Daniel Boyd, AP Photo

A North Carolina terrorism story is unraveling as we learn about the identities of the seven arrested, six of whom are U.S. citizens and the other, a permanent resident.
Daniel Boyd is a 39 year old who had converted to Islam and trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1980s.

The Washington Post reports,

“Members of the group “radicalized” younger converts to believe that “violent jihad was a personal obligation on the part of every good Muslim,” the indictment said. The defendants, who include Boyd’s sons Zakariya and Dylan, could all face life imprisonment if convicted.”

The Charlotte Observer reports,

“In 1989, Boyd, the high school sweetheart he married, Sabrina, and his brother moved to Pakistan to work with Afghanistan’s mujahedeen rebels, who were fighting the Soviet-backed government of Kabul.

The Boyd brothers ran afoul of Pakistani authorities, who ordered that the Boyds have their right hands and left feet cut off after being found guilty of robbing a bank. Pakistan’s supreme court overturned the convictions. The brothers came home to the United States.

During the past three years, the Boyds settled into a routine at their home in a new subdivision in Willow Springs, a crossroads community in northern Johnston County.”

The United States could not have offered a more normal to these people. Where did they come when they got in trouble in Pakistan? They came to the Untied States. Now they spend their time preparing to wage a Jihad.

Bryant Neal Vinas is accused of attempting to take part in a suicide bombing attack last year.  The New York Times reported that Mr. Vinas grew up in Brooklyn, converted to Islam in 2004, and was recruited into an Al Qaeda education program sometime between March and July 2008.  Mr. Vinas was trained in different explosives and, soon after, attempted twice to attack American bases.  During his 14 months in Pakistan, he also provided information to terror leaders of the Long Island Rail Road for a possible suicide bomb attempt.

Mr. Vinas also provided inside information on how the recruiting camp works.  He said that people come to the camp through many different ways: Internet, mosques, criminal groups in Europe, through friends, etc.  Each person gives the leaders their and their relative’s information, hands their passports to Al Qaeda and receives another identity.  They then swear their allegiance to Al Qaeda and the leaders then run their lives.

This article is particularly disturbing because it shows how easily people who are not born into the Islamic religion become part of the fundamental Islamic extremist groups.  It is important to learn how prevalent homegrown terror is today.

On June 5, 2009 Sudanese Islamic Preacher Sheik Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri called on United States “President Hussein” to recognize that Jews carried out the attacks of 9/11. Throughout his sermon, the Sheik urges Obama to investigate American publications that falsely accuse Arabs and Muslims for attacking the World Trade center:

Memri reports,

“We want [Obama] to consider the reasons for the invasion of Afghanistan. Are 19 young men from the Islamic world really capable of destroying America? Can they really cause all that ruin there? Can such a thing happen, Mr. Hussein, President of America?”

“How could our young men - from our so-called ‘backward’ countries - possibly use American airplanes to destroy these buildings, the steel pillars of which are as large as the pillar of this mosque? Imagine this pillar made entirely of steel. Could [the burning] of the plane’s fuel destroy such pillars?”

“Some experts published photos showing that the buildings had been booby-trapped. Mr. President of America, this booby-trapping – you brought these fighters, who helped you defeat the Soviets in Afghanistan, in order to use them as a pretext for invading Afghanistan and Iraq. We want President Hussein to be fair and to
study the 9/11 files.”

It has been over a month, why hasn’t Obama, or anyone for that matter, reacted to this allegation? The threat of terrorism is one that is rooted all over the world- Spain, Britain, Russia, etc. Sheik Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri cannot veil the violent actions of the radicals. We need to be active and speak up to stop Radical Islam’s advance on our civilization. We cannot vindicate Islam and let them get away with any form of terrorism, whether it is blatant or subtle.

On Wednesday, CAIR (the largest Muslim advocacy organization in America) sent out a press release condemning Dayton Ohio’s airport for subjecting a disabled Muslim woman to an unnecessary and overly intrusive search.

Even if the airport stepped a little outside of the acceptable boundaries (which in itself is questionable), isn’t it preferable than not doing a thorough search?

If CAIR is so concerned with Muslims getting bad raps at airports, why don’t they spend more time condemning the acts that put a stigma on Muslims in the first place? Help get the message out, watch The Third Jihad to see footage of CAIR’s refusal to denounce terrorist organizations. Someone should tell CAIR, they can’t have it both ways.

Yesterday 500 Americans atteneded a Hizb ut-Tahrir (a global Sunni network with reported ties to Al Qaeda) conference entitled “The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam.”

Today, reports state that dozens showed up to protest. Why were there only dozens? Is it because no one knew about it as there was so little media coverage? Why is the media being silent? Where are the concerned citizens?

We cannot sit by while organizations recruit from within our own backyards.  Have we learned nothing from the Minnesota/Somalia case last week? We need to inform ourselves and others. We need to take action.

Conference highlights, “The Fall of Capitalism, the Rise of Islam.”

The conference homepage opens with the following quote:

“He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), that He may make it (Islam) superior over all religions. And All-Sufficient is Allah as a Witness.” (TMQ 48:28)

Although a short clip, this video gave me the chills. Their literature and membership offers sufficient reason to believe that this is an organization that does not promote peaceful Muslims living in America as it is today.

Fox News reports,

“A group committed to establishing an international Islamic empire and reportedly linked to Al Qaeda is stepping up its Western recruitment efforts by holding its first official conference in the U.S.”

The conference will be held at a Hilton hotel just outside of Chicago. Although not a registered terrorist organization, Hizb ut-Tahrir has direct links to terrorist organizations.

Walid Phares explains to Fox News,

“It’s like a middle school that prepares them to be recruited by the high school, which is Al Qaeda,” he said. “One would compare them to Hitler youth. … It’s an extremely dangerous organization.”

“The aim of this conference is to recruit within the Muslim community in America,” he said. “The Middle East governments go after them, but in the U.S. they are protected, so having a base here is going to help their cells around the world.”

How is this story not getting more attention? We need to demand to hear more. We need to see coverage of what actually is going on at the conference. The media must do their job and cover this conference and report back to us, the concerned citizens.

It is nice to see CNN picking up stories like these. Not only are children taught to kill, these children only hope that one day they too can become a martyr. The psychiatrist that is interviewed offers an insightful take on how much harm children must deal with when this is how they are raised.

The Third Jihad is a documentary that highlights this and many other threats that Radical Islam poses. It also includes an interview with a mother who encouraged three of her sons to become suicide bombers. For more information visit The Third Jihad.

Jamal Bana is one of several missing Somali-Americans believed to have fought with an Islamist insurgency.

This is a follow up post to the story of the Somali boys who had integrated into American society and then returned to Somalia in order to fight. What must the parents of these boys be thinking? Their parents fled the country in order to give them a better life. Now they choose to return and likely become martyrs. This is a story and even a trend that we must keep a close eye on.

Now CNN reports that two Minnesota men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for recruiting Somali immigrants to fight with Islamic insurgents.

Salah Osman Ahmed and Abdifatah Yusuf Isse are charged with one count each of providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people overseas, the indictment states. The recruiting effort took place between September 2007 and December 2008, according to the charges.”
Read more…

In a recent press release sent out by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), they “called on New York area hotels to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Delegation during the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled to begin in New York City on September 15, 2009.”

The organization encourages people to sign a petition directed towards the hotels. The website also lists organizations that do business with Iran and provides resources for letter writing campaigns. This is a very simple and effective way that people can take action and stand up for what they believe in.

More than ever, Iran is relying on the international community. It is up to us to make a difference and say we do not support your regime and your nuclear program.

Click here to sign UANI’s petition.

Click here to read more about the nuclear threat.

Typically, we at RadicalIslam post about research and the opinions of others covering the topics related to stealth jihad and radical Islam.

Today I am going to share with you one of yesterday’s experiences at the Clarion Fund.

As you may or may not know, Clarion Fund is the distributor of an important documentary, The Third Jihad: Radical Islam’s Vision for America.  We sell the DVD of the film online.

To do that, like every other online merchant, we need to process credit card payments.  We recently decided to switch one of the applications that enables processing of the payments.

We applied to a well-known service, and were denied.  Why?  Because the content we sell is considered to be “overly offensive”. Read more…