Even though the Islamic State several years ago lost most of its territory in Iraq and Syria, and with it the appearance of enjoying the favor of Allah upon its claim to be the caliphate, that claim still has a potent appeal for jihad groups worldwide, as well as for many individual Muslims. In Sunni Islamic law, only the caliph is authorized to declare offensive jihad; in the absence of a caliph, jihad can only be defensive (although that can be and has been interpreted elastically enough to include 9/11). In my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, I detail how the great Islamic caliphates of the past — the Umayyads, Abbasids, Ottomans, and others — pursued jihad relentlessly against Infidel states. Jihadis still think about those glory days, and want to relive them.
Where did Naser Almadaoji learn his understanding of Islam? Are authorities investigating the local mosque? Or would that be “Islamophobic,” and they’re content to wave away the question by trotting out the moldy oldie that he was “radicalized on the Internet”?
“Ohio man gets 10 years in prison for trying to join ISIS,” by Simon Druker, UPI, February 1, 2023 (thanks to Henry):
Feb. 1 (UPI) — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a man in Ohio to a 10-year prison sentence for attempting to join the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq.
Naser Almadaoji also will be subject to 15 years of supervised release following the prison sentence, the Justice Department confirmed in a statement.
The 23-year-old is an Iraqi-born U.S. citizen and in 2021 pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations….
He later admitted to investigators that he planned to smuggle himself into Afghanistan and join the Islamic State to receive military training, including how to make a car bomb, kidnap priority targets and break into homes. He would then return to the United States with the ultimate goal of starting an armed conflict between the federal government and anti-government militias.
Earlier in 2018, Almadaoji traveled to Jordan and Egypt in an attempt to join an Islamic State affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula. He was not successful and returned to the United States.
Almadaoji later told a man he believed to be an ISIS member that he was interested in assisting with “projects” in the United States…
somehistory says
The authorities never tell us where these terrorists get the money it takes to travel to different countries in search of fulfillment for their murderous dreams.
some years ago, there was the young mozlum who rammed a car at the Ohio university and got out with a knife to do some stabbing. He had been places too.
Where did this iraqi get his money to travel to Jordan, Egypt and back to the States? Where was he getting the money to help isis and carry out “projects” in the U.S.?
As the saying goes, “follow the money” and the authorities can find whole nests of terrorists who wish to take down the country for islam. The local barracks, the nations where mozlums control are state sponsors of terror and fund creeps such as this guy.
It’s great that he was caught, but he is not alone. they are never alone.
cardbank16 says
So the pledge of allegiance was just a sham?
somehistory says
they are all “incompetent” to live among other people. But, another terrorist has been found to be “incompetent to stand trial” for his crimes.
“The Hill
Terror suspect charged for damaging power plant outside Las Vegas found incompetent”
‘LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A man facing terror-related charges connected to a fire at a southern Nevada solar energy facility was found not competent to stand trial, a Las Vegas judge decided.
Mohammed Mesmarian, 34, faces terror-related charges for allegedly ramming a car through a fence at the facility on Jan. 4 and setting the car on fire next to a transformer, Nexstar’s KLAS first reported last month.”
O. D. Ironknee says
He was competent enough to plan out and cause all of that damage.
OLD GUY says
WHY 10 yrs. in prison in OHIO? Deport this immigrant back to Syria or Iraq so the American tax payer doesn’t have to support him for ten years and then risk the chance he will commit a terrorist act against us when he is released.
O. D. Ironknee says
“Naser Almadaoji also will be subject to 15 years of supervised release following the prison sentence …”
So, after he gets his sentence reduced to three years for good behavior (i.e. not committing any terrorist attacks in prison), he gets out on supervised release and while supervised, gets other opportunities to attack unsuspecting American citizens.
It make so much sense to me. And we pay these “officials” for their “services.”