As the Associated Press reports, Deanna Meyer, the mother of an autistic teen who was first recruited for jihad online testified that “her son has never had the motivation to follow through with things.” Why? Because he is autistic. Deanna also stated that she does not think her son “would have taken action to travel to the Middle East were it not for the support of people he recently met who shared his views. That included FBI informants posing as Islamic State facilitators.” Deanna Meyer “was responding to a question from Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter about whether her son, who has autism, understood the gravity of the situation, given his condition.”
Jihad recruitment, both online and offline, has proven to provide recruits with a powerful determination. Jihadis indoctrinate recruits with the idea that violence is a valid means to spread Islam and martyrdom is the ultimate and highest calling. The murder of infidels requires no soundness of mind or keenness of intellect. Martyrdom offers a supreme reward for murder. So violent jihad is attractive to its adherents for many reasons, including giving them a false sense of purpose.
A man asks Muhammad “which of men is the best?” Muhammad replies that it is the man who is always ready for battle and flies into it “seeking death at places where it can be expected.” Sahih Muslim 20:4655
The words of Muhammad: “I would love to be martyred in Allah’s Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred.” This is why modern-day Jihadists often say that they love death. Sahih Bukhari 52:54
“Allah guarantees that He will admit the Mujahid in His Cause into Paradise if he is killed, otherwise He will return him to his home safely with rewards and war booty.” Sahih Bukhari 52:46
“Let those who sell the life of this world for the next fight in the way of Allah. Whoever fights in the way of Allah, whether he is killed or victorious, on him we will bestow a great reward.” Qur’an 4:74
“Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed. It is a promise that is binding on him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfills his covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have made, for that is the supreme triumph.” Qur’an 9:111
No other religion promotes anything even close to this. Given the FBI’s up-close-and-personal involvement with the Islamic State in its investigations, it is particularly ironic that the FBI ignores the powerful influence of jihad indoctrination, all while it exaggerating a “domestic terror threat,” targeting so-called “white supremacists” and smearing Catholics with accusations of holding a “radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology” that is supposedly inciting them to violence. Yet “FBI informants posing as Islamic State facilitators” (in Deanna Meyer’s testimony) were convincing enough to recruit for the Islamic State, and their recruit was an autistic youngster at that.
Given that the FBI is evidently so closely monitoring the Islamic State, and so well versed in its stratagems, it why does the FBI continue to deny the meaning and impact of jihad activity? Jihad Watch has extensively covered the corruption of the FBI, and the case of Deanna Meyer and her autistic son Devin raises even more concerns about the bureau’s deep corruption.
“Mom of Colorado teen accused of trying to join Islamic State blames FBI ‘encouragement,’” by Colleen Slevin, Associated Press, July 20, 2023:
DENVER (AP) — The mother of an 18-year-old who is accused of trying to become a fighter for the Islamic State group says her son has never had the motivation to follow through with things.
Deanna Meyer testified Thursday that she does not think her son, Devin Meyer, would have taken action to travel to the Middle East were it not for the support of people he recently met who shared his views. That included FBI informants posing as Islamic State facilitators.
“I bet my life he would never do that without that encouragement,” Deanna Meyer said in federal court in an unsuccessful attempt to convince a judge to allow her son to stay with her while he is being prosecuted. He was arrested Friday as he tried to board a plane to Turkey and has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Deanna Meyer was responding to a question from Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter about whether her son, who has autism, understood the gravity of the situation, given his condition.
She reached out to law enforcement last year about Devin when he was 17 because she was concerned about the escalation of his “radical Islamic beliefs” and openly expressing violent intentions, according to court documents….
Soon after Meyer turned 18, he began communicating online with the first paid informant, whom he believed was an Islamic State facilitator, his arrest affidavit said. Later that informant introduced Meyer to a second informant, who presented themselves as an ISIS travel facilitator, it said….
Bexarkat says
Interesting…these days it’s tough to determine who had the least credibility, ISIS or the FBI.
Mark Spahn says
“I bet my life he would never do that without that encouragement,” Deanna Meyer said in federal court.
I want to take this bet. I say he *would* do that without the encouragement he received. But how can we settle the bet if it involves a contrary-to-fact condition? And if Deanna loses the bet, will she kill herself, or must I kill her?
Pray Hard says
So, the kid is autistic? I knew the FIB had sunk very low, but this? Good God! Autistic kids typically have the attention span of a gnat and are very suggestible. How utterly depraved of the FBI! Is there no understanding in this country any longer?
gravenimage says
Dear Pray Hard, I think I’d take this claim with a bushel of salt–it sounds rather like the “mentally ill” claim that is so common. Besides, not all Autistic people are easy to manipulate.
Then, it was not just the FBI involved, but actual Islamic State Jihadists. I have my issues with the FBI these days, certainly, but assuming this would be Jihadists is just an innocent lamb misled by mean American law enforcement is pretty iffy.
Then, his mother was also concerned about his ‘“radical Islamic beliefs” and openly expressing violent intentions’, so this much predated the involvement of the FBI.
somehistory says
She was “concerned” when he was 17, “about the escalation of his “radical Islamic beliefs” and openly expressing violent intentions,”
before he turned 18 and “reached out to the paid informant.”
there are no lone wolves in islam. All mozlums get encouragement from other mozlums
If there was no book of unholy demonic filth commanding its readers to steal, lie, rape and murder, and there were no barracks where these people gathered to talk about what they were commanded to do, and no one there to encourage them to do these evil things, then it’s possible some would not be likely to do them on their own….as they would not have the motivation to; but they are promised a reward if they do them; and they are encouraged to do them, and many have direct help to do them.
She saw what he was doing before he got online with those he thought would help him.
gravenimage says
Exactly, Somehistory.
James Lincoln says
Strongly seconded.
somehistory says
Thank you, James L.
somehistory says
Thank you, g.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I have no idea who to believe here – the mom, or the FBI. Given their recent behavior, I’ll tend to go w/ mom
OLD GUY says
It is sad that we no longer have faith in our FBI. But when it comes to jihadist I’ll stand with our law enforcement officers.
Check Burry says
Autism, along with aspergers has many levels. Different symptoms, different levels of intelligence from high to low., happy to disturbed. This teen needs some support too, as well as being restrained from going to isis.
Tanya Notkoff says
The kid was “low-hanging fruit” so the FBI wasted much time with him instead of pursuing more intellectually challenging Islamists, thriving in Colorado and elsewhere. Undoubtedly, the kid needed redirection, being highly impressionable. Once I witnessed a mother instructing her autistic teen at a Colorado Presidential caucus on how he should vote…just saying.