Oregon Jihad, Chapter Two, err three, no wait...

How many times are we to hear about the "religion of peace" and how there are just some Muslims who misunderstand the words of Muhammad?  Way too many, I fear.

Here is my take on the latest attempt to murder people in the name of Islam.

Enjoy.

Oregon Jihad, Revisited

   Jihad in Oregon is not a new phenomenon, nor will it end by the latest arrest of Mohamud Osman Mohamud in Portland last Friday, Nov 26 after trying to detonate a bomb during a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. 

  In 2009 we saw the arrest and conviction of Oussama Kassir, a Lebanese born Swede, on charges of providing material support to terrorists by setting up a jihadists training camp outside Bly.  He and two co-horts wanted to have a training facility geared for those devoted to practicing jihad against the infidels.  The charges referred to, among other things a faxed letter from one conspirator to another in which the Bly property “…looks just like Afghanistan” and that the state of Oregon was a “…pro-militia and firearms state…” and that the group was “stockpiling weapons and ammunition…”  I have never been to Afghanistan, and don’t know if Bly fits that bill.  If it does, shouldn’t law enforcement be watching a little closer what goes on in that area?  Seems a prudent move to me, given past actions.

   Then we have Pete Seda, just recently convicted for money-laundering and tax evasion.  His charity, the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation in Ashland was found to have moved $150,000 to the jihadists in Chechnya, using Saudi Arabia as a transit point.  His sentencing is on hold, the judge over-seeing the case is taking time to review the evidence and sentencing guidelines before making a decision.  Both Seda and Kassir have shown, through their arrest and conviction, that the doctrine of Islam, as laid down by Muhammad 1400 years ago is alive and thriving.

  As Mohamud Osman Mohamud illustrates, the thrill of the kill means so much to the budding jihadists.  Even when presented with the reality that what he wanted to do would, in fact leave carnage on a massive scale, he replied with the coldness of a contract killer “I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave either dead or injured.”  Knowing he would gaze upon the bodies of his enemies he casually remarked that he had no problem detonating a bomb that will create a "huge mass that will ... be attacked in their own element with their families celebrating the holidays…," 

  The media, pundits, leaders and voices of tolerance will claim that Mohamud Osman Mohamud “misunderstands Islam”, and is just confused.  Pete Seda, it is claimed is a “peace activist” who wants nothing more than interfaith dialogue and bridge-building.  Oussama Kassir just needed a place to “get away from it all” and play paintball with his buddies.  Yet when the evidence came to light, it was clear these “misunderstanders of Islam” were far from it, they all were shown to believe in the dominance of Islam, the superiority of Muslims over infidels and the desire to see Islam rule in every country on the globe.

   Prosecution documents show that in the summer of 2009 Mohamud was in email contact with a suspected terrorist in Pakistan's lawless northwest frontier province, currently a haven for al Qaeda cells. After discussing the possibility of Mohamud traveling to Pakistan to engage in jihad, or holy war, the contact allegedly gave Mohamud details of a terrorist cell overseas with whom a terror plot could be hatched.  After repeated attempts by Mohamud to get in touch with the jihadist cell failed, he was then contacted by the FBI, posing as an associate of his Pakistani connection.  From there, the FBI gave him enough rope to hang himself.

   Again, as we have seen many times before, this would-be murderer in the name of Islam shouted out “Allahu Akbar” as he was being arrested, using that phrase we are told means nothing.  Standard boiler-plate says there is nothing to see here, and if we try to see anything other than one mans folly in regards to a religion, we are the ones with a problem.  The perpetrator of attempted murder says, as a Muslim he wanted to be a jihadists since age 15, yet we are told that Islam has nothing to do with jihad.  Mohamud Osman Mohamud had written articles that were published in "Jihad Recollections," an online magazine that advocated violence against non-Muslims, yet we are told he just misunderstands his religion. 

   Lastly, watch for the claims of “Muslim backlash” wherein any criticism of Muslims or Islam will be cast as dangerous.  Remember, we are responsible for the feelings of Muslims, and if Mohamud Osman Mohamud feels insulted, it is up to us to make it all better.  Please, no cartoons, we know what happens when we draw cartoons, don’t we?