Where did Akba Jihad Jordan get his understanding of Islam? He seems to be a convert. Who taught him? Where is the teacher now, and who else is he teaching?
“NC Man Pleads Guilty In Terrorism Case,” Associated Press, October 16, 2014:
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man faces up to 15 years in federal prison over plans to travel to either Syria or Yemen to join a jihadist group.
Akba Jihad Jordan of Raleigh pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
Federal prosecutors allege the 22-year-old Jordan and his 21-year-old co-defendant Avin Marsalis Brown spoke repeatedly with an FBI informant about their desire to travel overseas to fight with extremist groups that included al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Islamic State group and jabhat al-Nusrah.
The pair is also alleged to have discussed using weapons to fight non-Muslims in the United States. Investigators later recovered an AK-47 assault rifle and ammunition from Jordan’s apartment.
Brown pleaded guilty in August and awaits sentencing.
Anne says
Great. Faces “up to” 15 years. So he can get out in a couple years even more radicalized, and start over again. How about we ship these traitors to North Korea or something and let them serve their time somewhere else?
Jen says
Soon enough, countries won’t need to worry about their troubled young people joining streets gangs. These deranged types will just be converting to Islam. Instead of turf wars which usually kill rival gang members, the target will be any non-Muslim and the turf is the world at large. Gang members will no longer need to feel bad about committing robberies because after all, Allah tells them that they will profit materially when fighting unbelievers. They will of course be the most moral of gangs. They won’t drink alcohol, gamble or slander chaste women. This is haram. Sex slaves are fine though.
john thomas says
Methinks you and we should let ’em go to Syria etc. Just don’t let ’em come back.
NDB says
All mosques need to be razed and replaced by swine pens.
DiMu says
Why don’t we start a lobby group promoting this on the grounds that mosques are contaminating the air and land with toxic poisons?
Raymond Hietapakka says
“Akba Jihad” What a name!
Shane says
He should have just renamed himself “Muslim Terrorist’ Jourdon! Let these traitorous scumbags go to Syria or Iraq to fight in a jihad and then do not let them come back. They will only spread hated of white people and America while they are in prison.
dumbledoresarmy says
OFFTOPIC but – this is a final call, just in case there’s someone reading this who’s in London, UK, and can get to no 10 Downing Street by 11 am on Saturday 18 October 2014.
The British Pakistani Christian Association (new website at this link)
http://www.britishpakistanichristians.co.uk/
has been campaigning on behalf of Asia Bibi – Pakistani Christian woman, whom Pakistan has sentenced to death for “blasphemy! =
They are going to be holding a PROTEST on Saturday 18 October, to put pressure on the British Government to use whatever leverage it may have, on behalf of Asia Bibi.
“The BPCA have organised a protest for this Saturday from 11:00 – 13:00 at 10 Downing Street. Further information on this will be posted on our blog later today.”
So there you go. If you’ve been wanting to *do* something, here’s an opportunity to stand up and be counted. Put gutless David Cameron on the spot.
To repeat: outside No 10 Downing St, London, between 11 am and 1 pm on Saturday 18 October (which happens to be the Feast of St Luke the Physician, Evangelist and Martyr).
The more people turn up, the better. I don’t know how many people the British Pakistani Christians are expecting, but…wouldn’t it be nice if at least a *thousand* people – UK citizens of all non-Muslim faiths and of no faith, and a goodly contingent from neighbouring countries who have travelled all the way to London to help make the point – turned up on Saturday?? It would be even better if there were two thousand, or three thousand. Let’s have an *Infidel* insta-crowd, for a change.
Go along whether you’re a Christian or not; indeed, it is important that those who are *not* Christians should go, to uphold the general principle of freedom of conscience and freedom of speech.
And: you can use it as an opportunity to educate the general public; before you go, make sure you can explain to any passer by that this oppression of minorities, *and* specifically this suppression of the critique or questioning of Islam, is **mainstream Islam**. Pakistan didn’t make this up; Pakistan is doing it because Pakistan is trying to fulfil the sharia of Islam. Look up the stories of Abu Afak and Asma bint Marwan, non-Muslims who were assassinated by Muslims to “punish” them for daring to mock Mohammed and his band of caravan-robbers, and be ready to tell them.
More:
“BPCA is calling for global support for her release.
“Please contact your MP’s, and any High Commission/Consulate/Embassy for Pakistan in your respective areas calling for a presidential pardon or better scrutiny of evidence within any proposed Supreme Court hearing.
“Please pray over this whole situation and ask God to give Asia and her family his covering of protection. Asia has had previous assassination attempts whilst in prison, and these will grow with the increasing level of hatred towards minorities, exhibited in modern day Pakistan.”
Maybe there should be highly-embarrassing and visible pray-ins right outside the Pakistani embassies and high commissions.
No reason why American Christians – and all who support freedom of conscience and freedom of speech – shouldn’t gather outside a/ the White House – or the Capitol – and b/ the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, to pray and intercede for Asia Bibi. DEMAND that the US government put pressure on Pakistan for Asia’s release.
No reason why Aussies, and Canadians, could not do similar, in Canberra and in Ottawa. Put our governments on the spot; demand that they use every bit of leverage they’ve got. And make some noise in front of the Pakistani high commissions, as well. L et them see that they’re busted! – that we all know that this is Islam, Islam red in tooth and claw…and that we DESPISE it. That we don’t admire vicious bullies who play cat-and-mouse with an unarmed woman; we DESPISE them.
Massive publicity made a difference for Meriam nee Ibrahim, Mrs Daniel Wani.
The same sort of massive publicity should be mobilised for Asia Bibi, Catholic Christian, of Pakistan.
Horace Yo says
Catholics who go to church on Sunday and have to listen to sermons calling for dialogue with our “Muslim brothers and sisters” should print out some of the stuff about Catholic Asia Bibi, Pakistani mother of 5 and her death sentence on trumped up charges of blaspheming Mohammed being upheld in Lahore in Pakistan and tell the priest to go have some dialogue with his buddy imam down at the Mosque about this before promoting Islam in a Christian church. The dialogue from the Muslim side has a strong component of murder in it here is one article. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/18/lahore-high-court-asia-bibi-death-penalty
Mirren10 says
*Yes*.
There is also a petition on the site; *everyone* here should sign it.
I can’t go to London, but I’ve written to camoron, and my meretricious MP, *again*. One feels so helpless.
And this barbarous country is supposed to be our *ally*, and we still send them *millions* in aid ! Dear God …
pumbar says
And all us Brits should sign this and circulate it on;
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/70069
Charlie Griffith says
Dear Readers,
This particular knuckle-dragger in North Carolina is just one single example, and avoided by most of our media. But he does indicate a cultural seed having been successfully planted here, and flourishing.
We’re spinning our wheels here in the USA until we eliminate this ‘cool’, [just observe the smug expression on that recruits face] trendy, political correctness ‘attitude’ virus so protective of the very much larger contagion called “Islam”, and in particular our resident muslims, particularly those hiding behind their U.S passports, are concerned. Until we as a Nation unite ourselves as we so successfully did in 1942, we’ll continue this downward alike, mimicking the English and French.
Where is any sense of proportion visible when our vote-seeking and harvesting trump our national security? Where, actually, is any sense of National Security at all, here, right now? It’s the American version of the 1970’s English attitude, “I’m All Right, Jack.” Look up the movie of that title.
We here in the USA seem to be following the lead of England and France. That is not a compliment. The English, in particular, seem to have forgotten their grit of 1939-1945. The French collapsed earlier, I think in June of 1940.
Too few living today even remember that politically shy, shrinking violet named Franklin Roosevelt [yes, I’ve often mentioned his example before] and Cordell Hull [who?] of 1942.
We [Americans] must wake up and be more assertive against our dangerous Muslim enemy right here inside the U.S.A. Other countries will have their own very different domestic problems. That’ll be up to them to handle.
Forget those “United Nations” united against us Americans, and most ironically chiefly supported by us Americans. […that’s of course another loaded subject, off topic right here]
Charlie Griffith says
correction:
Read “downward slide”, last line, second para.
ds says
One very confusing fact. Why do Muslims get arrested while trying to join a jihad group, while ones that did and fought are not aressted upon return…
By the same logic all returning should be jailed at once
Thomas Wells says
The conspirator-in-chief ,Barack Hussein Obama, should have been impeached and court marshaled for giving aid and comfort to the jihadist caliphate cause, long before small minnows like Akba Jihad .
ConnectingDots says
President Obama,
If you had a son, would he look like Akba Jihad Jordan?
If not, why not?
Discuss.
Charlie Griffith says
Well said,
Turn his own shallow words against him.
abad says
Good, now go to Iraq and get off my turf already