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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

PRISON CONVERTS TO ISLAM JOIN JIHAD IN YEMEN

From the New York Times:

WASHINGTON — Some American former convicts who converted to Islam in prison have moved to Yemen and a few may have joined extremist groups there, according to a new Senate report.

The report, from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says that as many as 36 American Muslims who were prisoners have moved to Yemen in recent months, ostensibly to study Arabic, and that several of them have “dropped off the radar” and may have connected to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The report warns that Americans recruited in Yemen or Somalia may pose a particular threat, since they can operate freely inside the United States.

We have known for forty years now (since the days of Malcolm X, who was himself converted in prison) that Islam is a problem in our prisons. And yet, we allow it to go on.

Now, the chickens are really going to come home to roost, in the form of Jihadist attacks on our soil. Just wait and see.

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