She “embraced takfiri and jihadist ideology and then engaged in terrorist acts in support of the terrorist organisations Al-Qaeda and Daesh.” Where could she have turned in the UAE to find instruction as to why she should reject the ideology of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State? Where is the large-scale Muslim movement dedicated to refuting that ideology and opposing its advance?
“UAE woman ‘sentenced to death for killing US teacher,'” AFP, June 29, 2015:
Abu Dhabi (AFP) – A United Arab Emirates court sentenced an Emirati woman to death on Monday after convicting her of the jihadist-inspired murder of an American teacher, Abu Dhabi newspaper The National reported.
Alaa Bader al-Hashemi, 30, was found guilty of stabbing to death school teacher Ibolya Ryan, 47, in a shopping mall toilet, the paper said.
She was also convicted of “creating a handmade bomb” she placed in front of an Egyptian-American doctor’s home, it added.
The attacks took place within hours of each other in the UAE capital on December 1.
Tracked down using CCTV footage of her going into and out of the restroom where the teacher’s murder took place and near the doctor’s building, Hashemi was arrested 48 hours later.
She was dressed in black from head-to-toe as she carried out both attacks.
Hashemi was arrested at her home where her car was found with blood on the steering wheel and bomb making materials inside.
The National said that Hashemi “was also found guilty of sending money to Al-Qaeda in Yemen, knowing the funds would be used in terrorist acts”.
The ruling was made by the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, which means it cannot be appealed.
The president can, however, decide to overturn the sentence or reduce it.
Hashemi, surrounded by four police officers, “showed no emotion as the verdict and sentence were announced,” the paper said.
“As she was led from court she smiled and waved at her father and brother, who were in court to witness the proceedings.”
– ‘Unreal visions’ –
International media have been denied access to her trial, which began on March 23.
Hashemi had asked the court to provide her with psychological help, saying she had “unreal visions” and would see “ghost-like people” due to a chronic mental illness.
The court ordered psychiatric tests which it said showed she was aware of her actions.
In March, Attorney General Salem Saeed Kubaish said that investigators found she had “listened to lectures by late Al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, watched video clips of killings and beheadings,” among other similar activities.
She “embraced takfiri and jihadist ideology and then engaged in terrorist acts in support of the terrorist organisations Al-Qaeda and Daesh,” he said using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
The convict was also said to have created an Internet account to promote the “ideas of a terrorist group”….
mortimer says
Muslim countries like UAE are DOUBLE-MINDED and self-refuting.
UAE makes a show of enforcing Sharia, but it is fighting jihad because jihad is de-stabilizing. At what point will Muslim countries such as UAE see that the problem is Islam per se? Do they have to be plunged into constant daily bombings, shootings and stabbings for them to see that Islam is the source?
Huck Folder says
“As she was led from court she smiled and waved at her father and brother, who were in court to witness the proceedings.”
Hmmm. How come THEY are not being interrogated. Did they smile and wave back?
“Hashemi had asked the court to provide her with psychological help, saying she had “unreal visions” and would see “ghost-like people” due to a chronic mental illness.”
Any records of her seeking treatment for said ‘problem?
How easy is it to get coaching, or even just Google symptoms?
ICH says
BEWARE FALSE PROPHETS !!
It was “religious” people who strung Jesus up.
Jesus warned of times like this.
But of course ISLAM tries to rewrite that too.
LIES LIES LIES
Hard to believe any of them
Annak says
She might be secretly released, who would know ?
This is what I think waving was all about. They all know the score there.
All one big taqiyya show for the gullible Western world.
I know quite a few people in UAE working for Western firms. I hope they get themselves and their kids out soon.
I cannot warn them, they never contact me anymore ,since they realised I am a terrible ” Islamophobe”
gerard says
“Muslim countries like UAE are DOUBLE-MINDED and self-refuting.”
This inability to diagnose the problem seems to be universal. How many Western leaders identify Islam as the problem?
I could almost feel sorry for this woman. She lives in a muslim country. She was brought up as a muslim. She behaved as a muslim: “kill the unbeliever wherever you find them”. And now her muslim overlords have sentenced her to death! A tad confusing, no?
One might say: But you still have a conscience! Not in Islam. Islam kills conscience just as it destroys everything else.
As for the UAE leaders, they are not interested in preventing murders. Their only concern is not to challenge the West too much since they are totally dependant on petro-dollars. If this woman’s victim were not an American teacher they wouldn’t give a camel’s fart about the incident.
Shane says
She was tried and convicted as killing infidel visitors as bad for tourism. Why do non-Muslims visit Muslim countries? Stop the insanity.
Angemon says
Let me guess: a lone wolf radicalized online…
ICH says
So if our governments do not care if they feed us to the wolves,
what should we be doing as real people to defend ourselves ?
jimmy says
She “embraced takfiri and jihadist ideology and then engaged in terrorist acts in support of the terrorist organisations Al-Qaeda and Daesh,” he said using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
Excusing the religion ignoring the problem
Guy Macher says
This is an outrage! She just murdered a kafir! What’s wrong with that?
Please post in Sarcastica font.
John C. Barile says
It would soothe my kaffir heart to see a pious Muslima murderess lose her life for taking a nonbeliever’s life. #JusticeWins
TexianWife says
She “asked the court to provide her with psychological help.” Maybe some of them are beginning to realize just how sick and mentally ill islam really is…?? Nah, just looking for a way to try to escape the death penalty.
Judi says
Seeing that this creature was dressed entirely in a black garbage bag, I am amazed that the police had the expertise to track her down amongst all the other garbage bags in Abu Dhabi.
gerard says
“She was dressed in black from head-to-toe as she carried out both attacks.
Hashemi was arrested at her home where her car was found with blood on the steering wheel and bomb making materials inside.”
So what tipped them off?
Couper says
She makes a show of being “crazy” or “mentally unfit”. Isn’t it true that under sharia she cannot therefore be put to death?
Baconeatingkaffir says
All the shopping malls, expensive goods, fast food, etc etc are just window dressing. Deep down they still have their hatred for non muslims. The Emirates and Qatar are nothing but Potemkin Villages.As hard as they try, they can’t hide their true nature.
dum murican says
This is where “Sharia” can really be useful. Will she be beheaded or just slowly stoned to death-or maybe sent to Saudi A. like other zombie jihadists for “art therapy” rehabilitation? Will the poor victim’s children be allowed to throw those first stones?