Muslim barber who taught kids jihad flees U.S.

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | November 25, 2006

[Man50D]

A Muslim who allegedly used his Seattle barber shop to teach children "how to shoot and fight the Americans" has fled to Somalia to avoid prison after he was convicted on federal counterfeiting and weapons charges.

Ruben Shumpert, a black American who converted to Islam, was among more than a dozen arrested by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force two years ago on charges including immigration fraud and bank fraud, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.

Shumpert was able to leave the country because a judge allowed him to keep his passport when he was released from custody prior to sentencing. A condition of Shumpert's release was that he surrender the passport prior to his sentencing, which was scheduled for Tuesday.

While he was not convicted on terrorism-related charges, federal agents allege Shumpert's barber shop was a gathering place for radical Muslims where he showed children videotapes of "fighting, shooting and killing with images on his computer screen of al-Qaida and the Taliban," the PI reported.

In court documents, the agents called his shop a kind of "anti-American training ground for Muslims."

Federal authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of Shumpert, also known as Amir Abdul Muhaimin.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Redkey said Shumpert had been free on personal recognizance and faced sentencing under a plea agreement.

According to Redkey, Shumpert made a phone call from Somalia to an FBI agent on the Joint Terrorism Task Force from Somalia. The convict apparently has little fear of being tracked down as the African nation, considered a hotbed of radical Islam, has no extradition treaty with the U.S.

Redkey told the Seattle paper it has become more common in recent years for judges to allow defendants to turn in their passports after they are released from custody, but the U.S. Attorney's Office is reviewing the practice.

[C210N]

but the U.S. Attorney's Office is reviewing the practice.

oh, well... perhaps we'll get another opportunity to arrest/convict/incarcerate this guy after an attack upon his return.

[RightOnline]

Hope he enjoys that festering s**thole, Somalia.......BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[knighthawk]

islam = peace...???

[cripplecreek]

I wonder if he was pal of John Mohammad?

[sport]

Don't fool yourself, the authorities wanted him to flee. Else they would have jailed him and confinskated his passport when he was convicted.

[Lurker]

Shumpert was able to leave the country because a judge allowed him to keep his passport when he was released from custody prior to sentencing.

F'ing idiot judge.

L

[johniegrad]

Shumpert was able to leave the country because a judge allowed him to keep his passport when he was released from custody prior to sentencing.

You have got to be kidding. We have soldiers dying in Iraq in the War on Terror but we can't take away the passport of an Ameican traitor involved in it?

[Diogenesis]

Don't fool yourself, the authorities wanted him to flee.
Else they would have jailed him and confinskated his passport when he was convicted.

Sadly, this is also true of the open borders and the ongoing and increasing
terrorist threats to many American cities and innocent Americans.

[johniegrad]

Don't fool yourself, the authorities wanted him to flee. Else they would have jailed him and confinskated his passport when he was convicted.

I don't see any evidence of clear thinking in this article.

[samtheman]

He'll probably get special treatment by the thugocracy in Somalia, due to his status as traitor-to-America. At least for awhile. But eventually it will wear off and I suspect he's going to get a bit homesick.

[Clara Lou]

I hope ol' Shump is enjoying Somalia. What do you bet he starts dreaming of home real soon?

[WildBill2275]

.... a judge allowed him to keep his passport when he was released from custody prior to sentencing. A condition of Shumpert's release was that he surrender the passport prior to his sentencing, which was scheduled for Tuesday.

The person who wrote this article left out critical information.
1. Who was the incompetent judge?
2. Is he (the judge) local, state, or federal?
3. What was the scum convicted of?
4. Why was he released pending sentencing?

While not as slanted and biased as the NYT, the level of journalism is right down there with the crap that the MSM delivers on a regular basis.

[Vigilanteman]

You are probably right and I'll bet the authorities were reluctant to even prosecute him in the first place.

It never ceases to amaze me how our government has the will and the resources to track down and deport some 80 year old geezer who was a teenage nazi guard but, for the life of us, we cannot take any action against young Islamofacists living under our nose who are openly calling for death to Jews and death to America.

[SauronOfMordor]

From Somalia he can go to Egypt, Pakistan, or elsewhere in the Muslim world, get issued new ID, and come back into the West

[The_Media_never_lie]

Shumpert was able to leave the country because a judge allowed him to keep his passport when he was released from custody prior to sentencing. A condition of Shumpert's release was that he surrender the passport prior to his sentencing, which was scheduled for Tuesday.

Now Mr Shumpert, you can keep your passport for now, but you must surrender it Tuesday before we throw you in the slammer.

ROFL, what a hoot!!!!

[finnigan2]

"I hope ol' Shump is enjoying Somalia. What do you bet he starts dreaming of home real soon?"

- There is a young Somalian woman immigrant who works in a senior citizens home where my mother lives. She is a very kind, cheerful soul who disputes the idea that there is any "trouble" back home. When I pointed out that, from what I'd read, the country seemed to be operating without a strong central government and effective laws, she protested strongly saying, in effect, Somalia don't need no stinkin' laws.
She argued that each area of the country, and by that she seemed to mean areas where certain tribes or ethnic groups dominated, they set their own laws, sort of by generally agreed standards of acceptable behavior of the local inhabitants. Anyone who violated these generally agreed customs were dealt with by the locals, presumably by councils (or maybe even mob justice). She said this seemed to work just fine - things in her area were always peaceful and safe, and everybody got along just fine.
I didn't ask what would be the result if she decided to move to another area of the country where her tribe was in the minority.
Her views on these matters do point out however, how people from backward countries govern themselves internally, how the concept of western government and laws is foreign to them and what accommodations they make to live safely - as long as they stay within their own areas of tribal dominance.
For me, I am more concerned that such people migrate to western countries such as ours, and while they are quick to adopt and adapt to many of our ways, they still carry with them no concept of democracy when it comes to justice and government and, even worse, they are allowed to vote here.
They can be unintentionally scary people.

[b4its2late]

Shumpert was able to leave the country because a judge allowed him to keep his passport when he was released from custody prior to sentencing.

And will there be any consequences for the judges stupidity? Nah..........

[DUMBGRUNT]

“Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur
Shumpert can watch videos 24/7 and will never be prepared.
Somalia? Shumpert made a poor choice.

[yankeedame]

It never ceases to amaze me how our government has the will and the resources to track down and deport some 80 year old geezer who was a teenage nazi guard but, for the life of us, we cannot take any action against young Islamofacists living under our nose who are openly calling for death to Jews and death to America.

Amen!!