Authorities remain completely and doggedly incurious about the phenomenon of conversion to Islam, and why so many converts to Islam get the idea that their new religion wants them to commit treason and murder.
“Mississippi woman who attempted to join ISIS pleads guilty to terror charge,” Fox News, March 30, 2016:
She tried to trade in her pom-poms for suicide bombs.
Former Mississippi State chemistry major Jaelyn Young – who had been a high school cheerleader, honor student and homecoming maid – pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to one count of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS. She’ll be sentenced at a later date.
The Vicksburg beauty turned her back on her teenage pageantry after she converted to Islam in March 2015, when she began wearing a burqa and distancing herself from non-Muslim friends. Prosecutors said she “began to express hatred for the U.S. government” and expressed “support for the implementation of Shariah law in the United States.”
Young, whose father is a police officer and Navy veteran, sought to travel to Syria with her fiancé, Muhammad Dakhlalla, in order to become a medic for a terrorist group infamous for its cruel treatment of women and non-members. Dakhlalla pleaded guilty to a similar charge on March 11 and is also awaiting sentencing.
But far from a case of a love-stricken young girl following her beau to a Middle Eastern fantasy, Young agrees with prosecutors who say she was the primary driver of the intended move to Syria and continually prodded Dakhlalla to speed up their passport approval so they could leave.
“I found the contacts, made arrangements, planned the departure,” prosecutors said she wrote to her family in a “farewell letter” last August. “I am guilty of what you soon will find out.”
The couple was arrested Aug. 8 before boarding a flight from Columbus, Miss., with tickets for Istanbul that Young had purchased using her mom’s credit card without permission.
Authorities began tracking Young and Dakhlalla in May when the couple contacted undercover federal agents for help traveling to Syria.
Aside from her own admissions and actions, prosecutors cited prior online statements from Young expressing support for ISIS and ISIS-inspired terror attacks. Prosecutors said Young approvingly cited a video of a man accused of being gay being thrown off a roof to his death by militants. She also expressed joy at the shooting of five members of the military in Chattanooga, Tenn., by an Islamic militant in July.
“What makes me feel better after watching the news is that an akhi carried out an attack against US marines in TN! Alhamdulillah, the numbers of supports are growing…” she’s said to have written….

John Galt III says
Obama voter wants to join the Islamic State.
This is news
Bamaguje says
She should have been allowed to go, but never allowed to return.
It would have been good riddance to very bad rubbish.
Now taxpayers have to feed, house, clothe and provide her healthcare in jail.
Jerry Schwartz says
I say let her and her finance go to wherever. Of course, their American allegiance and passports are to be voided. The only question is whether her mother wants to press charges on the stolen money.
Nutjob says
You stupid woman
Hope says
These stupid cows want to join ISIS? Let’s help them. I say we slap burquas and parachutes on them and push them out of a plane over ISIS territory. Cheaper than locking them up and trying to deprogram them.
robert says
well said-do not forget to destroy their passports.
Ted Tyler says
If Jaelyn Young was an honor student and a Chemistry major she must be of higher than average intelligence. So why did she convert to Islam? What were the factors and circumstances that led to the conversion? What was going through her mind? We desperately need to have answers to these questions to have any hope of stopping these conversions.
Mirren10 says
”If Jaelyn Young was an honor student and a Chemistry major she must be of higher than average intelligence. So why did she convert to Islam?”
Being of higher than average intelligence doesn’t preclude being in love with violence and death. Wasn’t Ted Bundy supposed to be highly intelligent ?
islam is a religion *made* for psychopaths – this bitch was attracted to it because of its violence, because she could dress up in a burka and feel oh so special, etc etc. I hope she goes down for a long, long time.
maghan says
The human brain operates in mysterious ways. Someone may be good at memorizing facts and putting them on an exam book. That does not mean that they can think on their own and know how to question assumptions.
A truly intelligent person would have researched the important aspects of Islam before making an independent judgement. She did not. That’s why her stupid behavior got her into trouble.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Dave Flang says
Actually the mind is full of waste.
For three generations schools have produced stupid students that are anti-American, so it’s no wonder there are stupid adults (professional moochers) today.
The Founding Fathers and what they said and believed.
The facts of history illustrate the this nation never intended to be “God neutral.” Public displays of worship and subservience to the God of creation have always been made matter-of-factly. There can be no greater example of this than casual and unapologetic declarations concerning God in the constitutions of every one of the fifty states!
WE ARE AMERICANS by Sam Gipp
http://www.warneveryone.com/we_are_americans.htm
bostongal912 says
Probably her Muslim boyfriend! Just because she’s intelligent doesn’t mean she can’t be brainwashed!
Ted Tyler says
Yes, according to Denise Winn -“The Manipulated Mind” (1983) all normal people can be brainwashed. With strong-willed people – it just takes a little longer. The psychopaths are an exception. That is because – “Quite frankly my dear, the psychopaths don’t give a damn”.
Sam says
It is amazing our kids are brained washed right in front of our eyes at schools that we fund out of our pockets to learn to hate America
SteveFinSC says
A free state will not long remain free if its people allow the government to educate its children.
Sherry says
I agree. Only today it is called indoctrinating, not educating, and making them stupid so they are more easily led. Which reminds me why Kasich needs to get his Common Core sick self out of our country as well. Can we deport him and Bush-big supporters of Common Core, with these other ones that need to be dropped off in the ME? Take O as well. Common Core sickos don’t need to be here anymore than the others.
linnte says
I think it is the claim that “devout” Muslims have of being the only perfect religion and her boyfriend, being Muslim probably wooed her with glory and perfection. Also, if this couple are a COUPLE maybe they have been married per Sharia. Her being a chemistry major would be very useful in the Middle East.
kel says
as a muslim, i hate isis. why would anyone want to join them? they kill muslims,christians, and jews. Quran says not to kill for any reason other then defense. I am far better scholar then spencer could ever hope to be. That dumb cow missed the islam and being a muslim by a long shot. the terrorist were made by usa goverment. i hate the usa goverment to. who doesnt? only a idiot would trust them. hating the usa goverment isnt a sign of being a terrorist , if they think it is, well come and get me you cows. usa goverment is nothing and needs to be destroyed.
linnte says
If you are a better Scholar then you would KNOW what Islam teaches and clearly you don’t. So you can take your Qur’an and shove it up Muhammad’s ass so when he shits it will become Allah. And enjoy your putrid Sharia law!
maghan says
Is this some kind of joke? Do you really believe what you wrote–or you are just trolling? Man, you are much dumber than that stupid girl. You IQ, I would guess, is, about 75-80–or maybe lower. That score though is the average of majority Muslim
For starters, only a rank imbecile could believe that some illiterate man goes into a cave and comes out raving that he had a chat with a fairy sent by some thing in the sky.
Ted Tyler says
Kei, as a rational human being it is reasonable to hate ISIS and have some serious questions about the wisdom of the USA government; however, as a Muslim, do you think that it would be a good thing to replace the current USA government with Sharia Law?
Also, what is your background as a Scholar? How many books have you written? Do you have degrees in Islamic studies? What are your sources of knowledge?
Mirren10 says
”Also, what is your background as a Scholar? How many books have you written? Do you have degrees in Islamic studies? What are your sources of knowledge?”
I don’t think one has to have a degree in islamic studies in order to know islam. A reading of the koran, the hadith, and the Sunnah is enough for most people.
Ted Tyler says
Mirren 10. True. But for a person to claim that he is more knowledgeable than Robert Spencer is a lofty claim that needs verification.
Dave Flang says
The Kurdistan Brothers – Muslim Converts –
A brother is born for adversity according to an old proverb and the two brothers in the following story illustrate the truth of that saying. When the younger one broke with tradition the older one wanted to break his neck. This is the true story of Syeed and Kocka, two brothers from Kurdistan who were adversaries until their minds, and hearts and lives were unshackled.
Donna says
Kel – Well you certainly came to the wrong place! smh & lol at the same time 😀
Angemon says
Just another example of lack of education, disenfranchisement and… oh, wait…
That should be a red flag, and enough to get her on a terror-watchlist.
Another red flag.
And yet another red flag. No, wait, let me guess: no one saw this coming.
Poor guy – sounds like the kind of person who did nothing to deserve this from his daughter…
What do they think it’ll happen after they do their time?
Wait, the muslim community and the mosque they went to did not warn the authorities? I’m shocked! Shocked and appalled!!!
It’s a good thing that they’re making the distinction that she expressed support and joy instead of just saying “she saw these videos, therefore ISIS”.
“Akhi” means “my brother, and the attack she’s referencing seems to be the Chattanooga attack that took place last year. The attacker was her brother not in the sense of sibling, but as a member of the ummah, the worldwide supra-national community of muslims.
abad says
Sounds like Dakhlalla brainwashed her into becoming a Muslim.
Let them both go to Syria but prohibit them from returning.
Muslims.
Mark Swan says
Actually That I don’t see why we don’t.
RobC says
An excellent book about the Quran…. What the Modern Martyr Should Know…. Here are some examples of how the Quran is not originally Arabic but Syro-Aramaic, which if used, clarifies some of the idiotic verses.
P15 Alphonse Hormizd Mingana, Iraqi born, in 1927 pointed out that much of the Qur’an-Arabic was mixed with Syro-Aramaic. Others confirmed this, explaining the unclear and unusual passages when using Aramaic.
Examples.
On the birth of Jesus.. Sura 19 (“Surat Maryam”) talks about how Mary wished to be dead because of being pregnant out of wedlock. Verse 24 states “and he (Jesus) said to her from beneath: ‘do not grieve. Your lord has provided a brook at your feet.’”
In Syro-Aramaic however, it would say ”then he (Jesus) said to her after giving birth, ‘do not be sad, for the Lord has made your birth legitimate’”
On Virgins in paradise:
Sura 44:54 “and shall wed them [the believers] with houris [virgins] that have big eyes.” In the authorized Arabic version, in this verse is “wa-zawwagnahum bi-hur in” and can be translated in classical Arabic as “be married” if diacritical marks are placed above the r and below the h. (the mark defines how the letter is to be read). However the marks did not exist in early text. Without the mark the word becomes rawwah-na-hum which means “to let [someone] have a rest”. And the word “hur” is plural of hawra, or “white ones”. The word “in” has no meaning in Arabic so they made it plural of “ain” (eye, fountain, well) but it should have been uyan or ayun. So “hur in” would mean “white eyes” but this does not make any sense either (used also in Sura 12:84, it was translated to mean “blinded”). So they transformed “big-eyed white ones” into “houris with big eyes”. From this “Virgins of Paradise” was born.
However using Qur’anic and other sources, white ones undoubtedly refer to grapes, according to Luxenberg. The Syro-Aramaic word “in” means “crystal clear, shiny, splendid, jewel-like appearance”. “Hur in” is referring actually to white, shiny, jewel-like grapes. The term “bi” is then not Arabic for “with” but Aramaic for “under”. Thus the believer does not become a mate of houris but takes rest under “hur in” or under the grapes. So the corrected translation becomes “We will provide a comfortable place for them under the jewel-like grapes”.
Sura 2:25 states “there will be chaste “spouses for them in paradise” but from Aramaic it simply promises “all kinds of pure fruit”.
Sura 38:52 derived the age of the houris. First they were said to be of equal age. Then
“young”. Then “eternally young”. Finally it became 33 years. None of this is found in the Quran. The key word is “atrab” which means nothing in Arabic so it was assigned a meaning by interpreters. But the Aramaic root means “juicy” or “flesh of fruit”. So the Sura just means “There will be low hanging juicy fruit for them”.
Suras 55:56, 55:74 talk about virgins forever, with their eyes lowered, never deflowered But the Syro-Aramaic just means dirty, to contaminate or stain. So the Sura 55:56 just means “There are low hanging fruit that no one has touched before”.
78:33 describes the houris as having “heaving breasts and a full cup of wine” but really should say there is luxuriant, juicy fruit.
76:19 says “Boys with eternal youth go the rounds” but in Aramaic “Boys” just means juice or wine. (“child of the wine grape”)
So there is nothing about Virgins but instead just grapes and wine. This is an important meaning for Jihadists who are dying because of a mistranslation. However this may have served its probable purpose, for young fighters in Spain needing motivation to keep fighting the persistent Christians.
P. 9, on Quranic grammer etc.
Ali Dashti says “The Qur’an includes incomplete sentences….there are foreign terms, expressions, and words that are unknown in Arabic but used anyway, and applied in ways that are different from their usual meanings. In the Qur’an, grammatical rules are ignored, regardless of whether it concerns the feminine or masculine gender, verb, noun, adjective, or adverbs. In addition, there are illogical and grammatically incorrect pronouns which in various places do not show any relation to each other.”
Al Dashti (1896-1981), an Iranian, studied theology and history in Nedjaf. He was a Shi’a clergyman and later became a journalist. A well known opposition politician who was imprisoned several times, his last imprisonment by Khomeini was in 1979. He died in prison in 1981.
Hera says
This young woman is extremely foolish and a fitting punishment would have been to allow her to leave the US and live under ISIS. Arabs in general are very prejudiced against Blacks. Blacks were still being sold in the marketplace in Saudi Arabia in the 1960s. Muslims still engage in slavery in some parts of the Muslim world today and those slave are most often Black. Check out any of the books written by modern day slaves and you will see that the slaves are Black and owned by Muslims. I suspect this young woman would have been desperate to escape from ISIS within just a few weeks.Like the foolish Austrian teenage girls who died trying to escape ISIS. This young woman’s conversion to Islam destroyed her future as she will now spend time in prison. Her capture by law enforcement likely saved her from life as a sex slave, torture or death.
mortimer says
Self-hating woman: check.
Self-hating African: check.
Self-hating American: check.
Kafir-hating Muslim: check.
Life-hating fanatic: check.
Muslim suicide bomber: check.
How any black person can believe in the faith of Islam is beyond me. They are surely not reading any books about the Islamic slave trade in Africa which caused the biggest genocide in history against black Africans. 120 million souls were lost in 1400 years. Many victims of the Islamic slave trade died slowly in agony. There is no excuse for a black person joining this Enslavement Cult. Islam is a euphemism for ‘slavery’.
Ted Tyler says
Mortimer. Two things to note:
1. This young woman was exposed to propaganda that told her that Islam in good and America is bad. This propaganda was powerful enough to override her initial programming.
2. What is the source of this programming? I consider the source to be the evil and the woman to be a victim of that evil.
Ted Tyler says
RobC, Thanks for the very informative post. From that, I have two questions:
A. How accurate are the various translations of the Koran and other Islamic texts? For years Islamic scholars have told us that you can only understand the Koran in its original Arabic. Now, even this is called into question. I suspect that the answer would require many years of study by a lot of super-smart people.
B. What do the current crop of Islamic terrorists think when they fly airplanes into buildings or blow themselves up. Do they think they will be getting virgins or grapes?
RobC says
A. The source, accuracy, etc has been in question for hundreds of years. The English version of the Quran is different than Arabic, to tone it down. There were many versions of the Quran at one time. And it is about 30% Syro-Aramaic, from sources prior to Mohammed’s time. And it was not compiled until a couple hundred years after Mohammed. Even the existence of Mohammed is very doubtful. It needs open and honest research.
B. THey still think they are getting the reward in heaven of many virgins. They refuse to question the Quran and are punished or killed if they convert away.
Concerned Christian says
Why is an increasing amount of people unable to differentiate between right and wrong?
Does the West need to fall to third-world levels before they appreciate what they could potentially lose?
SteveFinSC says
“Why is an increasing amount of people unable to differentiate between right and wrong?”
Simple – the West has turned its back on God. The Western elite is “too sophisticated and cool” to believe in something as backward and hayseed as God. They’ve dragged most of the rest of the West into the black hole of Secular Humanism along with them. When you no longer have any absolutes, when all moral decisions are made using situational ethics, you’re bound to get lost. Similarly there is the old adage – “If you don’t believe in something, you’ll fall for anything.”
Hope says
Well-said, SteveFinSC!
I agree.
ProudAmerican says
Don’t know, or claim to know a lot about the ‘Black Muslim experience’ but I know a lot of black people are converted in jail and Malcolm X and Cassius Clay converted, and I think Mike Tyson did for a bit in prison, don’t know that he’s stuck with it though.
From my outsiders perspective, seems like their conversion comes from a different place. More of a reaction to the white dominated system than to a love of Mohamid. Of course they’d probably deny it, but that’s my sense of it.
Richard Paulsen says
Watching increasingly numbers of young men from Afghanistan walking around here in the Stockholm, Sweden suburb. Photographing eachother going to town by the tube. As well as others from the third world.
On TV “experts” very authoritatively discuss organizing jobs and good life for them. They are called “newcomers”.
There seem to be lack of everything here, like flats, jobs and everything in order to live a normal life.
Seems as a welfarestate suddenly needs to be developed instead of their countries.
It is so up and down.
Soon there will be a new building here on the parkingplace. For some 60 flats. Like that wherever you go in the surroundings.
Thé more coming to Europe and Sweden the more shortages there will be. For the needs of all the third muslim arabic world arriving or “escaping” here. They need mosques too. Just to accept.
I think there must be stop for this destructive development.
Typical that the country where naziideology was in power and the country not fighting the WW2 are those most positive towards islam and those hating and fighting jews and Christians now as historically and other notmuslimss.
But how come UK and the U. S. A. as well? Scarng indeed.
linnte says
Richard, millions of Americans believe the “crisis” of refugees in Europe and the financial trouble they are causing, and the change in culture they are causing, is not really happening in Europe. Maybe you could write a letter to the Editor of the New York Times and tell them your views!! This may help others WAKE UP to the problems you have.
Richard Paulsen says
¤ linnte ¤ Thank´s. Think I have to. Think I will. Thank´s for your advice.
linnte says
: )
The Last English Prince says
These individuals should be allowed to leave, stripped of citizenship, and for good measure placed on a no fly list as soon as they leave U.S. soil. They are committing an act of treason against the Republic.