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French police arrest five Muslims in town that is jihad recruiting center

Jan 27, 2015 1:32 pm By Robert Spencer

france-jihadist-op_3178308b“Security forces raid a small southern town known as one of the recruiting centres that have sent hundreds of French youths to fight in Syria and Iraq.” Lunel is a town of 30,000 and it has sent hundreds of “French youths” — that is, young Muslims who have no allegiance to France at all — to the jihad in Iraq and Syria. Authorities are “worried that the Al-Baraka mosque in Lunel…might have become a centre for jihadist recruitment.” Nah, that couldn’t be — all this has nothing to do with Islam, remember? And the ever-clueless Telegraph emphasizes that by placing into the sentence the phrase “where the unemployment level of 20 per cent is twice the national average,” as if that explains it — young Muslims are joining the jihad because the local McDonald’s wasn’t hiring.

“French police arrest five in anti-jihadist cell raids,” by Rory Mulholland, the Telegraph, January 27, 2015 (thanks to Angry):

Police arrested five men in dawn raids in a town in southern France on suspicion of belonging to a jihadist cell recruiting people to fight alongside Islamist extremists in Iraq and Syria.

Around 20 people from Lunel, a town of around 30,000 inhabitants near Montpellier, have travelled to the Middle East to fight and at least six of them are known to have been killed there since October.

Masked counter-terrorism officers launched their raids at 6am on Tuesday in a building in the centre of the town in an operation overseen by the anti-terror branch of the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, told reporters in Paris that if the suspicions against the five men proved to be correct, “this will be a particularly dangerous and organised cell that has been dismantled”.

Two of the suspects, who were aged between 26 and 44, were thought to have already travelled to Syria, while the others were believed to be planning to embark on jihad abroad, a police source said.

Around 1,400 people living in France have either joined the jihadist cause in the Middle East or are planning to do so, officials say.…

Authorities have said they are worried that the Al-Baraka mosque in Lunel, where the unemployment level of 20 per cent is twice the national average, might have become a centre for jihadist recruitment.

The head of the local Muslim union in December refused to condemn the local residents who left Lunel to join extremists. He said French President François Hollande’s harsh rhetoric against Bashar al-Assad had encouraged young people to go there to fight.

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  1. Georg says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    How come in the southern US high unemployment levels only result in lots of junk in your yard?

  2. Angemon says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    The head of the local Muslim union in December refused to condemn the local residents who left Lunel to join extremists. He said French President François Hollande’s harsh rhetoric against Bashar al-Assad had encouraged young people to go there to fight.

    Of course, the head mohammedan never explains why is it that only muslims went to join the “extremists”, even though Hollande’s statements were broadcast to all France.

    • shabeer_hassan says

      Jan 28, 2015 at 7:19 am

      Patient for public violence
      14: 12. “And why should we not put our trust in Allah while He indeed has guided us our ways. And we shall certainly bear with patience all the hurt you may cause us, and in Allah (Alone) let those who trust, put their trust.”
      Public people have no right to punish the people: even they attack them/they saw illegal things
      Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 173
      It is narrated on the authority of Miqdad b. Aswad that he said. Messenger of Allah, you just see (here is a point): If I encountered a person amongst the infidels (in the battlefield) and he attacked me and struck me and cut off one of my hands with the sword. Then he (in order to protect himself from me) took shelter of a tree and said: I become Muslim for Allah’s sake. Messenger of Allah, can I kill him after he had uttered this? The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: Do not kill him. I (the narrator) said: Messenger of Allah, he cut off my hand and uttered this after amputating it; should I then kill him? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Don’t kill him, for I you kill him, verily he would be in a position where you had been before killing him and verily you would be in a position where he had been before uttering (kalima).
      Malik :: Book 21 : Hadith 21.10.19
      Yahya said that Malik was asked whether someone who killed one of the enemy could keep the man’s effects without the permission of the Imam. He said, “No one can do that without the permission of the Imam. Only the Imam can make ijtihad. I have not heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ever said, ‘Whoever kills someone can have his effects,’ on any other day than the day of Hunayn.”
      Muslim :: Book 9 : Hadith 3569
      Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Sa’d b. ‘Ubada al-Ansari said: Messenger of Allah, tell the if a man finds his wife with another person, should he kill him? Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: No. Sa’d said: Why not? I swear by Him Who has honoured you with Truth. There upon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Listen to what your chief says.
      Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 82 :: Hadith 829
      Narrated Al-Mughira:
      Sa’d bin Ubada said, “If I found a man with my wife, I would kill him with the sharp side of my sword.” When the Prophet heard that he said, “Do you wonder at Sa’d’s sense of ghira (self-respect)? Verily, I have more sense of ghira than Sa’d, and Allah has more sense of ghira than I.”
      Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 93 :: Hadith 512
      Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 89 :: Hadith 279
      Muslim :: Book 9 : Hadith 3553, 3569, 3571
      Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 63 :: Hadith 228,229
      People who take weapons for fight prohibited:
      Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 88 :: Hadith 190 ,191,192
      Bukhari :: Book 3 :: Volume 43 :: Hadith 637

      • Angemon says

        Jan 28, 2015 at 7:37 am

        shabeer_hassan posted:

        “Patient for public violence”

        Yup, those meccans were very patient with muhammad.

        From “The History of al-Tabari”:

        “The Messenger of God proclaimed God’s message openly and declared Islam publicly to his tribesmen. When he did so, they did not withdraw from him or reject him in anyway, as far as I had heard, until he spoke of their gods and denounced them. When he did this, they took exception to it and united in opposition and hostility to him.

        (…)

        Wa’il and Nubayh and Munabbih, the sons of al-Hajjaj, went to Abu Talib and said, “Abu Talib, your nephew has reviled our gods, denounced our religion, derided our traditional values and told us that our forefathers were misguided.

        (…)

        Wa’il and Nubayh and Munabbih, the sons of al-Hajjaj, went to Abu Talib and said, “Abu Talib, your nephew[muhammad] has reviled our gods, denounced our religion, derided our traditional values and told us that our forefathers were misguided.

        (…)

        Muhammad b. al-Husayn- Ahmad b. al-Mufaddal- Asbat- al-Suddi: A number of men of the Quraysh gathered together with a number of other shaykhs of the Quraysh, and said to one another, “Let us go to Abu Talib and speak to him about Muhammad, so that he will give us justice against him and order him to desist from reviling our gods and we will leave him to the god whom he worships

        (…)

        Abu Talib, you are our elder and our chief, so give us justice against your nephew and order him to desist from reviling our gods, and we will leave him to his god.”

        Abu Talib sent for the Messenger of God, and when he came in he said, “Nephew, here are the shaykhs and nobles of your tribe. They have asked for justice against you, that you should desist from reviling their gods and they will leave you to your god.
        “

  3. katnis says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    So what? Once they do their jail time (where they will continue recruiting), they will just go back and pick up where they left off. I think they should just be deported. If they want to stand up for Syria so badly, they can do it from there.

    • JOSEPH says

      Jan 27, 2015 at 3:09 pm

      I agree with you katnis, but you fell just a little short. Not only do you deport the offender you also deport the WHOLE family down to their first cousin. This means mothers, fathers, aunts uncles, sons and sisters. Then maybe they(Muslims) will start telling the authorities when they hear of someone planning their terrorist attacks. It is not a solution, only a start and you have to start somewhere. If they don’t like this solution then they obviously don’t wish to live in harmony with the rest of the world and should go back to that __ __ ithole they call home.

      • katnis says

        Jan 27, 2015 at 5:35 pm

        +1 on that thought. You are right. It becomes a family affair. The family knows and supports the activity. It’s not like you can recruit in secret. If they don’t report the recruiting, which would show some loyalty to the country, then the family goes too.

        • Lia Wissing says

          Jan 28, 2015 at 5:20 am

          Dear Joseph & Katnis, you don’t have to specify first cousins: those are their spouses.

      • OldVeteran says

        Jan 29, 2015 at 9:27 am

        You are right on target with ‘take the whole frikking family out with them!” I sat in Frankfurt Germany last year heading back to Washington D.C. when a whole family of mohammdans piled into a golf cart to get front row searing preference on the aircraft – grandma-grandpa thru little kids – all piled on in their 7th centruy desert costumes along with burkaed women. I was disgusted as they piled in PREFERENCE when Lufthansa announced the PREBOARDING. So I was a 100% disabled veteran – so I got on first when I flashed my handicapped placard from my car. Then they crammed on board so NOT to have to wait in line with all the dhimmi’s going back to the USA. One mohammadan didn’t even understand the concept of a LOCKED RESTROOM door. As later in the flight – I was in there and someone kept slamming on the restroom door – yanking and yanking the door handle. I was livid and yelled. “OCCUPIED”. It continued. What the HELL. When I got my self presentable – I shoved open in the door in a fury and you guessed it – the mohammadan youth of about 17 was standing there and had been yanking and yanking the door! I got an inch from his nose and pointed at the door and yelled “LOCKED!” “Knock and WAIT!” Since I”m a woman, he stepped back and I was still in his face – and unveiled and irate woman in his muslim face. Oh horrors!! Saw them again later in the “All others” line in immigration. Just what the HELL WE need in the USA. Someone who can’t even tell a frikking door is locked for a restroom!

  4. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    This is yet more proof that France does not need Islam. With Islam comes the fruits of the religion. Such a the toe jihad vehicle attacks that happened in Paris last month..Also the Muslim riots and the car burning that is part of it. Sometimes Muslim as in last month set cars on fire in Paris apart from the riots. Furthermore, the heinous affronts of rapes have even occurred with the rise of Muslim immigration into France. Moreover, jihad shooting as had happened just a few years back in which a little girl. was murdered.The French should expect more such shooting in the future.Also, jihad Bombing as has already happened in London ,England, and Madrid ,Spain will, in time, come to France. With so many Muslims entering France there will also be cases of the brutal and cruel Islamic custom of F.G.M.. Furthermore, with Islam will come the malicious ,vicious, malice-filled and murderous heartless actions of Islamic “honor killings.” As Brigitte Gabriel wrote in her book THEY MUST BE STOPPED which reads “Honor killings have also come to the West thanks to the rise of Islamic immigration.” In conclusion, France does not need Islam and it’s terrible and awful fruits of this religion,as just described. It’s worth noting that Jesus did teach “By their fruit you will recognize them.” Matthew 7:20. [N.I.V.]

    • shabeer_hassan says

      Jan 28, 2015 at 7:21 am

      @jihad Bombing as has already happened in London ,England, and Madrid ,Spain will, in time, come to France.

      Prohibit killing non Muslim with peace agreement:
      8: 72. Verily, those who believed, and emigrated and strove hard and fought with their property and their lives in the Cause of Allah as well as those who gave (them) asylum and help, – these are (all) allies to one another. And as to those who believed but did not emigrate (to you O Muhammad SAW), you owe no duty of protection to them until they emigrate, but if they seek your help in religion, it is your duty to help them except against a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance, and Allah is the All-Seer of what you do.
      9: 4. Except those of the Mushrikûn with whom you have a treaty, and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor have supported anyone against you. So fulfill their treaty to them to the end of their term. Surely Allah loves Al- Mattaqûn
      4: 90. Except those who join a group, between you and whom there is a treaty (of peace), or those who approach you with their breasts restraining from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. Had Allah willed, indeed He would have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they withdraw from you, and fight not against you, and offer you peace, then Allah has opened no way for you against them.
      91. You will find others that wish to have security from you and security from their people. Every time they are sent back to temptation, they yield thereto. If they withdraw not from you, nor offer you peace, nor restrain their hands, take (hold) of them and kill them wherever you find them. In their case, We have provided you with a clear warrant against them.
      Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 83 :: Hadith 49
      Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr:
      The Prophet said, “Whoever killed a Mu’ahid (a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelt at a distance of forty years (of traveling).”
      Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 53 :: Hadith 391

      • Milton says

        Jan 28, 2015 at 3:13 pm

        But the ONLY “peace agreement” with a non-Muslim recognized by the Quran is the temporary one of paying exorbitant Dhimmi tax and being marginalized and ostracized by the Muslim majority. And after a time, the only option will eventually be convert or die.

  5. mortimer says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    France should reopen Devil’s Island. If these jihadists will not voluntarily leave France, they should be sent to a penal colony for life to quarantine their Death Cult.

    • Ross says

      Jan 27, 2015 at 4:28 pm

      And, if you didn’t provide them with medical assistance or food, etc., they would be too busy learning to survive that they couldn’t possibly be any more trouble.

      A side benefit, since they are so ignorant, is that they would probably all die of starvation, or maybe eat each other.

  6. mortimer says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    France needs to increase the amount of indoctrination of children in schools so they will grow up to be loyal citizens.

    As well, the Muslim immigration needs to be reduced to near zero.

  7. Salah says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    “He said French President François Hollande’s harsh rhetoric against Bashar al-Assad had encouraged young people to go there to fight.”

    But they are fighting *with* ISIL *against* al-Assad!!!
    Am I missing something here?

    • Angemon says

      Jan 27, 2015 at 3:36 pm

      That was my first thought too, but I think that the beardsley McTaqiyyahead is cynically saying that French muslims are joining the islamic state not necause of the islamic imperative to impose sharia law but due to the effects of Hollande’s words against Assad.

      You know, run-of-the-mill “it has nothing to do with islam, it’s all the kuffar’s fault”.

  8. Suggestion? says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    Unemployment is the cause for Radicalisation and Muslims wanting to fight in Syria for the Islamic State?

    lol.

    • JOSEPH says

      Jan 27, 2015 at 5:08 pm

      You are falling into the leftest mind of thinking. You could give the Mudslimes jobs, houses, cars and free food. They still will kill you and terrorize the nation until it is Muslim. Even then they will terrorize those who capitulate. ISLAM is the reason for all the killings and unrest. ISLAM MUST GO, IT MUST BE ERADICATED!!!.

      • JOSEPH says

        Jan 27, 2015 at 5:14 pm

        After WWII the cry was “never again”. Guess what, it is happening AGAIN. The world needs to wake up.

  9. Mahendra Singh says

    Jan 28, 2015 at 12:45 am

    Have France, Belgium and Holland have already arrived at the
    “Dar-ul-Harb” status, on way to “Dar-ul-Islam” ?

    • Matthieu Baudin says

      Jan 28, 2015 at 1:30 am

      Dear Mahendra, your absolutely right that we are currently in Dar-ul-Harb but my instinctive judgement is that we won’t reach Dar-ul-Islam because the citizenry are becoming nauseous from the daily two and fro motion between terrorist incidents and the transparent false reassurances from government. At some point the natives of France, Belgium and Holland will get behind the minority group of politicians who are plain speaking and able to grasp the nature of the Jihad crisis. When that happens we will have goals and strategies to lead us away from the shackles of Islam.

  10. France is finished says

    Jan 28, 2015 at 1:09 am

    All this fake bravado from the socialist government is too little too late. Ok so they stop a few terrorists…they are still left with millions and millions of muslims in their country. All of them read the same book – the Koran, you know the one that says that infidels are considered as “vile” by their God. 50 years ago there were no muslims in France. Still, let’s not stand in the way of a socialist government and its “tough action” rounding up 4 or 5 terrorists. Well done. The media con is in.

  11. BC says

    Jan 28, 2015 at 3:04 am

    Every time a mosque is found to be recruiting point for jihadists it should be demolished

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Jan 28, 2015 at 7:44 am

      Agreed.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Jan 28, 2015 at 7:47 am

      If every non-Muslim country did that, without fail, every single time…we’d be rid of an awful lot of mosques.

  12. odia says

    Jan 28, 2015 at 6:49 am

    Gradually, the west is perhaps coming back to their senses. The philosophies of liberty and enlightenment that brought the west to thes enviable heights are being eroded and the West is failing to stand up to what their forebears fought for. The west must rise up against the dark ideology of hate murder and intolerance.

  13. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 28, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    Those five Muslims who were arrested for trying to recruit other for the jihad of Islam with all its murderous violence may be ,most likely, so thoroughly wicked, warped ,sick and deluded,because of their religion that they see their recruiting for the evil and deadly violence of the jihad as something that is “good.” Since this might be the case with them, in the they really are so wicked,warped ,sick and deluded as to view such heinous actions as “good.” The Bible gives answer about such people as those recruiters for evil. For the Bible teaches “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” Isaiah 5:20. [N.I.V.]

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