“And a number of Somali leaders said they have worked diligently to combat Islamic radicalization messages aimed at younger members of their community. ‘We have not seen so far any single case in which we would be concerned that there is something happening,’ said Zerqa Abid, president of MY Project USA, a Columbus-based youth organization that has about 200 members — mostly Somali refugees.”
That’s odd. Not even a single case? And yet the mosque in Columbus has been frequented by jihad terrorists: “Mosque Near Ohio State Campus Has History Of Attendees With Terror Ties,” by Kerry Picket, Daily Caller, November 28, 2016:
Columbus, Ohio, is no stranger to attacks like the one seen at Ohio State University Monday and a controversial mosque just a mile from OSU has already been at he center of six separate terror cases.
It is presently unknown if the suspect at OSU Monday, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, attended the Masjid Omar Ibn El Khattab mosque, but the mosque has a history of former attendees who have been involved in terror activities.
The Masjid Omar mosque was home to one of the largest known al-Qaeda cells since 9/11, reported PJ Media’s Patrick Poole back in August. Although only three members — Lyman Faris, Nuradin Abdi and Christopher Paul — were charged, it is known that there were over a dozen members of the cell.
Poole, a resident of Ohio, told Daily Caller the mosque is popular with OSU students.
According to Poole, a counter-terrorism expert, three persons who lived just a few yards from the mosque for two years joined ISIS in Syria in July 2014….
Mosque President Basil Gohar insisted to NBC earlier this year the ISIS recruits and convicted al qaeda terrorists had very little to do with their mosque.“We share the shock and horror of these actions, and we wish that we could have found out or stopped them … It’s quite unfortunate what these people went and did, but the fact they attended has no bearing on their actions,” Gohar said. “Anyone can come to our mosque. We have an open door policy. It’s not possible for us to screen someone’s ideology.”
However, after Paul’s arrest in April 2007, the Justice Department stated in press releases and federal court filings that he was conducting training inside the mosque.
Another terror case from November 2015 showed that four men, who were former OSU students and attended Masjid Omar were charged with conspiring to send thousands of dollars to al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki between 2007 and 2009. Two were arrested and the other pair left the country….
There is much more. Read it all.
Meanwhile, “Noah said he’s not worried about a backlash against Somalis or Muslims in Columbus. ‘I believe and I trust the intelligence of our society,’ he said.”
Really? Then why did he hold “community meetings to calm parents and children who are scared to return to work and school”?
“What’s more of a concern, Noah said, is the everyday discomfort a tragic event like this could bring to the youth he mentors – such as people staring at Muslim girls wearing a hijab. ‘These are the things that really bother me,’ he said.”
Stares? That’s what really bothers you, sir? Not a jihad terror attack? Stares?
And finally: “‘We don’t know who he is,’ said Horsed Noah, who runs the Masjid Abubakar Asiddiq Islamic Center, the largest such center in Columbus.”
Has anyone checked up on this claim? Or would that be “Islamophobic”? There is reason to think this: after a Muslim who supported the Islamic State shot a police officer in Philadelphia, the local mosque leaders initially denied knowing him, but then it turned out they were lying, and the jihadi attended the mosque frequently. The same thing happened after jihadis attacked our free speech event in Garland, Texas: the mosque they attended in Phoenix denied knowing them, but it turned out they were regular members.
This Columbus mosque should be investigated, but it is more likely that Noah’s claims that he didn’t know Artan will be accepted at face value.
“Ohio State attack suspect wasn’t well-known in Columbus’ Somali, Muslim communities,” by Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com, November 28, 2016:
COLUMBUS, Ohio–Ohio State University attack suspect Abdul Artan, a Somali refugee living in Columbus, was not well-known among the city’s Somali or Muslim communities, local leaders said Monday evening.
“We don’t know who he is,” said Horsed Noah, who runs the Masjid Abubakar Asiddiq Islamic Center, the largest such center in Columbus. When Artan’s face appeared on television, Noah said, no one in his congregation – which totals more than 2,000 people – recognized him.
Noah was one of a number of Somali and Islamic leaders in Columbus, speaking at a press conference, who strongly condemned the campus attack, which left 11 people injured and Artan dead.
“Any twisted mindset that would claim or justify such a sickening act of violence isn’t a part of us,” said Abdi Dini, a Somali-American from Columbus. ‘The act of an individual shouldn’t be blamed on the rest of the community.”…
Shortly before the attack, Artan is believed to have written an anti-American Facebook post invoking the name Anwar Al-Awlaki, a radical American-born al-Qaeda cleric, according to ABC News. He also told Ohio State’s student newspaper that he was “scared” to pray in public.
But a motive for the attack has not yet been established, as area leaders repeatedly pointed out….
And a number of Somali leaders said they have worked diligently to combat Islamic radicalization messages aimed at younger members of their community.
“We have not seen so far any single case in which we would be concerned that there is something happening,” said Zerqa Abid, president of MY Project USA, a Columbus-based youth organization that has about 200 members — mostly Somali refugees….
But, Abid acknowledged, such efforts might not be able to reach everyone.
Noah said he’s not worried about a backlash against Somalis or Muslims in Columbus. “I believe and I trust the intelligence of our society,” he said.
What’s more of a concern, Noah said, is the everyday discomfort a tragic event like this could bring to the youth he mentors – such as people staring at Muslim girls wearing a hijab.
“These are the things that really bother me,” he said.

Angemon says
How does that go again? Oh, yeah – admit nothing, deny everything, make counter-accusations. “We don’t know who he is and our girls are being stared at. Shame on you!!!”.
BTW, he says no one in the 2000 people that allegedly compose his congregation knew Artan, then he goes and says that anti-radicalization efforts “might not be able to reach everyone”. If someone in his congregation was not swayed by these alleged “anti-radicalization efforts”, would they openly admit they knew Artan and sympathized with his cause?
Lynnea says
Noah is bothered about girls in hijabs being stared at but not about people being rundown by cars and stabbed. A little imbalance wouldn’t you say.
fadi says
Wearing a hijab is radical so yes there’s racicalization going on in Columbus. And they wiil be stared at because it’s normal to pay attention to islamists.
PRCS says
He’s hoping no one notices the slight of hand:
As there’s no such thing as “radicalization”, there obviously can’t be “radicalization” in Ohio.
john spielman says
Horsad Noah is correct, there is NO “RADICALIZATION” of islam in Ohio (nor any where else in the world). What he does NOT say is that THIS IS regular pure basic islam- to attack and kill unbelievers to intimate the remainder to join their evil fascist death cult pseudo religion of islam This is the message that muhammed , the demon possessed mass murderer thief liar and PEDOPHILE false prophet preached from the beginning!
Lee Hicks says
After every attack that is done (in accordance with established Islamic doctrine) the immediate response of the leadership in the U.S. mosques is, “Move along, nothing to see here”.
Know that in Islam, mosques aren’t holy places as the West understands the term, but are also training centers for Jihad, and can be used to house weapons and launch attacks from, all with the blessing of Allah, “the greatest of deceivers”.
Be aware also that deception and lies in pursuit of Jihad (taqiyya) are also acceptable practices to the corrupt false god, Allah.
Know the nature of the religion that is the self-chosen mortal enemy of every Kafir, and you won’t be taken in by false protestations of peace, such as this.
eur says
These people who do not bother to show interest in the true victims speak of “revenge” remember that they are theocratic, they do not believe in democracy, or at least prefer sharia, that Western civilization disappears and sharia implant worldwide, In all countries. These people do not believe in equality, they believe they are superior, they want to dominate and subdue all non-Muslims. These fascists have no place in democratic societies.I do not feel sorry for them, I just disgust.
eur says
Turkey’s PM Erdogan: The term “moderate Islam” is ugly and offensive — Islam is Islam .
ElderlyZionist says
“We have not seen so far any single case in which we would be concerned that there is something happening,” said Zerqa Abid, president of MY Project USA, a Columbus-based youth organization that has about 200 members — mostly Somali refugees….
February 12, 2016, Columbus, Ohio, Mohammed Berry, Nazareth Restaurant. Google it, Abid.
gravenimage says
True, EZ.
PRCS says
The sleight of hand, here, is everything:
“We have not seen”
k v sebastian says
“‘We have not seen so far any single case in which we would be concerned that there is something happening,” – yes, he is correct, since he knows that all these violent activities of his folk are not violence, but their ‘god given’ duty. If some one do his ‘official duty’, can he object it? No!!!!!!!!!!!
linnte says
Drivel. The usual crap and it nauseates me. Maybe Robert should have a conference at OSU to discuss how this episode of Jihad is Quranic. A debate with one of these Imams maybe? If there were someone to step right in AFTER an attack and give evidence as to the Islamic texts approval of Jihad, maybe SOME would be compelled to listen. After too much time passes, the people forget the trauma.
gravenimage says
Ohio Muslim leaders: No “radicalization” in Columbus, worried about girls in hijabs getting stared at
………………………
What crap. Just off the top of my head, I can recall a case of a Muslim from Columbus just a week or two ago trying to join the Islamic State, and another one earlier this year attacking a Kosher restaurant’s patrons with a machete.
Sure enough, here are those stories:
“Ohio Muslim arrested for trying to join the Islamic State”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/11/ohio-muslim-arrested-for-trying-to-join-the-islamic-state
“Ohio: Machete-wielding Muslim injures multiple patrons at restaurant owned by pro-Israel Arab Christian”
There are probably many more–that’s just what I happened to recall from Columbus, Ohio. And I live no where near there–I’m out in California.
gravenimage says
Oh, and I just thought of another one–the terrible threat to Muslim apostate teen Rifka Bary, from not just her parents, but from the whole Columbus Muslim “community”.
Seems Muslims in Columbus might be a bit more “radical” than these Taqiyya artists would like us to believe…
nicholas tesdorf says
If it is ‘moderate’ Islam then it is not real Islam. In Islam, there is no gilding of the Lily.
If the girls ditched their hijab, they would attract a lot less attention. However, that would not be in line with true Islamic practice. Islam must always be in your ace.
Mike Rogers says
Masked women *should* be treated with suspicion.
Islam, like any cult, should not have the protected status of “religion” in the USA.
David-E says
If I wore a bag to go outside people would stare at me too. This s nothing more than the bogus PC idea of tolerance: The Muslim gets to wear a bag so she stands out in a crowd, but I have to pretend not to notice. The only assimilation that seems to have taken place is the ability to play the “race” card.
American-Pragmatism says
I read his comments as to say “radicalization” isn’t radical but normal.
Eternal Vigilance says
The fed (IRS / FBI / etc.) should be investigating Imams speeches made within the walls of the Mosques! They do so about political speech from the pulpit of churches of other orientations (Catholic / Baptist, etc.)
Personally, I would like to look in the basements of various Mosques as well! Wonder what I would find there?
firefox says
You are an infidel. What you will hear are lies, lies, lies, takiyya!! Even a bad Muslim is more trusted and better than a good infidel – Mohammed said Muslims are supreme! I’m beginning to see that Muslims can NEVER be patriotic to America when they submit to Islam. It’s antithetical. The Constitution’s inalienable God-given rights of freedom and liberty are diametrically opposite to Islam and Allah and submission to Sharia Law. There can never be an American Muslim. That’s like being an infidel Muslim. That’s madness!! So why again are we bringing them here to not be like “us”??! So they can dwell in that madness until they at some point break and we hear another news report of one or more of us dying by their hand??! Was that the plan Obama? Hillary?