US midwestern states shaken by influence of Islamic State

The Irish Times ^ | March 12, 2019 | Stephen Starr in Dayton, Ohio

[Jyotishi]

US midwestern states shaken by influence of Islamic State

Dearth of de-radicalisation programmes despite despite 'rehab for terrorists' successes

A fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces takes aim with his Kalashnikov after seeing a man walking towards his position in Baghouz, in eastern Syria. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Islamic State may be on the brink of defeat in Syria, but its ideology remains a potent recruitment tool. In the American midwest, a region that has proved fertile ground for the terror group and other extremist recruiters, communities and law enforcement officials face a new challenge: dealing with returning jihadists and dozens of extremists due for release from prison in the coming years.

According to the programme on extremism run by George Washington University in the US capital, Minnesota and Ohio make up two of the three US states with the highest per capita rate of individuals travelling to join Islamic State, also known as Isis.

The attraction to the terror group remains a worry for US authorities. Last October, 19-year-old Naser Almadoaji, an Iraqi-born US citizen from Dayton, Ohio, was arrested while attempting to board an aircraft to Kazakhstan, from where he planned to cross into Afghanistan and join up with an Islamic State affiliate group.

Almadoaji, who attended a school in the suburban district of Beavercreek until 2015 and worked at a local supermarket, also attempted to make contact with an unnamed terrorist group after travelling to Egypt and Jordan last year.

A Somali refugee was shot dead in the state capital, Columbus, after staging a car and knife attack that was later claimed by Islamic State

Laith Alebbini (28), also from Dayton, was arrested before attempting to fly to Syria in April 2017. Prosecutors say Alebbini has since been open about his support for Islamic State.

[dp0622]

Minnesota and Ohio make up two of the three US states with the highest per capita rate of individuals travelling to join Islamic State...

That doesn’t mean much without giving the per capita rate.

i would assume since that’s so important that it is in the article but i’m too lazy to look :)

[Uncle Miltie]

Minneapolis airport is fully staffed by Somalis, so there’s nothing to worry about.

[carmen2017]

The only good muslims are not breathing.

[BipolarBob]

The only good muslims are not breathing.

That sounds harsh carmen. A better phrasing is The only good muslims are in paradise with their 72 Helen Thomas's.

[brownsfan]

It makes sense really.

The midwestern states have seen incredible job loss, and up until President Trump, the people have been told it’s the new normal, there’s no hope. Even with the success of President Trump, the media ignores or downplays it at every opportunity.

Add to this the indoctrination factories, public schools. Where children are told that Western Civilization is evil, white people are evil, and that the earth is going to be uninhabitable due to Western Civ. and white people.

[AnalogReigns]

Since the Islamic State is/was the sworn enemy of the USA, any/all who fought for it should AUTOMATICALLY lose their citizenship, period. End of story.

A sane country would do this as a matter of course. Can you imagine a generation ago, talking about Nazis coming “back” to the USA???

[Jarhead9297]

[Does so]

Minneapolis airport is fully staffed by Somalis, so there’s nothing to worry about.

The population of Muslims in the US is about equal to the number of Jews. So there's nothing to worry about. /

[Vigilanteman]

There were a handful of Nazi die-hards after VE Day called the Werewolves. If they were given any trial at all, it was basically a drumhead court martial and they were taken out to a nearby tree, tied to it and executed by firing squad. VE Day was in May 1945. The last such recorded Werewolf incident took place in September. It didn't take them long to get the message.

There was no mollycoddling.

[Lurkinanloomin]

ALL muslims are subject to Sudden Jihad Syndrome.
We just don’t know when they will start following the example and instructions of their prophet.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Leslie Nielsen even looks like a generic “GOP Senator” in that GIF. :)

[Lurkinanloomin]

Unless Islam is stamped out like Nazism was we will always have jihad.

They are just practicing their “religion”.
Mad Mo made it so.

[himno hero]

yep, when was the last time a jew shouted death to America?

and acted it out???

I love the equivalence that the left has tendered. it all makes perfect sense.

[himno hero]

iradicated.

[2111USMC]

Speaking of the media, I see this article comes from Dublin. No U.S. media outlet would run this story.

[Lurkinanloomin]

eradicated

[Savage Beast]

“Those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to relive it.”

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Ministry of Propaganda won’t tell US many things.
The danger from Islam.
The danger from illegal aliens.
The danger from leftist policies.

[hal ogen]

moozlums are uncivil malignancies on civil societies EVERYWHERE. Those moozlums who are not actively attempting to murder you and your family are complicit because they don’t purge their “religion” of these “true moozlums”. LIBs make excuses for moozlums being moozlums because they insanely see brotherhood in the control that moozlums assert through violence. Uncivil lunatics all.