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Son of prominent imam arrested at New Mexico compound was training children for school shootings

Aug 8, 2018 3:38 pm By Robert Spencer

Siraj Wahhaj is one of the most prominent and respected imams in the United States. His son, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, was training children for jihad massacres. Is anyone in authority or in the establishment media going to ponder the implications of that? Almost certainly not. But you can be sure that if this were the son of any prominent conservative, the father would be under investigation today.

“Man arrested at New Mexico compound was training kids to commit school shootings, court documents say,” by Nicole Darrah, Fox News, August 8, 2018 (thanks to Robert):

The father of a missing 3-year-old who was arrested at a New Mexico compound last week was training children to commit school shootings, court documents filed on Wednesday revealed.

Prosecutors allege Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 39, was conducting weapons training on the compound, where 11 children were found hungry and living in squalor. They asked Wahhaj be held without bail.

Authorities raided the compound on Friday after a monthslong search investigating the disappearance of Abdul-ghani Wahhaj, a boy with severe medical issues who went missing from Georgia in December.

On Monday, a child’s remains were found on the property, but authorities were working on a positive identification and did not confirm if the remains were that of the missing boy….

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Filed Under: American jihadis, Featured, Jihad in the U.S. Tagged With: Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, New Mexico, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj


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  1. GunnyGene says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    The question here is how many more like him have not been discovered. Any guesses?

    • Rod says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 5:13 pm

      I’m sure it’s well buried.

    • pemba says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 7:50 pm

      All of them (MUSLIMS) are like him, guess work is not necessary.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 8:15 pm

      Yes–this is what I worry about, as well.

    • mortimer says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 9:35 am

      ISLAM IS A CHILD ABUSE CULT.

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 2:55 pm

      GunnyGene , unfortunately for the United States there are probably many more like Siraj Ibn Wahhaj . This was a deliberate act of training young jihadists to shoot up American schools . Muslims preach their hate of unbelievers in their mosques and who knows maybe they are doing weapons training as well . Muhammad used mosques for weapons storage and training why wouldn’t they continue that today when he is the PERFECT EXAMPLE of a Muslim man. ISIS has a training camp near Juarez , Mexico just South of El Paso , TX . Yet , the US State Department believes it is necessary to continue working with the UN to flood our COUNTRY with Muslim refugees from some of the most ardent fundamental Muslim countries. Of course you won’t hear that NEWS on NBC, CBS, ABC , MSNBC and CNN !

      • Chelonia says

        Aug 10, 2018 at 1:32 am

        Broward County police chief is a Muslim and one of his deputies also a convert was on video teaching the Muslims in a local mosque all about guns and how to shoot and load them. This is the chief who told his officers to stand down when the students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas were killed. He’s also the one who was told about the shooter from his parents and neighbors and chose to ignore them as well as did the FBI. I personally think he purposely let those ”infidels” die to satisfy the Muslims that attend his mosque.
        https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/broward-county-https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/sheriff

      • Chelonia says

        Aug 10, 2018 at 1:37 am

        https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/sheriff https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/ .https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/261190/cairs-deputy-hamas-teaches-radical-mosque-use-guns-joe-kaufman

  2. Kay says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    In a recognized war, the brave and strong are sent to the front lines to protect children and women, to protect their country’s borders and values and history.
    We have brought this evil ideology into our peaceful countries and the damage is being done to children, women, and other peaceful citizens. It is already within our borders and already twisting our values.

    I am glad this compound was found. The aims it had are sickening.

    • elee says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 4:31 pm

      “Civilian” is a western concept. Muslims frequently proclaim it is alien to the revealed scriptures of Islam. The Prophet is known to have ordered operations knowing the operations would kill women and children. Do any of their published exhortations to their sleepers in our midst, say anything about sparing civilians? They are directed to maximize casualties, women, children, whoever, whatever. Whoever fights Islam must be aware of this asymmetry in rules of engagement.

    • Terry Gain says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 5:28 pm

      Kay
      You are correct. It is sickening. It’s unfortunate that those who have governed the United States do not have my weak stomach. I was sickened by the Islam Is Peace nonsense of GWB and regularly vomiting during the even more submissive Presidency of ” President the holy Koran teaches us”.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 8:19 pm

      All true, Kay.

      elee is right that “civilian” is a Western concept. But all but the most evil have at least tried to protect their children–something even many animals do. Not pious Muslims, though.

      God, I hate Islam.

  3. Berengaria says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    The Wahhaj Family of Deadly Muslims & how many more in Training Camps in the USA?
    South Carolina sponsors one in the York Area, & no American Citizen
    dares to interfere with these Devils.
    Who ever thought an American Town or City would be held Hostage by a Group of Savages living in the Woods near them? Fake News Media seems to be silent in the area.

    • Terrence says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 10:38 pm

      Local law enforcement grew tired of the FBI surveillance (stalling) and went in. Need more evidence of corruption at the highest levels here?

    • KWJ says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 10:40 pm

      These camps around the country are concerning and I don’t know why more people don’t talk about and that our governments lets them/trains them on our soil rather than some island. It really does appear that the enemy is within, and by that I mean our government. I don’t think there’s a politician with integrity as well as our CIA, FBI, NSA, etc. Some guy took a video while going to one of these camps – it was on YT. From behind the fence the Muslim said this is Muslim territory or something similar. Very disturbing. Well. they say things like that in enclaves in Europe. I’m far from Dearbornistan but I’m curious if any Muslims would pull that attitude.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 9, 2018 at 11:41 pm

        +1

  4. Cecilia says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 5:26 pm

    Siraj Ibn Wahhaj is the son of the unindicted co-conspirator Siraj Wahhaj, who was involved with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

    https://nypost.com/2018/08/06/sickos-busted-for-abusing-kids-at-compound-linked-to-controversial-imam/

    • Sam says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 5:39 pm

      Nice looking crew. They emit immediate warm feelings like you’d expect from members of the religion of peace

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 8:26 pm

      Thank you, Cecilia.

  5. John W says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 5:35 pm

    I’m watching The Five on Fox News and not surprisingly Geraldo Rivera immediately talks about how he feels badly for his muslim friends in regards to this story. As usual, the muslims are the victirms.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 8:40 pm

      Grotesque. Doesn’t he even care about the dead child?

    • Screeminmeeme says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 12:11 pm

      Geraldo’s mercy and compassion always seem to fall on illegals, Muslims, gang members, and convicts instead of on their victims.

      It’s what happens when you’re an ideologue.

  6. Indiana Tom says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 5:39 pm

    This is why we need to ban military grade fully semi-automatic weapons of war with overcapacity clips and shoulder thingies that go up.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 9:34 pm

      Yes–because Jihadists are always careful to observe our laws…sarc/off

      • Mark Swan says

        Aug 8, 2018 at 10:09 pm

        Absolutely gravenimage.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 8, 2018 at 10:11 pm

          🙂

    • Bill says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 9:58 pm

      You just predicted the mainstream media spin on the whole story. Forget about confronting and weeding out the terrorists, we need full citizen disarmament!

      Some day we stand a good chance of having our own Beslan, yet the Democrats refuse to take common sense measures like hardening our school facilities, allowing qualified men and women to bear arms in schools as both a deterrent and a prompt first response in case of attack. The Democrats want our schools and children defenseless, preferring instead to demand more controls on law-abiding citizens. Schools as “Gun Free Zones” are a foolish invitation to criminals, terrorists and the insane.

      Democrats would rather gull the population into “feeling safe” with their idiotic gun free zones, rather than having the population actually “being” safe.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Aug 9, 2018 at 2:17 am

        In Israel school teachers are armed.
        Would-be attackers know that.

    • Joe Felon says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 12:56 am

      more idiotic leftist spin…the only people affected by such laws will be law abiding gun owners. islamists and other criminals recognize no existing firearm laws currently on the books and will not adhere to new ones.

  7. gravenimage says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 8:17 pm

    Son of prominent imam arrested at New Mexico compound was training children for school shootings
    ……………………

    Appalling–but no surprise.

  8. Debi Brand says

    Aug 8, 2018 at 11:13 pm

    “His son, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, was training children for jihad massacres. Is anyone in authority or in the establishment media going to ponder the implications of that?”

    Why, why would they want to do that?

    Would not such pondering, if given voice to, result in “hate speech,” bigotry, and “false” perceptions of Islam?

    “[Muslim] Man arrested at New Mexico compound was training kids to commit school shootings, court documents say,” – I’m certain, we can be sure, this is an embryonic, thus virgin concept to the devotees to the teachings and instruction of “Kitab Allah.”

  9. Nottadhimmi says

    Aug 9, 2018 at 1:10 am

    Meanwhile… I wonder if the two DHS FLETC’s, or the DOJ’s Quantico LEO training facilities have updated their terrorism curriculums to rid them of the CAIR and SPLC influenced purging of anything “jihad” under Barrak Hussein Obama’s 8 years… Shame that I know this and that the answer is “probably not”… yet.

  10. Hari Singh says

    Aug 9, 2018 at 5:36 am

    Was this at the Saidhi Arabia financed compound in Norther New Mexico town of Abique?

  11. utis says

    Aug 9, 2018 at 6:48 am

    This scum’s dad is why I have no faith in the testimony of parents and family members. If the perp in the limelight is bad, what is his family like? The apple don’t fall far from the tree.

  12. Gerald Mucci says

    Aug 9, 2018 at 9:40 am

    One Islamic training compound down. How many dozen yet to go?

  13. Giacomo Latta says

    Aug 9, 2018 at 10:22 am

    The spin by a left-(what else?)leaning Canadian TV channel: he was going to train his children to enter school then kill their classmates. Pictures of him and his three wives (described as baby mommas) in obvious islam dress shown but without comment. No use of the ”i” word.

  14. Patrick says

    Aug 9, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    How come there isn’t a similar outrage at white, european men who shoot up schools at a much higher rate than extremist muslim attacks?

    • Robert Spencer says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 1:57 pm

      That’s not actually true. It’s debunked propaganda: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/12/robert-spencer-the-splcs-terror-from-the-right-deception

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 9, 2018 at 11:47 pm

        Thank you, Mr. Spencer.

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 3:11 pm

      WHAT ? Because this guy was TRAINING YOUNG JIHADISTS to shoot up American schools based on his EVIL IDEOLOGY ,…Islam ,…Patrick ! BIG DIFFERENCE . We have a problem with mental illness in our Country ,….but their handbook the Qur’an sanctions violence against unbelievers !

    • Mo says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 3:46 pm

      @ Patrick

      Because that is nonsense. (And you know it.) Now, address this example of jihad.

    • don vito says

      Aug 9, 2018 at 4:20 pm

      Very interesting question Patrick. The category seems rather minuscule, white European men shooting up schools at a much higher rate than extremist moslem attacks? Category nonexistent? Or were you being sarcastic?

    • Norger says

      Aug 10, 2018 at 9:58 am

      Chew on this as well Patrick.

      https://areomagazine.com/2017/05/28/no-youre-not-more-likely-to-be-killed-by-a-right-wing-extremist-than-an-islamic-terrorist/

      And at the end of the day, apart from being based on a false premise, your argument is nothing but deflection. The subject here is Islam. Hopefully we can agree that it’s disturbing ithat children are being trained to commit school massacres in the name of a major religion, no? And that it’s particularly disturbing that one of the central figures in this savagery is the son of a prominent cleric?

  15. Norger says

    Aug 9, 2018 at 11:39 pm

    We often hear that jihadis “misunderstand” Islam. It seems inconceivable that the son of one of the most prominent imams in America somehow “misunderstands” Islam. Given the father-son relationship and the father’s links to terrorism, it is also obvious where the son learned “his” Islam. (I seriously doubt he was “radicalized on line” by that dastardly internet Islam). Not that the MSM will actually call the son a jihadi other than to quote the local sheriff describing him as “extremist of the Muslim belief.”

    And this is the first I’ve heard of adult jihadis in the US training children to mass murder other children. Turning their own children into mass murderers; it’s hard to imagine a more despicable ideology. Or perhaps we’re going to hear once again that this is “mental illness.”

  16. strong aingel says

    Aug 10, 2018 at 6:46 am

    How the hell can anyone with a western education respect an Imam, oh of course, they know nothing about islam for the most part. Except a relative few of us who have taken the time and trouble to investigate what islam is, not what we are told to think it is. People need to understand that the imam, in the absence of a caliph, is a caliph in his own right anywhere in the non-moslem world. That is one of the reasons most jihadis terror cells or individuals are connected with an imam. The imam understands “sacred law” he understands his position in a non moslem land is to advance jihad. To that end he may plot and plan with impunity and as explained in islamic law… From Umdat as-Salik:- Book B:

    “b1.2 (n:) For the key term qualified to issue expert legal opinion (Ar. mujtahid, this ability being ijtihad) , please turn to book 0 and read 022.1(d), the qualifications of an Islamic judge (qadi). The difference between the qualifications for the Imam of a school and those for a judge or a mufti is that the former’s competence in giving opinion is absolute, extending to all subject matters in the Sacred Law, while the competence of the judge Or mufti is limited respectively to judging court cases or to applying his Imam’s ijtihad to particular questions.

  17. Sam says

    Aug 11, 2018 at 2:44 pm

    The media will whitewash this soon and will not report the root cause and the camps like this.

    Enemedia plus evil Islam and ignorant liberals form a very strong coalition which is difficult to beat.

    Thank God we have Trump. We must keep him for 8 years. That maybe our last chance to start fighting the enemy.

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