No doubt everyone who knew Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim in Richardson, Texas assumed that he was a “moderate,” and would have excoriated anyone who suggested otherwise as “Islamophobic.”
“Richardson man who called for slaughter of ‘infidels’ in name of ISIS gets 30 years in prison,” by Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, December 11, 2019:
Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim lived a comfortable life in North Texas, where he operated his own convenience store.
But he wanted more, prosecutors say: war, murder and jihad.
As a result, the 43-year-old Richardson man will spend the next 30 years in a federal prison for trying to recruit ISIS fighters on a social media app called Zello.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle read Rahim’s own words to him before she sentenced him in a courtroom in Dallas in the terrorism case. Among the words Rahim used that she read were, “Kill them and do not show them compassion or mercy.”…
Rahim raged obsessively online against “infidels” and other enemies of the Islamic State, and he used the social media chat group he moderated to call for their slaughter at home and abroad, by any means, according to evidence at his trial.
He laughed about the slaughter of civilians in terrorist attacks in Orlando and abroad, in countries like Turkey and France, prosecutors said Wednesday. Much of his words were spoken in Arabic. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Errin Martin asked the judge to recall the tone of Rahim’s voice when he said in English: “ISIS will chop your head off … we’re going to slaughter you like sheep.”
The FBI arrested Rahim at DFW International Airport in March 2017 before he could board a flight to Jordan. Rahim told agents, among other things, that the purpose of his trip was to see his daughter, who lives in Jordan with her mother. But federal authorities said Rahim expressed a “willingness and a hope” to join ISIS fighters in Syria, which borders Jordan.
Martin said on Wednesday that it was clear from the evidence that Rahim was “going to join ISIS, an organization he loved.” He had shaved off his beard at the time and was carrying about $6,000 in cash as well as his birth certificate, she said.
Boyle cited Rahim’s own words, including references to his religion being on trial because he hadn’t yet mobilized for Jihad, or holy war. Boyle also said Rahim took credit for mobilizing others on Zello and felt that he should be rewarded for it after his death.
Rahim, sporting a thick beard, nodded to supporters in the courtroom after the hearing and repeated an Arabic phrase several times loudly as he was led out. He declined to address the judge prior to his sentencing, on his lawyer’s advice….
Rahim spent years on Zello’s “State of the Islamic Caliphate” channel, where he called for violence against non-believers. The channel had 10,000 users and was public, meaning anyone could listen in to hear the message. Rahim even issued his own fatwas, or religious orders based on Islamic law, prosecutors said.
“Kill and do not consult anyone,” he said in July 2016. “Kill by any means, smash his head on the wall, spit in his face, burn — I mean anything, anything – poison, anything.”
“Brothers! What are you waiting for?” he said a month later. “Mobilize and perform jihad for the cause of Allah … Some of the brothers mobilized from this channel, they were amongst us.”
Rahim also praised several terrorist attacks, including the murder of more than 80 people in France, saying “This is what will happen. A truck will go over you.”
Martin, the prosecutor, spent much of the sentencing hearing reading aloud Rahim’s own words.
“Pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and be lone wolves.”
“When will you rise up? Do not stand idle doing nothing.”
“The time to settle the account is here … there is no other choice.”
Martin said Rahim even implored a child to commit violence, saying age didn’t matter and, “If you are able to kill them, then do so.”
elee says
How many sleepers have you done business with this week? Agreeable, pleasant folks who dont stand out, pass for peaceful Muslims, till one daay some code unknown to kafirs throws their switch and they take up arms against us? Dont you want to know what private communications Muslims are having before they pick up a weapon?
gravenimage says
Damn good question, elee.
Mario Alexis Portella says
Trump promised a commission on radical Islam; three years later, where is it? Worse, he’s still bowing down to the Saudis! https://thegreatarchitect.blog/2019/12/07/3642/
gravenimage says
Muslim immigration into the US is down 90% under President Trump.
But this poster does not care about that. His shtick is that America is responsible for Jihad terror.
LytchZam says
Thank you. I sometimes throw my two cents into the mix, but I don’t keep track of everybody that posts.
America cannot be “responsible for Jihad terror” since it existed long before there was a United States.
I don’t approve of catering to the Saudis, however. I wouldn’t sell them even a dull box cutter. We seem to try and play both ends against the middle in the Middle East, and it seldom works out. Shiite, Sunni, seems little difference from the outside.
gravenimage says
I agree on all points, LytchZam.
gravenimage says
Texas: Muslim convenience store operator called for slaughter of infidels, recruited for the Islamic State
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How many more convenience store operators, cab drivers, Halal restaurant owners and other seemingly moderate, ordinary Muslims are doing just the same?
TKF says
Muslims recognize no man made law….only Allah’s bloodthirsty dictums. One of these days we’ll figure this out…..or not.
J D.S says
No one knows how many muslim terrorists are out there working to recruit and are actually prepared for Islamic murder,aka jihad but surely there are many many more than our officials could handle should they explode at the same time…and this along with migration are just part of the “Muslim Plan”..if one wants to know about the “muslim plan” then read the pages, between the covers, of the koran and also read the hahaths,
OUR SO CALLED LEADERS ARE CLUELESS!
Dharma Yudh says
I donot know whether the 2 Pakistani American Brothers (one in Plano, TX and anther in Richardson, TX) are extremists are not, but sure they helped/involved in the FRAUD to steal my home while the cops/judges are blessing /watching it despite the evidence I gave to them. If Americans are naive they will suffer for their ignorance. You cannot even find any info on the one brother in net. One would wonder the source of funds for the loot/theft/robbery. Shamelessly Jamie Dimon and other lawyers helped in this loot/theft/robbery of my home. Jamie Dimon’s daughter Laura Dimon, blocks my id when I question her about her dad’s crimes against me. I challenge anyone to prove that there is no crime but cops are not answering. They have paid or infiltrated into. See full info at http://www.justiceforsale.wordpress.com and twitter @dharmaforsale
gravenimage says
Can you get a lawyer of your own, Dharma Yudh?
Battle says
No stun first business animal slaughter felony animal abuse is not moderate.
gravenimage says
Agree–no stun slaughter is incredibly cruel.
Debi Brand says
“Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim lived a comfortable life in North Texas, where he operated his own convenience store.
“But he wanted more, prosecutors say: war, murder and jihad.
“…. Rahim’s own words …’Kill them and do not show them compassion or mercy.’
“Rahim raged obsessively online against ‘infidels’ and other enemies of the Islamic State … used the social media chat group he moderated to call for their slaughter at home and abroad, by any means ….
“He laughed about the slaughter of civilians in terrorist attacks in Orlando and abroad …. he …: ‘ISIS will chop your head off … we’re going to slaughter you like sheep.’
………
“Rahim, sporting a thick beard, nodded to supporters in the courtroom after the hearing and repeated an Arabic phrase several times loudly as he was led out….
…. “ ‘Kill and do not consult anyone,’ he said in July 2016. ‘Kill by any means, smash his head on the wall, spit in his face, burn — I mean anything, anything – poison, anything.’”
“ ‘Brothers! What are you waiting for?’ he said a month later. ‘Mobilize and perform jihad for the cause of Allah … Some of the brothers mobilized from this channel, they were amongst us.’
“Rahim also praised several terrorist attacks, including the murder of more than 80 people in France, saying ‘This is what will happen. A truck will go over you.’
“….Rahim’s own words” : “Pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and be lone wolves.”
“When will you rise up? Do not stand idle doing nothing.”
“The time to settle the account is here … there is no other choice.”
“…Rahim even implored a child to commit violence, saying age didn’t matter and, “If you are able to kill them, then do so.”
Clearly, just another dedicated believer in therefore practitioner of the alleged “sacred texts.”
Lory says
I wish we could send him back to a wonderful muslim country and deny him re-entry into the US instead of spending taxpayer money to incarcerate this “Texas Man” .
SamB says
Somehow there is a concerted effort to change America into a Muslim compliant society. I guess that is also the reason why many refuse to give-up their guns. If the situation should exacerbate, life in the US is going to take a turn for the worse. It reminds of dooms-day preppers, where increasingly law abiding citizens are preparing for a cataclysmic event…islam is that scenario
Ram Krishna says
Only long term solution is to ban immigration of Muslims, subject to review after 10 years.