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New York: Muslim joined jihad group, trained with AK-47 and rocket-propelled grenades

Sep 9, 2017 9:27 am By Robert Spencer

Jones flew to Kenya from New York and then entered Somalia and joined al-Shabaab. Why did he do this? Which New York mosque did he attend? What do they teach there? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? Or are authorities waving such questions away with the old standby trope, “He was radicalized on the Internet”?

“US Citizen Pleads Guilty To Supporting Somali Terror Group Al-Shabaab,” by Jonah Bennett, Daily Caller, September 8, 2017:

U.S. citizen Maalik Alim Jones has pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to Somalia-based terror group al-Shabaab.

Jones, 32, left his wife back home and flew to Kenya from New York in 2011, traveling to Somalia via land once he had arrived in Kenya. Upon entering Somalia, Jones immediately began working with al-Shabaab and receiving military training from the terror group, including how to operate an AK-47 and rocket-propelled grenades, according to a Department of Justice press release.

“I knew that my actions were a violation of the laws of the United States,” Jones said.

Jones quickly moved up the ranks to join al-Shabaab’s special unit, known as Jaysh Ayman. As part of that unit, Jones attacked soldiers from the Kenyan government.

In total, Jones fought for four years as part of al-Shabaab.

Somali authorities arrested Jones in December 2015 as he was trying to head to Yemen, at which point he was sent back to the United States….

“As he admitted in court today, Maalik Jones traveled to Somalia, was trained by al Shabaab in the use of an AK-47 and rocket-propelled grenades and took up arms for four years as a terrorist fighter,” said New York Acting Attorney Joon Kim. “For his allegiance to this lawless, terrorist organization that vows to destroy America and its values, Maalik Jones been held to account in an American court of law. All that is left is for him to be sentenced for his crimes.”…

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  1. mortimer says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 9:44 am

    ‘Absolute deprogramming’ of Muslims right out of Islam is the only method of de-jihadification that will be efficacious. All other methods fail, because they do not disprove the VAST and EXTENSIVE JIHAD LITERATURE within Islam that are based on the EXTENSIVE references to jihad found in Islam’s FOUNDATIONAL PRIMARY SOURCE TEXTS. A large part of Islam’s foundational texts has been shown to be of VERY LATE DATING and POLITICALLY DRIVEN. In other words, the stories about Mohammed and his comrades in arms are actually POLITICAL STORIES fabricated to support a POLITICAL AGENDA. They are no truer than George Washington and the cherry tree.

  2. mortimer says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Correction: ‘Absolute deprogramming’ of Muslims right out of Islam is the only method of de-jihadification that will be efficacious. All other methods fail, because they do not disprove the VAST and EXTENSIVE JIHAD LITERATURE within Islam that is based on the EXTENSIVE references to jihad found in Islam’s FOUNDATIONAL PRIMARY SOURCE TEXTS. A large part of Islam’s foundational texts has been shown to be of VERY LATE DATING and POLITICALLY DRIVEN. In other words, the stories about Mohammed and his comrades in arms are actually POLITICAL STORIES fabricated to support a POLITICAL AGENDA. They are no truer than the story of George Washington and the cherry tree.

  3. barry says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 10:05 am

    google is tryng to shut this site down anyone know what other browsers we could use ?

  4. WPM says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 10:24 am

    The MSM will say he is mentally ill and not a” true” believe in the” Islam” of peace. The usual he was poor oppressed ,confused we all know the scrip by now. Who paid for his trip ,where does the money come from to support his “wife” {from the link welfare he Jones never had a job at 32 with two children} and family in his absents? Who were his contacts on his little faith journey from America to across Africa to the Middle East? Four years outside the country who did he contact here in those four years? In the link it said the Mosque Jones belong to encouraged young men to move over seas to study with true” scholars” of Islam. Does this studying Include financing terror groups over seas and at home? It was quoted in the link the leader of the Masjid-Ul-Hagg , Hakem Lucky was “shocked” at what Jones did. Hakem Lucky said sometimes when young men go overseas they get confused and misdirected in their faith journey overseas. If links can lead back to Mr. Lucky will he also be charged with treason financing terrorist groups, and encouraging members of his Mosque to fight for Islamic terror groups over seas?

  5. Papa Whiskey says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 11:58 am

    He didn’t attend a New York mosque but one in Baltimore:

    “Jones, who was raised in the heart of African-American Muslim community in the West Baltimore neighborhood of Upton, grew up at a time of transition for young black Muslims as they sought to find their place in the religion of their parents. The process led some to seek opportunities to learn about their faith at home, and others to go overseas to study.

    “Jones’ family owned a home where Division Street crosses Islamic Way. Jones reported in court documents that he lived in the house, which is just around the corner from a mosque, for most of his young life. He was educated at the Islamic Community School, a K-12 private school in a storefront on West North Avenue that claims to be the nation’s oldest institution of its kind.”

    http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-maalik-jones-al-shabbab-20160117-story.html

  6. John A. Marre says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    No one is radicalized on the Internet. That is a meaningless sentence. The Internet is a network, by which computers are connected to each other. Networks don’t do anything. They provide a path for information to move.

    They choose to act in a violent manner. Stop saying “radical” when you mean “violent.” They choose violence with encouragement from their violent religion.

    The more they know about their religion, the more violent they act.

  7. 762x51FMJ says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 3:53 pm

    Damn AK the stamped receiver overheat.
    Damn AK my M80 love to eat.
    Damn AK cant breach a small brick wall
    Damn AK to 350′ that is all.

  8. Andy says

    Sep 9, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    You know where I would like to “stick” that AK-47 and rocket-propelled grenades in?

    Right up this traitors (Maalik Alim Jones) behind.

    This guy is NOT an AMERICAN! Does not belong in any western democracy!

    Anyone who would do this to our western democracies looses the right of citizenship!!

  9. sidney penny says

    Sep 10, 2017 at 6:01 am

    “Why did he do this? Which New York mosque did he attend? What do they teach there? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? Or are authorities waving such questions away with the old standby trope, “He was radicalized on the Internet”?”

    Robert what about questions like who is his family, who are his friends, what area did he come from, what community did he live in, who supplied him with money, living expenses?

  10. Anne Smith says

    Sep 10, 2017 at 10:58 am

    Surely the only safe and sure way to deprogram a terrorist is with an ounce of lead?

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