Posted on 07/09/2015 2:08:25 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Muslim leaders in Minnesota, including Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, argue that the best way to discourage Somali-Americans caught trying to join the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIL or ISIS) from embracing radical Islam is to allow them to remain in their communities while awaiting trial.
The New York Times reported that U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis on Wednesday ordered that three young men accused of trying to travel to Syria and join IS be detained while they await trial.
However, Muslim leaders in Minnesota — which has become a hot recruitment spot for terrorists — insist that young would-be IS terrorists like these should instead be allowed to return to their communities and engage in activities such as coaching youth basketball and helping immigrants fill out job applications.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.), himself a Muslim, spoke in favor of such a design.
“If you integrate them back into their family relationships and you have responsible faith leaders, then that’s going to be the check on them that they need,” Ellison explained. “There’s going to be people watching them, encouraging them.”
The three individuals in question face federal charges of conspiracy and attempting to give material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, crimes that could get them decades in prison. Having pleaded not guilty, the individuals will return to court in September.
According to a February NPR report, authorities said 12 individuals with connections to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area had traveled to Syria since 2013, while about a dozen additional people had attempted to travel to the Middle East or were planning to do so.
In April, six young men from the Minneapolis Somali community were apprehended by federal authorities for trying to join IS.
Does he have kids? Maybe the sex offender teachers don’t bother him because his kids go to a near-madrassa style private school.
Heck, we should send them over there and plant information on social media and on the street that they are CIA informers
let nature take care of its own
Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.), himself an AHOLE!!
OUTLAW THE DEATH CULT NOW!!
We just need to make them promise and cross-their-heart-and-hope-to-die they will come back for their trial AND (this is the important part) make sure they do not have their fingers crossed or say “no takesie-backsies”
These Somalis are flight risks? Who cares? Lets hope they leave and are kept out! I see Muslims pull business frauds worth millions and evading as much in taxes. These are the ones you keep locked up. They are flight risks due to having stashed away millions in Lebanon or what have you.
No kidding. If they want to leave and join ISIS let them, help them with the fare.
Just make sure they cannot return.
This gives a full and final answer to the question “would Ellison be more supportive of Islam or America?
The answer to the issue of Muslim terrorists in America is very simple: 7.62
Fat Ted Kennedy’s legacy.
right, they should not be detained, they should be hanged. If found doing anything to support Islamic terrorist organizations
It is very appropriate that this article about Mohammed Ellison follows the one on “vampires in the closet”.
He, like they, are batcrap crazy. Only in Marxist Minnesota!
Hey Keith, “BITE ME”.
Ellison needs to understand these are juveniles who may need some court redirection or some community service.
These guys mean to kill everyone they can...of course Ellison is safe isn’t he, already submitted to allah and all that?
Ellison needs to understand these are NOT juveniles who may need some court redirection or some community service.
These guys mean to kill everyone they can...of course Ellison is safe isn’t he, already submitted to allah and all that?
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