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Germany: Imam arrested, was recruiting for the Islamic State

Oct 15, 2015 9:48 am By Robert Spencer

An imam? How could this be? How could a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the Qur’an and Sunnah properly miss the peaceful passages that are so paramount and blazingly obvious to non-Muslim authorities on Islam such as John Kerry, David Cameron, Pope Francis, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? Why doesn’t the USCCB dispatch a bishop who is extremely learned in Islam, say, Robert McManus or Kevin Farrell or Jaime Soto, to Berlin to explain to this wayward imam who misunderstands his own religion that, as the Pope sagely put it, “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence”?

While they’re at it, maybe they could send one of the learned bishops, preferably an Arabic-speaking one from one of the Eastern Catholic Churches that have been decimated by Muslim persecution, over to Raqqa to explain to the caliph of the Islamic State how he is misunderstanding his religion of peace. I’m sure the caliph will receive him hospitably, be abashed at his misunderstanding, and disband the Islamic State forthwith.

Berlin police

“Berlin Police Arrest Imam on Terrorism Charges,” Associated Press, October 15, 2015:

Berlin state police say they have arrested a 30-year-old Russian imam on terrorism charges, alleging he tried to recruit members and support for the Islamic State group online and also procured equipment to send to its fighters in Syria.

Police said Thursday that Gadzhimurad K., from Dagestan, a Russian republic neighboring Chechnya, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant from state prosecutors. The suspect, who went by the alias Murat A., had been an imam at a mosque in downtown Berlin.

Authorities did not give his last name, in accordance with German privacy laws.

In addition to trying to recruit for Islamic State, prosecutors say he acquired night-vision devices, range finders, and other equipment for the group….

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  1. ICH says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 9:53 am

    This has to be a misunderstanding.

    What can we do to shift the blame to ourselves ?

    Please advise and peace be upon you.

    Allah Akhbar

    • Lia Wissing says

      Oct 16, 2015 at 6:00 am

      Please be a bit kinder to Mr Cameron (& Mrs May). They really seem to be coming to from their multi-culti anaesthetic. If Mr Cameron can get the UK out of the EU there might indeed be hope for his country.

  2. saynotoislam says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 10:27 am

    Please write to your MP and explain to them that a religion or ideology that has at its heart the intolerance, including death of everyone that will not join it is dangerous and life threatening as it grows in strength in this country. Allowing our own treasured values of free speech and liberty to enforce its provision is tantamount to handing the enemy the gun with which to kill you. We should not allow our own ideals to be mocked in this way. By the way it is illegal to threaten to murder people in this country, it therefore follows that any ideology that has an intention to dominate via the death penalty contravenes an essential law of this country and should be made illegal.

    https://petition.parliament.uk/signatures/3750526/signed/efJ3NrIWawFHaz5tcfBZ

  3. jose segura says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 10:49 am

    i think this pope comes from masonry, i`m catholic and i don`t this pope

  4. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 11:19 am

    So the discrimination against Moslems has already begun, and only half of the new ones have already shown up in their new home Germany. The Imam who was supposedly recruiting for ISIS was only reading the Holy Ko-Ran, is that a crime? This Imam should present the Book to the German judge as his defense and invoke his right to religious freedom.

    Sheesh, next thing you know they’ll be arresting angry Moslem mean for raping and gang raping German girls. They’ve been able to hold off on this so far, what with all the forcible rapes happening across the Vaterland no doubt they’ll succumb to temptation and start arresting the rapists. Then CAIR will have to fly in Ibrahim Hooper to hold some press conferences on discrimination.

  5. Harry_the_Horrible says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 11:41 am

    The next thing the Polizei need to do is raid his home and any mosques at which he ‘preached’ and rip them apart looking for documents and weapons.

  6. Angemon says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    In addition to trying to recruit for Islamic State, prosecutors say he acquired night-vision devices, range finders, and other equipment for the group….

    All things one would expect to find in the possession of an imam – night-vision devices to read the quran in the dark, range finders to see how far away from allah he is, etc.- only an islamophobe would assume that he’s a wannabe terrorist recruiting for a terrorist organization…

  7. miriamrove says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    And they keep importing them by thousands. M

  8. BlueRaven says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 3:55 pm

    I dont know where is an Imam more dangerous inside or outside the prison? Islam is an evil trend set up by a group of Arabs to capture lots of wealth from the human race around the World. The Arabs are impressively successful so far, given the fact they don’t work and hate foreigners openly in their countries. They will have no end of money the way things are turnin out. Here, CAIR is doing the bidding for them. There are about one billion Muzzies working for Mo’s countrymen the world over. Somehow it is a success story for the Arabs.

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