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NYC Mayor Says Islamic Terror ‘Vanishingly’ Rare, calls for more Muslim migrants
Lifezette ^ | Sept. 20, 2016 | Brendan Kirby

Posted on 09/20/2016 11:26:01 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

In the wake of a radical Islamic terrorist attack on New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is telling citizens not to worry about the threat of jihadist violence and pushing for even more questionably vetted migrants to be resettled in the United States.

De Blasio and the mayors of London and Paris co-wrote an op-ed in which they said terrorism committed by refugees is “vanishingly rare.”

“Militant violence is vanishingly rare,” the trio wrote in The New York Times on the heels of three separate attacks in the United States.

The comments are not likely to go over well in a city on edge after the explosion. Police arrested Ahmad Khan Rahami after a shootout in New Jersey Monday. Authorities allege he is responsible for planting bombs in New York and near the site of a charity run in New Jersey.

Rahami is not a refugee — he is a naturalized citizen, having moved with his family to the United States from Afghanistan. Acquaintances say he returned from a trip to Pakistan a changed man, suddenly devout in his faith and wearing traditional Muslim robes, according to The New York Times.

The suspect identified by officials in the weekend's other terrorist incident, Dahir Adan, who launched a Jihad inspired mass stabbing at a mall in Minnesota, was a Somali refugee. Adan moved to the United States with his parents when he was 3 months old, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

But a new description has been applied to him: terrorist. As he stalked through the Crossroads Center mall, wearing a security guard uniform and wielding a knife, Adan, 22, mentioned Allah and asked at least one victim if he was Muslim, the police said.

Kyle Shideler, director of threat information at the Center for Security Policy, said the tone of the op-ed is consistent with progressive rhetoric that angry Americans will seek retribution on innocent Muslims.

"It sort of plays into this whole backlash narrative they’re constantly pushing, even though we haven’t really seen that," he said.

Shideler said most Americans — and legal immigrants, for that matter — "would prefer that they worry more about the terrorism."

So in the most hyper-technical sense, the mayor is correct. Terrorist attacks by refugees are rare. But terrorism involving Muslim immigrants or refugees and their children account for almost every high-profile jihadist attack carried out in the United States in recent years and a majority of the convictions on terror-related charges. A report released in June by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest indicates that 380 peopled convicted of terrorism-related charges from the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 to the end of 2014 were born abroad. That is 65 percent of the total number.

At least 100 citizens of convicted of terrorism-related charges became naturalized citizens after entering through one of America's immigration programs. At least 24 of the convicts were refugees and 17 were the U.S.-born children of immigrants. At least 33 came on visas and remained after they expired.

Even before Tuesday's op-ed, de Blasio came under fire for his reluctance to identify the bombing as terrorism and for his conduct as mayor. Former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly suggested in an interview with The Daily Beast that the mayor's administration is too politically correct and overly sensitive to media criticism to effectively fight terrorism.

Kelly was particularly critical of de Blasio's decision to disband the Demographics Unit, which the former commissioner had created in 2003 to study the social habits and locations of the city's ethnic groups.

"It was dumb, quite frankly," he told The Daily Beast.

Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was characteristically blunt, according to the website Circa.

"He shows up and says it's an intentional act, but not a terrorist act," he said. "Before we even knew it was Islamic-inspired, a bombing that wounds 29 of his citizens is by definition a terrorist act … So you are kind of on Mars if you can't figure that out."


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: deblasio; immigrants; isis; islam; islamofascism; newyork; rapeugees; refujihadis
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To: Mr. Mojo

The commentators/subscribers on the NYT website are rebelling against the liberal totalitarianism of De Blasio and his fellow travelers. The snapback is about to erupt worldwide as these Marxists continue to lie in the face of reality.


21 posted on 09/20/2016 11:42:55 AM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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To: Mr. Mojo

...and anyway theyll use bombs and knives insteads of guns. It just plays so well in every way with the dem narrative.


22 posted on 09/20/2016 11:43:42 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: Mr. Mojo

I hate these em effers!


23 posted on 09/20/2016 11:45:18 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Mr. Mojo

I’m convinced. Never using my seatbelts or wearing a helmet ever again.


24 posted on 09/20/2016 11:46:36 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: I want the USA back

Can’t they see what muslims do to civilization?


25 posted on 09/20/2016 11:46:42 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: kaehurowing
Do they have impeachment/removal?

This is NYC. He's simply reflecting the views of the 80% or so of the voters who elected him. He wasn't elected by accident - voters who live there made the conscious decision that this guy represented their views better than any other candidate. They deserve everything they get because him.

26 posted on 09/20/2016 11:48:06 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Brains in liberals are vanishingly rare.


27 posted on 09/20/2016 11:50:18 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: married21
The mayor is probably more afraid of the zika virus than ISIS.

And rightly so. His personal protection detail is probably nearly as large as 0bama's

28 posted on 09/20/2016 11:50:20 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Yes, more muslims needed. This will make terror more common and then it will be more likely we will catch more of them. I love that Warren Wilhelm Jr. (his real name) logic!

29 posted on 09/20/2016 11:52:19 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !! Kill FACEBOOK !! Free MILO !!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Obviously he coordinated this BIG LIE with Obama who is also pitching for more refugees. Both DeBlowsio and Obummer are enemies of America.


30 posted on 09/20/2016 11:52:41 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Mr. Mojo
Allow me to translate, "People of New York, I will always put my political agenda and my party's talking points ahead of your personal safety and the well being of this city."
31 posted on 09/20/2016 11:52:45 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

They voted for that dumbass let them suffer the terrorist attacks because of it


32 posted on 09/20/2016 11:53:09 AM PDT by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: Mr. Mojo

de Blasio actually has a point here! It’s kind of like the bad rap the Japanese Empire got on December 7, 1941. The huge majority of American cities were NOT attacked on that date. Yet everybody got all upset at the Japanese.


33 posted on 09/20/2016 11:53:19 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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34 posted on 09/20/2016 11:54:26 AM PDT by wtd
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To: I want the USA back; ilovesarah2012

“Because muzzards are the fastest-growing solid voting block. The democrats encourage them to breed and multiply, and to replace Christians and Jews, in return for votes and contributions.”

100%. The ‘rat bastards would sell anything. Votes = Future Bribes


35 posted on 09/20/2016 11:55:24 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: Leaning Right

LOL. I think.


36 posted on 09/20/2016 11:58:00 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: Mr. Mojo

Da Bomb ee oh should just move to Syria and fix the place.


37 posted on 09/20/2016 12:02:25 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Tell us more, pondscum.


38 posted on 09/20/2016 12:03:13 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The ONLY reason New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio became mayor of NY is he was running against Anthony Weiner (Carlos Danger)...this should tell you all you need to know...


39 posted on 09/20/2016 12:05:59 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: from occupied ga

He had the gov’t put up a YUGE! wall/fence around his Public Housing Unit.


40 posted on 09/20/2016 12:06:51 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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