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American Said Gay Marriage Drove Him to Join Al Qaeda in Syria
2015-12-24
[THEDAILYBEAST] A Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, 22-year-old who was too afraid to join ISIS was apprehended at the airport, allegedly on his way to join al Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
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The latest alleged American recruit for al-Nusra was desperate to leave the country because the Supreme Court passed gay marriage.

In a complaint unsealed last week, authorities say a 22-year-old Bay Area man planned a trip overseas to join al Qaeda's Syrian branch. Adam Shafi, of Fremont, is accused of purchasing tickets to Istanbul from the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
after he chickened out of joining ISIS last year.

The government claims that Shafi believed U.S. politics were heading in the wrong direction--like the Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage a few days prior--and that he wanted to live in a country run under Muslim values.

"Adam was discouraged with the politics and direction of the United States, citing the recent Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage, and wanted to be in a country of people of similar mindset and religion as himself," the criminal complaint reads.

But ISIS was too brutal and killed too many Muslims for his taste, the complaint alleges. For Shafi, an American disillusioned with U.S. policy and worried about the plight of Muslims around the world, Jabhat al-Nusra, which executes regime soldiers and alleged adulterers, seemed like the more moderate choice.

And even though Shafi allegedly attempted to join al-Nusra because it better aligned with Islamic values, the group commits similar violence and brutality as ISIS in its own battle against secular Western ideals.
As with many other recent radicalization cases, it was Shafi's parents who first alerted authorities about his potential plots in the ultimate act of parental sacrifice. When Shafi disappeared during a family trip to Egypt last August, his dad warned the U.S. embassy in the country that he might be heading to Syria. Shafi texted another relative that he was going to "protect Muslims," and the father said he and high school friends had been following bad boy imams online.

Shafi ultimately resurfaced after rendezvousing with a friend in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
. They were just sightseeing, he said. When interviewed by the feds, he said he was going to see the condition of Syrian refugees.

But according to the complaint, Shafi wasn't acting alone. Although ISIS is clearly winning the popularity contest among young, Muslim-American wannabe bad boys, at least two other men were in on Shafi's alleged plot to join the Nusra Front.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Gay Marriage Drove Him to Join Al Qaeda in Syria

His husband probably dumped him.
Posted by: JHH   2015-12-24 16:32  

#2  I smell BS as well, lord garth. Personally speaking, I don't give a rat's ass about their justifications and the MSM (as usual) hypes that shit WAYYY too much, especially when they can play their favorite game on blaming Republicans.
Posted by: Raj   2015-12-24 11:17  

#1  this guy was living in SF and only the SCOPUS gay marriage decision rang his bell?
Posted by: lord garth   2015-12-24 00:20  

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