In what way is Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh a “Texas man”? He was born there. Yet it is unlikely that he has anything but contempt for many, if not most, of his fellow Texans — those who would not wish to see Texas become an Islamic state. It is unlikely that Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh has any regard for Texas’ history and heritage — that is all jahiliyya, the worthless trash that one finds in the society of unbelievers.
But the Los Angeles Times, like the rest of the mainstream media, is determined to ignore what this conflict is really all about. It can’t call Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh a Muslim, even if Islam motivated and incited his jihad action in this case, as it seems to have done. But to refrain from identifying why Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh did what he did, even though it is standard mainstream media practice, is only to ensure that there will be others like him in the future. “Texas man charged with aiding anti-U.S. terrorist groups in Afghanistan,” by Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2015:
A Texas-born man was charged Thursday with conspiring to aid militant groups fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan, becoming the latest American to be prosecuted in federal court on suspicion of assisting terrorist cells overseas.
Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh faces 15 years in prison if convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. He appeared in federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon following his deportation from Pakistan and was being held without bail.
Farekh, who was not asked to enter a plea, is next due in court in May.
The announcement of the charges against Farekh came on the same day that federal prosecutors in New York announced the indictment of two Queens, N.Y., women on charges of plotting to build a bomb for use against U.S. targets.
That case is unrelated to Farekh’s, but prosecutors said the cases underscored the broad reach of terrorist threats against U.S. targets, including by American citizens.
According to a 13-page criminal complaint, Farekh began plotting with two co-conspirators in December 2006 to travel to Pakistan “with the intention of training for violent jihad against U.S. military personnel operating in Afghanistan.” At the time, Farekh was a student at the University of Manitoba in Canada.
One of his suspected co-conspirators was Ferid Imam, a Canadian citizen who has been charged in separate terrorism cases in Canada and New York. The other alleged conspirator, a Canadian who has provided information to prosecutors, was not identified, nor were other witnesses cited in the complaint….
CogitoErgoSum says
Texas is from the Caddo Indian word “teyshas” (meaning “friends” or “allies”). In the 1540s Spanish explorers took this to be a tribal name, recording it as Teyas or Tejas. It came eventually to mean an area north of the Rio Grande and east of New Mexico. The alliance concept is also incorporated into the state motto, which is simply “Friendship.”
Sure, he seems like a friendly enough guy but will he remember the Alamo?
Huck Folder says
Well he was fighting a la mo.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yep, but he was all hat and no cattle. As Davy Crockett would say to guys like Mu, “You can go to hell; I’m going to Texas.”
boakai ngombu says
perhaps a night with fire ants would help him remember
Ramon says
Muslims do not identify with any nationality, place or origin…they are only Muslims, of and for Allah, and a member of the Islamic UMMAH…
Hod, I hate Islam…
RonaldB says
May I remind everyone that the article says “Texas-born” and not “Texan”? He was attending the University of Manitoba in Canada, undoubtedly because it is easier to get public assistance in Canada than in Texas. He was picked up in Pakistan on the way to join the jihad. So, where is the Texan connection, other than the unfortunate circumstance he was born here?
I do not see a real blemish to our fair state from this jihadi, who for all we know never set foot in the state once his mother took off her burqa to have him, and caught the first train to the greener welfare fields of Canada.
Incidentally, a bit off-track, I hope these would-be idiot jihadis never learn that tribal ties in primitive places like Pakistan and Afghanistan mean much more than ideological or religious affiliation, and that the unwashed jihadis they rush to join are happy to sell them for whatever they can get.
RonW says
“Incidentally, a bit off-track, I hope these would-be idiot jihadis never learn that tribal ties in primitive places like Pakistan and Afghanistan mean much more than ideological or religious affiliation, and that the unwashed jihadis they rush to join are happy to sell them for whatever they can get.”
Actually, I hope the do learn that – the hard way.
Caroline says
There seems to be a world wide conspiracy of silence about the ROP. The media will not call these people out for what they are. I refuse to accept these people when they are called ‘British’. I have nothing in common with this mediaeval scum and they hate the west and everyone living here. We are in a fight for our lives. At least in Texas they have guns, and plenty of them, for when the fight begins.
Gary Fouse says
He’s just a long, tall Texan who rides a big white horse and wears a ten-gallon hat.
Gary Fouse says
…and enforces sharia law.