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Virginia Muslima will stay in jail until trial on Islamic State-related charges

Nov 19, 2014 11:36 pm By Robert Spencer

325198-burqa“Neighbor Adrian Ford said she found it ‘strange’ when Coffman started wearing a burqa because she used to wear T-shirts and jeans.” Yet Islamic advocacy groups in the U.S., along with their Leftist allies, have consistently denounced any identification of devoutness in Islamic observance as an indicator of possible “radicalization.” The facts again and again show, however, that there is indeed a connection, ignored at our own risk.

An update on this story. “Virginia mom will stay in jail until trial on ISIS-related charges,” by Becky Perlow, CNN, November 20, 2014 (thanks to Lookmann):

Richmond, Virginia (CNN) — A 29-year-old Virginia woman charged with lying to the FBI about alleged connections to the terror group ISIS will remain in jail until her trial.

Heather Coffman of Henrico County, Virginia, stood quietly in federal court in Richmond on Wednesday, where she waived her right to a detention hearing and a preliminary hearing.

Coffman, mother of a 7-year-old son, is accused of trying to help people go to Syria to take up arms with ISIS.

No court date was set at the hearing Wednesday for Coffman, who was dressed in a navy-blue jailhouse jumpsuit and bright orange rubber shoes, her brown hair unkempt and her face emotionless.

Authorities say they built their case against Coffman over several months using information from a series of undercover interviews and social media posts. Coffman first caught the attention of the FBI through her Facebook activity, according to a criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Investigators say Coffman, using the name Ubeida Ametova, listed her “work and education” on her Facebook account as “jihad for Allah’s sake” and posted images of ISIS fighters armed with AK-47s with captions including, “We are all ISIS” and “Virtues of the Mujahideen.”

Investigators say they also discovered a man whom Coffman claimed was her husband. According to Facebook communications detailed in the complaint, the man told Coffman he hoped their future son would be “Mujahideen” and Coffman agreed, expressing her support for “whatever you want to do.”

Several of Coffman’s neighbors told CNN there were indications she was increasingly observant of the Muslim faith but they saw no signs she was radicalized. They say they noticed a change in Coffman’s appearance about three months ago when she started wearing black burqas and headscarves.

Neighbor Adrian Ford said she found it “strange” when Coffman started wearing a burqa because she used to wear T-shirts and jeans….

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  1. mortimer says

    Nov 19, 2014 at 11:58 pm

    The burqa is the equivalent of the ‘card’ as in ‘card-carrying communist’.

    Wearing full Islamic dress indicates a high respect for Mohammed and an attitude that CONDONES all of Mohammed’s genocides, rapes, atrocities, pedophilia, enslavements, ethnic cleansings, megalomania and political supremacism.

    The burqa is an indicator of Islamic Stockholm syndrome.

    • Charli Main says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 2:53 am

      100% spot on.
      Just as wearing a cross in Britain shows a desire to lose your job, get battered or beheaded and get arrested for offending Muslims and insulting Islam.

      • quotha raven says

        Nov 20, 2014 at 12:48 pm

        Jeez, Charli – You’re in rare form this morning!)))

  2. somehistory says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 12:05 am

    She wants her son to be a killer. The woman is a danger to the child. And all for a ^man^. If he can b called that.

  3. citycat says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 12:25 am

    “Whatever you want to do”. Sounds like she’s under his influence.
    Perhaps a Lesbian for president might help.

  4. Jay Boo says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 12:33 am

    (“Investigators say Coffman, using the name Ubeida Ametova, listed her “work and education” on her Facebook account as “jihad for Allah’s sake””)
    —————–

    “jihad for Allah’s sake”
    That is so incredibly sweet and considerate of her to say such a selfless thing.
    She is willing to Struggle against the infidel enemies of Allah.
    She wishes to struggle in the morning and struggle all though the night.

    After all, if fighting infidels was very easy, Allah would find a way to do it all by himself.

    • Salah says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 9:31 am

      @Jay Boo,

      Check out this link, Jay Boo.
      Yes, I stand by what I previously wrote: Gun control advocates are morally responsible for the bloodshed.

      http://new.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-eases-gun-control-rules-after-Jerusalem-terror-attack-382344

      Better late than never. Meanwhile, innocent people died.

  5. citycat says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 12:48 am

    Allah is unable to move.
    It is stuck in the East, bloated on muslims’ energy, radiating fear to gain more.

  6. Champ says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 3:10 am

    A 29-year-old Virginia woman charged with lying to the FBI about alleged connections to the terror group ISIS will remain in jail until her trial.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Lying is allah approved, so it’s a muslims rite of passage to lie as much as they want to and for any reason …

    islam brings nothing but hell on earth!

  7. Salah says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 9:36 am

    ““Neighbor Adrian Ford said she found it ‘strange’ when Coffman started wearing a burqa..”

    Translation: …when Coffman started wearing a garbage bag.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/03/garbage-bagsac-ordures.html

  8. Shane says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 10:07 am

    What is wrong with these women who convert to Islam? They know that women are treated as second class citizens in Islam and that the real War on Women was started by Muhammad 1,400 years ago. Who would want to wear a burkha?

    • abad says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 7:45 pm

      Maybe it “saves” them from existential anxiety. Who knows…..

  9. Darren says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 11:11 am

    If I would hazard a guess I would bet she wanted desperately to belong to something, and most likely was naive about islam. Many westerners are guilty of being very naive especially when it comes to things like islam. She most likely has major mental issues. Why any western women or any women for that matter would want to join something that treats them like they are lower than animals means they are either completely naive, mentally ill, or both. Or maybe this women truly is just an evil sociopath, there is always that angle too.

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 8:22 pm

      Darren wrote:

      If I would hazard a guess I would bet she wanted desperately to belong to something, and most likely was naive about islam.
      …………………………….

      Darren—with all respect—were this the case, I very much doubt that she would have immediately started wearing a Burqa, lauding “jihad for Allah’s sake”, posting images of ISIS fighters armed with AK-47s on her Facebook page, declaring “We are all ISIS”, and expressing a desire that her son would be a “Mujahideen”.

      There *are* naïve tools who convert believing Islam is a “religion of peace”, or because they were deceived by a Muslim man waging “love Jihad”—but I don’t believe Ubeida Ametova was one of them.

      Some of the female “reverts” are every bit as vicious as their male counterparts.

      • Darren says

        Nov 21, 2014 at 11:53 am

        You are of course 100% correct. This is why I said there is always the evil sociopath angle to consider. Since islam gives more sanction and rewards the worst human behavior, and actually it encourages it’s followers to give in to every base impulse they have, it attracts the worst types of people to it’s banner like a flame draws moths. Islam the Captain Trips of human ideology. If you read the Stephen King book The Stand you will understand my reference. The truly frightening aspect of islam, is they weaponize everything and anything if it will further the cause of islam. You ever read how Indonesian became muslim for instance? Lebanon of course another great example. Civilized society has no counter or defense against islamic colonization. Not a pleasant thought, but it’s the sad truth.

        • Darren says

          Nov 21, 2014 at 11:54 am

          moral sanction that is, not more type. Need moar coffee lol.

  10. joeb says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 11:31 am

    Sorry, I got a bit confused. I thought the photo at the top was of the Labour Party candidate for the Rochester and Stroud by-election in the UK today…

  11. Darren says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 11:54 am

    I actually know a women who has recently fell victim to this. The man she met was very wealthy bought a nice big house bought her all kinds of nice things, this is after she just broke up with someone. Anyway now they are getting married and she converted to islam. She is wearing the muslim dress and everything. This is a women who came from a good home and everything. She even told the women who attend the wedding to wear muslim dress. I won’t go into anymore detail, the guy could be wonderful and everything, but the fact about the whole muslim dress thing is sad to me. The muslim covering nonsense represents oppression and I think all humans should be free.

    • somehistory says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 12:54 pm

      Agreed. Have known a number of Western born women who, after being unsuccessful with Western men, fell victim to the wiles of dark-eyed ME men who gave them so much attention they couldn’t see the truth of what was actually going on and married the muslim. Face and body coverings came next and some just thought they were oh-so- special to be dressed in body bags.
      It is sad.

      • quotha raven says

        Nov 20, 2014 at 2:39 pm

        I guess it can go either way…I met a 30 yr old Saudi spoiled brat in Bucharest, as several hotel guests and locals sat around in the late afternoon, chatting in the lobby. He was bragging how much his father sent him as a monthly allowance while he was a “student” in Bucharest. When I excused myself to get dressed for dinner, he followed me all the way to my room, and when I asked him what he was doing, he said he was coming in and going to bed with me! I said “no, you’re not” and shut the door. I couldn’t believe what had just happened!

        Some years earlier, as a single woman free-lance journalist traveling alone, I was treated like an absolute dog by the manager of the Grand Hotel, where I stayed for eight days in Khartoum, Sudan! Total disrespect for a woman on her own, western dress, independence, etc. He treated me with disrespect and disdain, totally rude.

        These are just two of many mind-bending encounters I’ve had with Muslim men, but the memory remains strong, as they illustrate two different but pervasive aspects of misogynist Islam. Nothing like experiencing these things up close and personal.

        Another memorable occasion was in Lagos, Nigeria. Lagos is built on four or five islands. I went with a Muslim and a Catholic guy to hear a popular musician on a different island. The Muslim got drunk, the Catholic didn’t have a car, and I couldn’t get a taxi. I had to let the drunk Muslim drive me back to my hotel. On the way, he failed to negotiate a split in the road and rolled the brand new Volkswagen down an embankment. I wasn’t seriously hurt (gashed shins, nothing serious) and at the end of the day, circa 4a.m., he was quite insistent that after we have been through all this together, I should really take him to my bedroom in the International Hotel! As they say in L.A…..as IF! LOL

        Cheers! Quotha

        • Darren says

          Nov 20, 2014 at 2:46 pm

          Key word independent women and most likely has high self esteem. I have read many stories of women in the west who either suffer from low self esteem or have trouble with western men fall victim as you say. It almost reminds me of the grooming gangs in the U.K.

    • abad says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 7:49 pm

      Back in college I knew a girl, blonde, Christian, who was dating a Muslim man. She was the type who quite literally wanted a man to “take care of her” financially and otherwise. Maybe it’s the wealth these Muslim men have, these women think will take care of all their needs even though in reality their emotional needs will not be met. It’s tragic really and goes against old-fashioned feminism. The American Christian women who get involved with Muslim men are, well, to put it delicately, not exactly Athena archetypes……….

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 10:22 pm

      How well do you know her?

      You might want to give her a copy of Phyllis Chesler’s “An American Bride in Kabul”. Or if not her, then her *mother*, or her (formerly) best friend, or whichever of her nearest kinfolk appears most wary of the match. Forewarned is forearmed.

      Other possibilities (again, not necessarily for the female concerned, but for her nearest and dearest and/ or former best friends) – “Not Without My Daughter”, and Rosemary Sookhdeo’s two useful books “Secrets Behind the Burqa” and “Stepping into the Shadows”. And – shock treatment – a disk with Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s “Submission” (it’s out there on the internets *somewhere*, I’m sure). And two books by a woman under the nom de plume “Cassandra”, who married an Arab Muslim Sheikh Charming, discovered not long after the marriage that he had morphed into an ugly toad, and – luckily for her – managed to get the hell out. She describes the experience in “Escape! from an Arab Marriage” and then offers the first-hand bitter experience of others like herself, collated in “33 Secrets Arab Men Don’t Tell American Women” (sic: a better title would have been “33 Secrets Muslim Men Don’t Tell Infidel Women”).

      If *anyone* in her circle is a bit unhappy about the match already, then providing them with information and ammunition may prove very helpful for them – and even her – further down the track.

      Question: Is she moving to a Muslim country,or is she – and Muslim hubby – planning to remain in infidel country-of-origin? If the latter, then at least, if she gets a rude shock of reality and wakes up and wants OUT, it will be easier to assist. If she’s waltzing off to the dar al Islam with her man – as Phyllis Chesler very, very foolishly did in the 1960s – then her family may well never see her alive again; tell them that. Not angrily. Just as calmly and unemotionally as you can.

      • Darren says

        Nov 21, 2014 at 11:58 am

        They are staying in the states. A lot of people are unhappy about it, but we all have free choice. This person isn’t the evil sociopath variety of person who joins islam either. The whole wear islamic dress at the wedding thing I heard gave me the chills.

  12. Ashley says

    Nov 20, 2014 at 7:35 pm

    “Several of Coffman’s neighbors told CNN there were indications she was increasingly observant of the Muslim faith but they saw no signs she was radicalized.”
    ____________

    Memo to Coffman’s neighbors: when your neighbor becomes increasingly observant of the Muslim faith, she’s indicating to YOU that she become radicalized.

    Dolts…

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Nov 20, 2014 at 10:13 pm

      Yep.

      My thought exactly.

      They should have been watching her like a hawk from the moment she declared herself a convert to Islam; and when she put on the Slave Mask and hid her face, then they should have been phoning the relevant authorities (including the local police) and saying, look, I think we have somebody in the neighbourhood who might be about to Go Jihad.

      • Darren says

        Nov 21, 2014 at 12:00 pm

        Political correctness, fear of offending and being called racist, and cognitive dissonance run deep in the west.

  13. Bezelel says

    Nov 21, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    Any bets on who she voted for? I can’t help wondering ,if not for islam, what her path would have been.There are plenty of other insane causes to latch onto. Ask Charlie Manson’s fiancee.

  14. mark says

    Nov 21, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    I feel so disillusioned with feminists and liberals in general when it comes to their slap-you-in-the-face hypocrisy and double standards with mulsims. How dare they make a huge fuss over one form of men controlling women’s bodies (dress codes, victim blaming rape victims for what they wear, etc) but when it comes to a burqa (which is NOT religious, it is cultural, no where in the koran does it say to cover your women with tarps), they act like those wearing it is some empowered feminist choice and to question it is of course automatically racist AND sexist. So to western feminists, it’s okay to control your women if they’re muslims. What does that say about not only feminism in this country but what is really a pandering move by the sympathetic whites to the poor poor brown person who has to be held to a lower standard because they can’t be expected to to do anything.

  15. Asian Crusader says

    Nov 21, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    “Ubeida Ametova”?

    Ubeida is clearly an Arabic-derived first name.

    More interesting is Ametova – obviously a Soviet-era Russianized Muslim name derived from Ahmet.

    Chechen woman can’t face 30th birthday, goes back to violent roots?

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