“When you’re a mujahid [violent jihadi fighter] your death becomes a wedding. #HoorAlAyn [pleasures in paradise].”(Tweet)“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.
“Only thing I’m jealous of is when I see the smiles of shuhadaa [martyrs].”(Tweet)“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.
“I see why the mujahideen [violent jihadi fighters] Sacrifice Dunya [life on earth] for Akhirah [the after life] theres no comparison.”(Tweet)“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.
Message to an alleged co-conspirator, a Minnesotan jihadist based in Somalia:
“I have moves to make so I will be spending less time on here….”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.
Message to an alleged co-conspirator, a Minnesotan jihadist based in Somalia:
“Plan to leave the land of kufr [non-believers].” “[S]peaking here [online] about certain things is not … wise.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.
“The U.S. doesn’t like black Muslims.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, January 16, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/17/nyregion/criminal-complaint-against-mr-pugh.html.
“I am a Mujahid [jihadist]. I am a sword against the oppressor and a shield for the oppressed. I will use the talents and skills given to me by Allah to establish and defend the Islamic States.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, January 16, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/17/nyregion/criminal-complaint-against-mr-pugh.html.
“It’s calling! I can smell it’s perfume! Allah!!!” (Facebook post)“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSHUA VAN HAFTEN,” United States District Court District for the Western District of Wisconsin, October 28, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/09/van_haften_complaint_signed.pdf.
“…their cursed secular laws are worse than the laws of Islam, and they want to say Shari’ah is worse than their secular laws. A bunch of morons sucking melons.” (Facebook post)
“If the goddam Americans and sons of satan, Israeil (sic) wanna mutilate the dead, shit, we get an eye for an eye fool. Grow a set of nuts! Climb that fuckin tree and getcha some.” (Facebook post)“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSHUA VAN HAFTEN,” United States District Court District for the Western District of Wisconsin, October 28, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/09/van_haften_complaint_signed.pdf.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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