He faces charges that he “raised money and recruited fighters for a foreign terrorist organization battling the Afghan government and its allies, including U.S. troops.” So many misunderstanders of Islam!
“Dutch-Turkish man appears in U.S. court on terrorism charges,” Reuters, July 20, 2015:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Dutch-Turkish national accused of raising funds and recruiting in Europe for an Islamist militant group active in Afghanistan has been extradited to the United States and charged with terrorism offenses, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Irfan Demirtas, 56, accused of providing support for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, appeared in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia on Monday, the Justice Department said in a statement.
He faces charges that he “raised money and recruited fighters for a foreign terrorist organization battling the Afghan government and its allies, including U.S. troops,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Vincent Cohen Jr.
Demirtas, also known as Nasrullah, was arrested in Germany in January on a warrant and extradited to the United States on Friday, the statement said….
Demirtas’ activities allegedly took place in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Jordan, the Netherlands, France and elsewhere outside the United States, it said.
Peter Buckley says
56 years old?
So much for the “young brainwashed kids” theory……………….
Saleem Smith says
Islam is a “perfect” brainwashing system from top to bottom and all points in between.
We ex-Muslims know that Islamic theology is an exceptionally dangerous and harmful fraud with a little bit of sugar tossed into the mix to make it seem palatable to those unfamiliar with sour bile of the Qur’an and Muhammad’s Sunnah (the hadiths and sira).
Islam means submission to the diktats of Islamic theology and law and not peace!
Islam is no “religion of peace.” Islam is primarily a religion of “injustice, intolerance, hatred, and violence.” The fact is, if we non-Muslims were to say about Muslims what the Qur’an says about us, we would be arrested for hate speech. The Qur’an largely preaches discrimination, death, and imposition of its dogma on everyone. Certainly some Muslims will be offended by such statements, but frankly, so what? Judaism and Christianity, the world’s two other major monotheistic religions, have had to face the harshest of scrutiny and criticism for several hundred years which continues to this day. Islam must not be granted any special privileges or be exempt from such treatment – the implications are of tremendous importance.
Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:
“One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…
The statement continues,
Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”
Saleem Smith says
The dictates of Islamic theology and Sharia law enforced on earth are a terrible thing to experience. The true believing Mohammedans don’t care though. They just want Islamic domination and its ghastly spoils.
Michael Copeland says
Thank you for your excellent summary and criticism of the life of Mohammed. Might you accept one small refinement? Mohammed executed critics “when he came to power”. The phrase “came to power” is neutral and can convey legitimacy. The history is that Mohammed took power by force. He had opponents “liquidated”.
Thank you again, and keep up the good work.
bill walker says
Without a doubt, Mohammed was a psychopath, & a child molester. What is amazing is that so many people are able to accept his ‘teachings’ & honor his name. He is about the best argument for abortion.
mortimer says
P.Buckley wrote: ““young brainwashed kids” theory”
There is an undeniable radical Islamic chic among Muslim youth. It’s infectious. I’m not sure how much depth there is to it. It’s a Zeitgeist. However, there are practically NO older suicide bombers. To my mind, it suggests the older jihadists are concerned with exercising POWER, rather than dying for Allah. They are disbelieving COWARDS who let the youth die for them will they enjoy the amusing spectacle.
mortimer says
The immigration officers can’t stop the jihadists from entering because they DON’T EVEN KNOW THE JIHAD DOCTRINE and Obama doesn’t want them to know it.
All these jihadists could be stopped from entering by well-informed agents.
Angemon says
Nasrullah meaning “allah’s victory”. It wasn’t the guy’s name, it was his nickname. That should tell us everything we need to know about him.
Victor Redlick says
Holland used to be a nice place to have your picture taken in front of. Now it has ragingly become an insidious cesspool – both overtly and subliminally – dominated by Islamic intimidation on one side of the divide and a pathetically acquiescent Dutch citizenry on the other. This radical Muslim toothpaste is egregious. It will never retreat back into the proverbial tube. And as long as scum ball President Erdogan is unfortunately breathing, Turkey’s toxic air will be inundated with his Jew-hating brand of halitosis.
mortimer says
“Demirtas’ activities allegedly took place in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Jordan, the Netherlands, France and elsewhere”
He sounds like a regular international spy. Someone without a valid business reason travelling this widely should surely have set alarms ringing. Hopefully, other fish were swept into the nets.
About 15% of Muslims say they support Islamic terror groups. That’s ‘only’ about 200 million jihadists worldwide. Yet our leaders still don’t realize how dangerous this inner core of Muslims is.
under cover says
These crimes where not committed inside the united states and we still got him extradited . hopefully this will be a trend . anyone who is supplying or providing material support should take notice . we are in your computers , your smart phones, tablets , social media groups, and even with in your ranks .
Deborah says
”Demirtas’ activities allegedly took place in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Jordan, the Netherlands, France and elsewhere outside the United States, it said.”
WOW! How many languages do you speak? Turkish? Urdu? Arabic? English? French? Dutch? German?