The Mirror tells us that “the militia man turned his back on his multi-millionaire lifestyle after becoming radicalised two years ago, it is claimed.” In the video, he repeatedly quotes the Qur’an, explaining and justifying his actions on the basis of Islamic teaching. So how exactly was he “radicalized”? In what way is he misunderstanding the Qur’an and Islam? Everywhere in the West, even at the highest levels, it is taken for granted that people like this man are indeed misunderstanding Islam, but no one ever gets around to explaining exactly how, despite the fact that billions of dollars and numerous policies both foreign and domestic depend on this claim being true.
“Former Arsenal footballer ‘joins Jihadi fighters waging war in Syria,'” by Josh Layton for the Mirror, April 4 (thanks to Jas):
A former Arsenal star is thought to have joined a band of ruthless Jihadi fighters waging war in Syria.
The gun-toting fanatic is said to have grown up playing with Real Madrid galactico Cristiano Ronaldo.
The militia man turned his back on his multi-millionaire lifestyle after becoming radicalised two years ago, it is claimed.
He is filmed wielding an AK47 and proclaiming holy war in two terror videos on an extremist website.
Fellow jihadists say the fighter – who calls himself Abu Issa Al-Andalusi – was brought up in Portugal before signing for the Gunners.
In the footage he appears in a mask calling on Muslims to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – an al-Qaeda off-shoot group behind murders and beheadings.
The faction has been blamed for extreme violence against other Islamist groups, Kurds and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime.
The fanatic says: “It’s very important for you to protect your children from these animals, from these dirty people; Allah says they are the worst of creatures.”
That’s Qur’an 98:6.
One of the videos acts as a recruiting call for supporters in the Ukraine.
The ex-Premier League footballer says “we are in need of all kinds of help in fighting the enemy”.
He boasts: “We have conquered many cities and we are now implementing the sharia.
“We have areas where the kaffirs [non-Muslims] are paying us the tax.”
The tax is specified in the Qur’an. Non-Muslims must pay it as a sign of their subjugation to the Muslims: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” — Qur’an 9:29
The man is introduced in a subtitle by his new name Abu Isa al-Andalus.
He appears to be in his late 20s as he speaks calmly on a bridge in front of a serene lake.
But his words, spoken in English in a heavy Portuguese or southern European accent, contain a message of hatred far removed from the world of sport.
He says: “If you have family in these [western] countries what is going to happen probably.
“You don’t have control over your children. Maybe in some of countries it’s a must for you to put your children in the kaffir schools.
“Who is going to teach your children? It’s going to maybe be a gay, maybe a drug dealer, maybe a paedophile.
“It’s very important for you to protect your children from these animals, from these dirty people Allah says they are the worst of creatures. So you prefer to live among the worst of creatures rather than among the Mujahideen?”
The videos were first posted on jihadi website FiSyria.com.
In a post, an alleged member of ISIS says: “He grew up with Ronaldo, played for Arsenal, and [then] left football, money and the European way of life for the sake of Allah.”
The Russian website claims that the player was brought up in Portugal, adding: “He played for Arsenal in London, [but] realised that [kind of] life was not for him, [so] he left everything and set out for jihad two years ago.” But ISIS did not confirm his previous identity.
The Middle East Media Research Institute, which works with the US Government on counter-terrorism, gave weight to the credibility of the website.
A spokesman said: “It has been active for a couple of years now, bringing reports about the activities of jihadi groups in Syria to Russian speakers.
“At least some of the people behind the site are in Syria themselves.
“The site regularly brings videos from the field showing video messages and talks of jihad fighters, news reports, scenes and footage of combat, and general jihadi material.
“The site clearly supports the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).”
A spokesman for the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said: “There are thousands of foreign fighters in Syria from all over the world.
“But at present there is no information about a footballer who played for Arsenal.”
Another former professional footballer, Nizar Trabelsi, who had played in Germany for Fortuna Dusseldorf, was lined up for terror attacks after joining al-Qaeda.
The Tunisian was caught and jailed for 10 years before he could carry out the plots, including an attack on the US Embassy in Paris. The ranks of ISIS also included Londoner Abu Suleiman al-Britani, who rammed a truck into a Syrian prison to allow hundreds of prisoners to escape.
Arsenal have launched an investigation into the claims.
A spokesman said: “We do not recognise the individual from the published clips and we don’t have any record of a Abu Isa al-Andalus representing the club at any level.”
Fanatical footballOsama bin Laden was an Arsenal fan during his time living in London.
Fans even used to chant: “Osama, woah-woah, Osama, woah-waoh, he’s hiding in Kabul, he loves the Arsenul”.
The figurehead for global terror was said to have attended a number of matches at Highbury while living in the capital in the 1990s.
He watched the Gunners’ run to the European Cup Winners’ Cup final in the 1993/94 season, according to author Adam Robinson.
Bin Laden was also said to have bought his eldest son, Abdullah, an Ian Wright replica shirt.
Arsenal enacted a ban in when the reports first emerged in late 2001.
A club spokesman said: “We’ve seen the reports in the papers. Clearly he wouldn’t be welcome at Highbury in the future.”
Good to know. But isn’t Arsenal running the risk of disrupting social cohesion? Aren’t they being Islamophobic?
mariam rove says
The militia man turned his back on his multi-millionaire lifestyle after becoming radicalised two years …..
I did not know that it costs millions of dollars to have an affair with 72 virgins. It seems a bit to high!!!!!!!!!! M
RG says
Actually, the price is way much higher–it’s actually gonna cost him his eternal soul plus the millions. Too bad for him, there are no “virgins”. islam–what a crock!!!
mariam rove says
what a bunch of idiots…. M
RG says
This is why I say we need to OUTLAW this poor excuse for a “religion”. This guy is “radicalized” because some sleazeball imam indoctrinated him at whatever mosque he was/ is attending! Just for a brief second we need to imagine the lure of promised “eternal sexual promiscuity”–because that’s exactly what islam teaches.
These young airheads are hot to trot as it is. All it takes is that some filthy-minded imam comes along and preaches “unbridled eternal sex” to these bastards, and the rest is history–these fools run blindfolded pell-mell down the road to their own damnation!!!
THAT IS THE EXACT REASON THAT 9/11/01 TOOK PLACE!!!
IT AIN’T THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT!!!!
Angemon says
mariam rove posted:
“I did not know that it costs millions of dollars to have an affair with 72 virgins. It seems a bit to high!!!!!!!!!! M”
They get re-virginized every night. That kind of surgery can’t be cheap, especially when it’s urgent.
mortimer says
CLAIMING that such people ‘misunderstand’ is criminal DISINFORMATION and NEGLIGENCE on the part of our politicians for which they should be SUED.
If politicians had to back up what they say like CA-MORON (Lee Rigby’s murder ‘had nothing to do with Islam’) with PROOF, more people would now understand JIHAD.
Cameron and other dhimmis help the jihadists when they do not ask them to abandon Islam which clearly calls for jihad.
Wellington says
Very sound point, mortimer. Whitewashing evil by way of wilful ignorance or actual complicity is arguably even worse than evil itself. As Ayn Rand noted, the evil people in the world are not the true problem. Rather, the true problem is the hesitation by civilization to acknowledge evil and then wipe it out early.
Not doing so always costs civilization far more in the end. And, oh my God, are the Western elites of our day culpable in this respect by their continued refusal to speak publicly about the myriad of troubling, freedom-crushing, malevolent doctrines existent in Islam. Damn them for all time. A la Ayn Rand, they’re even worse than the jihadists.
Salah says
“..their continued refusal to speak publicly about the myriad of troubling, freedom-crushing, malevolent doctrines existent in Islam.”
This refusal is due to one thing only: Political Correctness. That’s the main problem. That’s why I keep saying that Islam is not the real problem, Islam can be easily crushed were it not for our refusal to speak publicly about it.
It’s not enough to write about Islam on the net, the truth about it must be published in all the MSM.
First, we must get rid of all our PC leaders. Then we must use our right to free speech to its full extent, on every TV channel, radio, newspaper etc.
Then we should all sit back, relax and watch the agony of this evil ideology.
Victory over Islam is not defeating jihadists, it’s not deporting Muslims, it’s not banning Islam or destroying mosques. Victory over Islam is watching Muslims turning away from Islam by the millions.
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/05/dying-islam-lislam-mourant.html
Angemon says
“But his words, spoken in English in a heavy Portuguese or southern European accent, contain a message of hatred far removed from the world of sport.”
I lived both in Spain and Portugal. It’s a portuguese accent.
“The gun-toting fanatic is said to have grown up playing with Real Madrid galactico Cristiano Ronaldo.
He appears to be in his late 20s as he speaks calmly on a bridge in front of a serene lake.
Age checks out (Ronaldo is 29). If he grew up playing with Ronaldo then he must have made his youth career in Sporting Lisbon’s youth academy. He’s probably portuguese of former portuguese colonies ancestry.
But if he were a multi-millionaire football star, or at least a first team regular in Arsenal, his departure from the football world would have been noticed. He was probably a promising star snatched by Wenger (he has a well deserved reputation for spotting young talent), failed to develop properly and was eventually let go. If authorities want to try to figure out who he is they should start by looking at Sporting Lisbon’s transfers to Arsenal (including youth transfers) from late 90’s to early 2000’s.
That is, assuming his background isn’t propaganda to impress impressionable youths. C’mon, a multi-millionaire football star who turned his back on his fame and fortune to go fight in Syria? Can you think of a better poster child?
tpellow says
This Islamic jihadist is part of a global threat to security.
The British Government should immediately ban him from the U.K.
Or do Cameron-May-Warsi only ban opponents of Islamic jihad, such as Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, from entry into U.K ?
duh_swami says
Radicalization, is like the ‘divine Paradox’…Nothing is real, but if you cut yourself, you will bleed just the same. So, ‘radical’ Islam does not exist, and at the same time, Islam is steeped in radicalism. Islam is the religion of peace, is an oxymoron, mostly moron. All this is word magic, created to to obscure evil. Three words say it all, ‘Islam is Evil’…That is a compressed idea that when opened, all the reasons why pop out of the box along with Jack.
Tony says
Being a life-long Arsenal fan, I can’t think of any player that fits this description. Off the top of my head, I can’t even think of one player that has arrived at the club via Portugal, let alone played in the Premier League. This is most likely propaganda designed to appeal to the millions of young, muslim men who follow the Premier League, especially Arsenal. A quick look on Arsenal social media pages and you’ll see many, many muslim Arsenal fans commenting. Arsenal’s stadiun is also called “The Emirates”, they are sponsored by the airline. It doesn’t surprise me that the Islamist nutters are starting to, excuse pun, make a play for football fans. There are a lot of famous muslim players now in the Premier League, and the muslim fan base is growing accordingly. You are probably aware of muslim convert, Nickolas Anelka being banned recently for his “quennelle” goal celebration. Be prepared for more stories about Islamic influence in football. Excuse the pun again, but the West have missed the ball on this one. The jihadists have been targeting football for a while now. Why wouldn’t they? The most popular sport in the world which is followed by millions and millions of young men of fighting age.
Isa says
At a guess, I’d say it could possibly be Luis Boa Morte. He came from the Sporting academy and transfered to Arsenal in the 90’s.
Semeru says
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The ceremony featured music performed by the Rio de Janiero British School Orchestra, appearances from star footballers Gilberto Silva and Luis Boa Morte, and messages of support from Pope Francis and Prince William the Duke of Cambridge.
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Isa says
Thanks. I guess not then…
Angemon says
Luís Boa Morte left Sporting Lisbon the same year Ronaldo joined their youth academy. He’s middle 30’s, not late 20’s. Age doesn’t match.
joeb says
I hear from a sports correspondent friend at a major uk paper that manager arsene wenger favours muslim players, as “they don’t gamble, don’t drink, don’t go to night clubs. They behave themselves”
Just like this one.
It’s possible he was an academy player, and was sold, but he was never in the first or second team. I’ve never heard of him, and I’ve had season tickets at arsenal for twenty years.
As an aside, there are increasing numbers of muslim players in the english premier league.
Judi says
@ joeb – yes, and that’s why there is so much anti-semitism now at matches.
Angemon says
“Arsenal have launched an investigation into the claims.
A spokesman said: “We do not recognise the individual from the published clips and we don’t have any record of a Abu Isa al-Andalus representing the club at any level.””
*facepalm*
I doubt Abu Isa al-Andalus was his birth name. I’m going on a limb here but i think Abu Isa al-Andalus was the name he choose upon converting to islam. I’m saying this because if he hid his face i’m assuming he does not want to be recognized. So giving his real name would kinda defeat the point, wouldn’t it?
Also, Abu Isa al-Andalus? Abu is arabic for father, Isa is the islamic version of Jesus (eh, father of Jesus? He is god!!! – just kidding, he probably has a son named Isa) and al-Andalous is the arabic name given to the Iberian Peninsula. It means “land of the vandals” because muslims believe the vandals who settled in north africa originated from there, even though they were just passing by. Can anyone really believe that’s not a bogus name?