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Minnesota authorities claim that motive of St. Cloud mall jihadi remains unclear

Sep 19, 2017 4:31 pm By Robert Spencer

Dahir Adan’s motive is abundantly clear from this article itself, yet law enforcement officials still apparently think that why Adan stabbed 10 shoppers at St. Cloud’s Crossroads Center remains a big mystery.

Well, let’s see.

1. He “plunged kitchen knives into 10 shoppers at St. Cloud’s Crossroads Center mall, after reportedly asking some if they were Muslim.’

2. The Islamic State hailed him as a “soldier of the Islamic State.” This, of course, may be jihadi opportunism, and reflect only on the Islamic State and not on Adan at all, but even if this comes from the Islamic State and not from Adan, it demonstrates that the Islamic State saw his attack as a plausible enough jihad to be worth claiming, while non-Muslim Minnesota officials are still scratching their heads.

3. He screamed “Allahu akbar” as he was stabbing his victims.

Nonetheless, “authorities still say they may never know what sparked Adan’s decision to bring two Farberware kitchen knives to the mall that night.”

Of course they may never know, because they don’t admit that there is an Islamic jihad in the first place.

Meanwhile, “Natalie Ringsmuth, who directs #UniteCloud, a nonprofit that has worked to ease cultural tensions,” laments that “the stabbing is still referenced by anti-Muslim activists.” Once again we see that for Leftists, Muslims are always the victims, no matter what the facts of the case may be.

“One year later, motive of St. Cloud mall attacker remains unclear,” by Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune, September 17, 2017:

Two months before he plunged kitchen knives into 10 shoppers at St. Cloud’s Crossroads Center mall, after reportedly asking some if they were Muslim, Dahir Adan shared a radically different message on Twitter.

“Don’t ever say that ISIS represents Islam,” read part of a post @D_Adan retweeted on July 4, 2016.

That same terrorist group would deem the 20-year-old Adan a “soldier of the Islamic State” hours after he was gunned down by an off-duty police officer inside the mall on Sept. 17, 2016. The FBI, for its part, quickly labeled the case a “potential act of terrorism.”

But one year after Adan’s rampage, newly unsealed court filings detailing the FBI’s early response underline the difficulty that persists in trying to unwrap the young man’s motivation and determine whether he had any guidance from virtual terror planners abroad.

Days after sending more than 20 agents to St. Cloud to interview scores of witnesses, the FBI obtained search warrants for Adan’s social media accounts, the Toyota Camry he was driving when he struck a bicyclist on his way to the mall and four digital devices, according to court filings. But authorities still say they may never know what sparked Adan’s decision to bring two Farberware kitchen knives to the mall that night.

FBI special agent in charge Richard Thornton told reporters last year that the bright young college student may have been radicalized “almost overnight,” growing withdrawn and scolding relatives for not being more devout….

Authorities have not found contacts between Adan and operatives of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, instead pointing to witness statements that Adan shouted “Allahu akbar,” an Arabic phrase meaning “God is great,” and that he first asked some victims if they were Muslim before stabbing them….

An official ISIS magazine, Rumiyah, further lionized Adan as “our brother Dahir Adan” in its October 2016 publication, listing only the St. Cloud attack among its U.S. “operations” in an annual roundup of the group’s affiliated attacks worldwide. The publication described the stabbing victims as “kuffar,” or disbelievers, and published an image of paramedics tending to a victim outside the mall.

The same issue published an article recommending using knives in attacks because of their wide availability. But, perhaps in response to Adan’s attack, the group “explicitly advised” against kitchen knives “as their basic structure is not designed to handle the kind of vigorous application used for assassinations and slaughter.”

The group also wrote that it was “essential to leave some kind of evidence or insignia identifying the motive and allegiance” to ISIS — either a note pinned to a body or a recorded “final testament if the operation will be of a nature where the expected outcome is one’s shahadah,” or death….

A family friend who declined to be identified for this story said that one year later, he still “didn’t have a clue” as to what happened to Adan….

The opacity of Adan’s case has been difficult for St. Cloud, said Natalie Ringsmuth, who directs #UniteCloud, a nonprofit that has worked to ease cultural tensions. Ringsmuth said the stabbing is still referenced by anti-Muslim activists visiting the city, as recently as last week. Meanwhile, she said not knowing whether Adan was indeed radicalized has curbed the opportunity to discuss preventing a similar episode….

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Filed Under: Featured, Jihad in the U.S., journalistic bias, willful ignorance Tagged With: Dahir Adan, Natalie Ringsmuth, St. Cloud, Star Tribune


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  1. John A. Marre says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    The authorities are deliberately covering up for Muslims, because they know where their votes and money are going to come from.

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Sep 19, 2017 at 5:24 pm

      Exactly , our politicians and leaders are leading us down the road to civil war ! Adan didn’t need any motivation from abroad ,from ISIS…all he needed was the Qur’an . Where it says to ” FIGHT THE UNBELIEVER ” and to set AMBUSHES for them. How many more Americans HAVE TO DIE , before our ignorant leaders realize what the Qur’an TELLS MUSLIMS TO DO ? Our State Department continues to bring in more so called Muslim refugees and this will lead to more attacks , it’s inevitable… just like in Europe , and that will lead to civil instability when Americans realize our government can’t protect us …or better yet WON’T PROTECT US !. Just look at the Middle East and you will see the CONSTANT CONFLICT . That has arrived in Europe now and our DELUSIONAL STATE DEPARTMENT is BRINGING IT HERE.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Sep 20, 2017 at 4:21 am

        THE TROUBLED COUNTRIES

        …we must take help THERE and not bring the trouble HERE.

        Viktor Orban

        http://gatesofvienna.net/2017/09/viktor-orban-will-there-be-a-christian-europe/#more-43962

      • james collins says

        Sep 20, 2017 at 7:16 am

        that’s the “HOLLY” Qur’an…. LOL

        • james collins says

          Sep 20, 2017 at 7:20 am

          holy

    • Michael Copeland says

      Sep 20, 2017 at 5:08 am

      London police said they “may never know the motive” of the muslim who ran down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, and then fatally stabbed a policeman outside Parliament before being shot dead himself.
      The announcement came from Neil Basu, Head of Counter Terror. He is a Bangladeshi. Bangladesh is a muslim state.

      • Joe says

        Sep 20, 2017 at 9:00 am

        And Loretta Lynch said, “We may never know” the motive of the night club shooter in Florida when the shooter said over and over that Islam was his motivation.

        “We may never know” could be a Monty Python theme if it didn’t have such serious consequences.

    • underbed cat says

      Sep 20, 2017 at 12:26 pm

      That is likely true for Minnesota, Illinois and California….many times the muslims professionals, politicians, medical worker etc. have lots of money and live in large expensive homes……and might be the right “kind” of voter that the left would like and would agree with refugee migration other wise known as hijra or invasion in my opinion. I certainly have heard about the nice communities in the Twin cities. They might attend mosques or lead organizations that would donate….and keep a low profile as to the degree of devoutness and may stay silent about what is taught in the mosque or from the Quran….which might lead back to “unclear” understanding of the shouts of allah aukbar or someone who would use a short sword or kitchen knife in a mall attack. Hmmmm, mental illness sounds good for the politicians and good for the muslims not so good for the infidels, that is the rest of us.

  2. gravenimage says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    Minnesota authorities claim that motive of St. Cloud mall jihadi remains unclear
    …………………..

    Might it be…Jihad? Nah..that couldn’t be it…sarc/off

  3. Benedict says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    “Minnesota authorities claim that motive of St. Cloud mall jihadi remains unclear” –

    Could it be that these Minnesota authorities suffer from Islamophobia expressing itself in fear of Muslims who might consider retaliating if Islam is stained by being associated with violence?

  4. karl anglin says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    Islam is insanity.

  5. Jack Diamond says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 5:43 pm

    The Star Tribune taking it as given a Muslim must be “radicalized” by “virtual terror planners abroad”
    to become a terrorist. The Qur’an he “likes” so much could not play a part in radicalizing any Muslim,
    making him hate disbelievers, or fight in Allah’s cause against them shouting “Allahu Akbar!” and striking terror, and a knife, in their hearts, after first asking if they were Muslims because he only wanted to kill the disbelievers. Nothing Islamic there. Poor choice of knives (says ISIS) but it’s the thought that counts.

    And if he himself rejects ISIS as not representing Islam, and since ISIS is the only recognized source of turning peaceful tolerant Muslims into terrorists (by virtual hypnosis), it must be something he ate.

    He also posted praises for bin Laden but let’s ignore that one.

  6. Westman says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 6:38 pm

    I’ve met people with incredible memory and not an ounce of logic or critical thinking. What they believed rested entirely on what someone in authority or someone, believed popularly to have credibility, said.

    Such persons are able to rise quite high on the strength of superior memory, but there are not enough of them to explain the current feigned ignorance of Islamic Jihad.

    The corruption runs deep. Nobody wants to disturb the hedonistic high of economic gain and a good time. Those who force the system to face reality are the enemy because opposing “tollerable loss” jihad and its supporters will cause the party to end and the piper to be paid.

    Maybe, after their war with “rocket man”, and its destruction of their goodtime “circus” and economic opiates, opposing jihad won’t be quite so frightening.

    • Juhani says

      Sep 20, 2017 at 1:32 am

      A wide spread new age thinking tells that you are making the reality. So you could not change the reality at all, only your stance on them.

      That is irresponsible and suicidal.

    • Anne Smith says

      Sep 20, 2017 at 1:41 pm

      Dependence on oil may go a long way to explaining the apparent ignorance and naivety of the ruling elite.

  7. Lydia says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 8:38 pm

    What a mystery!!!

    What could the motive be?!?

    Oh me… oh my… what oh what… could it be…

  8. Halal Bacon says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 9:42 pm

    he was trying to imitate clock boy aka Ahmed Mohamed and make a sundial in a bucket? (sarc)

  9. brane pilot says

    Sep 19, 2017 at 11:03 pm

    Infants, confronting a printed page describing what happened in large print.
    Of course it is baffling.

  10. mortimer says

    Sep 20, 2017 at 1:13 am

    Quote: “He screamed “Allahu akbar” as he was stabbing his victims.”

    And yet, it has NOTHING….NOTHING…NOTHING to do with Islam.

    And Islam has NOTHING … NOTHING to do with Islam! Nothing, I tell ya.

    • underbed cat says

      Sep 20, 2017 at 12:38 pm

      The phrase “see no evil’ “hear no evil” “speak no evil” has a whole new definition for me it is called sharia law. They can’ t see it hear about it or speak the truth…..silence the jihad/ and misinformation plan called domination or caliphate. Act peaceful but carry a
      and make use of a kitchen knife? Can they read the stop signs?

  11. mohamonator says

    Sep 20, 2017 at 2:24 am

    Natalie Ringsmuth and the other “authorities” in St. Cloud are either accomplished practicioners of taqiyah, OR they are dumber than rocks.

    • underbed cat says

      Sep 20, 2017 at 12:48 pm

      When there is taqyyia being employed, fibbing to protect Islam, which in reality is hiding the facts that could tie it to terror, it is hard to tell especially when the social uninformed pressure is to think someone is racist, etc. if you inquire and talk openly, because no one would believe it until or unless they read the Quran and verses calling for terror. In my opinion.

  12. John A. Marre says

    Sep 20, 2017 at 8:56 am

    Reminds me of what happened in Minneapolis. A Muslim cop murdered an innocent woman from Australia, and the incident has been buried. The authorities are deathly afraid of the Muslims in their midst, but are more afraid of losing Muslim votes and campaign contributions.
    Innocent non-Muslims are gladly sacrificed, just so the politicians can retain their hold on power.

    • Leslie says

      Sep 21, 2017 at 3:13 pm

      Absolutly right.

  13. Japetto Donatelli says

    Sep 20, 2017 at 11:25 am

    … motive of St. Cloud mall jihadi remains unclear.

    It’s funny how this works. Our critics have no difficulty in determining our motive when we merely question the wisdom of letting muslims into our nation(s) even though they live for an overtly violent religion that causes mass terror and suffering. Our motive is clear in their mind, we are hateful racists prejudiced against islam and muslims and want to ruin their only hope for living free in our nation(s), I guess cuz we’re naturally hateful against brown skinned people. But a muslim can stab a dozen people depending on whether his victims are muslim or not while screaming his god’s name, and they don’t know what his motive was? Granted, we can cast doubt by saying that a muslim may want to harm non-muslims for any number of reasons that have nothing to do with islamic scripture and traditions. But in the absence of any good evidence supporting an alternative explanation, it is grossly disingenuous to declare “motive of St. Cloud mall jihadi remains unclear.” Thousands of muslims are doing it right now, they’ve been doing it for 1400 years as a cultural enterprise as their religion commands. So my point is, if I’m a racist bigot hater of islam and muslims for the rather innocuous act of simply questioning the moral integrity of their violent doctrines, then certainly this man was killing “infidels” to further the cause of islam.

    This case epitomizes why I don’t want “moderate” muslims in my nation, they are the bottomless ocean from where these terrorists come. And the religious doctrines they revere are manifestly the reason they commit these crimes, because the incitement they contain are in perfect agreement with their actions. There’s not much room for doubt here, not even with the biggest microscope of appeasement.

    “Don’t ever say that ISIS represents Islam, Jihadist, Adan

    I agree. Better to say islam represents ISIS, just like you did.

    ———————————————————
    Quran 8:12 – “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them”

  14. Norger says

    Sep 20, 2017 at 2:39 pm

    If there’s any doubt as to the agenda of the Star Tribune, this paper’s original story on mall stabbings strongly implied that the anti-Muslim bigotry caused this incident.

    https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2017/09/18/media-continues-gaslighting-somali-refugees-stabbing-terror-attack-minnesota-mall/

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