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California Muslim charged with trying to join the Islamic State

Mar 5, 2015 8:17 am By Robert Spencer

Adam DandachThe stream of Muslims from the West to the Islamic State continues, with over 20,000 foreign jihadis waging jihad there now. Time for a new round of articles telling us that the Islamic State is un-Islamic, while never dealing with the Islamic teachings that actually lead young Muslims to join the group. That’ll fix this right up.

“California man charged with trying to join Islamic State,” Associated Press, March 4, 2015:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 21-year-old man previously charged with lying on a passport application so he could fly to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group was indicted Wednesday on a charge of trying to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Adam Dandach was also charged in the superseding indictment with obstructing justice by trying to destroy records of his online activity to thwart investigators.

Dandach was stopped in July in the Orange County airport while trying to board a flight to Turkey with an expedited replacement passport he got after he said he accidentally threw his old one away. Prosecutors said he knew that wasn’t true and that his mother had confiscated the passport when she heard about his plan to go overseas.

The FBI said Dandach told agents he planned to pledge allegiance and offer to help the Islamic State in Syria any way he could. He told agents he believed the killings of American soldiers were justified.

When told he could face criminal charges, Dandach said he was more disappointed about not going to Syria than about getting in trouble with the law, according to court papers.

Dandach is in custody and scheduled to be arraigned March 16 on the new charges.

“He’s going to plead not guilty and we’re going to fight them in court,” defense lawyer Pal Lengyel-Leahu said.

The defendant, also known as Fadi Fadi Dandach, previously pleaded not guilty to lying on a passport application and using a passport secured through false statements. Prosecutors added in the new indictment that he committed those offenses to facilitate international terrorism.

If convicted, Dandach could face up to 15 years in federal prison on the terrorism charge, and up to 25 years on each of the other counts, federal authorities said.

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Filed Under: American jihadis, converts to Islam, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Adam Dandach, Fadi Fadi Dandach


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  1. Spot On says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 8:34 am

    Washington’s answer to this is to bring millions more Islamic immigrates to the US.

    • Draki says

      Mar 5, 2015 at 9:42 am

      Yeah, probably not the best plan, but atleast America is making it a crime to be a part of or join ISIS. Now we’ve just got to identify the ones willing and lock em up.

    • M S case says

      Mar 6, 2015 at 7:54 pm

      my goodness!!! only one………..come on law enforcement get them before they get to the airport.

  2. mortimer says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 9:32 am

    How many Muslims living in the US believe like Danach that “killings of American soldiers were justified” ? How many hundreds…thousands? How did they get into the US? How can they be put out? Of course, dangerous, activated jihadists are loose cannons that cannot be let free. Ever.

    Sedition and treachery should be punished with some form of banishment. Western countries need a Devil’s Island where jihadists can be quarantined for life with no parole or chance of escape.

  3. Angemon says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    Let him leave and don’t allow him back ever.

  4. Gina Scovo says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    Why stop him??? Send him on his way, revoke his passport, and NEVER allow him back in the United States again!

    • Mike says

      Mar 5, 2015 at 3:59 pm

      Given that he is going to Syria to potentially rape and murder innocent people, it is our obligation and duty to stop this Muslim scum bag.

    • Bonnie Loranger says

      Mar 6, 2015 at 8:21 am

      I agree with you. Let him go but do not let him come back.Hopefully he will get killed.

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