A hadith has a Muslim asking Muhammad: “Instruct me as to such a deed as equals Jihad (in reward).” Muhammad replied, “I do not find such a deed.” (Bukhari 4.52.44)
But no doubt there are legions of learned imams, led by that most learned of imams, Pope Francis, followed by the imams John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, H. R. McMaster, Msgr. Stuart Swetland, and a host of others, who are on their way to Georgia now to explain to Hasher Jallal Taheb that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.”
“Man Charged In Plot To Attack White House With Anti-Tank Rocket,” Reuters, January 17, 2019:
A 21-year-old man from Georgia has been arrested and charged over allegations he plotted to attack the White House by blowing a hole in it with an anti-tank rocket then storming the building with guns and grenades, US prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Hasher Jallal Taheb, of the Atlanta suburb of Cumming, was arrested in Gwinnett County on Wednesday and appeared briefly in federal court in Atlanta in a case brought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Byung Pak, the US attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, told reporters.
“His alleged intent was to attack the White House and other targets of opportunity in the Washington, DC, area by using explosive devices, including an improvised explosive device, an anti-tank rocket,” Pak said….
A criminal complaint said around March 2018 a community member contacted law enforcement to say Taheb had become “radicalized.” On August 25, 2018, Taheb put his vehicle up for sale and an FBI informant showed interest in buying it, the complaint said.
Taheb later told the informant “he wished to conduct an attack in the United States against targets such as the White House and the Statue of Liberty,” according to the complaint.
Taheb told the informant “jihad was the best deed in Islam and the peak of Islam,” the complaint said.
At a December 2018 meeting with an undercover FBI agent, Taheb said he wanted to do as much damage as possible and he expected to become a “martyr.” Taheb told the agent to acquire weapons and explosives for the White House attack.
Later that month he told the agent he also planned to attack the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Monument and a synagogue. He wanted to use semi-automatic weapons, an “AT-4” anti-tank weapon and hand grenades, the complaint said. It said Taheb hoped to carry out the attack on or about January 17, together with the agent and the informant.
“He described his plan to use the AT-4 to blow a hole in the White House so that the group could enter,” FBI Special Agent Tyler Krueger said in an affidavit. “His plan was to go in and take down as many (people) as they possibly could.”…
Jean Terry says
Hopefully, he will not see the light of day again. I wonder how he came to the United States.
Terry Gain says
He most likely came by plane. And was welcomed with open arms
Jayadev G A G says
Pseudo-liberals in the USA have created an open-borders America and are now striving to ensure it continuation in order to favor the followers of the “Religion of Peace (??)”.
So incidents like these are bound to happen.
J D S says
So many people in the U.S. just don’t get it about Islam and that “people” includes a bunch of cowardly leaders..afraid to say
ANYTHING against the group that is bent on our destruction l……Islamic extremists…. Now I use the word “extremist” lightly because the so called extremist come from a “main” group…MUSLIMS! Whose main purpose, according to their writings, sayings and preaching/teachings, is to instill Islam throughout the west…..So why can’t everyone see that….Racism??? ..Islam is not a race..MUSLIMS are a race and the two can’t be separated in the eyes of those who really follow Islamic teachings and those Muslims who really don’t follow Islamic teachings are caught in the FEAr and FORCE Part of islam..Fear and FORCE was established by Muhammad. FORCE to join Islam and
FEAR of leaving islsm..Check but out if one is skeptical..FEAR and FORCE is the only way is lam has survived these many centuries.
mortimer says
JIHAD IS LIKE THE HUMP OF THE MALE CAMEL …
The Prophet said, “The head of its matter is Islam and its pillar is the Salah and its highest peak is the Jihad.” – Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2616
The prophet said, “Shall I not inform you of the head of the matter, as well as its pillar and the apex of its hump? … The head of the matter is Islam.” He compared the matter to a male CAMEL and made Islam the head of this matter since no animal can live without its head. Then he said, “Its pillar is salat.” The pillar of something is what keeps it upright and no matter can be kept upright or steady without a pillar. Then he said, “The apex of its HUMP is JIHAD.” The apex of anything is its highest point and the highest point of a CAMEL’S HUMP is the tip of its hump. Of all deeds, there is nothing that rivals jihad in importance. Abu Hurayrah reported that a man came to Allah’s messenger, and said, “Tell me something equivalent to jihad?” He replied, “I cannot find any.” Then the prophet said, “When Muslims embark on jihad, can you go to the mosque and pray without stopping and fast continuously?” The man replied, “Who can ever do that?”
– Ibn-Daqiq’s Commentary on the Nawawi Forty Hadiths
Scott Allen says
Here is the interesting thing. Although we want the government to speak out against Islam, here’s one instance where a Muslim intercepted a fellow Muslim plotting an attack and turned them in. If we didn’t have someone convincing, who could “talk the talk” working for us, this might’ve turned out much different. So how do we draw the line, exposing Islam for what it is, yet at the same time trying to keep Muslims on our side and willing to search the violent ones out?
gravenimage says
We don’t endlessly wring our hands over how to keep Americans “on our side”–this only happens with regard to Muslims–meaning, of course, that most of them are *not* on our side.
If we didn’t have Muslims flooding into our civilized nation, this would not even be an issue.
Wellington says
Seconded.
LytchZam says
Well put.
Scott Allen says
Good point. Makes sense.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Wellington, LytchZam, and Scott Allen.
Mark Swan says
Absolutely gravenimage, thank you, that was needed to be said.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Mark.
Saleem Smith says
Hello Scott Allen, speaking as an ex-Muslim living with Islam’s formal and informal death penalty for apostasy, I think that it is rather naive of you to believe that the adherents of religion that instructs/gives them permission to lie to and deceive unbelievers (Taqiyya) can be trusted. Call me cynical if you want, but I would say that it is more a matter of being realistic…
Qur’an 003:028: ‘Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah. except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah’
Qur’an: 033:021: ‘Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the Praise of Allah’
Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:
“One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…
The statement continues,
Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”
gravenimage says
Good post, Saleem.
Christopher Kelley says
Saleem, actually, Muh’d (Pox be upon him!) died while confessing that he was a *false prophet.* His boasting, in Sura’ 69:44-46, was answered exactly with the same afflictions & punishments. See YouTube, Dr David Wood: “Who Killed Muhammad?”
Could the statement of the Bangladeshis be made into a Tract, attractively printed, to hand out to muslims in public?
gravenimage says
Muslim who plotted to attack White House with anti-tank rocket said “jihad was best deed in Islam and peak of Islam”
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This is orthodox Islam.
Indiana Tom says
“Instruct me as to such a deed as equals Jihad (in reward).” Muhammad replied, “I do not find such a deed.”
Islam in a nutshell.
Singh The Sikh says
Any fool can see Jihad is the ultimate in Islam but too many in denial even though jihadists screaming it from the top of their lungs. Meanwhile, so-called moderate muslims obfuscate true meaning and purpose of Jihad to confuse,confound and do their part for the cause through Taqiyya, and the dummies in the west desperately lap it all up.
Halal Bacon says
oh my word…looks like a prior bacha bazi contestant
Joe Creho says
From Joe Creho:
Jean Terry says
Jan 17, 2019 at 4:59 pm
Hopefully, he will not see the light of day again. I wonder how he came to the United States.
He didn’t come here, Jean. He’s from Georgia. The US prosecutors said so.
He’s a “Georgia man”.
(Sarcasm now off.)
gravenimage says
All that we know is that Hasher Jallal Taheb was living in Texas. He is not necessarily a citizen, let alone any indication that he was born here.
tedh754 says
Another psycho for Islam. I see a pattern emerging.
Yah whooooo says
Thank you Mr. Donald J. Trump.
You are what and who happened after Dorthy awakend home, safe, after the Emerald City nightmare with the Clinton clan and forward to present time.
You are and will take care, for now what happens in the Emerald City.
na says
Islam religion of peace is a fabricated ROPE to enter Europe
na says
Islam is a religion of peace is a fabricated rope to enter Europe
Walter Sieruk says
This new report make us all the more aware of the terrible reality that the Muslims who are the jihadist members of that vicious, brutal and murderous jihad entity, ISIS, are still scheming future Islamic t terror/murder attacks in the USA both against the American citizens and this nation as a whole. Nevertheless, we ,as Americans , should not live in fear nor be afraid to go to different places or do different things out of being afraid of an ISIS jihad attack . For to live in fear would make the jihadists of ISIS happy.
Still, even though we need not live in fear we should be alert and aware of our surrounding as likewise be on the lookout for anything appears wrong or out of place. As in “What’s wrong with this picture?” Then if anything is seen that doesn’t seem right then go and inform and right person about it.
For example , that tee -shirt vendor in New York City , at times square, who saw some smoke come out of a parked van .So he went a told police officer about it. As it has been said “If you see something, say something.” This may be put in another way, be the words of a former US President, Thomas Jefferson, For his wise words apply, even more now, then they did in his own time. For Mr. Jefferson declared “Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.”
Jim says
But, but White men are the biggest terror threat today. (Don Lemon CNN)