Apparently it’s not that hard for determined Muslims to recruit their Koran-infused fellows from middle-class American lifestyles into the world of active jihad. For example, the foreclosure of his house drove Faisal Shahzad to plant a bomb in Times Square last Saturday following a lengthy trip to Pakistan, according to some in the media.
Using that logic, Muslims are far too psychologically fragile to survive in our rough-and-tumble society, and shouldn’t be admitted as immigrants for that reason alone. The idea that Islamic ideology might be a powerful inducement never seems to occur to liberal scribblers, but their excuse du jour doesn’t speak well of Muslims either.
In fact, hostile Islam influences many Sons of Allah who unfortunately reside here. Consider the fascinating details in an article describing life undercover in Brooklyn among the aspiring killers:
Infiltrating Jihadis’ World, Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2010
After the failed attempt to bomb Times Square, New York police are dispatching more officers to be seen on the streets, around landmarks and on subways.
But there’s one tactic they hope won’t go noticed at all: getting inside the bands of terrorists-in-the-making.
That’s why a young Bangladeshi immigrant working undercover found himself among a dozen men at an Islamic bookstore in Brooklyn one day in 2004 to watch videos of U.S. soldiers being slain.
“That made these guys pumped up and happy,” the officer said. “It’s like a party at a club. They were hitting the walls with excitement. One guy even broke a chair.”
Among the revelers: Shahawar Matin Siraj, who would be sentenced in January 2007 to 30 years in prison for an August 2004 plot to blow up Herald Square. “He loved talking about doing jihad,” said the officer. […]
The officer said he fit the profile of the young men he sought to meet: middle-class, first- or second-generation Americans in their late teens or early 20s. He said he watched the radicalization process of dozens.
At times, it was so rapid that a year or two could separate clubbing in Miami from prayer five times a day.
The officer described Mr. Siraj’s path. It unfolded in Brooklyn mosques, on local basketball courts and at an Islamic book store in Brooklyn that served as a gathering spot for radicals. The video, for example, that the officer said he watched with Mr. Siraj showed the “top 10″ killings of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
What have we learned from this report?
Not only are would-be mass murderers excited by Islamic snuff films showing American soldiers being violently killed, but Muslims can flip from outwardly assimilated to radical jihadist in “a year or two.”
A country that was serious about national security would have ended Muslim immigration long ago.
