Apparently the “42 Ways of Supporting Jihad” that Awlaki sent him unaccountably omitted that bit about the interior spiritual struggle. An update on this story. “US man convicted in plot to help Al-Qaeda branch,” from AFP, November 14: A Texas man who had been in contact with the late US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi was … Continue reading Texas Misunderstander of Islam guilty in plot to aid al-Qaeda