( Sunni Muslim ? ) Suspect in mosque bomb plot rejects Shiite attorney

ap ^ | February 5 , 2011

[george76]

Roger Stockham ... The California man accused of plotting to blow up a Detroit-area mosque rejected his court-appointed counsel Friday, upset that the attorney is a Shiite Muslim and a "patron" of the Islamic center where he was arrested.

There are two main sects within Islam, Shiite and Sunni. The schism between Sunni and Shiite stems from the early days of Islam and arguments over the Prophet Muhammad's successors as the faith's spiritual leader.

[george76]

Roger Stockham is a Sunni Muslim and wanted to throw some M-80s at the largest mosque in America because he hates Shia Muslims ?

[himno hero]

Ever heard the expression of importing poverty?

[The_Media_never_lie]

No Shiite?

[Slings and Arrows]

“The court understands fully, Mr. Stockham. Here is your new lawyer, Avi Rabinowitz.”

[NoLibZone]

Not Avi.

We don’t want the guy to get off.

[Slings and Arrows]

How about Mike Nifong?

[spokeshave]

...Shira court for him....

[livius]

Stockham, who has described himself as a Vietnam War vet-turned-Islamic holy warrior, has a history of violent run-ins with the law dating back to the 1970s

Well, well, well. I was wondering why we had heard so little about this...it seemed tailor made for the press, a Vietnam vet about to attack a mosque.

And now we find that he's a Muslim convert himself, just carrying out the usual sectarian attack on another branch of Islam. Time for full press silence.

[Valin]

I’d say you’ve pretty much got a handle on it.