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| Fifth Column |
| Jihad U's Student Internship |
| 2007-06-12 |
| By Patrick Poole As I’ve documented in two previous articles in recent months, “Jihad U” and “Saudi Press Plugs America’s Jihad U”, the Al-Maghrib Institute has quickly become the most popular Islamic studies program in North America featuring active programs in almost 20 different cities across the country and thousands of supporters nationwide. With strong ties to both the Saudi Wahhabi religious establishment and the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Maghrib has leveraged its flashy presentations and motivational-style speakers to advance a radical jihadist ideology and extremist religious worldview. Thus far, at least one apt Al-Maghrib pupil has been willing to follow the implications of those teachings and put his education to use by taking up arms as a willing participant in the global jihad. In a federal courtroom in Houston on April 19th, Daniel Joseph Maldonado, a.k.a. Daniel Aljughaifi, pled guilty to receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization – the first American to ever plead guilty to waging jihad overseas according to a Department of Justice press release. Maldonado was captured by Kenyan military forces in January of this year as the dwindling forces of the al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamic Courts Union were attempting to flee from Ethiopian and Somali troops that had taken back most of Somalia from the terrorist organization’s control. He was turned over the American authorities in February, and following to his guilty plea he is due to be sentenced on June 29th. Rest at link. |
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