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Minnesota: Muslim who stabbed mall shoppers while screaming “Allahu akbar” newly interested in Islam

Oct 7, 2016 9:22 am By Robert Spencer

“Dahir Ahmed Adan became interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged his sisters to be more religious, FBI Special Agent Rick Thornton said at a news conference. Witnesses told investigators that 20-year-old Adan yelled ‘Islam, Islam’ and ‘Allahu akbar,’ as well as asking several people whether they were Muslim before stabbing them during the Sept. 17 attack, which started outside Crossroads Center mall before moving inside.”

This is why government and law enforcement officials have to keep telling us that jihad terror has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam: it is such a patently false claim that it requires constant repetition to put it over.

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“FBI: Minnesota mall attacker newly interested in Islam,” CBS News, October 6, 2016 (thanks to David):

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The stabbings at a central Minnesota mall last month that wounded 10 likely was premeditated by the attacker, who may have become radicalized recently, federal authorities said Thursday.

Dahir Ahmed Adan became interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged his sisters to be more religious, FBI Special Agent Rick Thornton said at a news conference.

Witnesses told investigators that 20-year-old Adan yelled “Islam, Islam” and “Allahu akbar,” as well as asking several people whether they were Muslim before stabbing them during the Sept. 17 attack, which started outside Crossroads Center mall before moving inside.

“We were told Adan had not previously shown an interest in religion. Adan also encouraged some female relatives to become more religiously observant,” Thornton said, adding that investigators continue to analyze Adan’s digital footprint, including his social media and online activity, and are trying to obtain permission to unlock his smartphone.

FBI Director James Comey said last week it appeared Adan was at least partly inspired by extremist ideology. Thornton also said that Adan went from being a high academic performer to failing out of college “almost overnight” after taking an increased interest in Islam.

Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall said Adan was armed with two steak knives. The off-duty officer from a nearby city who shot Adan six times and killed him inside a Macy’s store won’t face charges, Kendall said. None of those stabbed had life-threatening injuries….

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  1. Gary says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 9:47 am

    “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).

    So I wonder…. if this young man had heard the Good News, would he have ‘attempted’ to gain God’s favor by stabbing people he doesn’t even know?

    Oh I forgot! They say The Bible is…. ‘corrupted’

    And two thousand years later…. The Blind continue to lead the blind

    • Crusades Were Right! says

      Oct 7, 2016 at 4:28 pm

      “Ephesians”

      I wonder whatever happened to the Ephesians, i.e. the people of Ephesus?

      (The Mohammedan Turks slaughtered them in the 14th century!)

      • Damocles Junior says

        Oct 7, 2016 at 6:01 pm

        The same has obviously happened to all of the churches in that part of the world that were mentioned in the New Testament. Destroyed by Islam.

        What is happening to all the remnant churches throughout North Africa and the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Syria? They are under intense persecution from the Islamists whom we in the west are basically supporting as part of the so called Arab Spring.

        What has happened to the Christians throughout Europe? Basically due to affluence and the good life we have lost interest in the faith, the Muhammadans don’t even need the sword to take over this time round, we just let them walk in.

  2. jihad3tracker says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 10:33 am

    I have recommended this video by one of our best and smartest counter-jihad allies — David Wood — many times, but here we go again with a perfect example of a Muslim who suddenly becomes more “religious”, and of course, then proceeds to slaughter Infidels:

    “The Jihad Triangle” on YouTube — a very short 4:57 of lucid logic on the recruitment process.

  3. Jerry says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 10:54 am

    Every good parent always tells their kids, “Stay away from the bad kids, they’re a rotten influence and you’ll get in trouble.” I bet even hillary knows that much. But when it comes to islam these leftist mommas don’t have a bad word to say. It’s like if your parents knew you were hanging out with a drug-crazed robber but they spend every spare minute praising his style of dress while ignoring the bad. And I think the analogy is a good one, islam is a murderous pig in a peaceful dress. And our leftist traitors like obama/hillary/merkel can’t say enough good about that morsel of goodness in islam’s giant pot of poison. I’m lucky, I had good parents that knew the difference between right and wrong. That’s why I don’t waste time praising any good in islam, because to do so would be a sin against the larger evil truth.

  4. Michael Copeland says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    ” James Comey said… it appeared Adan was at least partly inspired by extremist ideology.”
    Yes, Mr. Comey.
    If you would define “extremist ideology” you would find it neatly matches ordinary basic Islam.
    See “Extremism: “There is a Problem Within Islam”” at Liberty GB:
    http://www.libertygb.org.uk/news/extremism-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C-there-problem-within-islam

  5. Damocles Junior says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 5:26 pm

    “County Attorney Janelle Kendall said. None of those stabbed had life-threatening injuries….”
    That is good to know but;

    1, Has she been told to say that in order to go soft on Islam?
    2, I think anyone who has suffered a knife attack will be mentally and emotionally scarred for the rest of their life. That face of pure evil will just haunt them.
    3, Even a minor cut from a stab wound will leave a physical scar for many years, another constant reminder of this horror.
    4, Perhaps Obama will invite the victims for afternoon tea at the White House together with that dreadful “clock boy” just to let them know that Islam is all about peace and reconcilliation.
    5, Perhaps America will wake up and elect Trump and then let the deportations begin, this will be the only way to save America as you know it.

  6. Gary Daniels says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 6:23 pm

    He wasn’t an adherent of ISIS. not an adherent of the Taliban, not an adherent of Al Qaeda, so it appears he simply began to understand his own religion and discovered that he should kill the infidel wherever he finds them.
    Looks to me that simple reading of the koran instills violence in the sympathetic reader unrelated to any membership in “radical” groups like ISIS, Al Qaeda or the Taliban.

  7. Angemon says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    The off-duty officer from a nearby city who shot Adan six times and killed him inside a Macy’s store won’t face charges, Kendall said.

    I certainly hope so. Oh, and look at that: another case where a non-practicing/lax muslim decided to take his religion more seriously and ended up attacking non-muslims. Is his family being investigated? His friends? The mosque he attended?

  8. Keys says

    Oct 7, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    ”James Comey said… it appeared Adan was at least partly inspired by extremist ideology.”

    “Partly” – would you guess 12.5%, maybe; or is the investigation ongoing and you would not want to speculate now on how much partly means ?

    What was/were the other part(s), Mr. Comey?
    a. Demonic possession
    b. Mental Illness
    c. Poverty and/or no job
    d. Drug use
    e. Too much time on his hands
    F Islam
    g. Violent video games
    h. Lack of education
    i. Hostess Twinkies
    j. Harassment by Islamophobes
    k. Cultural depravation
    l. Family Situation
    m. Tumor
    n. Undetermined, but not Islam
    o. Contaminated Water
    p. Islamophobes
    q. Devil made him do it
    r. Cry for help
    ad infinitum ……

    Since you do not have the resources to check these out, I guess we will never know; but we can rest assured it “at least” “appeared” to be “partly” “extremist ideology” and not by #ActualMuslims or due to Real Islam.

    Things are not always what they partly appear to be.
    There’s a partial sucker for extremist ideology born every minute.

  9. gravenimage says

    Oct 8, 2016 at 2:13 am

    Minnesota: Muslim who stabbed mall shoppers while screaming “Allahu akbar” newly interested in Islam
    ……………………………..

    This should not surprise. Jews and Christians who become more devout are apt to volunteer or give more to charity; Muslims are more apt to start trying to murder unbelievers. *Ugh*.

    More:

    “Dahir Ahmed Adan became interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged his sisters to be more religious…
    ……………………………..

    This probably meant he began threatening them with violence or worse if they did not comply.

    More:

    Witnesses told investigators that 20-year-old Adan yelled “Islam, Islam” and “Allahu akbar,” as well as asking several people whether they were Muslim before stabbing them…
    ……………………………..

    This last is *very* common. Jihadists have given “Muslim tests” to screen out their victims–in the mall in Kenya, on buses in Israel, and now here in the United States.

  10. Marty says

    Oct 8, 2016 at 5:43 am

    His behaviour was predictable.
    Most converts to mohammedanism are attracted to it
    because of its violence & misogyny.
    They are often petty criminals looking for support from
    the greatest terrorist gang on Earth.

  11. overman says

    Oct 8, 2016 at 5:36 pm

    Yeah, minnesota – now being called the ‘New Somalia’.

    Here’s another Police Chief covering his ass whilst hiding his head in the sand. The best part is what Trump says in the beginning.

    • overman says

      Oct 8, 2016 at 5:39 pm

      BTW whoever posted this seems to think the cop put down Fox News – l think it backfired, though lol

  12. Ed1C says

    Oct 9, 2016 at 7:30 am

    Some of this can be solved quite easily: don’t allow them to emigrate here. Close the damn door.

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