US says Californian may be in al Qaeda threat video

Reuters ^ | 10 Nov 2004

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/003720.php

> Also note that Phil Pearlman, after dumping his band:
> 1. Became a halal butcher
> 2. Changed his last name to "Gadahn" to get rid of the Jewish-sounding "Pearlman."
> 3. Named his second son "Omar."
>
> The standard wisdom on Adam's conversion is that the folks at the Garden Grove mosque did it on their own, and that his conversion came out of the blue. I think the points 1-3 above show his psychedelic dad already introduced him to Islam.