Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mother Of OSU Attacker Says Her Son Was Killed ‘For No Reason’
Western Journalism ^ | Dec. 2, 2016 | Blake Stephens

Posted on 12/04/2016 3:43:06 PM PST by Mr. Mojo

On Thursday, the mother of Somali-born Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan said before his funeral that her son was killed for “no reason.”

The 18-year-old Artan drove his car into a crowd, exited the vehicle and proceeded to attack nearby students with a butcher knife before being fatally shot by campus police officer Alan Horujko, who was the first to arrive on the scene.

Artan was the only fatality in the attack, which left 11 people injured at the campus in Columbus, Ohio.

Ahmed Sh. Ahmed, the director of the Ibn Taymia Mosque and Islamic Center where the ceremony was held, recalled Artan’s mother in tears as she kissed the body of her son for a final time before his burial.

“She was crying, and said, ‘I love you, my son. I know they kill you for no reason,'” Ahmed said.

“I asked his mom yesterday, ‘Did you see any change, any kind of change?’ and she said, ‘No, everything was normal, everything was the same,’ Ahmed told WCMH-TV in Columbus.

Ahmed said relatives and those close to Artan perceived him to be a “nice young man” and “a good student.”

He said that Artan’s aunt told him her nephew “had a dream to be someone to help his community and serve his community.”

Artan worked at a Home Depot a few miles from his home. A customer of the store told the Columbus Dispatch that Artan seemed “very happy, very engaged in his work. Very polite.”

Monday morning prior to the attack, Artan purchased a knife at a Walmart, although authorities have not confirmed if it is the same knife used in the attack.

Columbus police and the FBI believe Artan was likely inspired by extremist propaganda, although they have not yet found a clear link between Artan and any terrorist groups.

A social media post made just hours before the attack and believed to have been written by Artan said, “I am sick and tired of my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters being killed everywhere.”

The post talks about reaching a “boiling point” after seeing Muslims being killed in Burma and and concludes with, “I can’t take it anymore.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: islam
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-89 next last
To: Mr. Mojo

You and Islam raised him.....deal with the results!


41 posted on 12/04/2016 4:07:33 PM PST by WellyP (question!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PghBaldy

Their are Christians being martyed every day in the Middle East, Africa or China. You don’t see Christians trying to mow down a bunch of college students or chasing them with a knife as ‘vengence’. No. There is something seriously wrong with Islam whenever excuses are made for this interpretation.


42 posted on 12/04/2016 4:08:45 PM PST by lee martell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
He said that Artan’s aunt told him her nephew “had a dream to be someone to help his community and serve his community.”

Ah, but you see, he lived his dream! He did try to help his community! His Muslim community that is: he attempted to rid his community of infidels.

43 posted on 12/04/2016 4:08:56 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Big Red Badger

The cure is 4 shots from a 44.


44 posted on 12/04/2016 4:10:08 PM PST by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

“He was only killing infidels!”


45 posted on 12/04/2016 4:10:54 PM PST by WMarshal ( Schadenfreude, it feels so good!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

Deport the family members of domestic terrorists.


46 posted on 12/04/2016 4:13:57 PM PST by databoss
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

In her native culture, she is probably right.


47 posted on 12/04/2016 4:17:58 PM PST by odawg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

An Islamic follower who believes that they have “the ability to pick up a turd by the clean end”.


48 posted on 12/04/2016 4:18:43 PM PST by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2016 - Make America Great Again)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

You’re the reason, b!tch. You taught him to hate this country. You didn’t teach him that human life has a value, and that your subhuman ideology doesn’t.


49 posted on 12/04/2016 4:19:07 PM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
She's clearly found a “personal injury” lawyer who sees a big payday.
50 posted on 12/04/2016 4:20:08 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

Happens every time. For every person that goes on a murder spree, there’s always a mother that runs to the media and tells us that her son is a sweet misunderstood boy.

It’s not too hard to figure why this little psycho turned out the way he did. I hope she didn’t have any more little demon-spawn. This family should be first on the list to be deported.


51 posted on 12/04/2016 4:21:31 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
She should either apologize for her miscreants actions or shut the hell up.
52 posted on 12/04/2016 4:22:02 PM PST by Shqipo (All this Winning. It's so MAGAnifocent!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoseofTexas

She has other children so you’re initial post is probably accurate enough...


53 posted on 12/04/2016 4:23:03 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
"..The post talks about reaching a “boiling point” after seeing Muslims being killed in Burma.."

What does this have to do with people in the US? It's unbelievable.

54 posted on 12/04/2016 4:25:03 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

Yeah, he was such a great kid, and then one day, he got a call from Charles Bronson:

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. Remember miles to go before you sleep.”

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076804/


55 posted on 12/04/2016 4:25:26 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

“No reason?”

I can think of at least eleven reasons.


56 posted on 12/04/2016 4:25:58 PM PST by lightman ( Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Vas is das? TRUMPALUTION!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
“She was crying, and said, ‘I love you, my son. I know they kill you for no reason,'” Ahmed said.

His Mother didn't say anything. Ahmed did all the talking.

57 posted on 12/04/2016 4:26:01 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

The trouble with this is, a lot of Snowflakes agree with her. There are a lot of sickos in our country these days.


58 posted on 12/04/2016 4:26:17 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DarthVader

Wait a minute,Darth,,,
You’ve been to Tombstone AZ?

“Here lies Lester Moore,
4 shots from a 44
No less , No Moore.”


59 posted on 12/04/2016 4:30:56 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: Organic Panic

“What benefit are we, as Americans, receiving by importing all these Somalis in to the nation?”
Absolutely NONE!!! Except that it fits the narrative of destruction of the USA as cheered on by Soros, UN Agenda 21 et al., a REAL US President such as we will have in Jan. 2017 would NEVER have allowed the importation to happen! Trump MUST push for repeal of that filthy drunken bastard Ted Kennedy’s Immigration Act of 1965!!!


60 posted on 12/04/2016 4:32:13 PM PST by Frank_2001
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-89 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson