Walid, a superior but bloodthirsty military commander, whom Muhammad nicknamed the Sword of Allah for his ferocity in battle (Tabari, 8:158 / 1616—17), conquer the city of Ullays along the Euphrates River (in today's Iraq). Khalid captures and beheads so many that a nearby canal, into which the blood flowed, was called Blood Canal (Tabari 11:24 / 2034—35).
634 At the Battle of Yarmuk in Syria the Muslim Crusaders defeat the Byzantines. Today Osama bin Laden draws inspiration from the defeat, and especially from an anecdote about Khalid al—Walid. An unnamed Muslim remarks: 'The Romans are so numerous and the Muslims so few.' To this Khalid retorts: 'How few are the Romans, and how many the Muslims! Armies become numerous only with victory and few only with defeat, not by the number of men. By God, I would love it . . . if the enemy were twice as many' (Tabari, 11:94 / 2095). Osama bin Ladin quotes Khalid and says that his fighters love death more than we in the West love life. This philosophy of death probably comes from a verse like Sura 2:96. Muhammad assesses the Jews: '[Prophet], you are sure to find them [the Jews] clinging to life more eagerly than any other people, even polytheists' (MAS Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an, Oxford UP, 2004; first insertion in brackets is Haleem's; the second mine).
634—644 The Caliphate of Umar ibn al—Khattab, who is regarded as particularly brutal.
635 Muslim Crusaders besiege and conquer of Damascus
636 Muslim Crusaders defeat Byzantines decisively at Battle of Yarmuk.
637 Muslim Crusaders conquer Iraq at the Battle of al—Qadisiyyah (some date it in 635 or 636)
638 Muslim Crusaders conquer and annex Jerusalem, taking it from the Byzantines.
638—650 Muslim Crusaders conquer Iran, except along Caspian Sea.
639—642 Muslim Crusaders conquer Egypt.
641 Muslim Crusaders control Syria and Palestine.
643—707 Muslim Crusaders conquer North Africa.
644 Caliph Umar is assassinated by a Persian prisoner of war; Uthman ibn Affan is elected third Caliph, who is regarded by many Muslims as gentler than Umar.
644—650 Muslim Crusaders conquer Cyprus, Tripoli in North Africa, and establish Islamic rule in Iran, Afghanistan, and Sind.
656 Caliph Uthman is assassinated by disgruntled Muslim soldiers; Ali ibn Abi Talib, son—in—law and cousin to Muhammad, who married the prophet's daughter Fatima through his first wife Khadija, is set up as Caliph.
656 Battle of the Camel, in which Aisha, Muhammad's wife, leads a rebellion against Ali for not avenging Uthman's assassination. Ali's partisans win.
657 Battle of Siffin between Ali and Muslim governor of Jerusalem, arbitration goes against Ali
661 Murder of Ali by an extremist; Ali's supporters acclaim his son Hasan as next Caliph, but he comes to an agreement with Muawiyyah I and retires to Medina.
661—680 the Caliphate of Muawiyyah I. He founds Umayyid dynasty and moves capital from Medina to Damascus
673—678 Arabs besiege Constantinople, capital of Byzantine Empire
680 Massacre of Hussein (Muhammad's grandson), his family, and his supporters in Karbala, Iraq.
691 Dome of the Rock is completed in Jerusalem, only six decades after Muhammad's death.
705 Abd al—Malik restores Umayyad rule.
710—713 Muslim Crusaders conquer the lower Indus Valley.
711—713 Muslim Crusaders conquer Spain and impose the kingdom of Andalus. This article recounts how Muslims today still grieve over their expulsion 700 years later. They seem to believe that the land belonged to them in the first place.
719 Cordova, Spain, becomes seat of Arab governor
732 The Muslim Crusaders stopped at the Battle of Poitiers; that is, Franks (France) halt Arab advance
749 The Abbasids conquer Kufah and overthrow Umayyids
756 Foundation of Umayyid amirate in Cordova, Spain, setting up an independent kingdom from Abbasids
762 Foundation of Baghdad
785 Foundation of the Great Mosque of Cordova
789 Rise of Idrisid amirs (Muslim Crusaders) in Morocco; foundation of Fez; Christoforos, a Muslim who converted to Christianity, is executed.
800 Autonomous Aghlabid dynasty (Muslim Crusaders) in Tunisia
807 Caliph Harun al—Rashid orders the destruction of non—Muslim prayer houses and of the church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem
809 Aghlabids (Muslim Crusaders) conquer Sardinia, Italy
813 Christians in Palestine are attacked; many flee the country
831 Muslim Crusaders capture Palermo, Italy; raids in Southern Italy
850 Caliph al—Matawakkil orders the destruction of non—Muslim houses of prayer
855 Revolt of the Christians of Hims (Syria)
837—901 Aghlabids (Muslim Crusaders) conquer Sicily, raid Corsica, Italy, France
869—883 Revolt of black slaves in Iraq
909 Rise of the Fatimid Caliphate in Tunisia; these Muslim Crusaders occupy Sicily, Sardinia
928—969 Byzantine military revival, they retake old territories, such as Cyprus (964) and Tarsus (969)
937 The Ikhshid, a particularly harsh Muslim ruler, writes to Emperor Romanus, boasting of his control over the holy places
937 The Church of the Resurrection (known as Church of Holy Sepulcher in Latin West) is burned down by Muslims; more churches in Jerusalem are attacked
960 Conversion of Qarakhanid Turks to Islam
966 Anti—Christian riots in Jerusalem
969 Fatimids (Muslim Crusaders) conquer Egypt and found Cairo
c. 970 Seljuks enter conquered Islamic territories from the East
973 Israel and southern Syria are again conquered by the Fatimids
1003 First persecutions by al—Hakim; the Church of St. Mark in Fustat, Egypt, is destroyed
1009 Destruction of the Church of the Resurrection by al—Hakim (see 937)
1012 Beginning of al—Hakim's oppressive decrees against Jews and Christians
1015 Earthquake in Palestine; the dome of the Dome of the Rock collapses
1031 Collapse of Umayyid Caliphate and establishment of 15 minor independent dynasties throughout Muslim Andalus
1048 Reconstruction of the Church of the Resurrection completed
1050 Creation of Almoravid (Muslim Crusaders) movement in Mauretania; Almoravids (aka Murabitun) are coalition of western Saharan Berbers; followers of Islam, focusing on the Quran, the hadith, and Maliki law.
1055 Seljuk Prince Tughrul enters Baghdad, consolidation of the Seljuk Sultanate
1055 Confiscation of property of Church of the Resurrection
1071 Battle of Manzikert, Seljuk Turks (Muslim Crusaders) defeat Byzantines and occupy much of Anatolia
1071 Turks (Muslim Crusaders) invade Palestine
1073 Conquest of Jerusalem by Turks (Muslim Crusaders)
1075 Seljuks (Muslim Crusaders) capture Nicea (Iznik) and make it their capital in Anatolia
1076 Almoravids (Muslim Crusaders) (see 1050) conquer western Ghana
1085 Toledo is taken back by Christian armies
1086 Almoravids (Muslim Crusaders) (see 1050) send help to Andalus, Battle of Zallaca
1090—1091 Almoravids (Muslim Crusaders) occupy all of Andalus except Saragossa and Balearic Islands
1094 Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus I asks western Christendom for help against Seljuk invasions of his territory; Seljuks are Muslim Turkish family of eastern origins; see 970
1095 Pope Urban II preaches first Crusade; they capture Jerusalem in 1099
So it is only after all of the Islamic aggressive invasions that Western Christendom launches its first Crusades.
Deport this wanker if he survives his sentence.
Abdullard - come and get him!
The FBI is busy behind the scenes in CA, IL,MD, MO, MN, NY and probably most other states. Encouraging.
"They said that Farhane was an especially vulnerable target for federal investigators because he speaks little English and suffers from depression and what they described as "mental illness."
... and so you want us to do what?
Look we're taking him off the street so we can protect him from himself.
'he speaks little English and suffers from depression and what they described as "mental illness."
.....describes most Muslims in Muslim countries....
So it is only after all of the Islamic aggressive invasions that Western Christendom launches its first Crusades.
Posted by: exsgtbrown
So how is it that PBS has a special in which, among other things, the narrator says:
"The JIHAD Mohammad waged was not so different from the CHRISTIAN concept of just war."
Another one that I hope someone can clarify:
"Islam means 'peace', but it has the connotation of 'submission' or 'surrender'."
One more tidbit:
"For most Muslims, bin Laden's jihad is a perversion of Islam."
So why aren't "most" Muslims saying so?
Another plopper down.
"937 The Church of the Resurrection (known as Church of Holy Sepulcher in Latin West) is burned down by Muslims; more churches in Jerusalem are attacked "
But that's against Islam!!!!! Islam doesn't call for the destruction of churches or synagogues!
(More PBS lies)
memo to abdullah:
Go slay the infidels someplace else---preferably a place where people will believe your taqiyya. You certainly aren't fooling anyone here. You aren't communicating with west African or Southeast Asian villagers encase you didn't know.
Muslims are not victims as a rule. They are usually aggressors as they wage jihad warfare against the "unbelievers" (to spread) Islam as you are doing on this website. Your deliberate lies here prove you to be a jihadist aggressor spreading disinformation taqiyya-style to the "unbelievers."
ps-Read My Lips: Islam does NOT belong in any civilized democracy. And it does not belong here either.
Islam wouldn't hurt a fly??? My ass it wouldn't!!!
"The JIHAD Mohammad waged was not so different from the CHRISTIAN concept of just war."
....warfare does not differ much one way or the other....It was the Islamic Muslims who first started the warfare on such a grand scale in the Middle East....After decades of Muslim onslaught the Christians finally fought back, using the same tactics learned from the Muslims onslaught...brutal killing ...
and
"So why aren't "most" Muslims saying so?
Posted by: PMK"
...it appears to me a large number of Muslims are saying so......
by the way....todays Christians may not wait as long before striking back...
Thanks exsgtbrown, that was a nice listing of historical facts that I'm sure Abdullah did not know about his lovely religion of peace.
Unforunately, this part of history is nebulous in todays school textbooks. The crusades are taught extensively to our youth in such a way to make them believe the Christians were evil, and the poor muslims were innocent.
It's time we teach our children about the crusades, but this time teach them the truth. Our kids need to be ready for the impending battle that lies ahead of them coming from the religion of peace. I have already talked to my children and they know that Islam is a vile, filthy, and evil religion.
And in case anyone thinks I am teaching my children to be bigots, that is not the case. They know that just because someone is muslim, doesn't automatically make them bad. I have known many muslims who are good people, but have been deceived by Allah, who is in reality, Satan. They know that it is Islam that is bad, not necessarily the people.
If we can educate our children properly about Islam and its history, we might be able to conquer it in the next generation or two. Heaven knows our leaders today just dont get it, they have been taught out of the old history books about how bad the crusades were and how the muslims have been treated unfair througout history.
As I see it, it's about time we have another crusade to take back our countries and our freedoms. Only this time it needs to be a crusade to throw out our leaders who will not recognize the threat of Islam, and not allow any more muslim immigrants to enter our countries. Label islam a cult and take away its tax status as a religion. Turn it into a farce like we have done to the KKK and the Nazi party.
I could go on and on, but I think that would be a good start. Unforunately, it will have to be our kids that do this; our generation doesn't get it.
Abdullah Muslims are rotting in jails all over the Islamic world put there by Muslims. You need to educater yourself if you want to post things here as everyone is laughing at you.
"Islam doesn't call for the destruction of churches or synagogues!"
....Islam is systematically destroying all churches it can and is ethinically cleansing the lands it takes over of all non Muslims....it is a fact...
Abdullah and what is troubling about him:
If you mouse over his profile button Khader is in the link line.
Abdullah Khader is the name of the Palestinian terrorist intelligence branch leader which gave information to the terrorists who attacked the Church of the Nativity.
Abdullah Daoud Mohammed Abdullah Khader
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27643
It is interesting "coincidence" that the foul things spewed by Abdullah are not coincidence in his not being neo Syrian Philistine and choosing an online name to hide behind which reveals a psychopathy of a lurking planner aiding terrorist attacks on Christians.
"Thanks exsgtbrown, that was a nice listing of historical facts that I'm sure Abdullah did not know about his lovely religion of peace.""
.....I believe, all dull one knows, it that his Islamic Cleric slavemasters tell him, "It's the Jews and those evil infidels, The Americans", " You must follow the instructions in your QUr'an:
"Sura (9:123) - O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness"
and other similiar tidbits....
....it is this hardness that Muslims follow....even if it means killing other Muslims..
I can tell you, not a single Muslim will rot in any armreeki Jail for as long as there are other Muslims alive and breathing.--Abdullah
There are plenty of 'em there already. Ever heard of Zacarias Moussaoui? He'll be rotting in prison for the rest of his life. He is just one of many. You lose (again).
I know this is OT, but I'm ignorant of how to "send stuff in" (plus I don't have a link, and I'm too busy at work to look it up.)
I heard that the NYT reported there was a large demonstration (10,000 strong) demonstration in Pakistan against a radical Mosque.
If this is true, Jihadwatch should cover it. I mean, there isn't a whole lot of positive stuff out there to begin with.
Just a thought.
I can tell you, not a single Muslim will rot in any armreeki Jail for as long as there are other Muslims alive and breathing. I see this as a waste of tax payers money and future lives
Posted by: Abdullah
Hey, asshat. WHY are you and your 'muselis' in the West to begin with? Hey bitch, got an answer for that?
You have 52 moslem countries in the world.. plenty for you to choose from.
For you to complain about 'persecution' is a travesty.
Turnspeak at its best.
Scheiß-mufti!
"And in case anyone thinks I am teaching my children to be bigots, that is not the case. They know that just because someone is muslim, doesn't automatically make them bad."
..........Muslims on the other hand, teach their children, even at a very early age, to Hate the Jews and it is their duty to kill the Jews...the Children are trained in weapons, explosives, ambush techniques, surveillance techniques and lying....all of which are used in killing...
"Hey, asshat. WHY are you and your 'muselis' in the West to begin with? Hey bitch, got an answer for that?
You have 52 moslem countries in the world.. plenty for you to choose from".
Amen to that, Allahfanculo!
"They said that Farhane was an especially vulnerable target for federal investigators because he speaks little English and suffers from depression and what they described as "mental illness."
Give me a break. However, the daughter's denial of reality is understandable.
o/t..wonder if this rapper/fireman is muuslim?
stage name cal akbar..
Police Want Rapping Firefighter Fired
By Associated Press
3 hours ago
PHILADELPHIA - Police union officials have called for the immediate firing of a city firefighter and aspiring rapper who wrote anti-police lyrics about turning "pigs into bacon bits."
The Fraternal Order of Police on Monday demanded the dismissal of Rodney Jean-Jacques, who raps under the name Cal Akbar.
"I got a surprise for them cops," Jean-Jacques raps, as sounds of gunfire erupt in the background. "I hope the news is taping this, 'cause I'm gonna turn pigs into bacon bits."
http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2007/04/17/638937.html&cvqh=itn_rappingfirefighter
....for an example, when you see Palistanian children in the streets, the children are throwing rocks, molotov cocktails, shouting insults, cursing, and generally practicising the hit and run tactics their older brothers are using (except the older brothers are using real guns)..The children are facing real soldiers with real rifles, tanks, and machine guns...THe children are taught not to fear the weapons of the Jews....The fact that the Jews do not spray them with machine guns serves to convince the Muslim children that Israeli guns cannot kill them....
...another example..in Europe, when you see Muslims protesting one thing or the other, who is in the picture throwing rocks and setting fires?.....the children....
....Who do the Iraqi terrorists hide behind when attacked by US Marines?.....the children...
....Who did Iran send to clear Iraqi Minefields ...the children...
....Muslim children are considered expendable by their parents....
....very sad....
And in case anyone thinks I am teaching my children to be bigots, that is not the case. They know that just because someone is muslim, doesn't automatically make them bad."
"..........Muslims on the other hand, teach their children, even at a very early age, to Hate the Jews and it is their duty to kill the Jews...the Children are trained in weapons, explosives, ambush techniques, surveillance techniques and lying....all of which are used in killing..."
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It's called living a "higher and more enlightened law" to teach peace and forgivness. Islam is the antithesis of Christianity.
....Islam is systematically destroying all churches it can and is ethinically cleansing the lands it takes over of all non Muslims....it is a fact...
Posted by: exsgtbrown
Of course it is, but that doesn't stop the liars (forgot the Muslim word) and their apologists from saying that Mohammad didn't (and Islam doesn't) call for the destruction of the houses of other faiths.
Mental illness.. all moslems have a mental illness. That;s why they feel they are free to kill everyone. A little voice in my shrink-wrapped head named Momo told me so..
"Mental illness.. all moslems have a mental illness. That;s why they feel they are free to kill everyone. A little voice in my shrink-wrapped head named Momo told me so..
Posted by: Allahfanculo"
....they kill because their "religion" tells them they must kill.....it is their duty...it is their destiny...it is an honor to die....
they are taught such things as:
"Muslim (20.4635) - "Nobody who enters Paradise will (ever like to) return to this world even if he were offered everything on the surface of the earth (as an inducement) except the martyr who will desire to return to this world and be killed ten times for the sake of the great honour that has been bestowed upon him."
....Muslim children are considered expendable by their parents....
....very sad....
Posted by: exsgtbrown
Yes, very sad, but fact.
Therefore We should take them up on this. I don't want a single one of OUR soldiers to die because we value their children more than they value them.
They see this as a weakness to be exploited.
moslems understand the language of ruthless brutality.
Serbia had it right!
And to think we all got sucked into the War against Serbia by this wag-the-dog 'leader' we had.
NO HITLERY in 08!! Or Ever!
Frahane....suffers from depression and what they described as "mental illness."
There are hospitals and counselors in prison so Frahane may receive help for his "mental illness" during his prison stay.Hopefully that will put his daughter's mind at ease.
From the article
Is anyone using that list of names to begin investigations of the other terrorist financiers? Or would that be an unconstitutional denial of their right to practice their religion, and would it raise the ire of CAIR?
If prosecutors have a "Who's Who" list of terrorist financiers, why aren't those terrorist financiers in prison or deported? Why do they have addresses and phone numbers that can be put into address books so they can be contacted by other terrorist financiers? But I'm talking crazy again. Silly me.
Jihad is not limited to just those who pull the triggers and set off the bombs
Those who finance jihad against the West, those who supply and shelter jihadists, those who supply intelligence to jihadists are just as guilty as the actual trigger pullers
They should be deported right away! Chechna are cold killers! They are in Iraq too! They kill children, it is their ideas to round them up in schools and kill them! 13 years ain't sht! that is broken down to possibly 2 years. Then he has more recruits from Prison! When he should be deported! When are we going to act like we ARE at war with them instead of appeasing them?