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Islamic State propagandist was regular worshiper at Islamic Society of Boston

Sep 7, 2014 4:39 pm By Robert Spencer

Islamic_Soc._of_Boston_3.jpgEight worshipers at the Islamic Society of Boston were either active jihad terrorists or linked to jihad terrorists. But you will never read about this in the Boston Globe. On the contrary, the hopelessly clueless and compromised Boston Globe “reporter” Lisa Wangsness wrote an egregious puff piece on Imam Suhaib Webb of the ISB, a pro-Sharia Islamic supremacist who calls secularism a “radical lunatic ideology,” in May 2013, right after the Boston Marathon jihad murders perpetrated by two members of the Islamic Society of Boston. “Boston bombers’ mosque tied to ISIS,” by Paul Sperry, New York Post, September 7, 2014:

When it was revealed that the Boston Marathon bombers attended a Cambridge, Mass., mosque, its leaders were quick to disavow their actions.

Elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s ideology was not their own, the leaders of the Islamic Society mosque claimed. In fact, he was admonished for an extremist outburst he made during one sermon.

So, one crackpot in a congregation. Who can blame the mosque?

But what about eight — including a prominent member of ISIS?

As it turns out, worshippers at the Islamic Society have included:

Abdurahman Alamoudi, the mosque’s founder and first president who in 2004 was sentenced to 23 years in prison for plotting terrorism. In 2005, the Treasury Department issued a statement saying Alamoudi raised money for al Qaeda in the US.
Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT scientist-turned-al Qaeda agent, who in 2010 was sentenced to 86 years in prison for planning a New York chemical attack. Known as “Lady al Qaeda,” she is related to 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed. ISIS has tried to trade her release for journalist hostages.
Tarek Mehanna, who in 2012 got 17 years in prison for conspiring to use automatic weapons to murder shoppers in a suburban Boston mall.
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a mosque trustee and Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader banned from the US after issuing a fatwa that called for the killing of US soldiers.
Jamal Badawi, another former trustee who in 2007 was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a plan to funnel more than $12 million to Palestinian suicide bombers.

Now it can be revealed that another regular worshipper at the Islamic Society mosque was Ahmad Abousamra, who is now the top propagandist for ISIS.

Abousamra’s father, a prominent doctor, even sat on the board of directors of the Muslim organization that runs the mosque. He stepped down after the FBI began questioning his son.

The FBI suspects Abousamra now operates ISIS’s sophisticated media wing promoting the group’s beheadings and other atrocities through slick videos posted on the Internet. The brutally effective English-language propaganda campaign has helped attract thousands of Western jihadists, including at least 300 Americans.

The FBI says Abousamra, 32, traveled to Pakistan and Yemen to train to kill Americans while enrolled at Boston colleges. He justified murdering civilians because “they paid taxes to support the government and were kufar [nonbelievers],” Boston FBI Agent Andrew Nambu testified in an affidavit.

Another agent, Heidi Williams, says Abousamra, who has a $50,000 bounty on his head, was inspired by the 9/11 attacks and, in fact, “celebrated it.”

A federal indictment says he even plotted to randomly gun down shoppers, then emergency responders, in a Boston mall. But when he couldn’t obtain the automatic weapons for the attack, he abandoned the plan and moved to Syria where he could enter Iraq and kill US soldiers as part of “violent jihad.”

Where did he learn his views about Islam and jihad?

The Islamic Society insists it’s moderate — that these extremists were fed by online forums. But Charles Jacobs, head of Boston’s Americans for Peace and Tolerance, says the mosque has hosted pro-jihad speakers and has stocked its library with classic jihadi texts — including writings by Osama bin Laden mentor Syed Qutb.

And Islamic Society leaders have openly defended their worshippers convicted of terrorism — including Siddiqui and Mehanna — despite overwhelming evidence against them. At their hearings and trials, officials have sought their release or lenient sentences. They have also held fund-raisers and rallies for the terrorists.

Recently, investigators found a mosque prayer card for Mehanna tucked in a Russian dictionary in Tsarnaev’s Cambridge apartment.

Abousamra’s father, Dr. Abdulbadi Abousamra, was president of the Islamic Center of New England mosques until 2007, when he moved to Detroit. The FBI began questioning his son a year earlier. As mosque president, internal documents show, Dr. Abousamra hired Hafiz Masood, brother of a known Pakistani terrorist, to be the imam of a mosque in Sharon, Mass., which his son also attended.

Dr. Abousamra, now chief of endocrinology at Wayne State University in Detroit, did not return e-mails and phone calls seeking comment.

As for the Islamic Society, it insists it isn’t preaching hate.

But how many terrorists does it take before people are convinced it isn’t a coincidence?

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  1. pongidae rex says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 4:46 pm

    The abject prostitution of ‘journalism’ in the USA to facilitate those who seek to destroy our society is without historical precedent.

  2. Jovial Joe says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 4:49 pm

    Just instigate a policy of enforced Mosque closure whenever anyone associated with it who engages in terrorism is found out. We can dream can’t we?

  3. Mary says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 4:54 pm

    It seems unreasonable that his father remains in the position he is.

  4. Diane Harvey says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 5:35 pm

    Boston’s developed quite a stink about itself,

    ~ Stoughton/Boston suburb character, Ahmad Abousamra, a graduate of Northeastern University in Boston now working for ISIS

    ~ Terrorism convictions (2013) of Tarek Mehanna, a Sudbury (another Boston suburb) Muslim who conspired to kill American soldiers and support Al Qaeda

    ~ Mohammed Atta (AA 11) and Marwan al-Shehhi (UA 175) chose Boston to begin their 9/11 adventure

    ~ The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center and its satellite mosques gave “spiritual direction” to the Tsarnaev brothers, and routinely puts out jihad doctrine

    ~ Boston Marathon bombing itself

    ~ The Boston-area MBTA transit system refused to run AFDI/Geller’s pro-Israel adverts despite having allowed anti-Israel adverts

    ~ Lots of pro-Pali & Hate Israel & Hate Jews generally groups on Boston’s many college campuses

    ~ The Gay State moniker bespeaks of Boston’s outrageous “thinking” in all things liberal

    ~ The entire state, including the entire Congressional delegation and its two federal senators, is controlled by the Democrat Party with all its anti-life, anti-freedom attitudes; Ted Kennedy sat in the Senate for >45 years

    There’s more, lots more. Hard to believe that MA was one of the Original 13.

    • Jaladhi says

      Sep 7, 2014 at 5:42 pm

      The land of liberals aid Muslims to do their religious work. To question mUslims will be racist and bigotry. God protect from these liberals and for that matter even some conservatives fall in line with liberals when are concerned.

      • mortimer says

        Sep 7, 2014 at 7:06 pm

        Islam is the only religion approved by lib-leftists.

    • SallyA says

      Sep 8, 2014 at 3:50 am

      @ Diane Harvey – The more includes Ed Markey, Boston College and Boston College Law School graduate, Senate sponsor of co-bill S. 2219 with NY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries’ HR 3878. Bloggers like Pam Geller apparently have said it’s pure Sharia, an important line in the sand, something people should oppose with their elected officials, coming falsely in the name of anti-hate crimes enforcement, for example, at http://whatdidyousay.org/tag/h-r-3878/ The government tracking website shows it in committee, with little chance of passing, but is that taqiyya? Imho, probably yes, taqiyya.

      @ everyone here – I understand our huge desire to know more about Islamic terrorism and the politics of Western civilization currently dealing with the threat (or seemingly abetting it at times), and also to have this commenting opportunity to vent tough emotions about being targets for instance by ISIS saying it wants to see American blood run in our streets. Appalling. At the same time, and I hope nobody will think this is personal, I’m not sure that this is a healthy use of time for me, because it takes me away from other more enjoyable, loving creative pursuits and because, not being in the politics or the military of my country, and not being an academic expert about Islam, it’s just my mere words when I write here, and I have no ability to carry out any better policy than those elected or appointed to serve my country, and no opportunity ever to assist in public education on the issues.

      I have appreciated the opportunity to learn new information from this JW website. However I plan going forward to devote my energies of concern strictly to praying, and otherwise to get on with living without the focus on fear.

      There have always been scary things in the world. Now’s maybe scarier than ever, but I’m still not one of the people positioned to do anything about those scary things other than to pray, so that’s what I’ll be doing.

      Blessings to all.

      Shalom (here or hereafter), Sally

  5. scott allen says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    We need a drone attack on our own soil…

  6. Jaladhi says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    How is it that all these jihadis are coming out of regular “moderate” Muslims?? Only one conclusion: all Muslims are jihadis and come out in full bloom at an appropriate time of their choosing. Never ever trust a Muslim. All are liars and jihadis!!

    • Arnonerik says

      Sep 7, 2014 at 10:35 pm

      What would happen if a Fundamental Christian Church spawned from their membership several white supremacists who were caught or killed while committing terrorist acts both here in the USA and abroad. What if that church, though claiming no responsibility and innocence of any thing these members did, was then found to have anti -government and racist materials in the church library.
      Is there any question in your mind what the Justice Department would do and what the Liberal Propaganda Machine would demand be done to that church and it’s leadership.
      It’s time we demand equal treatment under the law for all our people. The leadership of that Mosque should be arrested and charged with conspiracy and sedition. They should be made an example of and be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

  7. Angemon says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 5:54 pm

    How’s that outreach working out for the FBI?

  8. Ashley says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    Please be mindful and considerate of those that live in the Bay State, and please don’t paint them all with a broad brush.

    Believe it or not, there are many here in Massachusetts that “get it.”

    And we are working hard to “change the tide” and sound the alarm.

    Thank you.

    • Jay Boo says

      Sep 7, 2014 at 8:23 pm

      Some places in Massachusetts are very liberal but most people I’ve met there are down to earth. Great seafood, beaches, Portuguese food is fantastic.

    • Richie says

      Sep 7, 2014 at 8:29 pm

      agreed, I have family back there, and they are not the only Conservatives in the state trying to bring back sanity

    • Richie says

      Sep 7, 2014 at 8:31 pm

      same goes for California. Not everyone in this state is a far left loon

    • Ashley says

      Sep 7, 2014 at 9:14 pm

      Thanks for understanding, guys.

      We have an uphill battle going here in MA.

      I live on the Vineyard, and can attest that most locals feel Obama’s latest vacation here was an atrocity. Thus my frequent “Meanwhile…” posts during his August stay.

      It isn’t easy work…the “digs” on my state don’t help the mission.

      I appreciate the kind comments Jay and Richie.

  9. scott allen says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 6:54 pm

    The Islamic Society of Boston should nominate members similar to when we were in high school for the “Most likely to be Jihad Douche #9”. Maybe us infidels can help with the voting?

  10. mortimer says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 7:08 pm

    Message to FBI:

    The large number of jihadists at Boston Islamic Society IS NOT (repeat) IS NOT a coincidence.

    Teach all FBI agents the doctrines of jihad, abrogation and the kafir.

  11. Richie says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 7:12 pm

    Surely the FBI has this place under surveillance, That would just be common sense

  12. Jay Boo says

    Sep 7, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    Somewhat Off topic about the writings by that Muslim dude (Syed Qutb.) mentioned in the article.

    It appears that he claimed “a drunken American woman attempted to seduce him.”

    TRANSLATION
    While in the US he likely sampled some alcoholic beverages then acted like a dirty old man around some young lady and made a total ass of himself but in true Muslim fashion he put all the blame on her and became extremely pious to hide his bad behavior.
    This guy was exceedingly ugly by the age when he came to the US.
    No woman no matter how drunk she was would have tried to seduce such a beast.

  13. Ralph says

    Sep 8, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    Read Genesis 16:7 and Through Genesis 16 : 19 and you will see what the Destiny of the Muslim’s, via God’s own words.

  14. Islofob IS-1 says

    Sep 9, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    Many fought against the “9-11 Mosque” , not because of what would be taught (islam) , but because of where is was to be built ,and used. Just move it a mile, ten miles, 50 miles, two blocks further away, and then the teaching of islam would be O.K.

    Trouble is not the building, but what is taught, islam.

    This story proves the error, islam is the enemy.

    It must be banned, and removed from the free west , in every possible way. Reform (good luck) must come from within the “faith”, best done from a safe a distance as needed by us, those who do not need, or want islam .

    Ammendment to our law, just for islam may be needed.

    Two choices, you remove the threat to a safe distance as needed, or you destroy the threat. One way or the other, it must, and will happen.

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