Rochester, NY: Muslim intentionally tries to run down people with his car

Police are scratching their heads and wondering what Munir Muthana's motive could possibly be. And of course, maybe it had nothing to do with jihad at all. Whether it did or not, I'm sure we will hear from authorities and the media that it didn't. But this is -- as far as I know -- the fourth incident in the U.S. in recent years in which a Muslim intentionally tried to run down people with his car.

Mohammed Reza Taheri-Azar explicitly grounded his action in the teachings of the Koran. If he had not done this, however, I'm sure the mainstream media would have constructed a non-Islamic explanation for what he did. Omeed Aziz Popal, we were told, was suffering from stress from an arranged marriage. And Ismail Yassin Mohamed, we were informed, was mentally ill, suffered from depression, and hadn't being taking his medication.

And now we have Munir Muthana. What will the explanation be? Look, maybe the explanations offered for Omeed Popal and Ismail Mohamed are perfectly accurate, but it is a mounting series of curious coincidences that these Muslims seem to have become unhinged in exactly the same way and expressed their madness in exactly the same way.

Can someone please send me stories about non-Muslims intentionally trying to run people down with their cars? Perhaps they will help put all this into perspective. Please send links to director[at]jihadwatch.org.

"Several Injuries After Driver Goes After Pedestrians," from WHAM News, November 12 (thanks to Mike G.):

A Rochester man is facing numerous charges, accused of trying to run down people with his car on Thursday afternoon.
Police say they were flagged down by people in southwest Rochester, at a parking lot in front of 700 S. Plymouth Avenue.Tthey [sic] say the driver of a Nissan Maxima had struck another car as well as several pedestrians.

The officer tried to pull the vehicle over, but the suspect's car then hit the police cruiser and kept going. Eventually, the Maxima struck a resident's car at Jefferson Avenue and W. Main and then hit a second police car at Jefferson and Clifton. The chase eventually ended on South Plymouth near Genesee where the suspect hit another resident's car.

Altogether, seven people, including the suspect were taken to the hospital for minor injuries, but police spokesman LaRon Singletary says it could have been a lot worse...

The suspect is identified as 27 year old Munir Muthana of Rochester. He faces numerous charges including assault and vehicular assault. there's no other word right now on a possible motive.

Yes, it takes awhile to think those things up!

15 Comments

tanstaafl | November 13, 2009 8:45 AM

Perhaps a sub-category of the infamous Sudden Jihad Syndrome - Vehicular Sudden Jihad Syndrome - VSJS.

Yankel | November 13, 2009 8:46 AM

He's already pleaded not-guilty. He was boozing and someone pointed out that he was patronizing a transvestite which insulted his HONOR.

His honor was insulted so he tried to massacre dozens of people by running them down with his car.

It was attempted "honor" killing.

Go look at the mug shot of this cretin and ask yourself why the United States of America has reason to import this POS and others of his ilk.

Wonderin1 | November 13, 2009 8:51 AM

Why, Robert, don't you see? This man was experiencing the "Muslim Rapture". Look, as in the Christian version of the "rapture", he thought his car was supposed to go out of control and, uh, just be, uh, driving on it's own. I'm certain that this is in the grrrran, yeah, over in the book of, uh, Hostilations. Yeah, that's where it is. He got raptured. He couldn't help it. It's an 'ulluh-hu qWahksmoor' thing. People of any other religion wouldn't understand.

Wonderin1

Islam_Macht_Frei | November 13, 2009 9:00 AM

Only 7 people with "minor" injuries? Obviously a rank amateur. Allah will not be pleased.

GrimReaperxxx | November 13, 2009 9:04 AM

Same old, Same old

Stressed out and mentally ill, or **** (take your pick) same old excuse, but if it works everytime, who is really to blame?

undaunted | November 13, 2009 9:20 AM

To those so inclined and prepared: the law usually reads that, to stop the threat posed by someone attacking in an automobile, one should shoot at the driver.

Stop the driver, stop the threat.

Not the tires, not the engine block, not the trunk or back window.

The driver.

Mobamad replied to comment from undaunted | November 13, 2009 9:26 AM

"someone attacking in an automobile, one should shoot at the driver."

Nice!

Wakingwest | November 13, 2009 11:13 AM

All it took was a little alcohol for the truth to came out of this moronic follower of the stupidest ideology ever devised.
“The Muslims will fix this country,"jihad" and "hating Americans"

gravenimage | November 13, 2009 11:36 AM

Mohammed Reza Taheri-Azar...Omeed Aziz Popal...Ismail Yassin Mohamed...

And now we have Munir Muthana.
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And let's not forget Faleh Hassan Al Maleki in Arizona, who ran down his "Westernized" daughter Noor and her boyfriend's mother. Noor has since died of her injuries.

Also, let's not forget the two stolen bulldozer rampages in Israel last year, where Muslims stole construction equipment to run down Jews.

Ibrahim Ramey, human and civil rights director for the Muslim American Society’s Freedom Foundation, said, in reference to the Al Maleki case, “It’s certainly not part of the religion, to run people down with vehicles.”

Perhaps not—and yet, it seems to be more common all the time.

gravenimage | November 13, 2009 11:49 AM

Here's a disturbing posting on JihadWatch by Arjun Sevak from June 29, 2007, as he describes his old neighborhood in India that became Muslim. Here's the line that caught my eye in regard to the above story:

"The dogs of that area are dying because the muslims run their cabs over them."

From what I have heard, Muslims intentionally run over dogs in many parts of the world. Dogs, Infidels, Infidel dogs...

Spirit Wolf replied to comment from gravenimage | November 13, 2009 12:02 PM

Gravenimage - You wrote:

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I would say, yes, it is not only permitted to attack people with vehicles, but pretty much required. 9:29 starts off with: And prepare yourselves all your steeds of war" (or some such) - horses being used as military vehicles, no different from a tank, or a jeep, or even an old sedan aimed at a crowd of khufir.

Mr Spencer, would that seem to be an accurate interpretation?

Lenin-McCarthy | November 13, 2009 12:26 PM

Another terror attack on US soil. Make sure this gets on "the list" on TROP! Wake the b**gers up!

aynrandgirl | November 13, 2009 5:52 PM

"It’s certainly not part of the religion, to run people down with vehicles"

That's an interesting way to lie. It is in fact true that Islam contains no command to "run down people with vehicles". He expects infidels to hear "Islam deems it immoral to run unbelievers down with vehicles". That implication, of course, is a big fat lie.

ebonystone | November 13, 2009 8:21 PM

"And of course, maybe it had nothing to do with jihad at all. Whether it did or not, I'm sure we will hear from authorities and the media that it didn't. But this is -- as far as I know -- the fourth incident in the U.S. in recent years in which a Muslim intentionally tried to run down people with his car.
"Can someone please send me stories about non-Muslims intentionally trying to run people down with their cars? Perhaps they will help put all this into perspective."

Yes, this is the key to figuring whether there's a Moslem angle to these attacks. If there have been, say, 100 such attacks in the last few years, and only these 4 by Moslems, then maybe Islam isn't much of a factor. But if there have been only 8 or 10, then Islam becomes a very significant factor. I must say I haven't heard of any others. I've heard of "road rage", but that seems to be ramming other cars on the expressway, not intentionally running over pedestrians.

Concerned912 | November 14, 2009 6:25 AM

Maybe some liberal will come up with a bright idea to stop the Jihadi Bump-a-Rama. Maybe we could just see that they have unrestricted use of planes.

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