• Why Jihad Watch?
  • About Robert Spencer and Staff Writers
  • FAQ
  • Books
  • Muhammad
  • Islam 101
  • Privacy

Jihad Watch

Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

FBI can’t confirm that hate letters sent to mosques actually came from outside Muslim community

Nov 29, 2016 11:37 am By Robert Spencer

“The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) could not, however, confirm that the letters actually came from outside the community, or that they were not a prank.”

As I explained here, there is plenty of reason to doubt that these letters are genuine. They are much more likely to be part of Muslim groups’ in the U.S. never-ending quest for protected victim status.

fbi-hate-letter-press-conf

“FBI, LAPD Cannot Confirm Anti-Muslim Letters as ‘Hate Crime,’” by Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart, November 28, 2016:

LOS ANGELES — Law enforcement officials gathered with local Muslim leaders at the Islamic Center of Southern California to respond to threatening letters that had been sent to several mosques in the state.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) could not, however, confirm that the letters actually came from outside the community, or that they were not a prank. And the Los Angeles Police Department said that the letters were being investigated as a “hate incident,” not a “hate crime,” because there was no specific, immediate threat.

Stephen Woolery, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Counterterrorism Division in Los Angeles, said that at least five letters were received by Islamic institutions in California. Letters were received in San Jose, Northridge, Claremont, Signal Hill, and Los Angeles. He added that there was possibly one more letter that had been received outside the state, possibly in Georgia.

One letter, widely circulated in the media, read, in part: “You Muslims are a vile and filthy people … There’s a new sheriff in town — President Donald Trump. He’s going to cleanse America … He’s going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews.”

The language of each of the letters was similar, officials said. They did not contain a specific threat of violence….

Local Muslim leaders at the press conference, which involved both local and international media, invited the author or authors of the letter to have a frank discussion about faith. “We want this to be out in the open, in broad daylight. Bullies feel emboldened in dark alleys.

Dr. Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini, the president of the Shia Muslim Council of Southern California, said: “We stand against hate crime and against terrorism.” He advised members of the community to go about their normal activities.

Another Muslim leader responded to a suspected terror attack earlier in the day at Ohio State, where several people were injured in an attack, apparently carried out by a Muslim immigrant from Somalia, involving a car and knives.

“The problem comes when we politicize one incident over others … when the reality is, it’s just violence,” he said….

In other words, ignore the motivating ideology behind jihad terror attacks.

[Woolery] said that the FBI had wanted to participate in the press conference, despite the lack of an investigation, “to be visible, strong partners with our community. Our role is to monitor the situation … making sure there is no threat.”

“It was important for us to be here to demonstrate that partnership, because I think that’s important to the community.”

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Follow me on Facebook

Filed Under: "Islamophobia", claiming victim status, FBI, Hate mail Tagged With: Stephen Woolery


Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Comments

  1. JawsV says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 11:41 am

    A Moslem wrote the letters. Hoax.

    • Brian Hoff says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 10:28 pm

      Than christian arab from the middle east chould have written the letter is than brownshirt trump supporter.

      • JawsV says

        Nov 29, 2016 at 10:36 pm

        “Brian Hoff” is a Muslim whose real name is Abdullah. He used to post under “defender of islam.” He’s easily recognized by his constant misuse of “than.” Oh Abdullah – it’s Moslems who are the Jew-hating Nazis.

        • Brian Hoff says

          Nov 29, 2016 at 10:43 pm

          Than christian arab could have written those letter to terrorized moslim in america if failed Islam is here to stay. There are many arab christian evangel liveing in southern California.

        • Angemon says

          Nov 30, 2016 at 1:53 pm

          What “Christian Arab”?

      • Angemon says

        Nov 30, 2016 at 1:53 pm

        What “Christian Arab”?

    • Nan Barr says

      Nov 30, 2016 at 3:23 pm

      They language was stupid…”get out of Dodge”. Who writes like that ?

      Somebody who learned most of their English watching re-runs of GUNSMOKE??

    • Jimmy says

      Nov 30, 2016 at 11:31 pm

      definitely a hoax. I was watching the local news yesterday and it was talking about the harsh letters that was sent to Muslim’s, soon as it started reading the contents I knew the letter was fake and then this Muslim gets on TV standing in front of a house with I guess his family talking about “people need to get educated about Islam” basically he wants people to accept his whitewashed version of Islam and get them to think that’s what islam is really all about so they’ll dissociate jihad terror from Islam. so pretty much these letters is a desperate attempt to gain sympathy and a platform to spread the islamophobia propaganda and be seen so it will bring in more people to fool and brainwash.

  2. David says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    Muslims want attention & will even lie to get attention!!! Then say we Muslims are victims of are bad behavior…But you people made us do it.Because you will not appease us.

  3. eduardo odraude says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    OT: We’ve heard here at Jihad Watch on occasion about the idiocy of Justin Trudeau. I’ve just read Mario Loyola writing at National Review that Justin Trudeau said this:

    Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau might as well have been wearing a dunce cap and a “kick me” sign when he claimed in a statement that even Castro’s detractors recognize Fidel’s “tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for ‘el Comandante.’” As a bonus, he hailed Castro as Cuba’s “longest serving president,” as if that were a laudable achievement for a dictator.

    If there were any doubts that Trudeau is a moron, they have entirely evaporated.

    • mohamonator says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 12:27 pm

      How Trudeau. Unlike a lot of dictators, (say Robert Mugabe or Bashar Assad) Castro didn’t even bother with the pretense of sham elections–you know, the kind where the incumbent wins by 97.3%. Obviously, very few Cubans emigrated to Canada, or Trudeau would not have been so fulsome in his praise of an international thug.

      • Raymond of Canada says

        Nov 29, 2016 at 3:54 pm

        Justin’s father never seen a revolutionary he didn’t like. He was pouring praise on Castro and Mao tse Tung while their victims were being slaughtered and tortured. A thriving tourist industry grew up in Cuba catering to Canadians seeking warming weather. I visited Cuba and their poverty was quite apparent. On bus tours you could only use washroom when the bus came to a “rest stop”. Toilets were filled by hand and flushed by attendants (no cameras were allowed). The good thing though (probably) they were receiving wages equal to doctors!

    • Shmooviyet says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 12:30 pm

      All those Miami celebrants are just so insensitive, says Justin the clown.

    • Brian Hoff says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 10:50 pm

      Many people around the world respect the Cubaian leader.Many moslim around the world have alot of respect to the Cubaian leader. I have no respect for the further trump.

      • Angemon says

        Nov 30, 2016 at 1:55 pm

        Brian Hoff posted:

        “Many people around the world respect the Cubaian leader.”

        Appeal to numbers is a logical fallacy. Anyway, all that shows is that many people are either morons or pro-fascism.

        “Many moslim around the world have alot of respect to the Cubaian leader.”

        Thank you for proving my point 🙂

        “I have no respect for the further trump.”

        Do you have respect for the actual “further”, Hitler?

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Nov 30, 2016 at 12:13 am

      Brian Hoff wrote: “Many people around the world respect the Cubaian (sic) leader. Many moslim (sic) around the world have alot (sic) of respect to (sic) the Cubaian (sic) leader. I have no respect for the further (sic) trump (sic).”

      Fidel Castro was, from the very beginning of his dictatorship — which began on New Year’s Day, 1959 — a brutal killer. Along with Che Guevara, he installed his preference for indiscriminate firing squads. Tens of thousands were murdered, while a million fled the island, including his sister, Juanita Castro. A tyrant, who was feared by all, he oppressed his people, imprisoned those he did not kill, tortured people and terminated free elections.

      He may well be respected by some around the world, but those leftists would be the ones who had not the “privilege” of living under his tyranny. Nor would those admirers have watched as he ordered the slaughter of those caught while attempting to escape the island in boats or aboard rafts. Indeed, those who respect him would not have had to endure the corralling of family members around a wall to watch their father’s, son’s or brother’s execution.

      No, Fidel Castro is not to be respected. He was evil, as documented by his murderous actions and complete destruction of the Cuban economy.

      Interestingly, Brian Hoff/Defender of Islam states that many Muslims around the world respect Castro. Of course they do . . . Fidel shared their propensity for murdering, imprisoning and torturing innocent people who reject their ideology.

      So, Brian, your lack of respect for President-Elect Trump is meaningless … as is your comment.

  4. mohamonator says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    Doesn’t matter if a mohammedan wrote the letters or not. If no bodily harm or property damage was threatened no crime occurred. Vile, obnoxious, hate-filled letters are lamentable, but not illegal, in the US as long as the First Amendment still means something. The mohammedan victimhood industry goes into overdrive every time there is an “unfortunate incident” like the one at Ohio State but the answer to the problem is fewer “incidents” (ideally, none). If that happens (not likely, I know) then letters like this one will largely go away.

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      If a letter is threatening, it is a crime–unless, of course, the individual sent it to himself–in which case, law enforcement can press charges for filing a false report, but they seldom do.

  5. CrossWare says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    I think the next level will be when muslims start complaining that they are so disliked in the community, they even have to write their own hate letters because nobody else would do it.

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 12:48 pm

      CrossWare wrote: “[T]hey are so disliked in the community, they even have to write their own hate letters because nobody else would do it.”

      Hilarious!

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 8:46 pm

      Now *that* is funny!

  6. Angemon says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 1:07 pm

    It seems like just yesterday I was looking at one of the letters and saying “you know, this looks like the work of a muslima. Look at the language, it is very similar to what we see coming from muslims. Sons of whores and dogs, vile and filthy people, etc.”.

    Oh, wait, it *was* just yesterday I was saying that.

    • Brian Hoff says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 10:58 pm

      It easy for than muslim hater to goto thsn library to look up arab moslim insults and write then into his hateful letter to mosques.

      • gravenimage says

        Nov 29, 2016 at 11:18 pm

        Uh…right. And why would a “filthy Infidel” do such a thing, if he wanted Muslims to fear a Kufar coming after them?

        Try harder, “DefenderofIslam”.

      • Angemon says

        Nov 30, 2016 at 1:51 pm

        Brian Hoff posted:

        “It easy for than muslim hater to goto thsn library to look up arab moslim insults and write then into his hateful letter to mosques.”

        I, for one, had no idea that local libraries stock books about mosleem insults. In any case, why would a mosleem hater use mosleem insults when making a letter as a non-mosleem? In case you forgot, this letter was supposedly a threat from a mosleem-hater to the local mosleems.

  7. somehistory says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    We don’t have to be FBI agents, or local PD, to recognize fake when we see it.
    This was obvious from the first reading that it came from someone who views others as whores and dogs…and who regularly uses those words to describe people (moslims of course,)…and wanted the police to go searching for a non-existent normal person who doesn’t write very well.
    Most normal people don’t have a problem with *dogs* and many even consider them “mans’ best friend.” It is highly unlikely that someone in the regular people community would refer to moslims as “dogs.”
    But, moslims consider dogs as very unclean, even to the nullification of their preying to satan. So when the letter was written, what was in the heart of the writer came out.

    It’s a fake and the person who wrote it goes to the barracks and preys daily. And all his captive *wives* wear head-coverings.

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 8:47 pm

      Spot on.

  8. Debbie says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 2:01 pm

    Better headline:

    FBI can’t confirm that hate letters sent to mosques were hate crime hoaxes

  9. John A. Marre says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    If it turns out that a Muslim sent them, “they are a prank.” If a non-Muslim, then “they are hate mail.”

  10. Salome says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 2:29 pm

    For a moment, let’s consider a non-muslim sent the letters. The letters are unacceptable. In the West, we hold ourselves to higher standards than that. But then, compare it with what Christians in Pakistan and Egypt, Yezidis in the Islamic State and other religious minorities in IOC states have to endure, and you might ask the muslims what they are so worried about.

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 9:10 pm

      True–even Muslim’s fake trumped up “hate crimes” pale in the face of the real thing committed *by* Muslims.

  11. mustapha crap says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    The language is wrong for it to have come from someone outside, it smacks of the usual false victimhood line that is always being touted by the likes of CAIR Tell Mama and innumerable other Muslim groups

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 9:13 pm

      *Very* true.

  12. Cretius says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    NEVER FORGET THAT DECEIT AND LIES ARE SANCTIONED BY ISLAM TO PROTECT AND TO FURTHER THE GOALS OF ISLAM.

  13. Rocco Lore says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    It’s just like other “hate crimes.”

  14. duj swami says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 6:37 pm

    Mother whore, Father dog, the movie, staring a billion or so Children of Satan…
    Only Allah could write a script like that…

  15. gravenimage says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 8:39 pm

    FBI can’t confirm that hate letters sent to mosques actually came from outside Muslim community
    …………………….

    In other words, probably another series of fake “hate crimes”…

    • Brian Hoff says

      Nov 29, 2016 at 11:03 pm

      They didnot say it came from the moslim community either.

      • Angemon says

        Nov 30, 2016 at 1:52 pm

        Well, let’s see: it didn’t come from outside the mosleem community and it didn’t come from it either. I guess it must have materialized out of nowhere…

  16. billybob says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    Dr. Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini, the president of the Shia Muslim Council of Southern California, said: “We stand … against terrorism.”

    Is it possible for one to be so into Islam that he is president of the Shia Muslim Council, and yet be against terrorism? Muhammad said “Allah made me victorious through terror.” (Bukhari 4:52.220)
    This man has clearly blasphemed against Muhammad!

  17. gary fouse says

    Nov 29, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    I note the presence of LAPD commander Michael Downing, who is an apologist for Islamists. A few years ago, Downing was apart of a panel at an open house at the Orange County Islamic Center run by Muzammil Siddiqi. The topic was sharia and each of the panelists including Downing insisted that sharia law was perfectly compatible with the US Constitution.

    After the event, I spoke with Downing and informed him that in 1992, Siddiqi had hosted the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman at that same mosque and translated his sermon about jihad into English.

    Downing said, Well, Gary, you know, some people change over time.”

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 4, 2016 at 9:01 pm

      Very telling dhimmitude from this idiot, Gary. Good for you for saying something.

  18. Marty says

    Nov 30, 2016 at 5:45 am

    In England a mohammedan “community leader” made national news after being
    kidnapped by the unpleasant, but non violent BNP.
    He was put in the boot of a car & dumped in Epping forest, where London
    gangsters traditionally dump bodies.
    Headline news on BBC etc.
    What did not make such headlines was that a couple of months later, he
    was charged with wasting police time & got a (too) short spell inside.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 4, 2016 at 9:03 pm

      True, Marty–another Muslim “hate crime” hoax:

      “Muslim community leader arrested for ‘making up BNP kidnap story'”

      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211011/Muslim-community-leader-arrested-making-BNP-story.html

  19. Susette says

    Nov 30, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    I’m a HUGE proponent of Freedom of Speech. I understand why this could be construed as a “hate incident” because there were veiled threats. But is it a hate incident to cite the truth about islam, rather than muslims? Instead of “muslims are a vile and filthy people”, why not “islam is a vile and filthy ideology.” There is no hate directed at persons, and it is from that very hateful ideology that some muslims cultivate their violence. I think the point is still made.

  20. Mindy Robinson says

    Dec 4, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    Dr. Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini, the president of the Shia Muslim Council of Southern California, said: “We stand against hate crime and against terrorism.” Then the “dr” must speak out against islam.

    • Susette says

      Dec 5, 2016 at 10:28 am

      Unbelievable, isn’t it? Have we heard the “dr.” stand against islamic hate of “infidels” or the islamic terrorism that has plagued our world. I don’t think he means us “infidels” when he advises “members of the community to go about their normal activities.” Nothing is normal for Westerners now that the West has been invaded.

FacebookYoutubeTwitterLog in

Subscribe to the Jihad Watch Daily Digest

You will receive a daily mailing containing links to the stories posted at Jihad Watch in the last 24 hours.
Enter your email address to subscribe.

Please wait...

Thank you for signing up!
If you are forwarding to a friend, please remove the unsubscribe buttons first, as they my accidentally click it.

Subscribe to all Jihad Watch posts

You will receive immediate notification.
Enter your email address to subscribe.
Note: This may be up to 15 emails a day.

Donate to JihadWatch
FrontPage Mag

Search Site

Translate

The Team

Robert Spencer in FrontPageMag
Robert Spencer in PJ Media

Articles at Jihad Watch by
Robert Spencer
Hugh Fitzgerald
Christine Douglass-Williams
Andrew Harrod
Jamie Glazov
Daniel Greenfield

Contact Us

Terror Attacks Since 9/11

Archives

  • 2020
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2019
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2018
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2017
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2016
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2015
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2014
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2013
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2012
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2011
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2010
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2009
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2008
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2007
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2006
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2005
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2004
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2003
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • March

All Categories

You Might Like

Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Recent Comments

  • James Lincoln on Canadian Mental Health Association studies Muslim women’s mental health due to ‘discrimination’ and ‘hate crimes’
  • terry sullivan on Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and UAE conduct joint military exercises amid rising Turkish threat
  • Keith O on India: Police make first arrest for ‘love jihad’ under new law
  • observer on Iranian Kurdistan: Muslim brothers behead their sister in honor killing over her romantic relationship
  • Infidel on Iranian Kurdistan: Muslim brothers behead their sister in honor killing over her romantic relationship

Popular Categories

dhimmitude Sharia Jihad in the U.S ISIS / Islamic State / ISIL Iran Free Speech

Robert Spencer FaceBook Page

Robert Spencer Twitter

Robert Spencer twitter

Robert Spencer YouTube Channel

Books by Robert Spencer

Jihad Watch® is a registered trademark of Robert Spencer in the United States and/or other countries - Site Developed and Managed by Free Speech Defense

Content copyright Jihad Watch, Jihad Watch claims no credit for any images posted on this site unless otherwise noted. Images on this blog are copyright to their respective owners. If there is an image appearing on this blog that belongs to you and you do not wish for it appear on this site, please E-mail with a link to said image and it will be promptly removed.

Our mailing address is: David Horowitz Freedom Center, P.O. Box 55089, Sherman Oaks, CA 91499-1964

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.