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Fargo: Muslim community refuses to bury Muslim who killed cop, says nobody knew him

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The fact that the Muslims in Fargo refused to bury Mohamad Barakat is not the unalloyed good news that it likely appears to be to those who deplore “Islamophobia.” The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) was similarly celebrated and gained worldwide headlines — and praise — for its announcement in 2017 that 130 imams in the United Kingdom were refusing to perform funeral prayers for the London jihad mass murderers.

Now, maybe both the Fargo Muslims and the MCB had the best of intentions, but the fact is that the prophet of Islam, Muhammad himself, is depicted in hadiths as forbidding funeral prayers for martyrs. Islamic law forbids such prayers as well. Withholding funeral prayers is actually an honor that is reserved for those who die while committing jihad. In one hadith, Muhammad ordered two martyrs to be “buried with their blood (on their bodies). Neither was the funeral prayer offered for them, nor were they washed.” One of the martyrs’ sons recalled: “When my father was martyred, I started weeping and uncovering his face. The companions of the Prophet stopped me from doing so but the Prophet did not stop me. Then the Prophet said, ‘(O Jabir), don’t weep over him, for the angels kept on covering him with their wings till his body was carried away (for burial)'” (Bukhari 5.59.406).

The Qur’an says that those who have been killed while fighting for Allah are not dead, but alive: “Do not think of those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead. No, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.” (3:169)

Based on the hadith in which Muhammad orders the bodies of the martyrs not to be washed and funeral prayers not to be said over them, as well as others like it, Islamic law states that it is “unlawful to wash the body of a martyr … or perform the funeral prayer over him.…[A] martyr (shahid) means someone who died in battle with non-Muslims.” (Reliance of the Traveller, G4.20)

Meanwhile, the Muslims at the local mosque say they never saw Barakat, and nobody knows him. This may be true, but we have seen deception from mosques that jihadis attended before. After a Muslim who supported the Islamic State shot a police officer in Philadelphia, the local mosque leaders initially denied knowing him, but then it turned out they were lying, and the jihadi attended the mosque frequently. The same thing happened after jihadis attacked our free speech event in Garland, Texas: the mosque they attended in Phoenix denied knowing them, but it turned out they were regular members.

Also, the fact that Barakat didn’t frequent the local mosque, if true, establishes precisely nothing. The Express reported in January 2016 that an Islamic State manual, “Safety and Security Guidelines for Lone Wolf Mujahideen,” told jihadis: “You should make sure to not look particularly attached to religion. A man who works on a secret operation should meddle [sic] in the general population. If you can avoid having a beard, wearing qamis, using miswak and having a booklet of dhikr with you, it’s better. Also. you shouldn’t be going too often to places like mosques, Islamic institutes or Islamic libraries. You should also wear western-style clothes as to appear neutral and not draw attention to yourself.”

Was Mohamad Barakat engaged in that kind of deceptive operation? Maybe, maybe not. But is the clueless and corrupt FBI even pursuing that as a possibility to be investigated, or would that be “Islamophobic”?

“Local Muslims condemn ‘evil’ gunman, refuse to help bury him,” by C.S. Hagen, InForum, July 20, 2023:

FARGO — In a show of solidarity with the Fargo Police Department, a group of about 10 Muslim refugees and immigrant leaders placed flowers at the memorial for slain officer Jake Wallin on 25th Street South this week.

Along with bringing Somali food to Fargo police headquarters on Thursday, July 20, the gestures were to show respect for law enforcement, but also to condemn the attack by gunman Mohamad Barakat who killed Wallin, seriously wounded two other officers and injured a bystander.

The Forum spoke with more than a dozen members of the local Muslim community who all said they did not know 37-year-old Barakat.

Despite his first name, which is common among Muslims, area leaders in the Islamic faith rejected any affiliation with Barakat, who they said did not attend the Fargo mosque or the one in Moorhead.

In fact, a family member’s request made to local mosque leaders to handle Barakat’s funeral arrangements has been refused, said Sajid Ghauri, an adviser to the Moorhead mosque, known as the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center.

“We have no clue whether he was even Muslim because his action doesn’t show that. So with that being said … we refused to do a funeral or burial in this area,” Ghauri said. “Even if he’s a member, he can’t mess with our community like that.”

On July 14, Barakat armed himself with a homemade grenade, gasoline, explosives, a .223 caliber long rifle, 1,800 rounds of ammunition, four other handguns and additional rifles, a tactical vest and double-stacked, large-capacity magazines, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said during a press conference on Wednesday, July 19.

Stopping short of calling the shooting an act of terrorism, Wrigley said Fargo Police Officer Zachary Robinson was the “last man standing for what was coming next and what this assailant was armed for.”

Mayor Tim Mahoney agreed with Wrigley during the press conference saying Barakat’s attack was not finished.

“It is clear to us our officers were ambushed in this attack. Had Zach not neutralized the shooter we would have many more casualties. He was planning on war and mayhem in our community,” Mahoney said.

Ahmed Makaran, executive director of ESHARA, or the Ethnic Self Help Alliance for Refugee Assistance, came to the makeshift memorial for Wallin on Tuesday. Makaran has been meeting with city leaders and the Fargo Police Department to offer help in any way he can, he said.

No one in the local Muslim community knew Barakat, or had even heard his name, Makaran said.

“We have a lot of Mohamads and Ahmeds here, but we have not even seen his picture. And that is an unknown fear. People see the name and think it is like every other Muslim. But with good communication we can make this unknown fear go away,” Makaran said.

Other Muslim leaders said connecting Barakat’s name to the religion of Islam makes as much sense as linking the name John to Christianity.

Ghauri said he talked to about 50 Muslim people in the area and so far has not found anyone who knew Barakat.

“You cannot attach this to any religion. That person has what looks like a Muslim name, but his actions were not Muslim,” Ghauri said….

“Islam is a peaceful religion that condemns the use of violence against innocents, including police officers, firefighters and other first responders performing their duties. Further, it is the civic and religious duty of Muslims to cooperate with law enforcement and protect the lives of all civilians,” Ghauri said….

Adde and others are concerned about how the wider Fargo-Moorhead community will react to Friday’s violence.

Already, a newly-placed poster found Monday along 10th Street South advertised the Patriot Front, saying “Reclaim America.”

High up on a wall behind the stage in Broadway Square a similar message was also spray painted.

The Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that formed after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights nonprofit that tracks hate groups.

In 2022, there were at least three instances of vandalism with the words Patriot Front on businesses and tunnels in the Fargo-Moorhead area….

Comments

  1. Two things: “Other Muslim leaders said connecting Barakat’s name to the religion of Islam makes as much sense as linking the name John to Christianity”
    Just plain wrong. People give the fake prophet’s name to their mozlum kids. The general public does not name their children that name.
    The general public has used the name John for a long, long time without connecting it to Christianity.

    Secondly: the murderer’s family asked the local mozlums to arrange his burial. They would not have done so if he was not a mozlum. “In fact, a family member’s request made to local mosque leaders to handle Barakat’s funeral arrangements has been refused, said Sajid Ghauri”

    Oh, and one other: A whole lot of the other things they said are outright lies….like the “peaceful” thingy.
    I don’t believe a word they said.

    • Somehistory,

      Hope you are doing well.
      Moslems just love their false prophet blindly, period. But the ignorance of the infidels in this case (about the name John) is quiet baffling. Here is a copy/paste:

      The name John is a theophoric name originating from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yôḥānān), or in its longer form יְהוֹחָנָן‎ (Yəhôḥānān), meaning “Yahweh has been gracious”.[1] Several obscure figures in the Old Testament bore this name, and it grew in popularity once borne by the high priest Johanan (fl. 407 BC) and especially by King John Hyrcanus (d. 104 BC). In the second temple period, it was the fifth most popular male name among Jews in Judaea[6] and was borne by several important rabbis, such as Yochanan ben Zakai and Yochanan ben Nuri.

      This is akin to saying Philip is a “Christian” name. Wasn’t Alexander the great’s father’s name Philip?
      Where is the application of mind of the officials. Is it that they love all fascists ideologies, especially islam?

      T

      • thank you, Raja, for all of that. I am not doing as well as I would like, but probably few are in these times we live. Thans for asking.
        Yes, even the Apostle John was a Jew. As were all of the other Apostles and many others of the first Christians.

        The ignorance of people is truly astounding, when it is fairly easy to find facts….from libraries, and from some reliable places on the internet.

        I hope you are doing well.

        • Somehistory,

          Thanks for the reply. I am sorry that you are not doing well as you would like. Life is short on this earth. Not everything is rosy here. We do our best and leave the rest to God. God remains the only hope.

      • Raja, I don’t think Somehistory is saying that John is not a name with Judeo-Christian origins–it is. There was an apostle named John, and a number of Saints.

        That being said, the name John is simply very popular in the West, and often not for religious reasons. I personally know several Johns (and Jonathans), and a couple of them are Atheists, and one was named for his father. Only two are practicing Christians, and even here I have no reason to assume that their names are specifically religious. I do know that neither of them are named for Catholic Saints.

        So while the name John may or may not have a Christian reference, the name Mohamad (in all its various spellings) is *almost always* a specifically Muslim name.

        The *only* Muhammad I have ever known who is not Muslim is an ex-Muslim–and many already knew him by this name, so he did not change it.

        • I once heard Phil Henry, who did a ventriloquist talk show back in the day (dunno whether he’s still on) have his caller sock puppet claim that after the assassination of President Lincoln, a lot of people in the South named their sons “John” after John Wilkes Booth ? That was comedy gold

        • Thank you, g I wasn’t under the impression that Raja didn’t understand my comment. But, your explanation is good for whomever might have misunderstood me.

        • I agree. It’s not a matter of ignorance, it’s a matter of knowing many Johns or Jons whose names were bestowed upon them for a variety of reasons. Moham is always, in my experience, a sign of that religious origin.

          Hope you improve, SH (and I thought you were clear); always appreciate your additions, GI.

        • I may be wrong about Raja in this case, Somehistory.

          Thank you, Hoi Polloi.

        • thank you, HP, for both parts of your comment …the hopes and the clear…to me.

          thanks, g for the feel better hopes. Not where I want to be yet.

  2. Connecting the name MUHAMMED{barakat}to the incredibly non-peaceful religion of islam does however make good sense.MUHAMMED is a popular muslim name.I guess they missed that.

  3. And when the invisible man converted to islam it was said that he was never seen in any mosque.And when he blew himself up one jihadi night no trace was ever found except for a copy of the quran and a half eaten bacon sandwich.The muslims said ‘if a muslim kills a man it is as if he killed everybody in the world” so it could not have happened.Impossible.islam is an incredibly peaceful religion.Honest

  5. Posters by Patriot Front?
    Maybe a false flag?
    SPLC has no cred in my book especially after they labeled Dr. Ben Carson a “terrorist”.

    I smell taquiya in there somewhere.

    • The pretend southern poverty lawyers, are without cred except to those who want the same people destroyed.as the liars of the center do.

      There once was a saying, “something’s rotten in Denmark.” Now it could be said, something is rotten in ND. Most of us know just what is rotten there.

  6. The local muslim imams of Mumbai/Bombay also refused to acknowledge and bury the ten highly trained pakistani terrorists who came from karachi, pakistan in 2008 and, over a period of four terror-filled days, killed over 175 people and wounded over 300. They were finally killed by Indian security teams.

    It was India’s 9/11.

    But, here’s the reality. Dozens of local muslims received these ten terrorists who came by boat, sheltered them, fed them, and then physically guided them to over 12 targets including two five-star hotels and the Chabad house, one of eight synagogues in Mumbai.

    Marcus Tullius Cicero said it best— ‘The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.’

    Add idiocy and slumber to the list.

    • I remember this as well. I was in Delhi at the time when we had news of this massacre, and a couple of days later, there was nationwide demonstration by muslims against this bunch, and a refusal to bury them in Mumbai’s muslim graveyards

      Even though I knew many things about islam to be suspicious about such claims – maybe they were fearing a Hindu backlash, and this was when Bal Thackeray was still alive and the Shiv Sena was still a Hindu quasi-militia, I didn’t know the stuff Robert has posted, about how shahids are supposed to be disposed off differently from muslims who die normal deaths. This actually explains why this seemingly outraged behavior is actually very compatible w/ the jihad

  7. Giving a “decent” islamic burial is not the deciding factor if the devout goes to be with God or without God. Their evil deeds are.

    • Yes, Raja, the Bible has a verse regarding those who are resurrected: “And the sea gave up its dead.” A person lost at sea, without a burial, can still be resurrected if he was not found by God to be evil.
      And as we know, many people die while lost and alone and are never buried. It’s the heart and whether it was evil that decides.

      • Somehistory,

        Thanks for the reply. You are 100 % correct. God is going to resurrect all souls, even if someone has fallen off a volcanic crater. For the real creator these are easy. islam is definitely not any close to God or God’s way.

        • Yes, Raja. for the One Who created man and went to the extent that He did in saving His creation, He will make sure innocent, honest souls, are not lost forever.

          and for such as He, it will be easy and He will enjoy the work, as Jesus enjoyed His time of earth, helping people to be well and whole. Remember His reply when a man said, “If you want to, you can make me clean,” and Jesus said, “I want to. Be made clean.”

  8. OR:
    The pope guy is not the least concerned with the Christians being slaughtered in Africa by mozlums; nor for those in places like iran and pakistan who are being charged with crimes they have not committed. He just wants to make sure all of the “migrants” reach the shores safe and sound and “welcomed.” The majority…if not the entire hordes…are mozlum

    “Pope, Med must no longer be a place of death for migrants”

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-med-must-no-longer-be-a-place-of-death-for-migrants/ar-AA1eeoIe?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=56fb0628f4f748d5a91dacb702335447&ei=47

  9. Fargo: Muslim community refuses to bury Muslim who killed cop, says nobody knew him
    …………………………………

    Taqiyya. If Muslims gain even more power, they will be openly celebrating these Jihadists.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out he was a regular at the Mosque–this has happened many times before.

  10. 1) it harms the disbelievers because we have to pay to dispose of him
    2) it makes them look good for the next time islam strikes

      • Not a good strategy .. Leave the hating to the mullahs
        Be rational and be seen to be rational … Get the truth about islam out there
        Learn the ways of our adversaries
        The only way to succeed

        • Jezebel’s kind of disposal would do.
          “Oh, you lovers of Jehovah, ****hate***** what is bad.”

          You think your way, and I’ll think mine.

  11. Taqqiya going on here. He’s known to the Community. It’s just that where they are their numbers are deemed to be low. I fthis had happened , say, in NYC, the guy would be hailed a Martyr & his example to be followed.

  12. I had a classmate named Mohammed Ali who was a Christian. I never asked him how he got that name but that’s very rare. Secondly if infidels as they call us started to name our children after their precious prophet I’m pretty sure they would respond with violence the same way they violently demanded that Christians in Malaysia stop referring to god as allah. Allah simply means god in some languages. Any good but that didn’t stop them did it?

    • He may have been a Muslim apostate, or perhaps was named for the famous boxer. The name Mohammed for an Infidel is *very* rare, though.

  13. I really appreciate these informative articles, as they are so helpful in countering the government’s and its press organ’s relentless drive to lie for muslims.

    • I’ve known a couple of Jewish folks named Chris. Not likely named for Christ, though, at least not directly.

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