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Minneapolis: Muslim Sharia vigilante aims to create “Sharia-controlled zone”

Apr 13, 2017 8:23 am By Robert Spencer

Abdullah Rashid is a convert to Islam, once again illustrating what we have noted many times, that converts to Islam often display a fanaticism less often seen among those who were born into Islam. This may be in part because they approach the Islamic canonical texts, the Qur’an and Hadith, essentially at face value, without any mitigating cultural prism, and those texts exhort Muslims to live according to Sharia and wage war against and subjugate Infidels under the hegemony of Sharia.

Young Rashid embarrasses the Muslims in Minneapolis, and it’s easy to see why. He wears a silly “Religious Police” uniform. He is calling for adherence to the Sharia in ways that they are not doing. Yet his wife maintains that he “loves Islam” and he claims to have attracted a following of sorts: he “said he has enlisted a group of 10 men, ages 18 and 25, to help him patrol the area” and make sure Sharia is being obeyed. If that claim is true, authorities would do well to reflect upon how Rashid has managed to do that. Could it be that his vision of Islam and Sharia is not as singular and strange as this Star Tribune implies it to be?

The Muslim community’s opposition to him doesn’t necessarily mean that they oppose Sharia or even the idea of religious police, which exist in Sharia states, notably Saudi Arabia and Iran. They just oppose this eccentric arrogating to himself that role in a place where even the existence of such a police force is not yet opportune.

“Minneapolis Muslims protest ‘sharia’ vigilante in Cedar-Riverside area,” by Faiza Mahamud, Star Tribune, April 13, 2017:

A man trying to impose what he calls “the civil part of the sharia law” in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis has sparked anger among local residents and Muslim leaders.

Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, has been making the rounds in the Somali-dominated neighborhood, telling people not to drink, use drugs or interact with the opposite sex. If he sees Muslim women he believes are dressed inappropriately, he approaches them and suggests they should wear a jilbab, a long, flowing garment. And he says he’s recruiting others to join the effort.

But local Muslim leaders are sounding the alarm. They are working to stop Rashid’s group, General Presidency of the Religious Affairs and Welfare of the Ummah, and have notified Minneapolis police, who say he’s being banned from a Cedar-Riverside property. Some say the group is preying on vulnerable young Muslims in a community that has dealt with national scrutiny around radicalization and terrorism.

“What he’s doing is wrong and doesn’t reflect the community at all,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Minneapolis police received reports in February from concerned residents who saw Rashid in a dark green uniform that said “Muslim Defense Force” and “Religious Police” and had two flags associated with ISIS and other terrorist groups.

“We’ve had conversations with community members that live over there,” said Officer Corey Schmidt, a police spokesman. “Sometimes it takes a little bit of time to deal with it, but it’s something we’ve been monitoring.”…

In a recent interview, Rashid said he aims to turn Cedar-Riverside into a “sharia-controlled zone” where Muslims are learning about the proper practices of Islam and that “non-Muslims are asked to respect” it.

“People who don’t know me would say I’m a terrorist,” he said. “I’m someone who’s dedicated to Islam and trying to help the community all ways I can.”

But the Islamic Institute of Minnesota issued a statement Wednesday saying Rashid “does not in any way speak for the Islamic Institute of Minnesota or the Muslims in Minnesota.”

“We consider this matter as a dangerous precedent and a threat in our country and our way of life,” the statement said. “We ask our law enforcement agencies to consider this grave matter to protect Minnesotans.”…

Rashid, who was previously known as Devon James Miller, converted to Islam in 2009. He said he first started the religious police group in Georgia in 2013, and wants to grow it internationally.

He married a Somali-American woman, who had recently moved from Wyoming to Minneapolis, in 2015. They moved to Cedar-Riverside in 2016.

In late 2016, he applied for a permit to carry a handgun, which was denied by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, saying there was evidence that he is a danger to himself and others if allowed a permit to carry a gun.

Rashid sued, and court documents show he has had run-ins with law enforcement in the past. He was arrested as a juvenile in Walton County, Ga., for impersonating a police officer, and a school district reported he had harassed a 16-year-old classmate on Facebook, according to the documents. The school district report mentioned he had mental health issues, and his mother said he had been suicidal.

Rashid’s lawsuit was dismissed in March. He said he does not have a mental illness, and his wife, Kadro Abdullahi, said that Rashid is not mentally ill and that she supports his work. “He’s a man with a good personality and he loves Islam,” Abdullahi said….

Rashid, who initially said he was working with Minneapolis police, said he is continuing his effort to provide security and protect Muslims’ civil rights. He said he has enlisted a group of 10 men, ages 18 and 25, to help him patrol the area.

Meanwhile some in the community are confused about what Rashid is doing.

Salma Mohamed, a mother of four, met with him recently at Brian Coyle Community Center, seeking advice on a custody case. A friend had referred her to Mohamed, unaware of his controversial activities. She was startled by his uniform, she said, and his talk about terrorism and the young Muslim men who were convicted of trying to join ISIS.

“I was expecting the guy was a lawyer,” Mohamed said. “He just brought up things that weren’t even on the discussion table.”

On his website, Rashid posted a video titled “Never Trust Non-Muslims” by Anwar al-Awlaki, leader of an Al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2011. And he had initially listed the Masjid Shaafici Cultural Center in Cedar-Riverside address as his organization’s headquarters.

But the imam of that mosque, Abdighani Ali, said it has nothing to do with Rashid’s group. Ali said he plans to file a complaint with police.

“We’re against his ideas,” Ali said. “We always encourage our community to be a part of the society.”

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  1. Halal Bacon says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 8:33 am

    How about bring back the lobotomy???

    • Undaunted says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 11:02 am

      How about a good, old-fashioned ass-whippin’?

      • joy says

        Apr 13, 2017 at 2:56 pm

        works for me

  2. Hindu American says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 8:48 am

    “Rashid” …had run-ins with law enforcement, ..was arrested as a juvenile for impersonating a police officer,.. harassed a 16-year-old classmate,…had mental health issues,..had been suicidal.

    No wonder he converted to the only faith that had a use for him and gave him a purpose in life. I wonder what he does for a living? I mean, really, how does he pay his bills?

    • Robert Crawford says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 11:54 am

      He likely lives off Muslim charity. One of the local mosques likely runs a “widows and orphans ammunition fund”.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 5:49 pm

      Yes, Hindu American–thugs and criminals are often drawn to Islam.

  3. Frank Verderber says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 8:48 am

    Why do Muslims love the color green. It appears to be associated with the supernatural. Are they green with envy of Kermit wannabes.

    • ed cox says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 9:47 am

      If you travel in a muslim nation you will see windows and doors painted blue to keep the evil spirits out .

      • Diane Harvey says

        Apr 13, 2017 at 11:57 am

        It hasn’t worked.

        • Hindu American says

          Apr 13, 2017 at 4:02 pm

          It kept the evil in.

        • Wojciech Nowiński says

          Apr 13, 2017 at 4:12 pm

          ROTFLMAO!

  4. August West says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 9:01 am

    I noted that while CAIR and Imams never seem to proactivly identify potential Jihadists, and seem to protect them, they appear to be quick to jump on Sharia police.

    I can think of several possible reasons for this:

    The implementation of Sharia police is not an objective on the MBs short term timeline.

    The particular individual doing this might not have proven his islamic credentials.

    He may have previously alienated local islamic community leaders.

    The political environment in the US has changed, and CAIR (and others) realize this will fuel backlash against islamic immigration, building of mosques, and sanctuary cities. These may be of higher priority to CAIRO etc.

    Of course I suppose it’s possible that they simply don’t want Sharia….. somehow I doubt this.

    I think the book Milestones which describes an incremental process/road map for implementing Islam
    Is the most useful place to get insight here. They simply are not ready for this milestone in the US yet.

    It is notable to me that they seem perfectly willing to work with authorities to stop Sharia police, but not Jihadists.

  5. Anonymous says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 9:13 am

    America wake up!
    America Wake up!!
    America Wake up!!!

    This is how a fraction of a Muslims groups started in Northern Nigeria that turns the most brutal Radical Muslims, called Boko Arams which have killed over 20, 000 Innocent lives. Their leader started same way like this guy and later turn to lawlessness when he has acquired huge no of crowd has his die hard followers to what he is doing, to which they see as Islamic and in line with Sharia law. He eventually started his radical version by molesting and attacking any one not in compliance with their Islamic sharia, then many complained to Govt. to act and since Govt. saw how Extreme his followers has gone wild they moved in to crack down that group and arrested their leaders while his followers fight back confronting Govt. security with guns, many lives was lost that day including their Extreme founder leaders. Since then, his scattered leaders has gone wild to take revenge by fighting Govt. Security and anyone fighting or not supporting them them till now. America, Please don’t accepted any Muslims saying this man acted alone, there are many Muslims among same Muslims groups that supported this act but may silent for now until they have strong supporters. It is better to stop this man now… No Muslims need to be trusted because of Islam. If it is Religious, they are ready to die for it by disrupting exist peace before them. Please wake up… Am writing to you from Nigeria.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 5:52 pm

      I am saddened and angry at what Islam has done to Nigeria, Anonymous.

    • David G. says

      Apr 14, 2017 at 6:46 am

      I’ll be honest. I read your first paragraph, then I said this is too much. Sounds like you really want to get a message out, that’s great, I suggest writing half or less than you did if you want people to read what you write.

  6. Adrian says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 9:24 am

    The real danger is to merely laugh this guy off as a “mentally ill” aberration…

    In fact, Rashid is merely following NORMATIVE Islam… he is doing everything that is sanctioned and demanded by all the major schools of Islamic jurisprudence based on the Quran and the example of Mahomet

  7. mortimer says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 9:51 am

    HISBAH or MUTAWWEEN: DRACONIAN RELIGIOUS POLICE OF CANONICAL ISLAM

    The Islamic religious police (hisbah from Arabic ‘accountability’ or muṭawwiʿūn from Arabic ‘volunteers’) is a kind of vice squad in some Islamic states, which enforces Sharia law. A religious police force (vigilantes or regulars) is considered justified with the Koranic doctrine of “enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong” or promoting virtue and preventing vice.

    The Islamic state is responsible for CREATING VIRTUE, rather than the individual. In the ‘HONOR CULTURE’ of Islam, fear is instilled by BRUTALITY and VIOLENCE.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 6:20 pm

      Yes, Mortimer–this is mainstream enforcement of Shari’ah.

  8. mortimer says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 9:59 am

    LAUGHABLE TAQIYYA: “We’re against his ideas,” Ali said. “We always encourage our community to be a part of the society.”

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha … except when they encourage Muslims to hate dirty kafirs ‘for the sake of Allah’ or to be ABOVE the SOCIETY like SUPREMACISTS or to promote DISCRIMINATORY Sharia law or to place limits on freedom of expression or promote wife beating, FGM and gender segregation, etc.

    MOHAMMED DEMANDED THE FORMATION OF ‘HISBAH’ to police his unruly, rebellious followers who were not fully convinced that Mohammed was a valid prophet but were intimidated to go along with him or kkkkkkkkkkkkkt…get beheaded!

  9. George says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 10:06 am

    Why has he not been arrested for impersonating a police officer ? He also does not have a private business to act as security. Since he is trying to enforce “sharia” that brings in all kinds of legal questions.

    • Robert Crawford says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 11:59 am

      The Minneapolis police are part corrupt, part incompetent, and utterly ruled by left-wing dips. They’ll say this is no different than a neighborhood watch, and punish anyone who objects.

      But, then, I still don’t forgive them for their abuse of Joel Rosenberg.

  10. becky harris says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 10:49 am

    He’s a ticking timebomb, welcome to the Islamic state of Minnesota,what’s next?he get’s enough goofballs following him he’ll be a real problem

  11. underbed cat says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 11:07 am

    How funny. First, they teach the doctrine….then deny it when it hits the headlines….adamantly..that is clever…it should be noticed, but it gets the media and they run with it, so the message is Imams don’t agree…very clever. Very cagey. information warfare is also known as deception or a fib.

    • Keys says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 12:07 pm

      underbed cat,
      Insightful comment. We can never let our guard down with Muslims; things may not be as they appear to be, especially when lying to promote or defend Islam is a rewarded virtue.

  12. Beagle says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 11:07 am

    “People who don’t know me would say I’m a terrorist,” he said. “I’m someone who’s dedicated to Islam…”
    —
    After reading statements like this one for 14 years here at Jihad Watch I’m beginning to suspect Islam may not be entirely peaceful. It’s just a theory. I still need to work the bugs out.

    What’s amazing to me is the herculean self delusion people must employ to not get it. Jihadists and sharia advocates are so overt about it, patiently explaining every detail, and yet every major institution in the West claims to understand Islam better than Islam’s most devout followers.

    • Paul N Silas says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 12:45 pm

      I heard that some Muslims can even get violent if pushed by a dirty stink’n Jew of Christian infidel, GO FIGURE? (SARCASM)

      • Carolyne says

        Apr 14, 2017 at 9:45 am

        Muslims are the dirtiest people on earth. They rarely bathe, just wash their feet and they really smell. The women are the worst. For them to think a Jew or Christian is dirty is really the pot calling the kettle black. They do not understand the concept of soap and water.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 6:24 pm

      Very funny, Beagle.

      I believe you have been reading and commenting at Jihad Watch since the beginning? I know I have seen your posts going way back. (I am a piker–I only discovered JW in 2006). 🙂

  13. underbed cat says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 11:41 am

    Most devout followers will never defame the doctrine by speaking truthfully…. it is omitted…..it is commanded to be omitted at times, yet they also are very overt. The overt are then defined as ‘radicalized” bla bla nothing to do with the doctrine. When non-believers speak out it is called defamatory…slander…and denied, unless to each other and then it is kinda suppressed unless they feel in a safe space and not monitored. Confusion has a purpose.

  14. Emilie Green says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 11:47 am

    “Oh, Abdullah, you look so handsome in your uniform.”

    “Shut up, you undressed infidel whore. For that I will now beat you.”

    http://www.evangelical-times.org/images/mce/Different_cultures/05-01_Sharia_law_Caption_Kabul_Taliban_religious_police_beat_woman_for_removing_her_burqa_in_public.jpg

    • Karen says

      Apr 14, 2017 at 6:21 pm

      Hi mommy sewed that patch on for him.

      • Karen says

        Apr 14, 2017 at 6:22 pm

        His…

  15. Robert Crawford says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 11:53 am

    He’s in rebellion against the lawful authorities, attempting to impose an alien regime on US territory. Swift arrest and execution should be the result.

  16. marina says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 12:29 pm

    Welcome to Minneapolistan

    • Paul N Silas says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 12:41 pm

      Also Mogadishu on the Mississippi and Mecca of the North

  17. Paul N Silas says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 12:39 pm

    We lived in Minne-snowda for ten years. The locals don’t call it the land of 10,000 crazies for nothing. What other state had a pro-wrestler as Governor and a stand up comic as a senator?

    Seriously, Islam is growing powerful and rapidly there.

    • Shmooviyet says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 1:46 pm

      It’s getting worse each month… such strong support in Mpls from the Jim Klobuchar’s daughter/Al Franken/Mayor Hodges leftists.

      Last week we saw another house with the banner declaring “I Love My Muslim Neighbors”; still smh at the silly desperate virtue-signalling.

    • Carolyne says

      Apr 14, 2017 at 9:46 am

      Most Senators are stand-up comics. Ever listen to McCain?

  18. Mickey says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 1:01 pm

    “Taqiyya [deception] is of fundamental importance in Islam. Practically every Islamic sect agrees with it and practices it. We can go so far as to say that the practice of taqiyya is mainstream in Islam, and that those few sects not practicing it diverge from the mainstream. . . . Taqiyya is very prevalent in Islamic politics, especially in the modern era.” That being said, who can believe that IIM issued the following statement:
    But the Islamic Institute of Minnesota issued a statement Wednesday saying Rashid “does not in any way speak for the Islamic Institute of Minnesota or the Muslims in Minnesota.”
    “We consider this matter as a dangerous precedent and a threat in our country and our way of life,” the statement said. “We ask our law enforcement agencies to consider this grave matter to protect Minnesotans.”…
    This fake outrage of “We consider this matter as a dangerous precedent and a threat in our country and our way of life,” is just that a lie. Islam has no place in this country. It is not cohesive with this government and our civilization. These people don’t want the non-Muslims to know the truth so they try and silence them quickly with lies.
    A respected modern-day authority on Islam, William Gawthrop:
    “Concealing or disguising one’s beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a time of imminent danger, whether now or later in time, [is permissible] to save oneself from physical and/or mental injury. Taqiyya has been used by Muslims since the 7th century to confuse and split ‘the enemy.’
    “We find taqiyya as a basic instrument of the Muslim Brotherhood’s modus operandi in the United States and elsewhere.”
    n short, what Muslim audiences are required to know about Islam is not the same as what non-Muslim Western audiences are allowed to know – or encouraged to think – by Islamic authorities. Taqiyya provides the legal and moral basis under shariah for this sort of deceptive dual messaging. Read: Shariahthethreat.org to really know the truth about Islam and Shariah.

  19. Ed Lee says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 1:02 pm

    I can’t be the only one who has noticed that large numbers of Muslim refugees (invaders) are flocking to severe cold weather areas: Sweden, Canada, Minnesota, Idaho, etc. What is it about low temperatures, snow, and ice that attracts them? Anybody have an explanation?

    • Shmooviyet says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 2:08 pm

      Speaking for MN, I suspect they will go where the population/culture is now firmly well-established. Just as Somali muslims have done in the sprawling Metro area. Halal markets abound.
      Also, likely acclimatizing historically warm/hot regions’ populations? Just guessing, but that would seem a necessary step.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 6:31 pm

      It isn’t just cold areas. You find hordes of Mohammedans in southern France, in Spain and Italy, in Greece, in Australia, and in California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida.

  20. Igor Levitsky says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    Suicidal type with mental illness = perfect material to convert to Islam

  21. gravenimage says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 5:40 pm

    Minneapolis: Muslim Sharia vigilante aims to create “Sharia-controlled zone”
    ……………………..

    Local Muslims–mostly Somalis–might consider Rashid silly because he is white and wears a dorky uniform–but Shari’ah patrols are rife in Europe:

    “Austria: Muslim migrant ‘Sharia patrol’ breaks girl’s jaw after false claim she pulled off Muslima’s hijab”

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/austria-muslim-migrant-sharia-patrol-broke-girls-jaw-after-false-claim-she-pulled-off-muslimas-hijab

    Germany: Sharia patrol threatens nude bathers with ‘extermination’”

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/07/germany-sharia-patrol-threatens-nude-bathers-with-extermination

    There are many, many more stories. How long before they are regular features here in the US, as well?–unless we act to shut them down.

  22. Jerry says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 7:25 pm

    “They just oppose this eccentric arrogating to himself that role in a place where even the existence of such a police force is not yet opportune.” ~Mr. Robert Spencer

    That’s right. No doubt more would join this guy but the political and social climate is not quite right for a bold attempt at sharia patrols in Minnesota, our islamic/leftist leaders know this and are undoubtedly embarrassed. This may seem like a small thing to some since it’s only a one-guy-patrol, but I see him as harbinger of things to come. I’ve watched the You Tube videos of the hate and violence muslims preach to the faithful and their young, it’s not a huge leap in logic to suppose the same is occuring in their mosques and homes too. Do they express jihad boldly every day? Do they riot? No, they don’t have to, anymore than true Americans feel the need to express boldly their love of freedom and democracy. They’re biding their taqiyya time.

    Am I a bigot for talking like this? NO! because muslim violence for islam is ubiquitious, their enclaves are intolerant and violent as Europe attests, and their guide for living is a mishmash of political fascism and retarded superstition. They are raping our women and children, depleting our resources, and filling our prisons. We are losing whole towns and cities along with our peace and freedoms to the invading muslim horde. So the factual basis for my concerns is broad and deep. Hell, the past victims of islamic jihad alone are reason enough to speak against it, even if we ourselves faced no danger from muslim’s conquering agenda for allah. Justice demands we act against it, as does our duty to decent morality and our country.

    So do I think this particular muslim who’s wearing “two flags associated with ISIS” is an aberration? Hell no. I think he’s the future of Minnesota and America. Because his actions are totally in line with muslim’s culture of violence and ongoing hegira conquest of the west. Am I surprised Trump got elected? No. I’m grateful. We so desperately needed his frank honesty for dealing with the world’s most deadly and hateful religion, islam.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 13, 2017 at 7:51 pm

      Yes–his “shield” is emblazoned with the flag of Islam, as used by ISIS.

  23. JON G JONSSON says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 7:35 pm

    He is in the USA !- Time to head back to the 6th Century Desert-Kingdom.

  24. Joyce Martinez says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 8:50 pm

    Provide Rashid, and those who agree with him, a “sharia-controlled zone” immediately, in Jordon.

  25. Magaman says

    Apr 13, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    Shock therapy is order for this crack pot. He’s bound to get his butt kicked … its just a matter of time.

  26. Troybeam says

    Apr 14, 2017 at 12:28 am

    So a convert openly addresses the Koran and sharia and he’s shamed Islam, the born into Islam do not like that so say he’s more radicalized, what a load of BS, he is only exposing the true nature of Islam and shaming born into Muslims because he’s not lying about its true nature. Question is this: what attracts him to this political movement? A rational person would know Islam is wrong on all accounts.

  27. Baucent says

    Apr 14, 2017 at 3:41 am

    “once again illustrating what we have noted many times, that converts to Islam often display a fanaticism less often seen among those who were born into Islam. This may be in part because they approach the Islamic canonical texts, the Qur’an and Hadith, essentially at face value, without any mitigating cultural prism, and those texts exhort Muslims to live according to Sharia and wage war against and subjugate Infidels under the hegemony of Sharia.”

    An excellent point Robert, one that is worthy of serious academic research and study. Why do so many converts become fanatics? Shouldn’t someone be finding out? But try and interest a University in taking up that line of inquiry and study is likely to go no where. In truth academia doesn’t want to know as the answer may be unwanted.

    • Jerry says

      Apr 14, 2017 at 8:12 am

      I think many converts already have a penchant for violence and hate. And since islam is so full of both they are naturally attracted to it. It’s a chance for the powerless to become powerful and the “lost” to acquire a sense of purpose. But unlike Christianity where getting “found” means adopting a whole new positive way of thinking about god, self, and others, islam teaches hate and intolerance, misogyny and violence. If a particular muslim is peaceful and kind it’s not likely because their “religion” taught them, it’s because they had the good sense not to do what it says. So I don’t think it’s that these converts “become fanatics,” I think they already are. They go to islam because their particular fanaticism is concordant with what islam teaches: violence, hate, and intolerance.

      In short, this guy is probably a pathetic lost soul who feels weak and directionless. So he makes a mission out of bullying others into submitting to islam’s outdated ignorance. This turd knew exactly where to find his stink.

  28. scherado says

    Apr 14, 2017 at 5:13 am

    //…converts to Islam often display a fanaticism less often seen among those who were born into Islam.//

    As a former Liberal-by-default, this term I invented to describe myself after my “conversion” to Conservative, I wonder whether the same can be generalized about the political “convert.”

  29. Dan King says

    Apr 14, 2017 at 8:47 am

    This guy’s face just looks demonic, and now we know he is truly demonical controlled by allah(satan).

  30. BG says

    Apr 14, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    To anyone who has even a very basic knowledge of the tenets and principles of Islam will know that the doctrine of Taqiyya (deception), of which there are about six ways to apply it, is a very important part of the goal of world wide establishment of Sharia and Islam. How can one ever know if a muslim is telling the truth or engaging in Taqiyya to protect himself or further the cause of Islam???? YOU CAN’T!!!!
    ISIS may be losing the violent Jihad but they are winning the cultural Jihad in every Western nation except Japan and maybe Poland and Hungary who realize it is a dangerous Ideology and should be kept out of their societies.. The rest of the West is still asleep and cling to the fantasy notion that muslims want to integrate in any Western culture. WAKE UP!!!!!!

    • Ed Lee says

      Apr 14, 2017 at 12:48 pm

      Excellent observations and advice. I would just add that here in the United States we must be vigorous in our defense of the Constitution, especially the First and Second Amendments.

  31. Karen says

    Apr 14, 2017 at 3:42 pm

    Abdullah Rashid ….. tick tick tick tick tick…..

    On a happier note, I was really enjoying this article until the local chapter of odious, repulsive CAIR weighed in with their fake outrage. Yeah, they’re against Sharia, LOL.

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