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Maryland: Muslim with “hatred” for non-Muslims stole U-Haul to massacre pedestrians, led prayers at mosque

Aug 31, 2019 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer

According to the Associated Press, “Osman Alaalla, 61, came to pray Monday evening at a 5 p.m. service at the Islamic Society of Germantown. He said Henry typically led that service….’He’s very peaceful,’ he said.”

Yes, clearly.

What is taught at the Islamic Society of Germantown? Did Rondell Henry get his idea to align himself with the Islamic State and take up their call for vehicular jihad massacres at the Islamic Society of Germantown? Did he learn there that he should hate non-Muslims and do violence to them? Is anyone going to investigate this mosque in light of Henry’s jihad plotting, or will any concerns about this mosque be waved away with the claim that he was “radicalized on the Internet”? Would investigating this mosque be “Islamophobic”?

“Maryland Man Indicted for Planning ISIS-Inspired Truck Attack,” by Mary Lou Lang, Washington Free Beacon, August 29, 2019:

A 28-year-old Maryland man was indicted Wednesday on a federal terrorism charge for planning a truck terror attack to kill pedestrians at a popular waterfront district near Washington, D.C.

A federal grand jury charged Rondell Henry of Germantown, Md., with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Henry planned to drive a truck into a large group of pedestrians at National Harbor, a waterfront district in Maryland with restaurants and stores. He was inspired by the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, France. That terror attack killed 86 and injured hundreds.

Court documents state that Henry wanted to create “panic and chaos,” and he indicated he wanted to do the “same as what happened in France.” He was also intent on finding a sizable crowd to attack.

On March 26, Henry walked off his job in Maryland and searched for a large truck to steal. He stole a U-Haul in Virginia “to use it to commit mass murder, in the pattern established by ISIS,” according to court documents.

“The defendant, allegedly inspired by ISIS and its violent ideology, stole a vehicle as part of his plan to kill and injure innocent pedestrians,” said John C. Demers, assistant attorney general for national security.

Henry drove around to assess targets to attack that would draw substantial media attention. He also discarded his cell phone on an interstate highway.

Henry first went to Dulles International Airport but he did not find a large crowd of pedestrians unloading in the early morning. He tried to breach security and was unsuccessful.

Henry then drove to National Harbor but he “did not find the sizable crowd upon which he desired to inflict his radical conduct,” according to court documents. Henry decided to wait until the next day to attack. He broke into a boat and hid there overnight.

Police found the stolen U-Haul and waited to see if the person who stole it returned. Henry was arrested when he leaped over a security fence from the boat dock.

“I was just going to keep driving and driving and driving. I wasn’t going to stop,” Henry allegedly told law enforcement after his arrest.

Video surveillance showed Henry parking and exiting the stolen U-Haul. His phone was also recovered and on it were images of ISIS fighters wielding guns, the ISIS flag, and the Pulse Nightclub shooter in Florida.

For several years Henry became inspired by ISIS and told law enforcement he harbored “hatred” for “disbelievers” who do not follow the Muslim faith. He also allegedly watched videos of foreign terrorists beheading civilians and thought their actions were brave….

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Filed Under: Featured, immigration, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Jihad in the U.S., Vehicular jihad Tagged With: Germantown, Maryland, Rondell Henry


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  1. somehistory says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    islam is the religion of hate, lies, rape and murder. Every devout moslim harbors these negatives in his/her mind and heart. The only thing they don’t “hate” is evil in all of its many and varied expressions and forms.

    And they are ugly inside and out.

  2. Fred says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    Thank you, Obama. For bringing these harmless people of peace into our country.

  3. somehistory says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 1:49 pm

    OT and just wondering if this will turn out to be jihad: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/one-dead-six-wounded-in-france-after-suspected-knife-attack/ar-AAGCb6H
    LYON, France (Reuters) – One person was found dead and six others wounded on Saturday in the city of Villeurbanne, near Lyon, central France, after a suspected knife attack, a local police source told Reuters.”

    The search is on for a second suspect after one was arrested carrying a knife.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 1, 2019 at 10:20 pm

      Yes–this was indeed Jihad.

  4. mortimer says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 1:50 pm

    ‘Peaceful’, ‘calm’, ‘nice’, ‘leads prayers’ … yeah, Rondell Henry is swell guy, meek and mild mannered. What could go wrong?

    Well, he’s ‘swell’ except for one thing: Rondell Henry is a pious Muslim who believes and practices the ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE called AL WALAA WAL BARAA (‘love for Muslims’ versus ‘hate directed towards non-Muslims’). W-B is required for all Muslims or they will not pass Allah’s test … they will be excluded from Islamic paradise.

    Koran 48.29 “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; Those with him are VIOLENT (ashiddaa’) against the disbelievers (kufaar); Compassionate amongst themselves.”

    Koran 48.29 is Islam’s counterpoint to the Golden Rule preached by Christianity and Judaism. Islam’s political goal is the supremacism of Muslims over disbelievers by whatever means possible, including violence, extortion, deception, enslavement, genocide or rape.

    Koran 48.29 is a commandment for Muslims to hate and to be merciless against disbelieving non-Muslims.

    ‘Good’ Muslims practice the hatred commanded by Al Walaa wal Baraa. Rondell Henry understand he should be merciless against the disbelievers (K.48.29).

  5. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 1:59 pm

    “ISIS resurgence?”

    https://nypost.com/2019/04/19/isis-resurgence-reportedly-gains-momentum-in-syria-and-iraq/

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/31/inside-al-hawl-camp-the-incubator-for-islamic-states-resurgence

  6. No Muzzies Here says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 2:30 pm

    Gee. I just noticed. I wonder if anybody else did. Violent Muslims go to mosque! The more a Muslim practices his religion, the more he is likely to practice violence!

    A person with a working mind would see the connection and stop considering mosques as “houses of worship.”

    • JM says

      Sep 1, 2019 at 4:08 am

      The time was when people who suddenly “got religion” would decide to turn to Jesus Christ, start going to church, try to live a good life in which they loved all people. Nowadays, “getting religion” seems to be all about following in the footsteps of Mohammed and kiling non-Muslims.
      How times change, eh?

      • joanofark06 says

        Sep 1, 2019 at 12:47 pm

        Right! And you wonder why we’re told that satan is here on this earth, and that he has but a short time. I believe, with evil growing, his time is getting shorter.
        (Do I need to show the verses, for my statements?)

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 1, 2019 at 4:59 pm

        There are still Christians who “get religion”–but they don’t get much press because they are not out murdering people.

    • JM says

      Sep 1, 2019 at 4:10 am

      Mosques have never been exclusively “houses of worship.” They have always been places for politics and in Islam that involves the persecution of non-Muslims.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 1, 2019 at 5:01 pm

        Very true, JM.

    • KWJ says

      Sep 1, 2019 at 8:06 am

      Mosques and Islamic schools plus “preachers” or demagogues are the biggest influence not the Internet. That’s the foundation. ISIS just repeats the Qur’an and Hadiths. ISIS has no idea who some of these people are like this guy. Apparently watching ISIS gives them courage like watching terrorism-porn.

      This guy planned badly, thankfully. Also, smart to throw out the cell phone but not on a road.

  7. Angemon says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm

    According to the Associated Press, “Osman Alaalla, 61, came to pray Monday evening at a 5 p.m. service at the Islamic Society of Germantown.

    And no one there noticed his inclinations or, if they did, didn’t alert authorities. But remember: muslims are the first line of defence against “islamists” and islamic terrorism… /sarc. off

    • joanofark06 says

      Sep 1, 2019 at 12:49 pm

      Good thing I’m informed!

      ….yea, the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

      And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me. John 16:2-3

      By peace he shall destroy many. Daniel 8:25

  8. James Lincoln says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 5:33 pm

    Luckily, he stole the U-Haul truck – which police were on the lookout for.

    If he had legally rented it, likely a horrific outcome.

    The United States dodged a bullet on this one… And good job by law enforcement….

    • somehistory says

      Aug 31, 2019 at 5:49 pm

      James Lincoln

      +1

      The dumbness that exists in all criminals to one degree or another…no one really intelligent commits a crime…caused him to steal before his attempts to kill. The stupid things criminals do can lead to the solving of the crime, and in this case, prevented the murders he planned.

      • joanofark06 says

        Sep 1, 2019 at 12:52 pm

        I’ve always thought that the ones who are in all jails and prisons, have to be ignorant to get caught, and be in there. Ok, most of them anyway. Maybe some of them, don’t deserve to be in there, for one reason or another.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 31, 2019 at 8:08 pm

      +1

  9. DHazard says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 5:51 pm

    If not for the sheer stupidity of most lone wolf Muslim psychopaths hundreds more people would be dead. Thank anybody but Allah that we live in a country with coordinated, effective policing.

  10. somehistory says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 6:46 pm

    Someone in west Texas…Midland and Odessa, two cities close together, sometimes considered one…has stolen a U.S. mail truck and is driving around shooting people and another shooter is also driving around shooting people. One shooter in each city.

    https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-texas-shooting/two-killed-around-20-injured-in-texas-shooting-media-idUKKCN1VL0SV?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=927

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 31, 2019 at 8:12 pm

      Yes–horrifying. We don’t know if this was Jihad yet.

  11. gravenimage says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 8:01 pm

    Maryland: Muslim with “hatred” for non-Muslims stole U-Haul to massacre pedestrians, led prayers at mosque
    …………………..

    He led prayers at the Mosque? Then clearly he is an Imam with mainstream views–which include the mass murder of Infidels.

    What about all the Muslims he preached to at this Mosque? Are they plotting something similar? Is the Mosque–or more importantly–law enforcement going to do anything about this? What about the rest of the teachings at this Mosque?

    Note that the Islamic Society of Germantown does not have a word of condemnation for this on their site:

    https://www.isgtown.org

  12. E J king says

    Aug 31, 2019 at 8:48 pm

    I really don’t know why people are surprised by this? Read their religious texts. They hate Christians. They hate non-Muslims. They hate everything we stand for in America. We should deport all practicing Muslims back to their country of origin. That way they can practice their religion in freedom. Follow sharia law all they want. And treat their women worse than goats. This IS what they preach.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 1, 2019 at 5:05 pm

      Yes–Islam should be isolated.

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