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"Our son is no terrorist, just a young Muslim" (THE family of Mohammed Atif Siddique)
The Scotsman - Scotland's National Newspaper Online ^ | September 22, 2007 | MICHAEL HOWIE

Posted on 09/22/2007 1:13:44 PM PDT by CHEE

THE family of Mohammed Atif Siddique, the Scottish student convicted this week of al-Qaeda terrorist offences, have come together to tell of their heartache and their anger at the way he has been treated.

They described how their son adopted a stricter Islamic way of life, a change that fractured their close relationship and ultimately led to his conviction.

But they insisted Atif - who faces at least ten years in prison - was not a terrorist and that his actions were similar to those of thousands of ordinary young Muslims seeking answers about al-Qaeda and the "war on terror".

(Excerpt) Read more at thescotsman.scotsman.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; crushislam; islam; scotland; siddique; terror; wot
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Poor baby. He is just a young ordinary muslim boy that can do no wrong. /sac

Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?

1 posted on 09/22/2007 1:13:51 PM PDT by CHEE
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"Our son is no terrorist, just a young Muslim"

If you're the latter, you're the former.

2 posted on 09/22/2007 1:17:23 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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Poor baby. He is just a young ordinary muslim boy that can do no wrong. /sac

Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?

Out trying to blow himself up amongst a few dozen infidels.

Pardon me sahib, can you direct me to the nearest train station? Allah Akbar!

3 posted on 09/22/2007 1:18:30 PM PDT by woofer (Earth First! We'll mine the other eight later.)
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“Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?”

” I am out to slit som throats
I can really feel my oats
I’m a young thing
And cannot leave al-queda”


4 posted on 09/22/2007 1:20:53 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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“... his actions were similar to those of thousands of ordinary young Muslims ... “

Yep. Wouldn’t doubt that for a second.

I do bet he is innocent though. Just as innocent as every murderous gang banger that ends up in our own courts with his momma screaming to high heaven about her baby boy being just a kindly angel done wrong by the evil cops ... and whitey.


5 posted on 09/22/2007 1:22:06 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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“his actions were similar to those of thousands of ordinary young Muslims seeking answers”

And was the question “How do you kill people?”


6 posted on 09/22/2007 1:23:38 PM PDT by NemoDog (and Nero fiddled...)
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“Our son is no terrorist, just a young Muslim”

A distinction without a discernible difference.

7 posted on 09/22/2007 1:24:20 PM PDT by null and void (<---- Awake and filled with a terrible resolve...)
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This mother totally validates my belief of muslims. Her son didn’t do anything that an average muzzie wouldn’t do. He’s nothing extraordinary or unusual, he’s average. Just another good reason to distrust average everyday muslims and deport them.


8 posted on 09/22/2007 1:24:29 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Proud infidel since 1970.)
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At first, the story makes it sound like his only crime was in visiting an al Qaeda website. After they have you convinced that the guy doesn’t deserve 10 years, they throw this in as an aside:

“It is claimed their mission included detonating lorry bombs, slaughtering shoppers and storming the Canadian Broadcast Centre and parliament building. They allegedly planned to behead Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister. A source has also told The Scotsman that, at some point, Atif had discussions with someone in Canada over the possibility of setting up terrorist training camps along the US border.”


9 posted on 09/22/2007 1:24:52 PM PDT by Brilliant
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Convicted Terrorist son just an ordinary young Muslim. Agreed. Deport them all.
10 posted on 09/22/2007 1:26:19 PM PDT by ricks_place
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Too bad Al and Jesse are tied up on a pimp job down in Louisiana.


11 posted on 09/22/2007 1:29:29 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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But Im just a poor boy and nobody loves me-
Hes just a poor boy from a poor family-
Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
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Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me.


12 posted on 09/22/2007 1:33:18 PM PDT by WayneM (Democrats - The Party of Traitors. (now a bi-partisan effort))
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Shoot the whole damn family...I could care less for these stinking murdering Muslims!!


13 posted on 09/22/2007 1:34:31 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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If you look at the percentage of world terrorists that are Mooselimbs it may not be 100 percent but it is damn close.
Religion? not really, just a culture of death.


14 posted on 09/22/2007 1:39:55 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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This kind of propaganda/ liberal protectionism that spews from thier mouths and is accepted and protected by our feckless leaders in this country will ultimalty get us all killed. politically correct appeasers! time to remove this politically correct strait jacket we have been put in by the liberal progressives!


15 posted on 09/22/2007 1:39:57 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Id rather be hunting with dick than driving with ted)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
” I am out to slit som throats
I can really feel my oats
I’m a young thing
And cannot leave al-queda”

)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

You’r GOOD! Could you possible be the renowned Mr. Robert Frost incarnate?

16 posted on 09/22/2007 1:44:04 PM PDT by CHEE (You don't have to practice to be miserable.)
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“You’r GOOD! Could you possible be the renowned Mr. Robert Frost incarnate?”

LOL!


17 posted on 09/22/2007 1:48:30 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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It's not just Muslims that go on these websites; white people also go on them.

Is there something racist about this statement? Or ... maybe it's just me.

18 posted on 09/22/2007 1:48:48 PM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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DANG aint this just what always happens when a youngster starts runnin around with the wrong crowd....? i bet he was warned not to to....

oh well...


19 posted on 09/22/2007 1:49:44 PM PDT by flat
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He set up websites with links to military techniques, weapons concealing booby traps and making explosives. Siddique was also convicted of breaching the peace by telling fellow students on his computer course that he wanted to be a suicide bomber, and planned to bomb Glasgow.

The prosecution concluded that Siddique was a "wannabe suicide bomber", basing its case on provocative remarks to college friends; the material on his computers and on websites; conversations on chatrooms and more tenuous details including the fact that he grew a beard.

Young, stupid, idealist looking for a meaning in his life.

I guess jail is better than buried in some Afghanistan mud hole in five years having a .50 caliber bullet turn your head into a pink mist by a US Army Ranger sniper

20 posted on 09/22/2007 1:51:15 PM PDT by Popman (Nothing + Time + Chance = The Universe ---------------------Bridge in Brooklyn for sale - Cheap)
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