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Minnesota: Muslim in contact with Islamic State jihadis threatens to “shoot up,” “blow up” a Walgreens

Mar 29, 2016 2:31 pm By Robert Spencer

His attorney, however, assures us that he is “mild-mannered,” so relax, you greasy Islamophobe.

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“Man Charged With Threatening to Shoot, Blow up Walgreens,” by Amy Forliti, Associated Press, March 29, 2016 (thanks to Lookmann):

A Minnesota man accused of lying to the FBI about when he last contacted the Islamic State group was charged Tuesday in state court after allegedly threatening to “shoot up” a Walgreens.

Abdul Raheem Habil Ali-Skelton, 23, faces three felony counts of making terroristic threats in connection with Sunday’s incident at the store in Brooklyn Park, a Minneapolis suburb.

According to the complaint, Ali-Skelton went into the store early Sunday and accused a customer of having a relationship with his girlfriend. The complaint said Ali-Skelton then advanced on the man multiple times and threatened to hit him with a bottle.

A store manager intervened and told the two to leave. Ali-Skelton said he had a gun and would “shoot up the place.” He also said he was part of a terrorist organization and that he would “blow up” the store, the complaint said.

Ali-Skelton was in custody Tuesday and ordered held on $30,000 bail. Court records do not list an attorney to comment on the new charges.

Ali-Skelton is expected to plead guilty in U.S. District Court next month to one count of making a false statement to FBI agents. In that case, federal prosecutors say Ali-Skelton told the FBI last July that his last contact with Syrian-based members of the Islamic State group was in May or early June 2015. But prosecutors say Ali-Skelton knew he had communicated with members of the group as recently as last July 4….

“From what I understand about those allegations, if they are true … they are completely out of character with the very mild-mannered Abdul Ali-Skelton, (whom) I have known for quite some time,” he said.

Richman said the alleged communications between his client and Islamic State group members are not related to the new allegations.

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Filed Under: American jihadis, converts to Islam, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Abdul Raheem Habil Ali-Skelton, minnesota


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  1. jihad3tracker says

    Mar 29, 2016 at 2:37 pm

    When his mug shot is put on local news stations around that area, viewers will have no trouble seeing how this guy would NEVER EVER do any bad stuff.

    And his name ???? Nah — just as normal as “Joe Smith”. This must be the 100th time I have written the following essential truth: SHOW ME A VOLUNTARY CONVERT TO ISLAM AND I’LL POINT OUT AN IDIOT.

    • Jerry says

      Mar 29, 2016 at 4:33 pm

      I live two miles from that store. I don’t judge by appearance, I judge by character and actions. If the authorities say he’s connected to ISIS then therein lay my concerns. I’m surrounded by muslims. If this is a growing trend, that local muslims are rising in hate for allah, then it’s time to act to prevent it from happening. Time to take a closer look at that divine love of theirs that says kill the infidel, time to be fair in our judgment of what constitutes terroristic threats. Their god allah does not deserve my respect or legal protection if it preaches murder and hate against me and my country. I’m so unbelievably f*cking right about this. Bring it to the court, d*cks. Sue me for my words. I f*cking dare you.

  2. Rev g says

    Mar 29, 2016 at 2:38 pm

    The girlfriend was probably a filthy kuffar. This is all her fault, of course!

  3. elizabeth says

    Mar 29, 2016 at 3:28 pm

    “’From what I understand about those allegations, if they are true … they are completely out of character with the very mild-mannered Abdul Ali-Skelton, (whom) I have known for quite some time,’ he said.”

    Echoes of the eyewitness description of San Bernardino jihadist, Syed Rizwan Farook,, who also acted “completely out of character” —“He was very polite. Every time you walked by him he said hello. It is hard to believe that he did all of this.”

    How to explain this?

    The very first chapter of the ISIS terror instruction manual, “How To Survive In the West,” prescribes such misleading behavior:

    “Chapter 1: HIDING THE EXTREMIST IDENTITY:”
    “The biggest priority for you as a Muslim living in a majority non Muslim country is to hide your Muslim identity in a way that you don’t suddenly seem ‘different’ or ‘radicalised.’
    “If you are a convert to Islam, you should try to hide your Islam as much as possible. You should of course pray the Jummah (Friday) prayer in congregation (Jamaa’ah). However, you should then quickly leave without talking to people. Although you are trying to hide your Islam – you should still put the effort in avoiding the haraam (forbidden) things. By not showing you’re Muslim, you’ve already excluded yourself from being on the ‘Terrorist watchlist.’
    “If you are a born Muslim: then don’t make it too obvious you have become a practicing Muslim. For example: if you haven’t grown a beard, don’t grow it now, because you will bring unwanted attention onto yourself. Mujahideen [Muslim militants engaged in holy war] in Muslim lands remove their beards for deceptive purposes. They may simply grow a basic small goatee beard to fulfill the obligation, while other people think they’re growing it as a stylish beard. Remember, some scholars say the beard (Arabic: Lihya) is the hair on the jaw lines and chin. Those scholars therefore do not consider the hair on the cheeks and neck to be the beard and therefore these can be removed. And Allah knows best.”
    “Practising Muslims: if you are a practising Muslim, and you have a beard already, then don’t remove it if it will bring unwanted attention to yourself. i.e. your family, friends and colleagues will get more suspicious why you removed it, forcing them to spy on you more.”.
    “The main thing for everyone of you is to bring the least amount of attention onto yourself. To make yourself look normal. ”
    “To sisters: if you wear Hijab and go to a place where Muslims are searched (i.e. Airports), then do not wear a black Hijab, but a colored one instead. Muslim women who wear black Hijabs are searched more in airports than those wearing other colored Hijabs. This is merely due to stereotype of fully black clothed Muslim women being stricter in their religion.”
    Further instructions from ISIS include wearing the Christian cross, and deleting any references to Islamic websites on one’s cell phone, etc.

    • Keys says

      Mar 29, 2016 at 3:55 pm

      @elizabeth
      Thank you for your post. Fits Islam to a tee; diabolical deceit.

  4. Angemon says

    Mar 29, 2016 at 4:18 pm

    Just look at that “brown skin” – condemning by his actions would be racism… /sarc. off

    • Angemon says

      Mar 29, 2016 at 4:20 pm

      *condemning him by his actions

  5. Allan Mandrowski says

    Mar 29, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    Here we see a prime example to use and slap the MSM with whenever they talk about Islam as a race.

  6. mortimer says

    Mar 29, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    Here also, we see a prime example of why fear of all Muslims is a reasonable reaction. Since any Muslim may now be the one who attacks ‘wherever’ we are…be it shopping or at a Christmas party at the office.

    Muslims may attack us anywhere, so we must watch for them EVERYWHERE.

    Looking Muslims in the eye to gauge whether or not they are a threat is something we all must do from now on. If you see someone who is suspicious, report him.

    • Keys says

      Mar 29, 2016 at 9:15 pm

      Agreed – none of them can be trusted (even after giving them a party). And so the question for me becomes what can we do about it, because it is neither an acceptable nor a good life for us to “watch for them EVERYWHERE”.

      Trust. Dr. Bill Warner in a recent video responds to a muslim medical student’s comments in the Huffington Post. Warner says that he would never be able to trust a Muslim doctor.

      https://www.politicalislam.com/acknowledge-dont-apologize/

      It is profoundly angering that Islam has invaded us and imposed itself on our thoughts, concerns, agendas, dreams – all of our lives. That imposition will continue until we do something about it along with watching for them everywhere.

  7. Angry Aussie says

    Mar 29, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    Skelton? Bahahaha. He’s a fraud. Of course he is mild mannered. He hasn’t blown up or shot up any place yet. He seems to have grasped hold of that fact that the woman (“girlfriend”), is his possession. He is still a fraud, but should be jailed and punished in accordance with Sharia. What will it be today? 80 lashes in public? Oh no…that’s right…there is no Sharia punishment for planned martyrdom. Step aside Islamophobes, give the man an award of some kind. He struggles to assimilate and be part of the greater community now that he has been pulverising his brains on the floor 5 times a day. What an idiot.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 2, 2016 at 12:52 am

      I imagine “Skelton” is what’s left over from his pre-Muslim name.

  8. ylla says

    Mar 30, 2016 at 9:00 am

    just another convert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. Jay Boo says

    Mar 30, 2016 at 11:10 am

    I wonder f the store owners might have over-reacted and were racist by profiling Abdul Raheem Habil Ali-Skelton because of his Middle Eastern ethnic facial features.

  10. Lesley says

    Mar 30, 2016 at 11:20 am

    Oh my goodness– this loser is perfect for Islam. Grow your hair, don’t shave, don’t wash, and still feel like you’re better than everyone else.

    This made me laugh. I knew a woman through a mom’s group who was a convert to Islam and she was extremely obese and a weird shape, with terrible dental hygiene/ gum disease (this was back before I really understood how inherently evil and ridiculous Islam is). I remember thinking that she did a clever thing by converting to a religion where she could not give a flip about having to present herself (she did always have a nice hijab scarf on and a fancy brooch for it, though).

    She told me that she had converted in college and a Muslim from Bangladesh who was also a student asked her if she wanted to get married because Allah smiles upon it or something. So, here was an extremely unattractive person with very few people skills (this is not fat shaming, beautiful people come in all sizes), who put herself in a better position in life and had a child because she converted to this crazy religion… it kind of was a good business plan for her. She also invented some kind of accent for herself that definitely wasn’t any kind of American English or British English accent. She was from PA but spoke like a refugee from the middle east… which was bizarre.

    How much does anyone want to bet that Mr. Poopy pants Al-Skeletor here invented himself some kind of exotic fake accent for himself, also??

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 2, 2016 at 12:54 am

      I doubt marrying a violent Muslim was actually a good thing for her. It would have been better for her to work on her self-esteem instead.

  11. Baucent says

    Mar 30, 2016 at 11:55 am

    Ali-Skelton sounds like a right fruitcake (as many converts to Islam are). No doubt if he ever got to Syria they would strap an exploding vest on him pronto, as they do with most Western jihadi who can’t speak Arabic.

  12. ninetyninepct says

    Mar 30, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    Completely out of character until he found islam. No surprise as it happens all the time.

  13. Cecilia Ellis says

    Mar 31, 2016 at 1:02 am

    “From what I understand about those allegations, if they are true … they are completely out of character with the very mild-mannered Abdul Ali-Skelton, (whom) I have known for quite some time,” he said.

    Basically the same words said by Anne Rule about Ted Bundy, an individual whom she came to know as he worked side-by-side with her while the two of them answered suicide hot-line calls . . .

  14. Geoffrey Cooper says

    Apr 1, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    See the ‘dead eyes’? Islam is a highly communicable mental contagion, particularly virulent among angry, dissatisfied young men of limited intelligence and poor character, (notice how it seems to spread particularly severely in prisons and young offender facilities). We are right up against it folks. Islam is like a ratchet, it cannot retreat unless its teeth are completely sheared off. Its using our own post enlightenment reason and tolerance against us, we must start to fight back soon. Islam is weak underneath all its macho posturing, look what it produces, nothing, its pathetic and to be pitied and ridiculed, though like always with a coward it can lash out most viciously so we must take great care.But don’t be afraid, that’s what they want, they could never take us on in a straight, head to head struggle so they operate like this, at a covert, street-thug, criminal level like an infection, oh and keeping their slave-whores bare-foot and pregnant of course. There’s still time, but we must act!

  15. gravenimage says

    Apr 2, 2016 at 12:55 am

    Minnesota: Muslim in contact with Islamic State jihadis threatens to “shoot up,” “blow up” a Walgreens
    ……………………………

    Jihad against well-stocked drug stores…

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