Good. He is an enemy combatant. Why should he retain citizenship in a country against which he has committed treason? This should be done with every naturalized American citizen who wages jihad.
“Khaled Abu Dahab, convicted al Qaeda recruiter, stripped of U.S. citizenship,” by Andrew Blake, Washington Times, April 21, 2017:
A former car salesman who admittedly operated a “communications hub” for Islamic terrorists from his California apartment was formally stripped of U.S. citizenship this week by a federal court judge.
Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell authorized Wednesday a court order officially denaturalizing Khaled Abu Dahab, an Egyptian-born al Qaeda recruiter who was given U.S. citizenship in 1997, the Justice Department said.
Dahab, 57, was arrested in Cairo a year later and ultimately admitted being a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, or EIJ — an al Qaeda affiliate designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. and others, the Justice Department said. He was subsequently tried, convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Dahab told investigators he recruited Americans into al Qaeda while he lived in California for 12 years employed as a car salesman, and even said his services earned recognition from Osama bin Laden himself, according to prosecutors.
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Dahab was required to maintain “good moral character” to gain citizenship, the Justice Department said Thursday. To the contrary, Dahab previously told investigators that his Santa Clara apartment functioned as a “communications hub” for EIJ operatives prior to his arrest, using the facility to transfer fraudulent passports, documents, money and other items between and among EIJ members, in turn providing material assistance in the form of helping orchestrate terror attacks in Egypt and Pakistan, according to the Justice Department….

Lucia Bartoli says
All I need to say is “YAAAAAAY!” We need more of this.
abad says
That is how it should be.
When the enemy infiltrates us like that, they deserve to be ferreted out and deported.
Frank says
Another scum bag removed from the USA.
john spielman says
now that wasn’t so hard was it? please repeat it about 4- 5 MILLION times!!!
Oliver says
Who arrested him, and where did he serve the 15 years. Says-arrested in cairo (seems to be 1998) and sentenced to 15 years.
Was he arrested by the US or Egypt. And where did he serve the 15 years? If Egypt- means he got out in 2013. Did the pos come back here?
Anyway, hopefully, he will be killed soon in Egypt.
Phil says
This is a first to my knowledge. Never would have happened under Hillary America is my personal piggy bank Clinton. Governor Jerry Moonbeam Brown could not give this America hating criminal SANCTUARY from justice and National security for America and Americans.
TR says
If not loyal to the Constitution of the USA and wanting Sharia as the Law of the Land Strip citizenship then and there too. We have been to freely giving out citizenship to those hating our Constitutional republic..
TL says
Ok, but EVERY Muslim approves of jihad. So a Muslim who has not yet been involved in Islamic terrorism should be counted as a co-conspirator involved in the planning of “ambush” (Koran 9:5).
mortimer says
Khaled Abu Dahab and those like him should lose their citizenship or if natural-born Americans, they should be sent to deprogramming facilities where they will remain until they are deprogrammed right out of Islam. Islam is a supremacist Death Cult that has nothing to do with pluralism or human rights. It is incompatible with all Western democracies.
gravenimage says
Mortimer, where do such “deprogramming facilities” exist? I wish they did.
I very much agree with you about stripping citizenship from naturalized Jihadists, though.
mortimer says
15% of all Muslims self-declare as supporting jihad terrorism. Less than 1% are ready to conduct military jihad, though the other 14.9% will back them up, feed them and hide them from law enforcement.
Most Muslims would feel conflicted about turning terrorists over to the police, so the so-called moderate Muslims would not rat out the terrorists either.
R Cole says
Look at France, they have more terror suspects than they have the resources to surveillance them. And even when the terrorists are being watched they can still carry out a terrorist attack. As was the case of the beheading of the Catholic priest, at the alter of a French church, where one of the attackers was wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet and was under house arrest.
France has so many terror suspects, they had to bring the troops on the streets and put the country under a state of enemy for almost a year and a half. Someone said, 10,000-20,000 terror suspects is a small army. How much is this costing France to monitor.
It’s fairly simple, the jihadis game is to use our freedoms against us, but what we need to do, is to stop playing. Take their freedom away. If they are plotting to attack the country, they should have no business in France, no business in the USA, no business in the UK. This is preferable to taking away everyone else’s freedoms.
If an imam is calling for the deaths of Jews and non-Muslims from their mosques, as we have seen in Oh! Canada, that imam should be stripped of his citizenship or residency and deported.
People getting blown up in the streets, run down, stabbed, tourists can’t wander about safely, in European capitals, and what we are hearing is that we should all get used to it. It’s far simpler, cheaper and safer to ship these people back, to either their old country or the country of their parents, as the Germans has started to do for immigrants who pose a danger to national security and born in Germany.
Though this al Qaeda recruiter was stripped of his US citizenship, most Muslims hold duel citizenship. For example, a Dutch-Moroccan cannot renounce their Moroccan citizenship. Such that babies born in Holland of Moroccan descent hold duel citizenship. [Dutch-Moroccan are also provided with a list of approved baby’s names from the Moroccan gov.]. Ten thousand jihadi suspects is too high. With a long term view, we are going to have to start deporting these people.
dumbledoresarmy says
All the Muslim dual-citizens in Netherlands, Germany, France that have dual citizenship in 1/ the Infidel country where they reside and 2/ the Islamic country of origin, could be stripped of their infidel-country citizenship status and required to depart to their country of origin, in which they have already got one foot placed, so to speak.
That would remove a significant portion of the mohammedan colonies from Netherlands, France, and Germany.
Kay says
Good. Finally something that makes sense.
TL says
That requirement to maintain “good moral character” needs to be applied fairly. It should apply to everyone or to no one.
So, how does a natural born citizen maintain “good moral character” by affirming the ambush verse of Islam?
Democrats and Catholic bishops are protecting and helping the people of the religion of ambush. How does that count as maintaining “good moral character”? Why should these people be exempt from the requirement to maintain “good moral character” when Islamic migrants are not?
And what about the communist criminals who call theirselves Progressives, Antifa, and socialists? Everyone knows that they are planning “riots, strikes, sabotage, occupations, expropriations, rebellion, revolt, insurrection”, enslavement, and murder. (https://itsgoingdown.org) If that is maintaining “good moral character”, then “good” has no meaning.
Uncounted thousands of government school teachers are indoctrinating millions of children in communism and Islam. They are paid with wealth redistributed under duress. Is that evidence of “good moral character” among school teachers?
Oliver says
TL
Some, in my opinion, of what you say makes sense. Other parts, however, (again, my opinion)- are a sort of Fascism or controlling people’s views. IE. Socialists-as one example. Not all socialists are violent- that is their political/economic beliefs. (I doubt that Bernie Sanders and his supporters, while probably ignorant of economics and what his views would cost people, is violent- I seriously doubt that it is or was his supporters who disrupted Pres. Trump’s rallies–most likely those are hired thugs, and/or Clinton lackeys.
Murdering or calling for the murder of someone IS NOT GOOD CHARACTER.
Believing in a political system that one does not agree with does not make one someone of a bad character.
Monty says
Every non-Muslim country should enact emergency powers and state that Islam has declared war. Every Muslim should either recant or be shipped back to a Muslim country. Islam should be outlawed just as the Mafia or any other criminal organisation is illegal. Borders should then be closed to an Muslim. Full stop. No appeal. Difficult? Sure, so is protecting against Muslim atrocities. Expensive? Yes, so is funding the enemies of our society to live and work against us. Chances of this happening? Zero.
Georg says
Had to do a double-take after reading the headline. Not used to seeing something this reasonable go down.
Guy who reviles US placed outside of US.
People at risk of being attacked by guy who reviles them no longer at risk.
Nice how that can work.
ploome says
why did he admit to all that?
Michael Johnson says
He should have been stripped a long time ago us true patriots don’t want this trash here
Burt says
Thank God, Best News of the Year!!!
Matthieu Baudin says
“… Good. He is an enemy combatant. Why should he retain citizenship in a country against which he has committed treason? This should be done with every naturalized American citizen who wages jihad…”
Absolutely!
gravenimage says
Convicted al-Qaeda recruiter stripped of US citizenship
…………………
*Excellent*.
Lynn says
God bless Judge Howell! Trump should consider her for a higher position.
Ethel Red says
It seems so easy for me to believe that if you violate the terms of the application for citizenship then you go back to where you came from. Why is there this big problem that your rights are being violated, and this cant happen or the process of accomplishing this is so expensive? Our fool of a Prime Minister says the defeated Jihadists who were convicted of attempting to blow up downtown Toronto, do the same in Ottawa and behead the Prime Minister says they will not be deported and he dares anyone to argue about it, to bring it on. Get rid of the Liberals and the Jihadists. We need our own Donald Trump.
Mark A says
This needs to happen with every jihadi who is a citizen of a western country.
JIhadi activity equals loss of citizenship. It should a no brainer.
Jeanette says
I hear the “Hallelujah Chorus” playing in my mind!
underbed cat says
Sure would not want to bring my vehicle in for an emissions test at this dealership. yikes….they get all your information sell fancy cars, and act like all is cool. I am sure this is happening in many states across the U.S. sneaky since they have so much freedom and cash……from most wealthy islamic countries.
Katnis says
I applaud you, Judge Beryl A. Howell. Thank you!
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!
Hummer says
Anyone fighting for and or supporting terrorists need stripped of their citizenship and deported now.
dumbledoresarmy says
Good on Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell.
This is setting a potentially very useful precedent.