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Virginia: Father of jihad terrorist says his son misunderstands Islam

Jul 9, 2016 10:39 am By Robert Spencer

Why is this misunderstanding of Islam so widespread? Why does it claim tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of Muslims who have joined jihad groups all around the world? Why is it preached in all too many mosques and subscribed to by Muslim clerics — men who have dedicated their lives to understanding Islam properly?

Why is the supposedly peaceful and benign Islam that Qamar Abbas presumably taught to Haris Qamar not able to withstand challenge from the shadowy computer figures who taught Haris a “twisted view of Islam”? Who are these people on the computer, and why are they so intent on propagating this twisted view of Islam? What are mosques and Islamic schools in the U.S. doing to try to counter the appeal of this twisted view of Islam?

Above all, why do U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials complacently accept this nonsense from people such as Qamar Abbas, instead of investigating his possible role, and that of the local mosque, in the evolution of the mindset of Haris Qamar?

Haris Qamar

“VA Father says son doesn’t understand Islam,” Associated Press, July 9, 2016 (thanks to Lookmann):

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The father of a Virginia man charged in a government sting with attempting to support the Islamic State says his son doesn’t understand Islam.

Twenty-five-year-old Haris Qamar of Burke was arrested Friday. Prosecutors say Qamar helped a man who turned out to be an FBI informant film landmarks in the Washington, DC, area for what Qamar believed would be a video encouraging lone-wolf terrorist attacks….

Qamar’s father, Qamar Abbas, said in an interview that he worried over the years as his son grew a long beard and became inattentive to his studies. He said his son spent long hours on the computer that may have led him to a twisted view of Islam.

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  1. Concerned Indian says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 10:43 am

    Takiyya

    • Jerry says

      Jul 9, 2016 at 10:57 am

      A perfect one word post. They have so little respect for us they’re not even creative with their lies and excuses, it’s the computer’s fault his son is a terror suspect. (sigh) It’s not islam that teaches this violence against the infidel, it’s the technology by which he acquired those views. Kind of like blaming guns for the violence crooks commit. But guns don’t commit violence, criminals do; and computers don’t teach jihad, imams and islam do. It’s time the world insist on the truth in dealing with islam.

      • Concerned Indian says

        Jul 9, 2016 at 11:00 am

        Thanks.

        Couldn’t think of a better way to respond to the statement by the father.

      • Cecilia Ellis says

        Jul 9, 2016 at 11:08 am

        Jerry wrote: “It’s the computer’s fault his son is a terror suspect.”

        That explains it . . . a highly contagious computer virus . . .

        • Jerry says

          Jul 9, 2016 at 11:19 am

          lol, yeah, instead of viruses like “Conficker, Zeus,” or “Melissa,” it’s “muhammad, allah,” or “jihad.”

          Oh my gosh, I’m infected! Now I gotta go kill an infidel!

          And what ever you do, don’t rely on Windows Defender to stop it, that would be politically incorrect.

        • Lookmann says

          Jul 9, 2016 at 12:33 pm

          @Cecilia & Jerry(below)

          My stomach is upset due to Laughing out Loud.

          Wish to hang you both.for the unpardonable crime.

          No laughing this . Am dead serious.

        • Cecilia Ellis says

          Jul 9, 2016 at 7:18 pm

          Lookmann, I extend a most sincere apology . . . Hope you are feeling much better now . . . ?

      • Jerry says

        Jul 10, 2016 at 7:57 am

        Cecilia Ellis says
        July 9, 2016 at 7:18 pm
        Lookmann, I extend a most sincere apology . . . Hope you are feeling much better now . . . ?
        —————————
        Yeah, geesh, we make a guy laugh and he wants to hang us. Time to just smile and back away slowly. 🙂

      • Shane says

        Jul 10, 2016 at 11:03 am

        The sad thing is that most liberals pretend to believe this BS even though they are aware of the violent passages in the Koran and how Mo led his warriors in numerous battles.

        Good video from an apostate – Why I left Islam and Islamic Rape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR7_YQ53lfI

        • Jerry says

          Jul 10, 2016 at 11:09 am

          The sad thing is that most liberals pretend to believe this BS even though they are aware of the violent passages in the Koran…

          And that for me is what makes it so criminal.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 9, 2016 at 11:30 am

      The son must have misunderstand the Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses:

      K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008

  2. nicu says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 10:44 am

    yes, yes it has never to do with Islam , blabla !

    • unbeliever1 says

      Jul 9, 2016 at 11:09 am

      nicu:Here is a very well articulated comment on this subject by blogger Beth Murray on Quora.
      https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-biggest-misconceptions-about-ISIS-Islamic-State.

    • unbeliever1 says

      Jul 9, 2016 at 11:09 am

      nicu:Here is a very well articulated comment on this subject by blogger Beth Murray on Quora.
      https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-biggest-misconceptions-about-ISIS-Islamic-State.

  3. Sharps Rifle says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 10:57 am

    More taqiyyah. I wonder when people will finally wake up?

    • Oliver says

      Jul 10, 2016 at 1:37 pm

      I have said before. People-liberturds, politicians, media ( many overlap) WHEN ONE OF THEIR (PREFERABLY IMMEDIATE) FAMILY MEMBERS IS KILLED BY THE RELIGION OF PEACE.

      For example (perhaps not the best one) if Hillary & Bill Clinton’s son-in-law ( who is more or less nominally Jewish) or Chelsea Clinton is killed by a Muslim-perhaps. Then again, they are so greedy, might just be looking for more money.

      Perhaps a member of Sen. warren’s family; of the family of a media libertuird star.

      THEN, MAYBE.\

      NOTE: I AM NOT PROMOTING KILLING OF ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.

      Nor would I shed any tears were it to happen.

  4. Carmel says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 10:58 am

    It has to do with Apple . They must put something in these pc.

  5. Angemon says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Qamar’s father, Qamar Abbas, said in an interview that he worried over the years as his son grew a long beard and became inattentive to his studies.

    “Worried over the years”. Years. Plural. While watching the slow-motion train-wreck, what measures did he took to try to prevent it? Are we supposed to take his sob story uncritically and pity him as being the victim here?

    He said his son spent long hours on the computer that may have led him to a twisted view of Islam.

    Why, if I didn’t know any better, I’d think that his goal here was simply to protect and defend islam – he’s clearly putting more effort into it than into educating his kid (assuming, of course, and for the sake of the argument, he didn’t teach his kid this allegedly “twisted” version of islam himself).

  6. Adrian says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 11:38 am

    Attention, all “misunderstanders”:

    To get back on track, just consult your local Imam. He will explain why all the hateful, violent, misogynistic and murderous commands in the Quran are not really hateful, violent, misogynistic and murderous… NOT!

    Now back to your 5 daily submissions…

  7. mortimer says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 11:38 am

    The son must have misunderstood Sharia law regarding jihad:

    Reliance of the Traveller – 9.1 OBLIGATORY CHARACTER OF Jihad: Jihad is communal obligation. When enough people perform it to successfully accomplish it, it is no longer obligatory upon others. and Allah Most High having said: “Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,-” Qur’an [4:95]

    9.3 Jihad is also OBLIGATORY for everyone ABLE TO PERFORM IT, male or female, old or young when the enemy has surrounded the Muslims.

  8. Qui Creva says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    Mortimer, yours was by far the best response. The Qur’an itself provides 164 reasons why poor Haris Qamar “misunderstood” the true message of Islam. Brilliant! Let the source texts of Islam destroy the myth that “Islam is a religion of peace:.

  9. Paul N Silas says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 12:25 pm

    As far back as WWI, various World Powers have attempted to use the violence and hate of Jihad against a perceived enemy. During WWI, Germany actually sent “Agents” into Islamic countries attempting to promote Jihad against The Brits. I was even rumored then that the Kaiser had converted from being a Christian to a Muslim.

    Hitler had a all Islamic Division(s) fighting within his SS Army.

    Today, in this Cold War, both sides are attempting to use Jihad. Why is the Muslim Brotherhood in the White House, why do the Chinese own the Taliban, and why are the Russians paying people to go fight for ISIS?

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Jul 9, 2016 at 6:18 pm

      The Jihad, or more broadly the Ummah, is (for *any* non-Muslim Power) like a cursed sword in a legend; it *kills* very effectively, but when used, it sooner or later turns in the user’s hand and chops off the hand, or the head.

      The wisest thing is never to try to use it in the first place.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Jul 9, 2016 at 6:20 pm

      Bear in mind that Mohammedans are very, very clever at making use of divisions within the Camp of the Infidels. The Cold War – and all other hostilities, quarrels and divisions, all the way back to the beginnings of Islam when it took advantage of the wars between Byzantium and Persia to destroy *both* – was an absolute *gift* to the Mohammedan Mob; they could play both sides off against each other, endlessly.

  10. خَليفة says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 1:24 pm

    It is the misunderstanding of when Muslims have the upper hand.
    A purely subjective assessment. Clearly, the father does not think Islam has the upper hand, but the son believes it does.

  11. Oliver says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    Why not–rather then prosecute the son and others, and imprison them- deport them and their families, to the Muslim shithole of their choice.

    Choice limited to Afghanistan; Pakistan; Iraq and Syria.

    And fly them over- and drop them off ( parachute optional). ( and drop their computers with them)

    Cheaper than prison.

    • خَليفة says

      Jul 9, 2016 at 5:38 pm

      Before parachuting them, dress them like us marines

      • Oliver says

        Jul 10, 2016 at 1:38 pm

        Great idea.

  12. Jay Boo says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 4:00 pm

    ‘Moderate Muslims’ are trying to hijack Muhammad’s violent ideology and replace its image with a calculated delusion.

  13. Singh the Sikh says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 7:06 pm

    Why isn’t anyone misunderstanding Christianity?
    Or Hinduism?
    Or Sikhism, Budhism, Judism and all other ‘isms.
    Why only misunderstanding of Islam.
    Why is only Islam being hijacked all the time?
    Care to explain President Obama?

  14. bridgette says

    Jul 9, 2016 at 10:53 pm

    Sick to death of their idiot lies to the world and I don’t want them in my world. I’d like my government to find a way to get rid of them because they’ll never change. They’ve had 1400 years. A Trump vote is the only answer.

    • firefox says

      Jul 10, 2016 at 5:55 pm

      This is fast becoming the shared sentiment of the majority of free-thinking people BECAUSE …
      Assimilation is impossible.
      Safe integration is impossible.
      Reform is impossible.
      Islam is eternally incompatible anywhere because it claims itself supreme and demands Islam overrides all.
      And Liberals deceive themselves and endanger everyone as they continue promoting multiculturalism (as a means of obtaining secure voting blocks) and remain blind to the demons of supremism and takiya that Islam carries with it.
      Obama.
      Turdeau.
      Merkel
      et al.
      YES, BRING ON TRUMP!
      There is no other hope right now.

    • firefox says

      Jul 11, 2016 at 3:41 am

      We must all vote Trump and he must succeed because the alternative is Hillary who will be focused on 2 things (neither of which is doing what’s right for the people or the country):
      1) allowing the continued unvetted Muslim invasion to satisfy Obama and continue the Muslim Brotherhood’s infiltration and Islamification of the US Govt.
      2) she’ll be so busy with Bill on their “last hurrah tour” whoring themselves out in their last chance to secure multi $Billions for their foundation that she’ll achieve record levels of corruption dealings and endanger the whole world most likely with wars to maximize on commissions ‘er donations for their retirement ‘er foundation to satisfy Soros and Kissinger and the Bilderberg NWO.
      Beyond this, she has no agendas.
      And WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE ANYHOW?
      Bill DIDN’T HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN!
      Hillary HANDED OVER ALL HER EMAILS.
      ……THERE WERE NO CLASSIFIED EMAILS THAT SHE SENT OR RECEIVED?
      ……EVERYONE WAS DOING IT
      ……IT WAS THE VIDEO THAT CAUSED BENGHAZI AND HAD KILLED THOSE AMERICANS AND MADE THE MUSLIMS SODOMIZE AND TORTURE _____ BEFORE DRAGGING AND FURTHER DESCECRATING HIS BODY!!
      …… (enter ad nauseum other despicable lies and outrageous excuses here)
      Obama said _____________ no harm occured?? doent deserve preeosecution?
      Lynch said we talked about his grandkids
      Comey said it was just carelessness
      After all, what’s the worst that can happen, they fire her, or make this her last job??!!!

      And consider this! If ‘Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned’, I can think of no greater fitting end to this than Bill sitting at home with a forever rejected Hillary, having lost at her last attempt to get the better of Bill; being haunted by Bill’s discovered interference with AG Lynch, by his incompetence at her rallies, for his endless womanizing that the crowds would not be silent about. They’d both be tormented that they were separated from the arena for their influence peddling racket that they have been active in all their lives. Hard to say if Hillary’s reaction to Bill would trigger another Ice Age or melt the poles. Their shock in their sudden inability to whore themselves out would only be outshone by the greatest display of Muslim offence ever seen when Obama was stopped from continuing his Islamization of America and watching as his ‘ummah’ was torn down.

      GOTTA VOTE TRUMP!!
      America may not withstand 4 more years of the worst reality show ever “Lying and Corruption with the Clintons”.
      TRUMP MUST WIN! if for nothing more than to clean house and shake things up giving notice to all on the take.

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