A report on the Muslim fifth column

He mirrored his teenage peers, from their slang to their baggy pants, until August 2001 when, at age 15, he said, he attended a weeklong summer camp at a mosque in Queens, which was sponsored by a fundamentalist but nonviolent group now known as the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA).

“They were teaching things about religion and brotherhood that captivated me,” Mr. Khan said. He said he went back to school knowing “what I wanted to do with my life: be a firm Muslim, a strong Muslim, a practicing Muslim.”

He prayed more regularly. He dressed more modestly. He stopped listening to music except for Soldiers of Allah, a Los Angeles hip-hop group, now defunct, whose tunes like “Bring Islam Back” continue to have worldwide appeal among militant youths. [NYT]

In this story we see that teenagers from good Muslim families, and by good I mean that aren't heavily into their religion, can suddenly become religious, and becoming religious means actively supporting jihad:

In a recent essay, he argued that jihad was mandatory for all Muslims, and he cited three ways to fulfill this obligation: join fighters in Iraq, Afghanistan or Algeria; send them money; or promote militant videos as part of the jihad media.

The United States must stamp out the Muslim threat from within its own borders. The First Amendment was not intended to be a suicide pact.

Comments

[The Engineer]

a Los Angeles hip-hop group, now defunct, whose tunes like “Bring Islam Back”

So you have your standard hip-hop, your Mexican hip-hop, "nerd core", Asian hip-hop. And now Islamic hip-hop.

Forget Islamism. Hip-hop is what needs to be stopped.

I invite Mr. Khan to be a firm, strong and practicing muslim in another country. In fact, I further invite him to join muslim jihadis currently fighting US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hopefully he will be quickly killed and there will be one less muslim to worry about plotting terror here in the US. Flights leave for the Gulf every day. Why wait?

[K]

George W. Bush says that Islam is a religion of peace.

George W. Bush is a habitual liar.

[Deadspin]

All religion (except perhaps Buddhism) in essence is about indoctrinating a belief in imaginary creatures. Nothing good can come from that. Islam is currently the worst just because more of its adherents take religion seriously.

[bbartlog]

stamp out the Muslim threat from within its own borders

Overall the Muslim threat seems to be about as dangerous as the militia movement. Maybe less, on a per-capita basis. If you want to trash the first amendment on the basis of it not being a suicide pact, maybe we should start with commercial speech that promotes unhealthy lifestyle choices (smoking, sweets, inactivity); after all, smoking kills many more per year than these muslims ever will. But personally I'd rather live in a free country and take my chances with the muslims (though I agree we shouldn't import more of them).

[The Engineer]

Overall the Muslim threat seems to be about as dangerous as the militia movement. Maybe less, on a per-capita basis.

What the fuck does that mean? McVeigh killed more people on a per capita basis in Oklahoma City than Atta and Co. did in NYC?

The difference is that McVeigh was a lone nut. Most in the militia movement were just poseurs. The movement more or less fell apart when one member did something horrific.

Contrast this with jihad, which is feeding on its own violence, with the help of the internet.

The militia movement was a joke with one hard core believer. Islamism is not a joke.

[The Engineer]

There is one and only one reason that this website exists. The internet gives this guy a certain anonimity.

But the Times found out who he was. Others should be able to do so.

If his friends and neighbors knew what his website said and showed, chances are he wouldn't live such a comfortable existance. Maybe being a social pariah wouldn't get the website taken down, but it's worth a shot.

[DML]

Come on buddy, put down the sabre. Surely someone who scored so highly in Physics at Rensalear all those years ago knows over-exaggerated fear-mongering when he sees it.

[truth soothsayer]

It is completely inaccurate and prejudicial to assume the less fortunate -- monetarily challenged as it were --have less interest in the environment. While fundraising for environmental causes in N.J., I witnessed firsthand that poor are more likely to give than rich to the environment and genuinely care more about the community they live in.