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Florida: Convert to Islam killed roommates for disrespecting his new faith

May 22, 2017 1:44 pm By Robert Spencer

“I had to do it. This wouldn’t have had to happen if your country didn’t bomb my country.”

His country? He is an American. But like so many converts to Islam, he believes that his religion commands him to commit treason (as well as murder), and to give his allegiance only to the global umma, not to the nation of his birth and citizenship.

“Tampa PD: Angry Muslim convert killed roommates over disrespect to his faith,” WFLA, May 22, 2017:

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa police say a double homicide suspect told them he killed two roommates because they disrespected his Muslim faith.

During an interview, 18-year-old Devon Arthurs admitted to the shooting deaths of Jeremy Himmelman and Andrew Oneschuk, and said they all used to be friends and shared neo-Nazi beliefs. Arthurs says he later converted to Muslim, and became angry with the world’s anti-Muslim sentiment. He told police he wanted to bring attention to his cause.

The double homicide happened Friday night on Amberly Drive in New Tampa.

Tampa police were called to the Green Planet Smoke Shop and say Arthurs was holding three people at gunpoint. According to the police report, Arthurs told them he killed someone and was upset over America bombing his Muslim countries.

When police showed up, they convinced Arthurs to let the hostages go and eventually handcuffed him.

The police report says Arthurs then made references to, “Allah Mohammed!” and told police, “I had to do it. This wouldn’t have had to happen if your country didn’t bomb my country.”

While he was being arrested, Arthurs told an officer people in an apartment were dead….

Police found two men, later identified as Himmelman and Oneschuk, dead inside the apartment from gunshot wounds.

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  1. ElderlyZionist says

    May 22, 2017 at 1:54 pm

    So, does this clown count as a Muslim terrorist? Or a white neo-Nazi terrorist? Or will this be recorded as a case of domestic violence?

    • Bill W. says

      May 22, 2017 at 3:21 pm

      Only I baby step from Neo-Nazi to Islamic believer, one is loved and protected by colleges and libtards progressives one is not. They share the same values, if a progressive and a Nazi could mate and reproduce the child would be a main stream Islamic. Like a bother and sister mating ,devils incense.

    • Rob says

      May 22, 2017 at 4:01 pm

      What alternative is there?
      It wasn’t a workplace.

    • No Fear says

      May 22, 2017 at 5:21 pm

      Nazi and Islam similar? Master race and master faith?

      • Ed Lee says

        May 22, 2017 at 6:19 pm

        Very similar.

        Muhammad: “I have been made victorious with terror”. Bukhari 4.52.220

        Adolph Hitler in Mein Kampf: “He who resorts to the highest level of terror wins”.

        • gravenimage says

          May 22, 2017 at 9:03 pm

          Moreover, Hitler explicitly admired Islam, and even though Muslims hate Infidels, many admire Hitler. Mein Kampf is a perennial bestseller in the Muslim world.

        • Donald R Laster Jr says

          May 22, 2017 at 9:14 pm

          Persia changed its name to Iran due to Hitler and National Socialists (NAZIs). I believe the word “Iran” means “Aryan” in Persian or one of the dialects.

        • Jack says

          May 23, 2017 at 4:49 am

          I thought the phrase was “he who dies with the most Nazi collectibles wins.”

      • Bill W. says

        May 22, 2017 at 8:32 pm

        yes

    • Tom P says

      May 22, 2017 at 5:32 pm

      I’d be willing to blame Islam if this guy wasn’t completely crackers. Though I’m sure Islam didn’t help any.

      • gravenimage says

        May 22, 2017 at 9:06 pm

        Tom, notice that he only turned to murder when he converted to Islam.

        • Aaron says

          May 23, 2017 at 6:03 am

          I agree. Neo-nazi, no murder. Islam, murder.

    • Ginny says

      May 23, 2017 at 3:22 am

      In any case, just another excuse for gun control.

  2. WESTPAC Spy says

    May 22, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    Brilliant. Muslim commits double homicide to bring attention to the cause of raising awareness of the plight of the victims of anti-Muslim sentiment.

    Truly, Robert Spencer, you and your Islamophobia are the problem. Not this poor put-upon Muslim murderer.

    • Tom Billesley says

      May 23, 2017 at 5:08 am

      The Religion of Peace must kill to get noticed, as in Manchester last night. It’s all our fault for not submitting.

  3. JW_Reader says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    He mis-understood his new religion of peace. Poor little thing… He gets his 72 virgins nonetheless.

    • John F says

      May 22, 2017 at 2:08 pm

      144

  4. Donald R Laster Jr says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:02 pm

    Execute for murder, and treason or being a foreign agent. After all he has renounced his US citizenship for the Islamic theocracy. This is just another case of Islamic terrorist committed by an Islamic.

    • Bill W. says

      May 22, 2017 at 3:24 pm

      Florida still has the death for first degree murder , he will get his 72 goats.

  5. marina says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:08 pm

    Converts to pisslam become nutjobs real fast.

    • Peterson says

      May 22, 2017 at 2:59 pm

      Except for a nut who get converted to this ugliness?

    • J_not_a says

      May 23, 2017 at 7:19 am

      Or you could reason that islam attracts nutjpbs because it allows murder, rape, stealing as a “religious” duty.

  6. mgoldberg says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    And where will be the call to investigate where he got his understandings. When it is shown, as is likely that he learned at a mosque, and they say that they have no idea how he got the ideas, will anyone think to ask what he was taught and by whom?

    No… because as the valedictorian of Notre dame intoned, ‘we have to stop scapegoating muslims’
    But indeed, why is it ‘racist’ or ‘bigoted’ or in any way not called for to investigate what this murderer learned in his mosque and from whom and with whom.

    • Terry says

      May 22, 2017 at 6:17 pm

      He is white. Perhaps that would be the racist card here—whites are SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GUILT COMPLEX.

  7. somehistory says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    Trump said *kick him off the planet.*

    He said “my country”….which *one* has he chosen…or does he think all of the moslim countries are one big one?

    • Donald R Laster Jr says

      May 22, 2017 at 9:19 pm

      Islam is a disembodied State or Country. It is a theocracy – a government with its laws (Shar’iah) give by it god. The god of Islam is Hubal the moon god, chief god of pantheon of 360 or so gods from what I have read. Hubal is also known as Baal. He has chosen Islam over his country of birth.

  8. Ashley says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:58 pm

    A recent convert, eh?

    I fear it is becoming very chic to convert to Islam these days. You know…support the underdog.

    There was a fourth roommate, Brandon Russell. Interesting dude. He wasn’t involved in the murders but he DOES have a taste for explosive materials including radiation. The shit was found in the apartment…

  9. Paul N Silas says

    May 22, 2017 at 3:06 pm

    Wow, I moved from Minnesota to The Sunshine State to get away from these nuts. Dang is no place safe anymore?

    Glock 19, Mossberg 500 , AR-15, and a good translation of The Holy Bible.

    “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me”

  10. Stan Lee says

    May 22, 2017 at 3:41 pm

    Why mince words about this bloke? He is a “Murder 1” killer and he thought about killing the two victims. “He had to do it”,does that qualify as premeditated? I believe it does.
    This guy is not a “nut,” he is a Muslim following the directive of the koran-shariah. It is “a no contest” death sentence to anyone ridiculing Islam and the killer “had to” execute the two non-Muslims for their remarks. And this was in Florida, of the United States, not in any nation compelled to adhere to Islamic laws. He, the shooter, took revenge and murdered as good followers of Allah are directed to do.

  11. zub says

    May 22, 2017 at 3:57 pm

    What a waste of a young life. Sigh…
    Ok, now lets forget the murder trial and ship him off straight to Syria and let ISIS have him. There he can experience first hand how wonderful his adopted religion is (assuming they let him live long enough to enjoy it).

    • gravenimage says

      May 22, 2017 at 9:20 pm

      I’m more concerned about his victims.

  12. brane pilot says

    May 22, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    Being a Muslim gives you a license to kill Infidels.
    A license from God.
    It is in the Koran.
    Very convenient.

    • Ginny says

      May 23, 2017 at 3:28 am

      And useful in proxy wars!

  13. Benedict says

    May 22, 2017 at 4:50 pm

    If you have hate and resentment in your heart the religion of Islam can make use of you and offers itself as the logical, the natural and the only choice for you.

    • LR says

      May 22, 2017 at 8:35 pm

      Paradise..

  14. Papa Whiskey says

    May 22, 2017 at 4:56 pm

    It’ll be interesting to see if CNN gives this story the same kind of play as this one:

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/us/university-of-maryland-stabbing/index.html

    • Donald R Laster Jr says

      May 22, 2017 at 5:10 pm

      Doubtful as it undermine that mantra that Islam is peaceful. Especially, when the Islamic is saying he followed what Islam says to do.

  15. Pork Sword says

    May 22, 2017 at 5:10 pm

    Cat Stevens was going along quite sanely and then converted to islam, became Yusuf Islam, and then instantly became a ‘killer’. He publicly supported the fatwa to murder Mr Rushdie and in a tv interview stated that he’d kill Salman Rushdie if he had the opportunity. I think that say’s something….nothing new here.

    • LR says

      May 22, 2017 at 8:31 pm

      Yep, plain screwed up.

      It’s how different people work…One converts to Islam and spouts crap like that, or murders…Another one grows up Muslim and saves a few Jewish neighbors, while the other Muslims are running around murdering them…

  16. Terry says

    May 22, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    Two comments.

    First: NEW TAMPA IS AN UPPER (INCOME) ( AND PRICE) area. So either one or more of these guys or their parents had/have money. I don’t think it is that close to any of the colleges-and if that is the case, why were they living there?

    Next: if the dead roommates were Neo Nazis, perhaps not such a great loss to humanity.

  17. Terry says

    May 22, 2017 at 7:07 pm

    New Tampa is a wealthy ( read expensive) part of the county. I am not sure if it is really near any of the colleges-in which case, why would they have been lving there?

    Either one or more of the four, or their parents (more likley) has money.

    if the family of this scumbag has money, I think that thye will look for the best criminal defense attorney in the Miami area. (More crime there, more defense attorneys).

  18. abad says

    May 22, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    It has become a real embarrassment living in Florida – nutjobs like this one not to mention others why the hell do they all spawn down here?!

    • gravenimage says

      May 22, 2017 at 9:27 pm

      Florida has a fast-growing Muslim population.

      • Berengaria says

        May 23, 2017 at 10:40 pm

        The fast growing population of Muslims & their converts in Florida is reaching scary Heights.
        I live in North Florida & not a smidgen of info in our Press about the Murderous Convert to Allah. We are kept Scared & Dumb by our So-Called Political leaders.
        Things are looking Pretty Grim for Americans in Florida.

  19. smontfort says

    May 22, 2017 at 7:55 pm

    Well, it sounds like he and his friends were all swell guys. Color me surprised that his friends didn’t express unconditional respect for his new faith.

  20. TwinCities says

    May 22, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    He looks very troubled, even a bit retarded; just like every other convert to Islam.

  21. Richard says

    May 22, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    Another psychopath joins the Religion of Psychopaths.

  22. Alice says

    May 22, 2017 at 8:33 pm

    I’ll bet his mom is really proud of him…(sarcasm)

  23. gravenimage says

    May 22, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    Florida: Convert to Islam killed roommates for disrespecting his new faith
    …………………….

    Horrific, but not surprising.

    Notice this is another neo-Nazi who converted to Islam.

    Notice, too, that as repulsive as neo-Nazis are, that he did not turn to murder until he became Muslim.

  24. Baucent says

    May 23, 2017 at 4:57 am

    ” and said they all used to be friends and shared neo-Nazi beliefs. Arthurs says he later converted to Muslim,”

    Once again we see the logical link between Nazism and Islam. They are in fact much closer than many would believe. Hitler and Himmler were both very sympathetic towards Islam. There was a muslim SS Division recruited from the Balkans. Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf is still a bestseller in Muslim nations. Hatred of Jews was just one idea that Nazis and Muslims share.

    In the future chaos that Europe will become, don’t be surprised to see Muslim migrants and Neo Nazis joining forces.

  25. Ade says

    May 23, 2017 at 5:57 am

    there is a big difference between being afraid of something evil and having respect for something good
    only islam could fail to make the distinction

  26. Sarah says

    May 23, 2017 at 6:55 am

    Good gravy. That is one serious case of Crazy Eyes right there. I’m taking bets on him getting away with this for being ‘mentally ill’.

  27. FYI says

    May 23, 2017 at 7:56 am

    Well,well,well.

    A neo-Nazi convert to islam.

    That is no surprise.

    Evil attracts evil.Those who like to hate are attracted to a religion that sanctions hatred.
    It is easy to understand why a nazi scumbag would be impressed by allah with his cursing of the Jews.islamic apologists,like nazis,have a Nietszchean hatred of Christianity.
    Converts to islam believe they are entitled to do evil because allah and his “prophet”
    muhammed sanction it.
    Of course they will have to spend their lives looking over their shoulders:firstly,if they decide to leave islam they may be murdered as apostates and secondly,the police authorities will never forget.

  28. Don Foss says

    May 23, 2017 at 11:01 am

    It does not take much time at all for Islamic Doctrine to rot the brain.

  29. Politicianphobia says

    May 23, 2017 at 2:17 pm

    Well I would love to have Malik over for Hemlock tea sometime and we can discuss Islam. Be nice.

  30. sermet_a says

    May 23, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    I am pretty sure they will report (if they do) that this has nothing to do with it. Sick of liberals and Islam.

    • sermet_a says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:53 pm

      “HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM I MEANT” as liberals protect this evil cult.

  31. Duder says

    May 26, 2017 at 9:56 am

    He identified as a Nazi and killed no one, as soon as he converts to Islam blam blam 2 dead. Well that seems to be a telling tale. Nazi’s are pacifists compared to Muslims.

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