Penn State Abington Muslim migrant student uploaded
hundreds of bomb, poison, and weapons-making manuals
WJAC TV reported last year: “Authorities say Fataliev reportedly admitted to making the posts but later told officials that he had ‘abandoned his radicalism.'”
Authorities don’t know this or care, but this is a dubious claim on two counts. One is that the Qur’an and Sunnah really do enjoin violence against unbelievers, and the various schools of Islamic jurisprudence legislate about how and when this is to be done. “Deradicalization” programs proceed on the assumption that jihadis misunderstand Islam, as it really teaches peace. Since this is a false assumption, “deradicalization” programs always fail.
The other problem with Fataliev’s statement is that it is unverifiable. According to a hadith, Muhammad said, “War is deceit.” (Bukhari 4.52.268). Fataliev may be completely sincere when he says he has “abandoned his radicalism.” He may also be lying. Authorities also ignore this possibility, for to acknowledge it would be “Islamophobic.”
Former Penn State Abington student pleaded guilty
to lying about his ties to ISIS
by Chris Palmer, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A former student at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington campus pleaded guilty Friday to lying in federal documents about whether he’d ever communicated with ISIS sympathizers or other potential terrorists.
Kamal Fataliev, 20, a Russian citizen who was also a legal permanent U.S. resident, wrote in a 2023 application to become an American citizen that he had no ties to such groups, even though he’d been sharing information about weapons, guerrilla warfare, and toxins with extremists online since 2022, according to court testimony.
Fataliev, who has been incarcerated since last year, is expected to be deported following an upcoming sentencing hearing. He said little in court on Friday while appearing before U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III….
Prosecutors said in court documents that Fataliev, in the group chats, had uploaded hundreds of bomb, poison, and weapons-making manuals while working part-time and attending business classes at the university. He also expressed “radical Islamist views,” prosecutors said, including having a conversation about killing a French model who he believed had disrespected the Quran.
When federal agents confronted him about those messages, prosecutors said, he lied to them, and he was charged last summer with two counts of lying to the FBI.
But Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph LaBar said prosecutors were dropping those charges and instead allowing Fataliev to plead guilty solely to the crime of lying on his U.S. citizenship application last July. In it, said Bartle, the judge, Fataliev falsely asserted he’d had no association with ISIS or other terror groups….
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