They wanted to kill Pamela Geller for blaspheming Muhammad, and they were confident that Allah would grant them the rewards of Paradise. For these were devout, observant Muslims: Ismail Abdurrashid, an assistant imam at The Mosque for Praising Allah in Roxbury, Massachusetts, said that Usaamah Rahim was “a very pleasant young man. He had a firm understanding of the religion. Observant, very much so.”
“In Geller beheading plot, men ‘hoped to achieve martyrdom,’” by Chris Villani, Boston Herald, September 22, 2017:
An Everett man dismissed by his own lawyer as a fat, failed loner was the mastermind in a plot to behead conservative columnist Pamela Geller, his alleged co-conspirator testified yesterday.
“We hoped to achieve martyrdom,” Nicholas Rovinski testified in Boston federal court, referring to himself, defendant David Wright, who is facing terrorism charges, and Wright’s uncle, Usaamah Rahim, who was shot and killed as he brandished a knife in a confrontation with police and federal agents in Boston.
Rovinski said the three men hoped “that by going forth with the beheading against Pamela Geller, that we would then gain martyrdom through our death. We had pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State.”
Wright, 28, of Everett is charged with conspiring to commit acts of terrorism, among other charges, and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
During the second day of the trial, Rovinski said Wright was the leader of the trio and did most of the talking when the three met on an isolated Rhode Island beach to discuss the plot to behead Geller in May 2015, before they went out for pizza.
Authorities say they targeted Geller because they were upset she had organized a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas.
“There was a reiteration of how she deserved to be killed for the fact that she had insulted the Prophet Muhammad,” Rovinski said. “We did not discuss in detail a specific date, but we were discussing the possibility that we could go for a future event she was holding in New York.”
Prosecutors showed text messages between Wright and Rovinski that mentioned the plot and played phone conversations that had been recorded by law enforcement, including one in which Wright laughed hysterically at the mention of beheading.
On cross-examination, Wright’s attorney, Jessica Hedges, tried to show the group more as bumblers than lethal jihadists.
Hedges pressed Rovinski on other ideas he had come up with to cause havoc, including taking over a battleship, unleashing an electromagnetic pulse, or overloading the U.S. with opiates and then suddenly cutting off the supply….
underbed cat says
The Quran is taught in every mosque and is obligatory for the devout to follow, and plots like these are not just for this type of event, they try to thru terror to enforce sharia law from the Quran to have the target government become part of the ummah, so the target government will eventually submit. As the article shows they also had other ideas….so maybe the idea of mosque building by foreign and domestic funds is not a good type of diversity since they talk tolerance but are taught thru their doctrine just the opposite.
Jayell says
I believe that whilst Christian and other martyrs are happy just to have themselves killed, our muslim friends seem to want to share that pleasure with a few kuffar as well. If it’s not just one person that they’re keen to honour in this way (like Ms. Geller here) it will be as many as their suicide bomb can manage to wipe out or maim. Wonderfully generous, these muslims, but somehow I don’t think the kuffar are going to get the 72 virgins.
Timothy Micheal McAlee, Sr. G.eD. says
“Come & Get Me, YOU Dirty Rats”! These Muslim fanatics believe that “allah” will reward them with 72 Virgins & they could Not be more Wrong! Mohammad was a Dyslexic & misinterpreted the Quran! It says, “with 27 Virgins will I reward You, BUTT YOU won’t know if they are Male or female, until You get here SUCKERS”!!!
coldwarkid says
according to beliefs, the quoran was verbally given to mo by gabriel, it wasn’t written down until after his death, so the dyslexia thing doesn’t really work as a joke…..just saying
Timothy Micheal McAlee, Sr. G.eD. says
“just saying”? WHY? Did You even bother?! You are probably just a Liberal, with No sense of Humor!!! …just saying
Tom says
If achieving martyrdom is their ultimate goal then becoming active as jihadists in the USA should get them there given the number of folks who are armed and ready for a confrontation at any given moment.
Stupidity has no bounds in Islam apparently.
Hugo Hackenbush says
What confuses me is the fact that none of these defendants are charged with treason. If then convicted they should get their wish and be executed.
Is not pledging allegiance to an entity that states it is at war with the United States and act of treason?
Any lawyers out there who can explain?
Timothy Micheal McAlee, Sr. G.eD. says
ISIS, IS NOT a recognized State, or Nation, with boarders & although we are @ war, it is Not conventional, in the Normal Sence! They have NO Rules of engagement, so we just kill them like Hornets!
mortimer says
Ismail Abdurrashid, an assistant imam, was “a very pleasant young man” with a firm understanding of Islam.
He is not INSANE, but he is a JIHADIST. He is convinced that acts of murder will result in an afterlife of eternal erections.
Timothy Micheal McAlee, Sr. G.eD. says
Wow! Lololo
Walter Sieruk says
Those jihadists who view dying and well as killing Pamela Geller as something that is “good” are the outcome of non -watered down ,hard core Quran based indoctrination into the mindset if Islamic terrorism. . Therefore they have literally become dangerous to self and others. Furthermore because they hope to have “rewards in paradise” for their deadly jihad violence ,this exposes just how far they have been beguiled and blinded as well as deluded by the powerful delusional deception of Islam. This type of religious deception had been predicted in the Bible. Which reads “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” Second Timothy 4:3,4. [K.J.V.]
Timothy Micheal McAlee, Sr. G.eD. says
Walter, that Scripture really applies to the Church, where false teachers creep in… I think the Scripture You are interested in, is where the Lord Jesus,”In the the Latter Days, there will come a people, who will Kill you & do all manner of Evil against You for my namesake, believing they are doing GOD A FAVOR”!!@
Jack Holan says
Pamela Geller a million THANKS for the work you do. Thank G-D that you have the courage, tenaciousness, and intelligence to call out those who not only threaten us but daily challenge Our Core beliefs, Way of Life, Wage War against us, both in fact and by declaration. Your life now I’m sure is changed forever. You must be careful and alert all the time guarded by IDFs Best at great expense to you Thank you from the bottom of my heart that Our People still have Heroines like you.
Jeff says
Amen