This is the Uzbek analogy to the U.S. government’s “Countering Violent Extremism” program that studiously ignores the Islamic motivations and goals underlying Islamic jihad terrorism. It is just as stupid as that program, and far more repressive. If the Uzbek government (and the U.S. government) wants to stop jihad activity, it needs to focus on […]
Craig Considine Fantasizes about Islamic Tolerance
Rice University sociologist Craig Considine’s writings “highlight the compassion, the mercy of Prophet Muhammad” and his seventh-century Islamic community’s “religiously pluralistic society…steeped heavily in religious tolerance.” Uncritically promoting Considine, London-based Minhaj Welfare Foundation spokeswoman Anam Iqbal made this completely counterfactual assessment during an October 26 podcast. Consdine is a jihad-appeasing, former sports management student, whose […]
Colorado: Muslim “refugee,” former “human rights worker,” guilty of supporting jihad terror group
Muhtorov is “a former human rights worker who came to the Denver area in 2007 through a refugee resettlement program.” There in one neat sentence is a concise indictment of the “human rights” and “refugee resettlement” establishments. “Uzbek refugee found guilty of supporting terror group,” by Kathleen Foody, Associated Press, June 21, 2018: DENVER (AP) […]
Muslim cleric warns that fantasizing about strangers during sex leads to gay babies
Brace for a surge of born lesbians, according to Uzbek imam Rahmatulloh Saifutdinov, who stated: “Men are not allowed to imagine another beautiful woman when they are having sexual intercourse with their wives, because this may lead to the birth of a lesbian child.” On the other hand, if women are fantasizing about men, then […]
Uzbekistan: “Moderate” imam calls for executing “radical” imams
“We should reserve punishments for them like the ones they have in Islamic states. We cannot spare the enemies of our religion and people who are hampering our freedom. They have become accustomed to free accommodation in prison, with free food and all the services for free.” What else does Shermurov Togai want the way […]
Brooklyn: Muslim pleads guilty to agreeing to bankroll ring of Islamic State sympathizers
How many more Muslims like Abror Habibov are still operating? “Uzbeki man living in Brooklyn pleads guilty to promising to bankroll ISIS wannabes,” by Andrew Keshner, New York Daily News, August 29, 2017: An Uzbeki man living in Brooklyn copped to charges that he tried helping a cohort make his demented dreams of waging international […]
New York: Muslim pleads guilty to supporting the Islamic State
Juraboev “was prepared to commit violence overseas or here in the United States.” It is only a matter of time before some other supporter of the Islamic State is similarly prepared, and carries through his plan to completion without getting caught. And then law enforcement authorities and the mainstream media will start searching for his […]
Idaho: Muslim convicted of supporting jihad group, had explosives
“Kurbanov’s attorney countered that Kurbanov was just making empty boasts when he talked about planning an attack, and that the explosive materials in his apartment were for building fireworks.” Yeah, sure, that’s the ticket. Fireworks. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: you know, that’s another one of those Islamic groups that have nothing to do […]
Idaho Muslim wanted to detonate bomb at park during July 4 celebration
Boise, Idaho. Did the citizens of Boise “provoke” Fazliddin Kurbanov? Did they draw cartoons of Muhammad? Did they “poke Muslims in the eye”? “Informant: Terrorism suspect named Boise as possible attack target,” by Katie Terhune, KTVB, July 27, 2015: BOISE –A confidential FBI source testified Monday that Boise may have been among the intended targets […]
DC: Muslim accused of fundraising and recruiting for jihad terror group
He faces charges that he “raised money and recruited fighters for a foreign terrorist organization battling the Afghan government and its allies, including U.S. troops.” So many misunderstanders of Islam! “Dutch-Turkish man appears in U.S. court on terrorism charges,” Reuters, July 20, 2015: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Dutch-Turkish national accused of raising funds and recruiting […]
Idaho: Muslim charged with teaching people to build bombs to target public transportation
Where are the people he taught? What are they doing now? “UPDATE: Trial Starts for Uzbek Refugee’s Terrorism Charge,” by Rebecca Boone, Associated Press, July 14, 2015: BOISE (AP) | A federal trial is underway this week for an Uzbek refugee charged with supporting a terrorist organization. Fazliddin Kurbanov, a Russian-speaking truck driver who fled […]
Christians are ‘prisoners of conscience’ in Uzbekistan
Reports appearing in April told of the harassing, jailing and fining of several Christians in Uzbekistan for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief. One of the prisoners of conscience—Council of Churches Baptist Doniyor Akhmedov—was fined more than three years’ official minimum wage after his release from 15 days in jail. Other prisoners […]
Uzbekistan: Under pressure from imams, Christians can’t be buried in state cemeteries
Haven’t these Uzbek imams heard that Islam is tolerant and respects Christianity and Christians? They are demonstrating an unusual amount of misunderstanding of Islam. Have they been listening to greasy Islamophobes? Perhaps Bishop McManus of Worcester should jet over to Tashkent to revive the “Muslim-Christian dialogue.” “Under pressure from imams, Christians cannot be buried in […]
Uzbekistan sentences 20 jihadists to prison
Despite the sneer quotes and skepticism about the jihad charges in this article, some telling details come through: Shavkat Makhmudov “performed a number of terrorist attacks in Tashkent and Tashkent province in 2009.” And “Makhmudov’s group is based on the teachings of Imam Obidjon Nazarov.” How did an imam, a man who dedicated his life […]
Idaho: Muslim charged with aiding jihad group plan jihad mass murder attack in Uzbekistan
He’s an “Idaho man,” AP tells us, as if the reason why he plotted these jihad terror attacks was to protect the potato industry. “Idaho man pleads not guilty in alleged Uzbekistan terror plot,” from the Associated Press, May 17 (thanks to Darcy): BOISE, Idaho “” An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during […]
#MyJihad in France: Nine Muslims convicted of collecting funds for Uzbek group dedicated to getting the kids to school
That’s what Hamas-linked CAIR’s Ahmed Rehab says jihad is, after all: “Jihad for us is daily struggle, it is going to school, whatever it is people go through.” Yet somehow this “Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan” got the crazy and totally unfounded notion that jihad had something to do with al-Qaeda. They must have gotten hold […]
Uzbekistan: Muslim police beat, fine Christian family for proselytizing
This appears to be an attempt at legal strongarming, a la Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. But it is interesting to note that Christian missionary activity can get one arrested and fined in “secular” Uzbekistan. Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Christian family converted to Islam, beaten, tried in Tashkent,” from Uznews.net, August 12 (thanks to Filip): Orthodox Christian Natalya […]
Uzbekistan cracks down on jihad groups home Bible studies
Priorities. “Uzbekistan: An ‘unsanctioned meeting in a private home’ – with a bomb?,” by Mushfig Bayram for Forum 18 News Service, May 9 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Uzbekistan has continued to punish people exercising the right to freedom of religion or belief without state permission, Forum 18 News Service notes. Between February and […]
Philadelphia: Feds arrest Uzbekistan native on charges of funding Islamic Jihad Union
Another arrest, in an update on this story. “FBI: Port Richmond man funded terror group,” from WPVI, March 15: PHILADELPHIA – March 15, 2012 (WPVI) — Federal authorities have arrested a Port Richmond resident and charged him with providing material support and resources to a terrorist organization based in Uzbekistan. Bakhtiyor Jumaev, 45, of the […]
US, UN helped Muslim now accused of aiding jihad terror move to Colorado
No doubt it never entered their mind that he was anything but a “moderate.” An update on this story. “US, UN Helped Colo. Man Now Accused of Terrorism,” from the Associated Press, January 31 (thanks to Kenneth): A man from Uzbekistan that the United States and the United Nations helped relocate to Colorado now faces […]