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“I love beheading the enemy”: Muslim migrant who supports the Islamic State is deported from US

Jul 14, 2019 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“Extremist, terrorist, tough, brain-washed, radical, I love explosions, booby trapping, beheading the enemy, and am among the supporters of establishing the religion with the sword.”

Charming fellow. Why was he admitted into the US in the first place? Was any attempt made to determine his sentiments regarding jihad? Almost certainly not.

“Tunisian national with terrorist ties removed from US,” ICE, June 21, 2019 (thanks to Creeping Sharia):

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – A Tunisian national with ties to ISIS was removed from the U.S. Wednesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) after serving a federal prison sentence resulting from an investigation conducted by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Houcine Ghoul departed the U.S. from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York Wednesday evening, escorted by ERO officers. He was turned over to Tunisian authorities Thursday, upon his arrival in his home country.

In August 2018, Ghoul was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III to 24 months in prison, followed by deportation, for attempted unlawful procurement of naturalization and making false statements on his tax return. ICE lodged a detainer on Ghoul, and upon his release from Bureau of Prisons custody, he entered ICE custody pursuant to the detainer.

Ghoul, a citizen of Tunisia, entered the U.S. in 2001 on a tourist visa. After overstaying his visa, Ghoul married a U.S. citizen, whom he later divorced, and obtained status as a legal permanent resident.

The investigation into Ghoul’s conduct began in April 2014 when Ghoul posted a photo online that explicitly displayed support for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. This photo displayed an individual holding a sign with the Arabic phrase, “The victory of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria,” and then below in English, “ISIS,” and “N. Carolina, USA,” the state where Ghoul was then residing. The photo later appeared in an online propaganda video posted by others to display worldwide support for ISIS. Though he did not use his actual name or identity for the online accounts, Ghoul provided a self-description within the account, “Extremist, terrorist, tough, brain-washed, radical, I love explosions, booby trapping, beheading the enemy, and am among the supporters of establishing the religion with the sword.”

In December 2014, Ghoul applied to become a U.S. citizen. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services interviewed him in reference to his application in February 2017. During this interview, Ghoul made a number of false statements, including, but not limited to: he in no way associated with or had been a member of any terrorist organization, he had never advocated for the overthrow of a government, and he had not married someone to obtain an immigration benefit. He also falsely claimed that he had not made misrepresentations to obtain public benefits. All of these statements were false because Ghoul had sworn allegiance to ISIS and had been an active supporter of ISIS both online and in person, had explicitly advocated for the overthrow of the U.S. through violence, had entered into a sham marriage for the sole purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship, and had assisted in providing lies to the State of North Carolina in order to obtain childcare benefits.

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  1. Antiislamicman says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    Wish the UK would deport

    • william carr says

      Jul 15, 2019 at 8:14 am

      You have to love the name it is so appropriate

    • J D S says

      Jul 15, 2019 at 11:37 am

      One out of how many others that are running free in the U.S. PLUS…HOW MANY IN OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES. These people are scattered throughout the Western world. This man was caught through his own stupidity for allowing his real values to be given out for the world yo see. But just think of those who are not telling the world of their intention and values…just waiting for the appropriate time? BUT, and there always has to be a “BUT”, scattered terrorist, throughout the west, even though a serious problem, IS NOT the main problem…The main problem is right in our government, IN CONGRESS,

      WE have a party in our government who, st every turn is trying to undermine our CONSTITUTIONAL authority and FREEDOMS and that party is the “GIVE-AWAY” party aka the Democratic Party.
      Now there are some in the Republican Party that are IN LOVE with the Democrats agenda I’ll call them ” REPUBACRATS or RATS for short.

      Now back to the GIVEAWAY Party…..They hold their party only by “giving away”…giving away freebies. (WELFARE) to those who only give allegiance to those who give them the undeserved things they want and of course that GIVEAWAY party wants these people to be their constituents, legal or illegal it matters not . While doing all of this they are also giving away our freedoms and they pickpocket us at the same time..
      Just listed yo the promises of the presidential candidates of today for the GIVEAWAY PARTY and one will see their plans for the NEW America as well as others in this party who support them….Remember these words…..The GIVEAWAY PARTY!!!!!

  2. Mike says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    Maybe some “right wing” group might like to behead him!

  3. Walter Sieruk says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    First ,this Muslim man should be deported from the US, if not arrested and sent to camp Gitmo in Cuba .
    For he a clearly danger and threat to the safety ans security of the American citizens

    Second, It should be known that the deadly disasters of ISIS jihad terrorism had ,for a time , appeared to have had subsided , much to the credit of the power and might the US armed forces which cause the Islamic “state” to lost much of the land it had obtained by its brutal ,cruel and murderous Islamic terrorism .
    Nevertheless, ISIS might have a comeback, just like resurgence of a plague of aa deadly infectious disease.

    Therefor there some people who might stop and think and wonder then asked the question a very good question .Which is “Since ISIS had lost so much territory ,why haven’t the jihadist who make up ISIS just given up in their mad Islamic quest against the West and for the advancement of Islam ?

    The answer to that question was provided in a speech by the ISIS spokesman, Abu Muhammad al Adnani, now dead, in this speech he had declared “True defeat is a loss of willpower and desire to fight…” he further explained “We would be defeated and you victorious only if you are able to remove the Qu ‘ran from Muslim hearts.” All this leads to a very important question: “Is the Qu ‘ran the Word of God or is it a fabrication of a man. Thus, is the Quran the truth or a fiction and a hoax ?” The jihadists, as those of ISIS use many verses from the Qu ‘ran as the main source of justification for their violence, mayhem and murders. As found in For example, 2:191.. 4:47 5:33. 9:5,111,123. 47:4 The answer is clearly given on pages 145 through 157 in THE ISLAMIC INVASION by Robert Morey in which he wrote a section on the Qu ‘ran with its self-contradictions. Just two of the many he cited are the following “The Quran differs on whether a day is a thousand years or fifty thousand years in God’s sight’ and “Who was first to believe? Abraham or Moses [Sura 6:14 versus 7:143]? The above is inconsistent and illogical. Further, Morey wrote about “The fact that Judaism and Christianity broke up into different sects was used in the Qu‘ran to prove that they are not of God [Suras 30:20-32. 42:13, 14]. Yet Islam has broken up into many warring sects and therefore cannot be true if the Qu ‘ran is right.” Moreover, Morey in his book shows many more contradictions and absurdities in the Quran, there are and how Muhammad incorporated extra Biblical and Jewish folklore along with pre-Islamic Arabian myth and parts of Zoroastrian and Hindu stories into the Qu ‘ran.

    Furthermore, the Muslims claim that “the Qu ‘ran is the direct, literal word of God unmodified in any way by the Prophet who uttered them at the bidding of God.” Nevertheless, in the book UNVEILING ISLAM by Ergun Mehmet and Eethi Caner has shown that the Qu’ran was modified in the following account on pages 45. “Muhammad felt the need to improve on the words of Allah, since he changed Allah’s wisdom for his own on several occasions. A hadith tells of the nonchalant emendations of Muhammad:’ On a number of occasions he [a scribe] had, with the Prophet’s consent changed the closing words of verses. For example, when the prophet had said ‘God is mighty and wise ‘ Adbollah b. Abi Sarh suggested writing down ‘Knowing and wise’ and the Prophet answered that there was no objection. Having observed a succession of changes of this type, Adbollah renounced Islam on the grounds that revelations, if from God could not be changed at the prompting of a scribe such as himself. After his apostasy he went to Mecca and joined the Qorayshites.’ Other writers reveal that later Muhammad and his people did go war with the Qorayshites and he personally killed Abdollah. Obviously Abdollah knew too much and Muhammad wanted Abdollah’s knowledge to die with him.”

    In conclusion, the Qu ‘ran, which is the foundation for ISIS, is not only a fiction, it’s also a hoax.

    • Mirta says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 12:23 pm

      Really charming!!!…

    • CRUSADER says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 1:01 pm

      No doubt about the Queer’an being a hoax on civilization!

      It masquerades as the niqab of “spiritually holy” books.
      When really it is written for and by crooks and kooks.

      It was pieced together as an excuse for warlords to take
      territory and booty. It stole from other traditions and woven
      into a fabrication to fool people who are easily manipulated.

      It was crafted to codify how to treat the conquered and how
      to feel righteous about doing so. It is a shameful sham.

      It is made out to be a divine book of guidance but instead
      it is a book for death squads to kill, rape, pillage, all under
      the mask of spiritual wonder and godly allowance.

      The Queer’an is full of deceit and treachery.

      It is the folly of human failure to follow such drivel.

  4. ntesdorf says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:23 pm

    Unfortunately, wherever he goes, his horrible Islamic ideas go with him, ready to reemerge like Maggots.

  5. Pet Charles says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    He has the typical profile. All he has to do is walk over the Mexican border and disappear

    • Bill says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 3:49 pm

      And that is the rub…with our “open borders” he can and probably will sneak back into the U.S. to do us harm….then the finger pointing will begin.

  6. John Allan says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    Brain-washed? Dead is spelt D_E_A_D. Two Is. No W, no S, no H.

  7. John Allan says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:35 pm

    Don’t know where I came from. Two Ds.

    • freedom says

      Jul 15, 2019 at 5:19 am

      As long as you know WHAT you came for

  8. Angemon says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:47 pm

    Good riddance, and may he be one among many.

  9. Guy Forester says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:48 pm

    1. “Houcine Ghoul”: How appropriate, you cannot make this up.
    2. I guess you can fix stupid. Just deport it.
    3. For the SJW’s out there: Do not worry, your favorite Ghoul will get on a raft and a fake humanitarian human trafficker (Human should not really be used here) will get this guy into Spain. He will rapidly “find” his way across several thousand miles of open and deep ocean into Mexico and back across our border. If that does not work, Canada will give him refuge, cash, citizenship, and then send him back to us.
    4. Also, for the SJW’s: OH NO! YOU CANNOT DO THIS! YOU WILL BREAK UP HIS (fake) FAMILY!

    In case you are wondering, yes; I have become cynical, skeptical, and jaded.

  10. CRUSADER says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:52 pm

    President Trump tweeted about needing to have the four deplorable
    US Congressional representatives DEPORTED from the U.S.A.
    back to the sh*th*l* countries they came from!

    He was correct in his descriptions of origins:

    Ocasio-Cortez, who is Puerto Rican, was born in the Bronx, New York…
    (NYC has become a festering babylon….)

    Pressley, the first black woman elected to Congress is from Massachusetts…
    (MA has lost its way, shades of the UK, per Spencer’s earlier description)

    Tlaib, who along with Omar became one of the first two Muslim women
    ever elected to Congress, was born in Detroit…
    (Case closed….)

    Omar is the first Somali native elected to the House,
    she spent much of her childhood in a Kenyan refugee camp…
    (Not only does she have the Somalian stain, but she also is affected
    by that same Kenyan smear as MObama…..)

    Again, Trump went with his gut response, and it is spot on !

    • Shirley Ann says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 2:33 pm

      I agree President Trump was right, because we know that the Ladies with Ties to Foreign Countries, are definitely Representing those Foreign Countries in the U.S.Congress & NOT the American Citizens in their Districts. The Pressley Lady is a bit of a Dark Horse, but she stands with the other Three Radicals. Ms. Pressley might be more interested in the Politics of Liberia, than the USA.
      But I sure wish there was a way to Send them All to the Muslim Paradise of their Choice.

  11. Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:52 pm

    Why isn’t Ilhan Omar facing charges of a sham marriage to her brother? What a corrupt liar is she. When does she face justice?

  12. Isntlam says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 1:30 pm

    Ilhan Omar must be furious about this.

  13. CRUSADER says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 1:51 pm

    The late Sir John Templeton didn’t learn much about Islam, one can suppose:

    Commenting on his commitment to what he called spiritual progress,
    “But why shouldn’t I try to learn more? Why shouldn’t I go to Hindu services?
    Why shouldn’t I go to Muslim services?
    If you are not egotistical,
    you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.”

    • Battle says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 2:55 pm

      Jesus taught “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men would do to you, do ye even so to them.” –Saint Luke 7:12 (King James Version)

  14. No Muzzies Here says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    When they tell us what they are like, listen to them! It’s not a silly innocent religion like most! It’s a very dangerous cult of death.

  15. Battle says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 2:58 pm

    Crusader My comment was supposed to be a new comment, not a reply. Sorry.

  16. Battle says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    CRUSADER My comment was supposed to be a new comment, not a reply. Sorry.

  17. Battle says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 3:08 pm

    So much for the Geneva Convention humane treatment of prisoners of war?

  18. Battle says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    Comment was about Ghoul’s treatment of his prisoners of war.

  19. tim gallagher says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 7:29 pm

    “Was any effort made to determine his sentiments about jihad?” I’m sure that there are endless vicious Muslims, who loathe everything about the non-Muslim, infidel western nations, but who lie and tell authorities that they love democracy, love enlightened western lifestyles in order to get into our countries. And Muslims are such perennial liars (to the infidel) that they probably do a pretty good job of fooling the authorities of our countries who then let these vile enemies into our countries. I think we just have to keep all Muslims out. Too many of them are very good liars who fool the authorities who are meant to keep us safe.

  20. infidel says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 10:49 pm

    What an APT name!!! GHOUL!!!!

  21. gravenimage says

    Jul 15, 2019 at 11:15 pm

    “I love beheading the enemy”: Muslim migrant who supports the Islamic State is deported from US
    ………………….

    This is mainstream Islam. Glad he was deported.

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