He may really be one. In planning to cut the necks of unbelievers, he believed he was fulfilling the command of Allah: “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks” (Qur’an 47:4). Arising out of his piety and desire to be pleasing to his deity, his bloodlust could have been compatible with being in general a gentle soul. “Fighting is prescribed for you, though you dislike it.” (Qur’an 2:216)
“Illinois man turned wannabe terrorist tells judge he’s just a big ‘teddy bear,'” by Lucas Manfredi, Fox News, April 12, 2021:
An Illinois man has been sentenced to more than a dozen years in prison for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to ISIS.
According to the Department of Justice, 39-year-old Edward Schimenti of Zion was convicted by a federal jury in 2019 on one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS and one count of making false statements to the FBI. His sentence is for 13.5 years.
Joseph D. Jones, 39, of Zion was also convicted of a conspiracy charge and sentenced last month to 12 years in federal prison in connection to the plot….
According to Chicago Sun Times, one of Schimenti’s posts read “Islamic State will control your country, matter of fact, Islam will dominate the world!!” In addition, he displayed the Islamic State flag on his Google+ account.
Prosecutors said Jones and Schimenti met with two undercover government informants, who used the names Omar and Bilal, on Dec. 29, 2015. When asked by Bilal about whether they had pledged allegiance to ISIS, Schimenti became suspicious and abruptly left the meeting.
In November 2016, the FBI sent a confidential informant to get a job with Schimenti’s employer. After being hired, the informant began socializing with Schimenti after work, and said he had a brother in the Islamic State who he hoped to join in Syria. Schimenti then told the informant about Bilal, documents show.
Schimenti also helped the informant get into fighting shape at a gym, prosecutors said, where Schimenti allegedly said he hoped to be the one to “cut the neck” of non-believers. In addition, the informant reportedly told Schimenti that ISIS fighters had been tracked by compromised cellphones and that fighters could use cellphones for bombs.
In 2017, Schimenti allegedly supplied the cell phones to the government informant, believing the phones would be used to detonate explosive devices in ISIS attacks overseas. On April 7, 2017, Schimenti drove the informant to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago for a flight to Syria. Schimenti allegedly told them to “drench that land with they, they blood” before seeing them off.
Schimenti told U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood during a sentencing hearing on Friday that he was “just a big teddy bear” and not a terrorist….
gravenimage says
Chicago: Muslim who trained at gym to ‘cut the neck’ of non-Muslims tells judge he’s ‘just a big teddy bear’
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I always think “big teddy bear” when someone threatens to behead me…sarc/off
See this horrific video of a toddler being taught beheading:
“Child dressed as jihadi beheads his teddy bear”
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/watch-islamic-jihad-video-shows-child-beheading-his-teddy-bear-413079
Andrew Blackadder says
He just a naughty naughty boy that just wanted to cut off somebody head because they didnt wish to follow a crazy old War Lord that hates everybody…. Alrighty then….
So lets see if those 12 years in prison really means 12 years in Prison as I dont understand why people manage to get out earlier if they have behaved themselves while being in Prison, but it seems to me they may get out after the full sentence IF they have behaved themselves while in Prison.
maria says
If he is a nice teddy bear then all people can try on him how to cut a neck.
OLD GUY says
When the leaders of a religion teach young children that violence against others is blessed by his or hers GOD, and then go on to teach them how to preform this violence, you are creating a criminal organization.
It’s time to close down the Mosques that are leading these criminal acts and to deport or imprison the leaders of these criminal organizations just as we do the drug cartels and gangs.
gregbeetham says
The problem seems to be our institutions that are supposed to examine threats to our way of life are asleep at the wheel when it comes to Islam.
If these various agencies were of any use to us Islam would have been analysed in depth long ago and recommendations made and actions taken so as it stands they have failed us.