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November 01, 2009
Bringing the war home?
When I discussed the fatal shootout between a radical Imam and the FBI, my biggest concern was with mainstream Muslim support for a violent, murderous advocate of a Sharia state in the United States. It bothers me that such a person could be considered a "respected Imam" and that he sat on the ruling council of a major Islamic organization, because the clear implication is that violent advocacy of Sharia law is now mainstream. If that's the case, then American Muslims have a problem of their own making. Still, I was almost inclined to believe the media spin that this Imam (who bragged that he was a terrorist) was a case of homegrown terrorism. I would have been wrong in light of more recent developments in the case. Two Windsor men accused of helping finance a group of fundamentalist Muslims in metro Detroit charged with conspiracy and other federal crimes, were apprehended without incident by Canadian police Saturday after two days on the run.Calling them "Windsor men" is a bit disingenuous. Khan is a common Pakistani name, and as to Alsahli, who knows? I doubt they're Canadians, or else why would the RCMP's Immigration Task Force be involved? While Windsor is right across the bridge from Detroit, the fact that they're in Canada means that the incident can no longer be called strictly "home-grown." Meanwhile, the radical Imam was called a "martyr" at his funeral service, which drew mourning Muslims who were not only from other American cities, but from other countries: The crowd was primarily African -American, but included Muslims with roots in Asian countries, Iran, the Balkans, and the Arab world. In keeping with Islamic custom, the service was simple and featured a short funeral prayer known as janazah.Far from distancing themselves from this man (who advocated death to "kuffars") they praised him gushingly: Abdur-Rashid, a leader with the alliance, said during the funeral that Abdullah was an example of a good Muslim.Yet we are told not to "imply that faith has anything to do with it." Sorry, but as usual I'm not getting it, and I have a question. How can his faith not have had anything to do with it, when his followers explicitly and repeatedly state that his faith had everything to do with it? Under the circumstances, I find myself wondering whether the general area around here (namely Standish, MI -- less than two hours drive north) is the best place in the world to relocate the Gitmo detainees. Yesterday's dramatic FBI shootout in Dearborn resulting in the killing of the leader of a violent Islamist separatist movement underscores some of the serious risks that could jeopardize Americans should the Guantanamo Bay detainees be relocated to US soil.Naturally, the city of Standish is now concerned enough that they've pulled the welcome mat on the idea, and I don't blame them. The general area of Detroit (especially Dearborn, aka "Dearbornistan" to some) -- especially its proximity to Canada -- makes the idea of bringing the most dangerous al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners we have ever captured all the way from Guantanamo to here sound downright foolhardy, and raises national security concerns of the sort that would not arise in more distant places. If I could vote on the issue, I'd vote no to bringing them here. As it is, the area has enough problems with "respected Imams" who are home-grown even though they aren't, and whose faith we can't imply has anything to do with their actions even though they say it does... Sometimes I worry that denial is contagious. posted by Eric on 11.01.09 at 12:56 PM |
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