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Homegrown Islamic Extremism on the Rise in United States
Washington Free Bacon ^ | 04/07/2017 | Natalie Johnson

Posted on 04/07/2017 4:22:18 PM PDT by ForYourChildren

House report tracks 204 homegrown jihadist cases in America since 9/11.

The threat of homegrown Islamist extremism in the United States is on the rise, according to a new House Homeland Security Committee report.

Nearly 20 percent of the 204 homegrown jihadist incidents in the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have occurred over the past year, the committee found in its monthly Terror Threat Snapshot, citing data from the Majority Staff of the Homeland Security Committee.

Two Americans with suspected ties to the Islamic State were indicted last month on terrorism charges. Texas resident Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim was charged March 5 with six counts of making false statements to federal agents regarding his support for ISIS during a terrorist investigation.

Two days earlier, Long Island resident Elvis Redzepagic was detained for attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Redzepagic attempted to travel to Syria on two separate occasions to join either ISIS or the al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda branch in the country.

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KEYWORDS: islam; terrorism; usa
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To: ForYourChildren

As long as we harbor muslims, we can expect to breed homegrown terrorists.

Duh.


21 posted on 04/07/2017 10:23:25 PM PDT by 353FMG (AMERICA FIRST.)
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