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Minnesota: Youth sports, jobs, mental health groups get cash to fight terror

Mar 11, 2016 8:54 am By Robert Spencer

This will fix the problem right up. A young Muslim who has become convinced that it is his responsibility before Allah to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60) and “fight until religion is all for Allah” (Qur’an 8:39) will give it all up for a job at Walmart and a spot on the basketball team.

When this fails, and jihadis keep traveling from Minnesota to join the Islamic State, will the feds admit their error? Absolutely not.

FBI Most Wanted Minnesota

“6 Minnesota Somali organizations receive grants to combat terrorism,” by Amy Forliti, Associated Press, March 10, 2016:

Six organizations that work with Somali youth in Minnesota have been awarded $300,000 in grants as part of a federal pilot project designed to combat terrorism, the nonprofit group that is administering the funds announced Thursday.

The grant recipients include a youth sports group, a program that empowers Somali parents, an organization that plans to enhance youth employment opportunities and a group that addresses mental health issues for refugees. An additional $100,000 has been set aside to help with technical assistance, professional development and other resources with the goal of keeping the programs going on their own in the future.

Marcus Pope, director of partnerships and external relations for Youthprise, the nonprofit administering the money, said investing in youth development is crucial. He said Minnesota is home to many creative and bright Somali youth, but many of them face “formidable challenges, including a sense of alienation, a search for identity as new immigrants, unemployment and poverty that can open them to recruitment by extremist groups.”

Boston and Los Angeles are also participating in the federal pilot project, which the Obama administration launched in late 2014 to stamp out violent extremism.

Minneapolis’ program, called Building Community Resilience, focuses on the state’s large Somali community, which has been a target for terrorism recruiters. More than 22 men have left the state since 2007 to join al-Shabab in Somalia, and roughly a dozen people have left in recent years to join militants in Syria.

“We are excited that Youthprise has identified the first group of organizations to which it will make grants,” said Ben Petok, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota. “This is an important milestone for the hundreds of Somali community leaders and volunteers who have worked on this effort for the past 18 months.”…

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  1. john spielman says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 8:59 am

    oh great, now the would be jihadis will get TAX PAYER MONEY to play soccer -WITH OUR HEADS!!!!!

    • nomoreislamicstate says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 9:37 am

      Right you are, and LOL!

    • jihad3tracker says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 10:07 am

      ******* LOOK AT THE FACES IN THAT WANTED POSTER ********

      The brilliant counter-jihadist David Wood has made a relatively new video titled “Muhammad: the White Prophet with Black Slaves”. It runs a tad under 10 minutes — and opens with some of David’s typical humor.

      Watch it when you have undistracted time, please, and are not multitasking. With deep knowledge of even relatively UN-famous passages from Islamic texts, he meticulously proves his claims.

      http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2016/02/muhammad-white-prophet-with-black-slaves.html

      Send it on to as many family + friends, clueless elected officials, your pastor or priest or rabbi or guru. Spread the word to demolish a HUGE MISCONCEPTION WHICH MOTIVATES BLACKS TO FEEL A BOND WITH THAT VIOLENT RACE-BAITING SUPREMACIST.

  2. خَليفة says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 9:09 am

    TO combat terrorism

    -OR_

    FOR combat terrorism ?

  3. mortimer says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 9:11 am

    Once a Muslim understands that jihad is the ‘NEGLECTED DUTY’, there is nothing for him to do but ‘join the caravan’ of fighting ‘in the cause of Allah’. He understands that Allah tests the faith of Muslims by asking them to commit murder and becoming bounty hunters in exchange for eternal sex with slaves in paradise.

    The young jihadists memorize passages such as the following:

    “Jihad (struggle) for God’s cause, in spite of its extreme importance and its great significance for the future of this religion, has been NEGLECTED by the ‘ulama (leading Muslim scholars) of this age. They have feigned ignorance of it, but they know that it is the only way to the return and the establishment of the glory of Islam anew. Every Muslim preferred his own favorite ideas and philosophies above the Best Road, which God–Praised and Exalted He is–drew Himself (a road that leads back) to (a state of) Honor for His Servants. There is no doubt that the idols of this world can only be made to disappear through the power of the sword. It is therefore that the Apostle Muhammad said: “I have been sent with the Sword at this hour, so that God alone is worshipped”.
    – from ‘The Neglected Duty’ (Al Faridah al Ghaibah) by Muhammad Faraj.

    Once radical Islamic chic becomes embedded in the minds of young Muslims, only a total loss of faith in Islam can remove it. Jihad is normative Islam, rather than an aberration.

    • Jay Boo says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 10:28 am

      Allah tests the faith.
      Is Allah so insecure?

      Is there anything in Christianity that has a similar purpose of being designed as a (TEST) to prove to a doubting God that a Christian has faith?

  4. Adrian says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 9:12 am

    Yes, the social engineers (regressive radicals/’liberals’) like to believe they understand all the root causes… and that everything can be reduced to ‘disenfranchisement, upbringing, economic hardships’ etc etc… this creates a culture of victims (Islamophobia, white privilege etc )… and this in turn creates the social engineers’ aid packages and money handouts… which ultimately results in blocks of voters who will perpetually keep the social engineers in power.

    The frightening aspect is their combination of vicious intolerance towards other viewpoints with their refusal to see the REAL root cause of jihad – Islam itself.

    • خَليفة says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 9:48 am

      Liberal ideology of human character and what motivaties people is wrong. Ancient civilizations knew better – that an evil Man could have a good son, and vice versa. if poverty caused crime there would be a lot more criminals – poverty can be a factor, but the fact that there are countless poor people who are otherwise honest and hard working if proof that poverty isn’t a major motivating factor. Being wealthy does not prevent people from doing crimes either. Bottom line – wealth, or lack there of, is not a litmus test for the likelihood of one to commit crime. But, People, especially liberals, like simple answers to complex problems.

      The best indication of likelihood to commit crime would be ones core belief – i.e. One’s ideology.
      What makes someone risk thier life to save a stranger? What motivates a spy? What motivates one to be a double agent or to betray ones country? You got it, ones ideology. Ideology is the force which impels one to act.

      Islam is a xenophobic ideology.

      • Adrian says

        Mar 11, 2016 at 10:49 am

        Very well said, خَليفة !

        It’s all about character and core beliefs. Amen.

        Meanwhile, the party of “tolerance” has turned out to be the most intolerant… The way ‘liberals’ present their ideology is closer to fascism… And the way they attack anyone who doesn’t toe the line, be it regarding jihad/Islam, ‘climate change’, free tuition etc etc is like religious fanatics condemning heretics…

        So-called ‘liberals’ are wolves in sheep’s clothing, and these wolves are the ones that most loudly cry “fascist!”… (the Quran has a very specific future spelled out for Hypocrites…)

  5. Jerry says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 9:18 am

    I’m going to dare to be fair minded here, at least it’s something. And it is my neighborhood after all. But we never seem to get any closer to the underlying truth of islam’s jihad agenda. It’s always that they are struggling to fit in, or get a job, or they suffer discrimination. But even if that were all true, it’s more of a diversion from the deeper problem. Of course these terrorist recruiters will exploit the weak and disadvantaged. But the world will always have disadvantaged people, what are we going to do about islam’s bad influence? Maybe we should watch these mosques closer? Maybe we should curtail muslim immigration? Maybe we need anti-sharia laws? Maybe we need to make a stronger stand against the islamization of our schools and politics? Maybe we need to be more honest about islam’s jihad agenda, and stop blaming ancillary causes?

    I love my home state of Minnesota. Please let’s not let it become a safe haven for terrorists and islamic fascism. We can still be “Minnesota nice” without capitulating to evil. Instead we should be strong for America and her ideals. Islam has no place in Minnesota or America, not if it contradicts our most cherished beliefs. Does that sound right? You bet it does.

    • Pam Minnick says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 11:33 am

      I left 5 years ago, was my home for 46 years. Minnesota has changed so much. Mark Dayton has turned his back on all of you, he sides with them even when they have been arrested for sex slave rings, raping a 10 year old little girl, recruiting for ISIS. What so many don’t understand is Islam is a way of life to them, they memorize the qur’an word for word. They pray 5 times a day. to get them to change it is going to take more then this, they need to leave Islam, the only thing is, they believe if you leave Islam, you are to be killed.

      The truth is, the more that come there and as they have more children it is going to get worse. Think about it this way, they are refugees, coming to Minnesota to be safe, and while they are being kept safe, they have already made it unsafe for our kids. This is messed up. I can tell you it is not going to get better.

    • Shmooviyet says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 2:30 pm

      Where you have a governor who accuses concerned citizens of islamophobia and tells them to get lost; and a Mpls. mayor who forces a ‘Wear the Hijab Day’ on city employees to show everyone her “MN nice’, you have that safe haven.
      MN is going the way of Europe. The high-minded ruling leftists in all precincts have seen to it. They use the tax-payers to fund their expensive tolerance-shows and bids for bunches of fresh DFL voters.

      There have been too many incidents– some reported, most under- or unreported. If not for PamelaG, JW and others, we wouldn’t have heard of many of them. MN has become the land of 10,000 halal markets right under our noses.

  6. medaber_emet says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 9:39 am

    i knew that america is stupid ,i couldn’t tell how much stupid.
    today i realise that america just like europe is suicidically stupid
    im very sad to realize that america will soon fall for like a fruit into the hands of the barbaric muslims.

    • linnte says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 10:26 am

      Not in my state! We are armed and ready despite the multitude of Liberals here!!!! This is the HUGE difference between Britain and Europe and the USA! We have a way to protect our culture if push comes to shoving the shit at the fan!

      Also, I am wondering if anyone has heard about the Somalis in Kansas who wanted their own Halal FOOD BANK? Did they get it?

      • Pam Minnick says

        Mar 11, 2016 at 11:39 am

        They asked for one in Mn also, going to run the tax payers I believe like 500,000.00 and all because the community food shelf carried pork and beans. These are not refugees. They are invaders.

      • Shmooviyet says

        Mar 11, 2016 at 3:04 pm

        If they wanted it, I’ve no doubt they got it.

  7. Jay Boo says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    Come on children all sing the Mr.Roger’s song

    ♪♫♬♩♪♫♬
    It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
    A beautiful day for a neighbor.
    Would you be mine?
    Could you be mine?

    It’s a neighborly day in this beauty wood,
    A neighborly day for a beauty,
    Would you be mine?
    Could you be mine?

    I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you!
    I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.
    So let’s make the most of this beautiful day,
    Since we’re together we might as well say,
    Would you be mine?
    Could you be mine?
    Won’t you be my neighbor?
    Won’t you please,
    Won’t you please?
    Please won’t you be my neighbor?

  8. Angemon says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 12:54 pm

    Six organizations that work with Somali youth in Minnesota have been awarded $300,000 in grants as part of a federal pilot project designed to combat terrorism, the nonprofit group that is administering the funds announced Thursday.

    Those organizations wouldn’t happen to be branches of MB-connected groups, would they?

  9. Alec Rawls says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    Any program directed at Somalies as a group will necessarily be directed at Muslims as a group and any program directed at Muslims as a group will inevitably partake of and reinforce the monstrous evils of orthodox Islam.

  10. Singh the Sikh says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 4:18 pm

    Unemployment, struggling to fit in or find jobs is bullshit. What about other ethnicities and religions? By the same token wouldn’t they not be struggling too? Why aren’t other groups going around murdering, bombing, raping and terrorizing? Anywhere you look in the world it’s only Muslims, whether Arabs, Pakistanis, Africans, afghans, or Iranians? What’s the common denominator? I’m scratching my head to work this one out. It’s a real puzzle. It certainly not a barbaric, savage, medical, backward religious idealogy, as the Obamas of this world tell us, so what could it be that afflicts only Muslims?

  11. Diimaa says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Marcus Pope, director of partnerships and external relations for Youthprise, the nonprofit administering the money, said investing in youth development is crucial. He said Minnesota is home to many creative and bright Somali youth, but many of them face “formidable challenges, including a sense of alienation, a search for identity as new immigrants, unemployment and poverty that can open them to recruitment by extremist groups.”

    Move to a state where there is job, go to school and work to earn a living like everyone else.
    I can bet you that 1/2 of that money goes to al Shabab one way or the other.

  12. Hope says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    All of this money “to combat terrorism.” Why must we accept all of this as our new way of life? Why are we racist and Islamophobic when we stand up and say, NO to spending millions and billions of our tax dollars to fight something that never should have been allowed into our country in the first place? This is lunacy, brought to you by the Left and its obsession that the religion of multiculturalism must prevail. They will take this country down in their quest to integrate Islam into civilized society, because to give up would mean the end of their insane utopian manifesto, that ALL cultures are good and equally valid. I do not feel like funding these stupid youth programs and I would bet you don’t either. A better and cheaper solution: Send Islam back to the Middle East or hell, or wherever it came from.

  13. Fluechtling.net says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    A great strategy is teaching these kids boxing lessons, kickboxing, or sniping and shooting in general.

    This really helps them to get rid of their aggression

    I kid you not, violent criminal youth in Germany get boxing classes.

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