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School says terror suspect attended classes (Houston Islamic school confirms Abdulmutallab tie)
Houston Chronicle ^ | Dec. 30, 2009, 11:57AM | By SUSAN CARROLL

Posted on 12/30/2009 12:35:02 PM PST by a fool in paradise

The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day attended classes here last year, a leader of a Houston Islamic educational institution said today.

Shaykh Waleed Basyouni, vice president for the AlMaghrib Institute in Houston and imam of the Clear Lake Islamic Center, said he would provide more details on 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s studies in Houston this afternoon. Basyouni had asked a team of staffers to investigate a report that Abdulmutallab had attended classes at the institute in 2008.

The Nigerian-born son of a prominent banker, Abdulmutallab is accused of attempting to blow up a flight bound for Detroit.

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security said that Abdulmutallab made a prior trip to the U.S. before the bombing attempt, flying into Houston Aug. 1, 2008, and leaving 16 days later...

The international institute is a nonprofit that teaches Islamic studies. It has a student body totaling more than 20,000, Basyouni said, and conducts seminars in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.

Many classes are held over double weekends, which could account for a stay in Houston of two weeks in August 2008...

Basyouni said the institute teaches students to protect and care for their countries, and to "be a good citizen." He said he recently lectured on reclaiming Islam from jihadists, focusing specifically on the issue of preventing terrorism.

"It’s just sad to see people so radicalized to that extent," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 200808; 20080801; almaghreb; almaghribinstitute; alqaedaattack; detroitbombing; domesticterrorism; houston; houstoncell

1 posted on 12/30/2009 12:35:03 PM PST by a fool in paradise
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Houston PING


2 posted on 12/30/2009 12:35:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: a fool in paradise

It has a student body totaling more than 20,000,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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20,000 terrorist trining in Houston.
remember TAQIYYA


4 posted on 12/30/2009 12:38:56 PM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: a fool in paradise

It has a student body totaling more than 20,000,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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20,000 terrorist training in Houston.
remember TAQIYYA


5 posted on 12/30/2009 12:39:04 PM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: a fool in paradise

It’s wonderful we give them visas to come study here!


6 posted on 12/30/2009 12:41:57 PM PST by Drew68
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To: a fool in paradise

WOW! Very interesting information!


7 posted on 12/30/2009 12:46:54 PM PST by TEXOKIE (Anarchy IS the strategy of the forces of darkness!)
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To: a fool in paradise

the guy was all over the world. I read earlier he was in school in australia. Was daddy supplying the money? If his dad was concerned about him becoming a jihadi when why would he supply the money?


8 posted on 12/30/2009 12:50:04 PM PST by squarebarb
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Basyouni said, and conducts seminars in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.

Many classes are held over double weekends, which could account for a stay in Houston of two weeks in August 2008...

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this guy is much more dangerous.
Recruiting, vetting, he is traveling all over the US,Canada, UK????????


9 posted on 12/30/2009 12:59:05 PM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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“It’s wonderful we give them visas to come study here!”

The problem in a nutshell! We gave visas to the 911 jihadists as well AND USCIS is just as dysfunctional now as it was then.And what is the Obama solution?

Feds to stop detaining asylum seekers (Yes, it’s the USA, not the UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408978/posts

New Obama Program Lets Illegal Alien Muslims Become U.S. Citizens In 10 Weeks! (FR Exclusive)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410332/posts

Mike Cutler, former INS agent talks about how bad these visas are here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2411924/posts?page=10#10

10 posted on 12/30/2009 12:59:26 PM PST by AuntB (If Al Qaeda grew drugs & burned our forests instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)
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The report blames the Bush administration and its anti-terrorism efforts in the financial sector with, in essence, shutting down several Muslim charities in the United States, “including the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation, once the largest Muslim charity in the United States,” said Jennifer Turner, a researcher with the ACLU Human Rights Program and author of the report.

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Another Houston Islam based story.
they were convicted in Dallas but attempts to get them freed continue.


11 posted on 12/30/2009 1:30:27 PM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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"It’s just sad to see people so radicalized to that extent," [Basyouni] said.

"We instruct our student body to keep their radicalism restrained to shows of encouragement and financial support, as they've been prospered, lest they end up giving up their vibrant young lives before they've fully enjoyed the good life here in the states, pre-Shariah, blessed be Allah."

12 posted on 12/30/2009 2:12:17 PM PST by holden
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To: squarebarb

The school wasn’t in Australia, it was an Australian school’s extension campus in the UAE.


13 posted on 12/30/2009 5:33:55 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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