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UK: Muslim “refugee” pocketed $52,000 in benefits after secretly returning to Somalia because he “missed the sunshine”

Dec 19, 2017 11:53 am By Robert Spencer

Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate:

“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” (Qur’an 9:29).

The caliph Umar said the jizya payments from the dhimmis were the source of the Muslims’ livelihood:

“Narrated Juwairiya bin Qudama at-Tamimi: We said to `Umar bin Al-Khattab, ‘O Chief of the believers! Advise us.’ He said, ‘I advise you to fulfill Allah’s Convention (made with the Dhimmis) as it is the convention of your Prophet and the source of the livelihood of your dependents (i.e. the taxes from the Dhimmis.)’” (Bukhari 4.53.388)

Anjem Choudary said in February 2013:

“We are on Jihad Seekers Allowance, We take the Jizya (protection money paid to Muslims by non-Muslims) which is ours anyway. The normal situation is to take money from the Kafir (non-Muslim), isn’t it? So this is normal situation. They give us the money. You work, give us the money. Allah Akbar, we take the money. Hopefully there is no one from the DSS (Department of Social Security) listening. Ah, but you see people will say you are not working. But the normal situation is for you to take money from the Kuffar (non-Muslim) So we take Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”

“Somalian refugee pocketed £39k in benefits after secretly returning to his homeland because he ‘missed the sunshine,'” by Tony Palmer, Mirror, December 16, 2017:

A Somalian refugee who pocketed nearly £39,000 in benefits after secretly returning to his homeland because he missed the sunshine has been jailed for 15 months.

Benefits cheat Mohamed Qoomaall [sic] had claimed asylum in the UK claiming he was in danger in his homeland, but moved back to the Horn of Africa in 2013.

The 72-year-old had pension credit payments sent to him for two-and-a-half years as a friend enjoyed rent-free living in his council-funded home.

He even forged an immigration stamp on his British passport in a failed attempt to trick investigators into accepting he had been residing in the UK.

Even after being caught out he claimed had had been in the UK paying bills all along, claiming it was “not a made-up story”.

Qoomaal pleaded guilty to two counts of dishonestly failing to notify a change of circumstances regarding Pension Credit and Housing Benefit between August 20, 2013 and February 22, 2016.

Incredibly, Qoomaal, of Archery Close, Harrow, north-west London, continued to receive benefits, minus a £44 per-week deduction to compensate the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), while his case was pending.

At that rate it would have taken Qoomaal, who has heart and renal issues, 17 years to repay the £38,869.97 total.

He also needed a taxpayer-funded interpreter during eight court hearings.

Isleworth Crown Court Judge Jonathan Ferris asked: “Why does he live here? Why is he entitled to benefits? What’s he doing here?

“He can’t have made much of a contribution to the pension credit he is receiving.”

Prosecutor Miss Lisa Matthews said: “He failed to notify the fact he was living abroad in Somalia and in order to mislead investigators he fabricated an immigration stamp in his passport.”…

Judge Ferris asked: “He’s just gone back there, how does that work? He came here as a refugee 15 years ago and then goes back to Somalia to enjoy the nice weather.

“Someone was living in his flat that the public purse paid for or it was rented out.

“I don’t see why a person who took nearly thirty-nine thousand pounds and went to another country and fabricated an immigration stamp on his passport should not go to prison immediately.

“What ties does he have in this country apart from the benefits system.”

The judge told Qoomaal: “You came to this country as a refugee and enjoyed the benefits of this country as a British citizen, which you became.

“With that comes certain responsibilities and certain consequences for someone who breaks the law as you have done.”

In a desperate attempt to avoid jail Qoomaal applied to change his plea to not guilty, resulting in several more costly court hearings.

He claimed: “I was in the country, I was paying bills. I’m not lying. It’s not an illusion, it’s not a made-up story.

“At the DWP the Somalian interpreter was not in my dialect. I did not understand and they were not saying what I was saying.

“The lawyer pressured me to plead guilty and I did not understand ‘guilty’. I thought it was something that makes you free.”…

Pull my other leg, Qoomaal.

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  1. RichardL says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    They gave him citizenship. Britain is a shithole.

    • Save Europe says

      Dec 20, 2017 at 11:55 am

      I’m British, and despise the Leftard Globalist traitors who allowed this, and their supporters – even more so. In all truth you’re almost completely correct. I cannot think of a large town or City which does not have a significant Muslim community. The only vestiges of escape from this are bucolic and rural areas with delightful villages.

  2. Phil Copson says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    More disturbing is that he and his mate are evidently on excellent terms with the two white British men, who I take to be supporters – (“Ripping-off the social security ? Yeah, so what – I mean, like – it’s all anarchy, innit?”) – laughing and joking with one, while the other squints with cold-eyed Himmler-like disapproval of anyone presuming to query this state of affairs.

    • Ale says

      Dec 21, 2017 at 4:11 am

      Brilliant observation. But, as some witty Russian once put it; What Is To Be Done?

  3. TH says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    If the Brits had any sense, they would have canceled his British passport and not allow him to return. How much more did the Briitish taxpayer have to pay for court proceedings etc. He wanted to enjoy the sun, so why didn’t they facilitate his desire? Of course, he would get no free cash in Somalia.

  4. Sarah says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 2:16 pm

    Hold on a second… He says he had a ‘bad’ interpreter and as a result, thought pleading ‘guilty’ would set him free?

    I can sort of picture this, to be honest. He was confident he’d get away with this, whether because he’s genuinely dumber than a box of rocks or whether because he THINKS he’s smarter than he really is and assumed as a Somali and a ‘refugee’, he’d be able to play the victim easily to the Judge.

    He thought he’d ooze into that courtroom, say he was sorry by way of saying guilty and all would be forgiven and off he’d go, free as a bird. After all – he’s surely seen the news where we hear a non-stop procession of refugees and migrants committing a variety of crimes – and getting away with it thanks to soft Judge’s.

    I can imagine his shock and dismay when he got that rude awakening from that Judge.

    He’s cunning. He’s manipulative. But he’s not half as smart as he thinks he is. And hell, I’d like to buy that Judge a beer for having some basic sense and giving him a jail sentence, although 15 months for such a long and concerted campaign of intent to rip off the British taxpayer deserved far more jail time.

    Not a lot of sunshine where you’re going, mate!

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 19, 2017 at 2:57 pm

      And why did he need an interpreter *15 years* after arriving in the UK? Obviously not integrating, to put it mildly…

      • Bob says

        Dec 20, 2017 at 7:02 am

        Not speaking English after a long period in the UK is fairly standard, to, apparently, the third generation. There’re schools in London where 40 languages’re spoken, not one of them being English. How the blazes do teachers cope??

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 20, 2017 at 12:23 pm

          Not well. And Muslims not speaking English is the least of it–Muslims regularly bully Infidel children and threaten teachers.

    • j_not_a says

      Dec 19, 2017 at 4:39 pm

      Should’ve been 15 months for every pound he ripped off from the British taxpayers.

    • Save Europe says

      Dec 20, 2017 at 11:57 am

      He’s not very good at taqqiya, by the looks of it. Actually all of them aren’t. It’s just that so many gullible, asinine Leftists believe it. They’re also the problem.

    • Charles Martel Appreciation Society says

      Dec 21, 2017 at 3:39 am

      He will not serve the full term if his sentence. It could possibly be reduced by as much as half the time.

  5. gravenimage says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 2:41 pm

    UK: Muslim “refugee” pocketed $52,000 in benefits after secretly returning to Somalia because he “missed the sunshine”
    ………………………….

    Obviously *not* a refugee.

    And how did he remain on the dole in Britain *for 15 years*? This clearly was not a bit of aid to tide him over until he became settled.

    More proof–if more were needed–that the argument that Muslims are needed in the West to pay for pensions could not be more perverse.

  6. Michael Copeland says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    This is a glaring example of how the British public, the taxpayers, are betrayed by an inadequate Social Services administration.
    It only took them fifteen years.

  7. LeftisruiningCanada says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 3:48 pm

    “Anjem Choudary”

    It’s worth listening to some interviews with that guy, just to get a better picture of the attitude that is at the heart of “British” muslims.

    Disgusting individual, and a perfect host for the supernaturally hateful spirit of islam.

  8. Charles says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    To “believe in allah”?

    Humm. I believe that allah is really SATAN!
    And that’s why “his people” are constantly trying to murder all the Jews and Christians!

  9. LeftisruiningCanada says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    Interesting article on muslims who used a loudspeaker to chant Allahu Akbar and the adan during Christian event in UK town:

    https://www.britishpakistanichristians.org/blog/police-called-to-ilford-town-centre-after-allah-akhbar-chant-played-during-christian-event-set-of-te

    • Michael Copeland says

      Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 am

      Without Council permission to set up a stall, or use sound amplification.
      It was a provocation disguised as da-wa, proselytising.

  10. sidney penny says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    “Pull my other leg, Qoomaal.”

    Why do infidels (kuffar) get sucked into getting their legs pulled?

  11. Charles says

    Dec 19, 2017 at 8:33 pm

    This is beyond stupid!
    Life in Prison for all parties!
    And DEPORT EVERY LAST MUSLIM!

  12. David says

    Dec 20, 2017 at 4:55 am

    I’ve heard similar stories. I have a relative that lives in Nairobi, Kenya. And she says it is common knowledge that a fair number of Somalians domiciled in Nairobi are living ‘the high life’ riding around in SUVs etc, all on the back of the Danish government that pays them social benefits and then the Somalis secretly [or perhaps not so secretly] move back to Africa to Kenya …

    Somalii’s score 10/10 for enterprise, Danes score 10/10 for imbecility !

    • Save Europe says

      Dec 20, 2017 at 12:03 pm

      I’m not sure I totally agree. The Somalis aren’t über geniuses- far from it – it’s just the stupidity of the various Welfare States around EU countries that allow this.

  13. Edward Cline says

    Dec 20, 2017 at 7:13 am

    He should be left in the middle of the ocean in a rubber dingy without oars. But he isn’t the only parasite in the UK. There are hundreds of thousands. Thanks to Theresa May.

  14. stephen burgess says

    Dec 20, 2017 at 12:13 pm

    THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THOUSANDS OF THIS TYPE OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE NEED IN THE UK TO PAY OUR PENSIONS AND FOR OUR N.H.S TO PROSPER, WHAT A NICE MAN.HAVING BEEN SUCH AN ASSET TO OUR NATION FOR SO LONG HE NEEDS A BREAK,AFTER ALL WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT TWO MILLION MORE ASSETS IN THE COUNTRY JUST LIKE HIM.WHAT A WONDERFUL MULTICULTURAL DIVERSE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN, COME QUICK,WE NEED MORE SHIT,WE CANT GET ENOUGH BRING ALL YOUR FRIENDS WE NEED LOTS MORE OF THIS SORT OF DUNG. THE GOVERNMENT WILL TELL YOU WE NEED LOADS MORE. GOD HELP US.

  15. Karen says

    Dec 20, 2017 at 9:35 pm

    ““At the DWP the Somalian interpreter was not in my dialect. I did not understand and they were not saying what I was saying.

    “The lawyer pressured me to plead guilty and I did not understand ‘guilty’. I thought it was something that makes you free.”…”

    LOL, as I was reading this, I was cynically wondering when the culture card was going to be thrown down, and there it was, right at the end of the article. Ah, yes, he didn’t understand his interpreter’s dialect, but he knows the wrong things were being said. Yes, that makes a great deal of sense. And we all know, that when we are in court, the word ‘guilty’ is a great mystery, and highly nuanced in meaning. I’m sure no one explained the meaning of ‘guilty’ to him. I wonder how many appeals he’ll end up costing the taxpayer.

  16. terry says

    Dec 21, 2017 at 9:12 am

    LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL

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