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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
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To: Mr. Mojo

Centuries of inbreeding will develop this kind of intellect.


61 posted on 12/04/2016 4:33:33 PM PST by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: Chode

AARON COHEN,,,
Center mass ,
,then a head shot.
Got it.


62 posted on 12/04/2016 4:34:59 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

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.

Jihadis are always reaching “boiling point” - that’s boring!

Let’s go all sciency and educational:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEbMHmDhq2I


63 posted on 12/04/2016 4:35:43 PM PST by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Looks as though these Muslims ARE assimilating:

http://tinyurl.com/conpubdef


64 posted on 12/04/2016 4:38:18 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Mr. Mojo

“had a dream to ... serve his community.”
= = =

He WAS using a butcher knife.


65 posted on 12/04/2016 4:39:26 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (LOTS of /s)
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To: Big Red Badger

LOL!!


66 posted on 12/04/2016 4:40:05 PM PST by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: Big Red Badger

There’s only one cure that I know of! ;)


67 posted on 12/04/2016 4:44:42 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Big Red Badger
security shots should be mandatory on all terrorists
68 posted on 12/04/2016 4:48:26 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: Vendome

A local talk show host said last week he was glad a cop shot the guy. If a concealed carry civilian did, that person would be in jail with a hate crime.

I thought the talk show guy was nuts. Now I see he was on to something.


69 posted on 12/04/2016 4:56:48 PM PST by redgolum
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To: Twinkie

Yeah...and tell them if you do such things our whole extended family will be immediately deported...whether YOU survive or nit


70 posted on 12/04/2016 4:57:48 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: Chode
In short distances, where terrorism occurs in crowded areas, it allows you to get on target very quickly. Then there is the neutralizing head-shot to keep the threat’s hands from moving. This officer still fired three, four shots to the body, but if the attacker is still a threat, we sprint up to the threat to fire a shot into the head.

Effective, but a tougher reaction to defend in court. Running up and shooting the perp in the head after three shots to the body will land you in jail.
71 posted on 12/04/2016 4:58:52 PM PST by redgolum
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To: Mr. Mojo

After this, EVERY member of his family living here MUST be deported post haste. Failure to do so makes officials culpable in the injury or death of ANYONE hurt by this muslim and muslims in the future. Someone or a group of people MUST begin to start paying for failure to act to set a precedent of WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS ANY LONGER.


72 posted on 12/04/2016 4:58:58 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

the mother is earth scum


73 posted on 12/04/2016 5:00:37 PM PST by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: windsorknot

What “reason” did the son have to attack them?
**************************

They were infidels.
Muslims are commanded by their prophet to kill infidels.


74 posted on 12/04/2016 5:08:19 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Ban all muslims.

Remove all muslims.

Never let any muslims in ever again.


75 posted on 12/04/2016 5:09:20 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Her tears, they nourish me.

Her pain, it comforts me.

May she suffer, forever.


76 posted on 12/04/2016 5:09:42 PM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!!)
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To: Frank_2001

Bush I started the importation of Somalians, so I guess we haven’t had a real American President since 1989


77 posted on 12/04/2016 5:16:11 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Sure. He was just trying to take out some infidels. And for that he gets killed?


78 posted on 12/04/2016 5:16:24 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.M)
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To: Mr. Mojo

That sounds like something that our current President would say.


79 posted on 12/04/2016 5:21:51 PM PST by Trumpnado2016 (It's time for America to dream again.)
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To: redgolum
we'll see
80 posted on 12/04/2016 5:23:00 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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