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NYC ISIS sniper “lives by Sharia. He doesn’t believe he has any obligation to abide by the American legal system.”

Sep 13, 2019 9:00 am By Robert Spencer

This is what Ruslan Maratovich Asainov’s own lawyer said: “He’s converted to Islam. He lives by Sharia law. He doesn’t believe he has any obligation to abide by the American legal system.”

We have seen that time and time again in cases in the United States as well as in Canada, Europe and Australia: jihadis refusing to stand for judges and proclaiming that they obey only Allah, not “manmade law.”

Prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy said Asainov “considers himself a citizen of the Islamic state.”

But wait: doesn’t Asainov realize that the Islamic State has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam? How is it that all these misunderstanders of Islam misunderstand it in exactly the same way?

“Accused ISIS sniper from Brooklyn would ‘take up arms’ if released: feds,” by Ruth Weissmann and Ebony Bowden, New York Post, September 11, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A former Brooklyn man accused of being a top ISIS sniper admitted he would “take up arms” in support of the terror group again if he was released, prosecutors claimed Wednesday.

Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 42, who was busted in July on charges of providing material assistance to a terror group, was ordered to stay behind bars at his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court, with Judge Nicholas Garaufis agreeing he posed “a danger to the community.”

“He confesses that if he were released, he would take up arms in support of ISIS again,” prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy told the judge, who agreed to keep Asainov detained at Metropolitan Correctional Center, where he is under heightened security.

The Kazakhstan-born alleged jihadi appeared in the courtroom looking solemn, but refused to speak. His lawyer pleaded not guilty on his behalf — saying Asainov wouldn’t do it himself “because he doesn’t recognize the American system of laws.”

“He’s converted to Islam. He lives by Sharia law,” lawyer Susan Kellman told reporters after the proceeding. “He doesn’t believe he has any obligation to abide by the American legal system.”

Komatireddy told the judge Asainov was a “clear danger” and a flight risk, citing his contacts in both Syria and Kazakhstan.

“He considers himself a citizen of the Islamic state,” she said, adding that he was a “high-level member” of the terror group.

The feds say Asainov, who is a naturalized US citizen, moved to Syria six years ago to join ISIS but lived in Brooklyn from 1998 to 2013 — when he left behind his then-wife and young daughter in Bensonhurst.

While there, he was trained to be one of the terror group’s top snipers and firearms instructors, documenting it all in incriminating messages and photos, prosecutors allege….

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  1. mortimer says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 9:14 am

    Little by little the narrative of the Globalist pseudo-journalists is under attack from the reality that JIHAD is Islamic. Indeed, jihad is an ‘essential’ teaching of Islam (usul-ud-deen) which must be believed and practiced for a Muslim to achieve Islamic heaven. Muslims who do not conduct jihad are called ‘rubbish’ or ‘scum’ by Mohammed.

    Ruslan Maratovich Asainov understands his jihad obligation perfectly, and he knows that jihad conflicts with the laws of almost all countries today, even Islamic countries. I believe all countries should institute the death penalty for Islamic terrorists, because that is the only deterrent there is, besides constant surveillance, but it’s hard to distinguish the jihadists from lax or moderate Muslims. I believe at least some Muslims will think twice about joining a terrorist group if they know that a humiliating trial and death sentence by hanging are in their future. That would save many lives.

    • Jack Holan says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 10:49 pm

      You’re right on target and even if it’s a few that could mean many innocent people being saved!

    • Barbara Quigley says

      Sep 16, 2019 at 3:59 pm

      Totally agree. These people are not sane and should be in prison for life otherwise American citizens are in danger

    • Steve says

      Sep 17, 2019 at 12:49 am

      Don’t forget, they also condone lying to “infidels”.

  2. Kilauea says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 10:21 am

    A 230 grain lead injection would free him to go to paradise and there would be one less Jihadi criminal to worry about.

  3. JHL says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 11:11 am

    If he doesn’t want to abide by the American legal system, then what is he doing here?

    • Chuck DeBaise says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 4:00 pm

      He’s NOT here like my forebears were to become an assimilated American citizen. He’s an invader, a hostile enemy combatant intent on overthrowing our way of life & establishing a satanic nightmare!

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 13, 2019 at 8:17 pm

        So true, Chuck.

      • L M says

        Sep 14, 2019 at 2:41 pm

        !00% correct- They’re all coming here to usher in their islamic caliphate to America. The Quran tells them that islam will rule the entire world. Muslim Brotherhood’s had a strong plan in place since the 80’s to migrate here & Europe to take the West completely over for islam. This is it-
        To Immigrate, Populate, Infiltrate, Dominate, Confiscate, Subjugate Annihilate…BUT Never, ever assimilate!!  

    • Peter says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 7:18 pm

      JHL, they are not here to join us but to conquer us.

      (4:100) He who emigrates in the way of Allah will find in the earth enough room for refuge and plentiful resources. And he who goes forth from his house as a migrant in the way of Allah and His Messenger, and whom death overtakes, his reward becomes incumbent on Allah. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.

  4. Halal Bacon says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 11:47 am

    400 pound guy named bubba gonna give him some sharia booty

  5. elee says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:17 pm

    His legal theories will sell well at the Dawa Hilton. His students will go forth and implement them. Allahu akbar.

  6. Angemon says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    Komatireddy told the judge Asainov was a “clear danger” and a flight risk

    You mean if you let him go he’ll leave the US? Of course, the only sane outcome would have him, a naturalized American, having a fair trial for treason before facing a shooting squad…

    • Laura Matthews says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 8:33 am

      He openly admits he doesn’t have to live by the American legal system? Isn’t that part of being an American? Sentence him, after he served his time, strip him of his citizenship and send him to where he came from.. Why are we so likely-livered that we can’t stand up for ourselves?

  7. Michael Copeland says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 2:39 pm

    “If we are practicing Muslims, we are above the law of the land,”

    Mustafa Carroll, executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth CAIR …

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 8:18 pm

      Yep.

  8. don vito says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 3:18 pm

    Wonder about the Forever War, it’s because of, Forever Jihad, and forever believers, Exhibit #1.

  9. Barb says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 4:37 pm

    Muslim’s need to be told that when they break Western Law they are breaking God’s
    Law! God’s Law – Judeo-Christian Law is from God himself as witnessed by thousands of witnesses at Mount Sinai!
    God’s Law is above man-made Sharia Law!

  10. observer says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 4:51 pm

    Look at those eyes… dead as wet coal !

    He’s a psychopath waiting to pounce.

    Get USA’s Prof Jim Fallon to scan his brain & this will reveal the abnormality of his brain structure.

  11. gravenimage says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    NYC ISIS sniper “lives by Sharia. He doesn’t believe he has any obligation to abide by the American legal system.”
    …………….

    This is how all pious Muslims think.

    • no one says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 9:49 am

      Yep, can take the person out of their country but the behavior does not change in a new country.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 16, 2019 at 2:41 am

        Many Muslims are coming here as a Hijira–an invasion to impose Islam on us.

  12. Jerry says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 11:00 pm

    Put him in General population. The problem will be taken care of.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 16, 2019 at 2:43 am

      Often when Muslims are put in the general population they wind up terrorizing Infidels prisoners.

  13. Battle says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 12:20 am

    There is no god but Mohammad, and Allah is his messenger. –Anjuli Pandavar

  14. Arthur says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 2:05 am

    so why does he live in the USA? he can live in some countries by Sharia law, leave USA and go there where Sharia law is enforced, eg Pakistan, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and some more

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 15, 2019 at 2:06 am

      There are more Infidels to murder in non-Muslim countries.

  15. MJP says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 9:27 am

    The sad thing is as the Muslim Population grows in western Countries the evil lifestyle that this guy displays will only get worse Thanks Obama your Islamic immigration policies have ruined the US

    • L M says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 2:49 pm

      Muslim raised Obama did it purposely to help them destroy our power. He deliberately weakened our country & gave them access here to promote their agenda… He was never for American blacks, he was a great deceiver working for islam only. Ignorant, blind U.S. citizens voted for him. It was so easy for me to see what her was doing cause I studied up on his life before 2008. I knew what his goal was but so many blacks we eager for a first black POTUS. He is exactly 1/2 white from the womb of a socialist/commie white woman. He fooled millions. His goal was to help muslims gain control in America like they have in Europe.

  16. Dexter Wilson says

    Sep 15, 2019 at 4:06 pm

    Just remember Taqyya, you can never expect a Muslim to take an oath from anyone or any government that is not Muslim. They can lie for their faith. They should never be allowed into the United States. There are thousands of Christians that should have been let in but OBAMA ONLY ALLOWED MUSLIMS, THERE WAS A TRICKLE OF CHRISTIANS DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION. His mentor was a lying atheistic socialist, Saul Alinsky, the same mentor for Hillary.

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