“Warsame said his descent into extremism began after he began attending mosque at his mother’s urging. ‘Learning about the religion and reciting the Quran, I started to become more religious. I felt like there was something that was missing in me.’” Learning about the religion and reciting the Qur’an, he got the idea that he […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Minneapolis ‘Moderate Muslim’ Tries to Join ISIS
In PJ Media today I show how the mainstream media is drawing all the wrong conclusions from the case of Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame: The Obama administration, deeply invested in the theory that poverty and lack of economic opportunity cause terrorism, has established a federal program intended to help young Muslims feel less “alienated.” The administration […]
Minneapolis: Muslim airport worker who preached non-violence tries to join Islamic State
AP just can’t figure out why Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame tried to join the Islamic State, and neither can anyone in Minneapolis. “Local leaders have launched a major effort to stop the flow by building up positive influences on the thousands of young Somalis in the area. And in many ways, Warsame seemed to embody the […]
Muslim baggage handler at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport boasted of being able to take down plane
This AP story says that Warsame boasted of being able to take down a plane at the Minneapolis airport. It doesn’t bother to mention that he actually worked there. And no one there would have dared question him about what he thought of jihad terror. That would have been “Islamophobic.” “Minnesota Man to Plead Guilty […]
Muslim who wanted to join the Islamic State once worked as baggage handler at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport
Imagine what would have happened if those in charge of hiring at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport had attempted to determine whether or not Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame had jihadist sympathies. The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) would have been all over them in a hot New York minute, and CNN and the New York Times […]
Minnesota: Muslim refugee from Somalia arrested for aiding the Islamic State
The solution: bring in more Muslim refugees. “Tenth Somali-American arrested in Minnesota for aiding ISIS,” RT, December 10, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Federal agents in Minneapolis have arrested a 20-year-old man of Somali origin who they say was the “emir” – or leader – of Islamic State recruiting efforts in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Abdirizak […]