Al Qaeda getting help from a musician? They must really be desperate. A hard-line Islamist would say that creating or enjoying music is harem and back it up with some hadith quotes.

Posted by: Wimbledon Womble at November 8, 2007 12:29 AM

It's something I wonder about, the spread of
Islam in the black jazz community. Art Blakey,
Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Yusef Lateef,
cats like that. There really is no place for
Jazz in islam.

Posted by: root_cause at November 8, 2007 12:49 AM

He deserves a rimshot.

If not a real one.

No Koran, please.

Posted by: profitsbeard at November 8, 2007 1:13 AM

Funny how they can't help but TRY to list "musician" first as if he's being persecuted. Typical PC.
Had it been a REAL report, the "musician" bit would've been secondary, not "martial arts".

But hey...it's reuters...who refused to call terrorists terrorists.
'nuf sed.

Posted by: jcom972 at November 8, 2007 2:51 AM

"Musician gets 15 years for backing al Qaeda"

Robert deserves the rim shot for this outrageous pun.

(Where can we get tickets for their next concert?)

Posted by: MBR at November 8, 2007 6:14 AM

No doubt in prison this joker will help in converting fellow thugs to the religion of enlightenment and peace.

Posted by: Wellington at November 8, 2007 6:24 AM

...the following was the end of an article sent in by Margaret Davis to a jazz publication in January 2006.......

"I am deeply disturbed about Tarik Shah's plight, and I also apologize for not speaking out on behalf of the other defendants as strongly as I have for Tarik, a musician and someone I've known and respected for years. Knowing him makes any charges of intended violence impossible to believe. But I also know that in a situation like this, it really shouldn't matter whether we know someone personally or what his profession might be.

Sincerely,
Margaret Davis
musicmargaret@earthlink.net "

.....I might send an email to Ms Davis to remind her....The Muslim terrorist supporter confessed...believe it or not......

Posted by: exsgtbrown at November 8, 2007 6:35 AM

Send him to Saudi Arabia where his music will be appreciated and the taxpayers here can be relieved of the burden of his upkeep.

Posted by: dgene at November 8, 2007 7:49 AM

That's music to my ears...15 years!

Posted by: darcy at November 8, 2007 9:58 AM

"Tarik Shah, 44, a Muslim born and raised in New York, received the maximum sentence in Manhattan federal court under a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors in which they dropped one of the terrorism charges against him."

This is a perfect example of why Islam is not compatiple with a liberal democratic society.

If a Muslim can be born and raised in a Western society and still can't accept the simple principles that that society operates on, than why are they here.

All Muslims are time bombs. they can explode even in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th generations.

Muslim immigration should be stopped now before it's to late to stop. It's to late for Europe, but not for us.

Posted by: rational at November 8, 2007 10:07 AM

Talk about hitting the wrong note.......

Posted by: tanstaafl at November 8, 2007 10:25 AM

One down, several more to go.
But it's a start.

Posted by: interestinconundrum at November 8, 2007 11:30 AM

Well, do re me!!

This wingnut just doesn't grasp the fact that MUSIC is outlawed by the Kuran and that any REAL Islamic group would love to behead him for such a flagrant infraction of Islamic law.

The delusions some people harbor about Islam--it makes you wonder sometimes.

Posted by: pythagoras at November 8, 2007 1:32 PM