Snips: Though the posts under the screen name Farouk1986 have not been officially confirmed to be Abdulmutallab’s, security officials have said they are investigating them, and the events described by the poster closely follow the 23-year-old’s life.
Farouk1986 describes himself as Nigerian, at boarding school, and talks about his summer in Yemen in 2005. He introduces himself as Umar, but “you can call me Farouk”, the name by which Abdulmutallab’s friends and family also knew him.
Farouk1986 asks for a link to a “jihad forum” from a fellow Islamic Forum contributor calling himself Jihad4Ever, going on to say he hopes to meet the other posters in another forum where they can share “useful knowledge”.
“I imagine how the great jihad will take place, how the Muslims will win insha Allah and rule the whole world, and establish the greatest empire once again!!!” he wrote in February 2005.
Snips: Perhaps none of the generally-accepted conventional wisdom items on the recent jihadist attacks is as dangerous as the constantly-repeated refrain that the individuals "acted alone." While the acts may have been carried out by individuals, they are all part and parcel of the broader Islamist movement to recreate the caliphate as Allah's kingdom on earth. There are push and pull factors and actors that part of a coherent whole that work with these individuals to make their actions possible.
So, you have lonely, alienated and unhappy people, in effect being told that their alienation is a sign that they are close to Allah and on their way to salvation. What is required of them? To use whatever means available to attack the current system perpetrated by infidels, and bring about a new, Islamic world.
Thanks for the ping MamaDearest.
I noticed elsewhere, in the title of an article I didn't have a chance to read that he was depeicted as both depresses & lonely, and that this has been poo poohed by many --- but aren't those characteristics which make one so 'ripe' for CULT INDOCTRINATION?
>>> "....While the acts may have been carried out by individuals, they are all part and parcel of the broader Islamist movement to recreate the caliphate as Allah's kingdom on earth. There are push and pull factors and actors that part of a coherent whole that work with these individuals to make their actions possible.
So, you have lonely, alienated and unhappy people, in effect being told that their alienation is a sign that they are close to Allah and on their way to salvation. What is required of them? To use whatever means available to attack the current system perpetrated by infidels, and bring about a new, Islamic world." <<<<
~Shaking head
We are truly blessed to have the poseur messiah leading us, dontcha think.../S