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Minnesota Muslim pleads guilty to conspiring to aid the Islamic State

Apr 15, 2016 4:39 pm By Robert Spencer

“I’m more than sorry for the pain I caused my parents,” Farah said, his voice choked with emotion. “If I had listened to them I wouldn’t be here today.” I’m sure that his parents are as moderate as the day is long, but where exactly did Adnan Abdihamid Farah learn his Islam? Have authorities investigated his local mosque? Or are they simply content to believe that he was “radicalized on the Internet”?

Adnan Abdihamid Farah

“Minnesota man changes plea to guilty in Islamic State case,” by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press, April 14, 2016 (thanks to Lookmann):

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five Minnesota men due to go on trial next month for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State group changed his plea Thursday to guilty, saying he succumbed to propaganda videos that preached jihad.

Adnan Abdihamid Farah, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Three other counts were dropped, including conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States. Farah faces a maximum of 15 years in prison but avoided a possible life sentence by taking the plea deal.

“I take responsibility for myself and actions I committed,” Farah told U.S. District Judge Michael Davis, who didn’t set a sentencing date.

The hearing was interrupted for about 45 minutes after Farah’s mother, Ayan Farah, 39, collapsed with chest pain as proceedings got underway. Security personnel hustled her son out of the courtroom, and medics took her to a hospital for treatment. There was no immediate word on her condition.

Adnan Farah’s brother, Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 22, is among the other four defendants who are scheduled to go on trial May 9. Adnan Farah’s attorney, Kenneth Udoibok, said the stress of the case has been weighing heavily on their mother.

Altogether, 10 Minnesota men have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State group as part of the investigation. Five have now pleaded guilty, one remains at large. About a dozen Minnesota residents have traveled to Syria to join militant groups there in recent years.

Unlike the other defendants, Adnan Farah wasn’t accused of trying to travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic State. But he told Davis that he applied for an expedited U.S. passport with the intention of doing so. He said his parents confiscated the passport when it came in the mail early. He then put a $100 down payment on a fake passport and also tried to help a co-defendant get one.

“I’m more than sorry for the pain I caused my parents,” Farah said, his voice choked with emotion. “If I had listened to them I wouldn’t be here today.”…

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Filed Under: American jihadis, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Adnan Abdihamid Farah, Minneapolis, minnesota


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  1. jihad3tracker says

    Apr 15, 2016 at 4:46 pm

    I HAVE KEITH ELLISON’S MOBILE PHONE ON MY “SPEED DIAL A MUSLIM” LIST, along with Nihad Awad & Ibe Hooper.

    They will all no doubt want to question this guy — to find out how he got the Religion of Peace got SO misunderstood.

  2. Ginger says

    Apr 15, 2016 at 5:57 pm

    Always look at the way their mothers dress. That’s the clincher.

    • African infidel says

      Apr 15, 2016 at 6:39 pm

      Somali muslims are very dangerous jihadists and they become extremely dangerous when their islamic jihadist attitudes get mixed up with gangster-ism and drugs. It becomes a deadly combination.

  3. Jerry says

    Apr 15, 2016 at 7:52 pm

    So apparently it wasn’t the parents this time that taught the child to wage JIHAD for allah. So where did it come from? Some islamophobe must have whispered it in his ear.

    CAIR MN has a video hate campaign going against Minnesotans right now. They are using exaggerated fear to portray themselves as a persecuted minority. It’s true there have been a handful of minor incidents against them, but it’s nothing compared to the crime they have brought to our community (Please see links). I’m not condoning violence against muslims, but my point is the basis for their accusations comes from a gross distortion of the facts. We’re not bigoted here in Minnesota, we rank very high as a tolerant state. That’s why we have so many muslims, because they get the help and tolerance they need and want. But their response to Brussels and Trump is to go on the offensive by diverting attention away from islam’s culpability onto the backlash that never comes.

    Ordinarily I wouldn’t criticize someone who speaks against hate crimes. But CAIR’s fallacious use of the facts here does not help our community. They pretend to be fighting hate crimes and bigotry, but in truth they are promoting it. Their apartheid approach to dealing with these kinds of crimes creates an “us against them” atmosphere by categorizing the good people of my home state as bigots persecuting muslims. This will deepen the divide and cause more anger and resentment between us. Good job CAIR.

    I could do the same thing and create a dirty handed propaganda video against them. I could cite all their gang crimes and rape violence to tar and feather the local Somali community. And I would be even more justified in doing it because their crimes against us are far, FAR worse than anything their people have experience by way of hate crimes. But I’m not inclined to do such a thing. Because my default position is one of decency and good morals whenever possible. I want community solidarity and peaceful relations, not hurtful accusations based on a misuse of the facts. But CAIR’s agenda is not one of community cohesion or humanitarian concern. Their purpose is to defend and promote the islamic culture and religion at all cost. And they are perfectly fine taking a bigoted stance against us with exaggerated claims of hate if it will further that agenda.

    Here’s one of two propaganda vids they have made to denigrate Minnesotans, please vote it down if you object to their underhanded and bigoted attack on the good people of Minnesota.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rise-of-somali-gangs-plagues-minneapolis/

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/04/29-somali-muslim-gang-members-indicted-for-kidnapping-raping-and-selling-underage-girls/

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/13/imported-rape-culture-somalian-refugee-charged-with-rape-of-10-year-old-girl/

    http://cnsnews.com/news/article/minnesota-sheriff-reports-congress-growing-somalia-gang-threat-hennepin-county

    http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-leads-the-nation-in-would-be-isil-terrorists-from-u-s-report-finds/329942131/

    • Jerry says

      Apr 15, 2016 at 9:56 pm

      Correction: I had intended to say Paris, not Brussels. I believe this CAIR vid was made before the Brussels attack by their ISIL warriors.

    • Jerry says

      Apr 16, 2016 at 11:08 am

      And did you notice in his reference to Paris and California (jihad attacks) his only concern from that is how it’s affecting the muslim community? A 100% defense position, not at all sympathetic to the victims and their families, just an obscene exaggeration of the danger they might be in because people of their faith are killing again.

      And he describes himself as a civil rights defender. lol. How can he be a muslim and defend civil rights? Islam is notorious for its civil rights abuses in regard to equality, free speech, and religious freedom. That’s as contradictory as a Christian denying the Cross for communism or atheism. Is it at all possible this CAIR spokesman is less than forthright about his ultimate agenda in regard to our nation’s values and constitution?

    • Jerry says

      Apr 17, 2016 at 12:40 pm

      Ya know, if I have any regrets in my main post above (which I can’t edit) it’s that I was beyond fair in granting them some legitimacy for their claims of islamophobia. I had said that there had actually been a handful of incidents against them, but that’s far too generous. In reality, in most alleged cases of “islamophobia” it’s based in hearsay or one-sided anecdotal evidence, not criminal convictions where the evidence has been fairly judged. Or they are simply presuming race hate motives in crimes that may have been nothing more than general crime. For example, there was a case where some muslims came out of the mosque and their windows had been smashed. That in itself does not prove some kind of race or religious hate. It’s not uncommon in this area to get these mass attacks of vandalism, but of course if it happens to muslims it will be deemed a “hate” crime.

      The evidence for islamophobia in Minnesota is so scanty as to be practically non-existent. There was one possible exception at an Applebees restaurant where a lady got punched, but there’s an argument to be made that even that case does not fit the description of a hate crime. And in fact it’s not being prosecuted as a hate crime.

      No, CAIR is doing what they do best, exploiting what little they have to paint Minnesotans as bigot racist islamophobes. We aren’t. When one stops and considers the amount of deadly serious crime they have imported, I gotta wonder where they get their balls.

  4. Marcel Bérubé says

    Apr 15, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    I woud like to be as happy as that man on the photo .

  5. linnte says

    Apr 15, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    So, does anyone know what precipitated the migration of thousands of Somalis into our country? Many have been here for 20 years or so. These are not the “refugees” we are supposed to get. Under what circumstance have they come? I first heard about Somalians here when the issue off the meat factory in Kansas? had Muslims refuse to go to work because they wanted frequent breaks for prayer. And these same Kansas Muslims were demanding a whole new food bank be built so it could contain only Halal FOOD, just for them. Now it’s Minnesota with thousands too?

    • Jerry says

      Apr 15, 2016 at 10:21 pm

      Here’s a short article that might help.

      http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/01/19/good-question-why-did-somalis-locate-here/

      • linnte says

        Apr 16, 2016 at 12:41 am

        84,000 Somalis in the USA now! All Muslim. Thanks for the info Jerry.

  6. hallo says

    Apr 16, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    well, he sure looks like a nice fella

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