New in PJ Media: What’s the deal with converts to Islam? Last April, a teenager in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, named Alexander Scott Mercurio was caught plotting jihad massacres in local churches, “using weapons, including knives, firearms, and fire.” On New Year’s Eve in 2022, a 19-year-old named Trevor Bickford traveled from his home in Wells, Maine, to […]
American Teen Converted to Islam, Vowed to Kill ‘Enemies of Allah’ in Las Vegas
“Welcome with death” One of the most underreported trends in Islamic domestic terrorism is that of American teens converting to Islam and then launching terrorist plots. We’ve had a number of these in the past few years including the Maine teen who attacked a police officer in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Here’s another one out of Vegas. A […]
Canada: Islamic State jihadi who returned to Canada is charged with terrorism offenses
So Kimberly Polman will serve a few years and then be free, in Canada. What will have been done to disabuse her of her jihadi sentiments? Absolutely nothing. Any such effort would be “Islamophobic.” “Canada police charge Syrian returnee with terrorism offenses,” Reuters, July 7, 2024: Canadian police said on Saturday they had charged a […]
France: Muslims plot coordinated jihad massacres in different places across the country
One of them was a recent convert to Islam, but authorities continue to be totally indifferent to the recurring phenomenon of converts to Islam turning to violence. “Two young people indicted for jihadist ‘coordinated attack plans,’” translated from “Deux jeunes mis en examen pour des « projets d’attaques coordonnées » djihadistes,” Valeurs Actuelles, May 17, […]
Maine Kid Who Tried to Kill Cops With Machete Is Sentenced, Elephant in Room Still Ignored
New in PJ Media: When Trevor Bickford was 19 years old, on Dec. 31, 2022, he ventured down from his home in Wells, Maine, to Times Square. But he was not planning to join with multitudes of New Year’s Eve revelers. Instead, he attacked three NYPD officers with a machete. On Thursday, he was sentenced […]
Muslim who tried to murder NYPD cops with machete in Times Square gets 27 years of prison dawah
Once again, the elephant in the room is steadfastly and resolutely ignored. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams admits that Bickford was “inspired by radical Islamic extremism,” but neither he nor anyone else displays even the smallest glimmer of curiosity regarding how exactly this convert to Islam came to be “inspired by radical Islamic extremism,” or about […]
Australia: Muslim teen stabs man exiting gym, rushes at cops brandishing his knife, cops say it’s not terrorism
Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the crazy idea that his new religion calls for violence against unbelievers. Authorities remain resolutely incurious about this recurring phenomenon. “‘Radicalised teen’ shot dead by police in Willetton after stabbing,” by Heather McNeill, Hamish Hastie and Rebecca Peppiatt, WAToday, May 5, 2024: A “radicalised” teenage boy was shot […]
Convert to Islam says Qur’an is the answer to all of mankind’s problems, harasses women
I left Islam 21 years ago, but it is always interesting how many times in that period I have had interesting encounters with Muslims or conversations about Islam. I provide security for a living and had an incident happen Thursday night that reminded me both of my past and the danger being an apostate from […]
Germany: Muslim college student with tens of thousands of followers calls for establishment of caliphate
The poor dear is just blowing off steam, right? Right? Celebrate diversity! “Hamburg college student and his ‘pop-Islamist’ followers want to establish a caliphate in Germany,” by Zeev Avrahami, Ynet News, April 9, 2024: At just 26 years old, Raheem Boateng is already the intellectual leader of a radical Muslim group in Hamburg that greatly […]
Australia: Muslim teen who attacked priest while screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ was recent convert to Islam
Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the crazy idea that his new religion calls for violence against unbelievers. Authorities remain resolutely incurious about this recurring phenomenon. “Alleged teen terrorist’s disturbing knife history before Christian priest was stabbed in haunting livestream,” by Shannon Molloy, News.com.au, April 16, 2024: An alleged teenage terrorist who police say […]