Prisons the world over are hotbeds of jihadi recruitment and training, and so this kind of thing is bound to happen. Prisons generally reinforce, rather than try to discourage, jihadi beliefs. They give Muslim prisoners Qur’ans and allow them to pray with other Muslims, which in the case of convicted jihadis is reinforcing the belief system that landed them in prison in the first place. Would Nazi prisoners be issued copies of Mein Kampf and allowed to attend study sessions on the book with other Nazi inmates?
“Spain smashes jihadist ring operating in 17 jails,” AFP, October 3, 2018 (thanks to Steve):
MADRID: Police in Spain have dismantled a jihadist recruitment ring which operated in 17 prisons and included two men convicted over the deadly 2004 Madrid train bombings, officials said Tuesday.
The members are suspected of links to the Islamic State (IS) group, also known as Daesh.
Police have questioned 25 prisoners who are “accused of being part of a group close to Daesh which was dedicated to radicalising other prisoners,” the interior ministry said in a statement.
Most were Moroccans, or Spanish nationals of Moroccan origin, a Spanish anti-terrorism source told AFP. One was a Danish national and the rest were Spanish nationals who had converted to Islam.
Two of them were sentenced to jail in 2007 for their roles in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, the anti-terrorism source said.
Those attacks killed 191 people and injured over 1,800 others. It was Europe’s worst jihadist attack.
The ring sought to unite prisoners jailed for terrorist crimes in a so-called “Prison Front”.
The anti-terrorism source said the ring did not have a “concrete plan” to carry out an attack but created a “belligerent state of mind towards prison staff”….
mortimer says
Mohammed’s first ENFORCEMENT SQUAD came from a gang of lawless criminals called the SA’ALIK.
They helped Mohammed begin his CRIMINAL CAREER as a rapist, thief and murderer. They enjoyed crime and this CRIME-LOVING CULTURE has been enduring in Islam.
Much of jihad is petty crimes, medium sized crimes and outright CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
Allah promotes CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY in the Koran.
FYI says
Perfect mo had some criminal RAP sheet!
mass-murder,theft from the khaybar Jews,polygamy,sex with a minor..
Given that muslims are obliged to follow the example of muhammed,is it any wonder so many of them end up in jail for serious crimes?There must be some converts to islam sitting in jail who realize that the “religion of peace” nonsense is a fraud.
mortimer says
Studying the Koran and hadiths in jail encourages Muslim criminals to become MORE CRIMINAL, since they learn many evil things about primitive Islam for the first time, chiefly the extent of early Islam’s criminal behaviors.
gravenimage says
Spain smashes jihad recruitment ring operating in seventeen jails
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Good for Spain. Muslims do not belong in the general jail population.
Notable that the most fertile ground in the West for conversion to Islam is among violent felons.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
But how do you permanently “smash” such a Jihadist ring? You sentence them to stay in prison longer, so that they can continue to “radicalize” other Muslims, or terrorize non-Muslims into converting for their own safety?The only sensible thing to do is to lock them in Muslim-only, maximum-securty prisons, where CCTV cameras, constant monitoring of conversations, and plenty of isolation cells are available.
b.a. freeman says
absolutely spot on, Hugh. these twisted creatures have a mind disease with no cure but God, and from which most never recover. why should we stupidly *encourage* their proliferation? 24/7/365 observation, *NO* islamic scriptures or materials (a**-hefting mats, stupid little hats, etc.), and complete isolation from *all* other inmates should be the norm.
not holding my breath, though; i need that for preparations for the coming civil war.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
There is another way. Deport those who are Moroccans back to Morocco. Saves the Spanish state money, and decreases the number of difficult cases. The Moroccan police have their own methods of dealing with such people, methods that the Spanish would never permit themselves. Let it all be handled in Morocco. As for those who converted, the prison authorities should send in Christian clergy to see if there is any possibility of persuading them to return to Christianity, or at least to abandoning Islam. And if, ideally, there were prisons without any Muslim prisoners, these converts could be promised, once they abandon Islam, a transfer to such a prison, where they would not be punished for apostasy.
Michael says
This is the only viable answer, other than capital punishment. What do the Spaniards do with prisoners of war? With those convicted of treason? Answers to these sorts of questions will come closer to workable strategy.
Steven Trueblue says
Solution is lifelong incarceration. After 1st jihad offence. Not letting terrorists out of jail already exists in Australian Law and was spurred by the fact that long serving jihadis are approaching release completely unrepentant. The process of blocking release of nutjobs is a new legal process designed “to protect their human rights” LOL while assessing the lies they tell to prison psychologists LOL. The process should be simple and automatic and adopted globally. 1 offence incarceration for the rest of their natural life. Its a solution that strangely has NOT Occurred to many Governments…………….And meanwhile in London Anjem Chaudry is to be released…. while Tommy Robinson is to be jailed
StellaSaidSo says
+1
StellaSaidSo says
The West needs to build new prisons, just for kuffar prisoners. It would be less costly. There aren’t so many of them.
James Lincoln says
If copies of the Koran are going to be passed out in prisons located in Western countries, all violent passages should be redacted.
It would make an interesting legal challenge.
StellaSaidSo says
Indeed! There wouldn’t be much Koran left if all the violent passages were removed!
FYI says
I suggest a formal listing of those essential Commandments of God{Exodus 20}be taped to the front
[allah doesn’t bother to list them of course in his koran…..conveniently…]
With the 6th one heavily underlined..
At least,that way,muslims cannot claim ignorance of the fact that intentional homicide is morally wrong.
Of course ,then they will begin to see the errors in the koran….
Andrew Clarke says
Well done, Spanish police.