After a Struggle, Mosque Opens in Tennessee

NYT ^ | 8/11/12 | ROBBIE BROWN and CHRISTINE HAUSER

[Uncle Slayton]

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The worshipers bowed low, their heads touching the freshly laid carpet, as the new mosque filled with echoes of exultation.

“God, thank you for the ability to worship here today,” said Remziya Suleyman, 27. “Thank you, thank you.”

[a fool in paradise]

It looks like Tennessee is highly penetrated. Call it “Dearborn South”. Jannah (heaven) for Albert Gore Jr.

Strange doings in Tennessee...

Body in car identified as license examiner - Update on Memphis, Tennesse License Examiner (Memphis Commercial Appeal February 13, 2002 Bill Dries)

Flaming Death No Accident, FBI Says (GoMemphis.com 2/14/2002 Bill Dries)

* Images of the burned car owned by Katherine Smith (alternate title: How Arabs Kill Witnesses Yahoo-AP 02.15.02 AP)

5 men with Mideast ties indicted in license scam (Tennessee) (Memphis Commercial Appeal February 28, 2002 Bill Dries)

Five New York City men with ties to the Middle East were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for their part in an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain Tennessee driver's licenses.

In the indictment on one count of conspiracy to commit fraud, federal authorities shed no new light on the death of state license examiner Katherine Smith. Smith and the five men were charged in a Feb. 6 criminal complaint on an identical conspiracy charge.

Smith died Feb. 10 in a fiery car crash on U.S. 72 in Fayette County, the day before she was to appear at a detention hearing in U.S. Magistrate Court. Federal authorities have testified that the fire in the car was set.

Federal prosecutor Tim DiScenza declined comment Wednesday when asked about any developments in the probe of Smith's death or why the licenses were sought.

The indictment names the five defendants, Smith and "others, to the grand jury unknown" as part of the conspiracy. All five remain in custody.

The indictment gave this information about the alleged scheme:

Sakhera Hammad "would solicit individuals to come to Memphis . . . in order to obtain driver's licenses without proper documentation."

Hammad would then pay Khaled Odtllah, who lived in Shelby County, "in order for Odtllah to arrange with Katherine Smith" to issue the fraudulent licenses.

Three defendants plead guilty in driver's license fraud case (Tennessee Drivers License Scandal) (Memphis Commercial Appeal May 20, 2002)

Good luck finding any details beyond 2002 on Google. The names of those involved barely even match ANYTHING on the internets.

[what's up]

progressives have 'targeted Tennessee', as well...again I ask; why?

They chose the Snopes trial to be here as well. Don't know why TN is targeted specificially.

Something about their Andrew Jackson heritage perhaps...

[shalom aleichem]

Thanks for links. Oh yea, I cannot rely on Google anymore. Totally scrubbed and controlled. I try other search engines which are better, but of course we cannot truly “trust” due to known and anecdotal incidences of overwhelming reach of HLS, WH, etc.

[MasterGunner01]

Back up a semi trailer of hogs to the mosque door and let them loose inside. Then padlock the doors closed. Let the Muslims figure out how to get them out.

[UCANSEE2]

Why? My guess would be that Tennessee has been an ‘immigration route’ for Muslims for a while. ‘Why’ is probably a result of promised ‘votes’ and payoffs from certain ‘foreign’ organizations to local politicians.

[dennisw]

Another enemy base on US soil. Same as Mexican consulates giving out IDs

[listenhillary]

How about
“Americans, thank you for the ability to worship here today,”

Now, don’t be an ass.

[Uncle Slayton]

“Now, don’t be an ass.”

?????

[listenhillary]

I was addressing the worshiper in the article that should have said.

“Americans, thank you for the ability to worship here today,”