FBI Watching Somali Muslims In Minneapolis

CBS Evening News: 20 From Same Mosque Have Repatriated, One Became A Suicide Bomber; Mosque Officials Deny Radical Agenda

(CBS)  On election night last November, the outcome was wildly celebrated by Somalis living in Minneapolis, 70,000-strong, mostly refugees from their war-torn country. It is the largest Somali community in the United States, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds.

But the evening was noteworthy for something else, too. That night, the latest in a line of young Somalis who grew up here, departed unannounced for Somalia itself, joining a civil war in a country few had ever seen and causing concern in the United States.

Hussein Samatar's 17-year old nephew left without a word to his family.

"He was an A student," says Samatar. "He has everything to hope for to attend any Ivy League school that he wanted to. Why he would do it is a mystery to us."

Some 20 vanished last year - all American citizens - an exodus the FBI has noticed for a troubling reason.

"A man from Minneapolis became what we believe to be the first U.S. citizen to carry out a terrorist suicide bombing," said agency director Robert Mueller.

The October attack by 27-year-old Shirwa Ahmed killed 30 near Mogadishu, and there is alarm that the skills acquired abroad could be brought back to America.

"He could have done it here," says Omar Jamal, a Somali advocate in Minnesota. "We don't see anything that would have prevented him from doing this right here in the heart of Minneapolis."

This much seems clear:

"It appears that this individual was radicalized in his hometown in Minnesota," Mueller said.

The missing men all came from one local mosque, according to the FBI. But officials at the mosque deny that they play any role in turning young people into radicals, Reynolds reports.

This week they held an open house to answer critics and confront recent harassment.

"We absolutely deny that such things happen in this mosque," says Omar Hurre, executive director at the Abubakar Islamic Center.

But Somalis here are deeply troubled. Who is behind this exodus? Who is paying for it? And who may be the next to go?

[tlwinslow]

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[SomaliMuslim]

why r most of u so racist? hav u evr evn known an actual Muslim? ALLAhu qhairun, inshalla. most of us muslims are good people. u can't judge all muslims by a few bad ones! I used 2 liv in minneapolis and evr1 was so use to us but then wen i came to live in san diego, people could not believe i was muslim just cuz im black... an weni told them i was muslim all of a sudden evry1 became racist to me... if ur not an american muslm then u probably wouldnt know how infuriating all this racist BS people say is, honestly. it's as if evry1 thinks we're just plain stupid or don't speak english! mostof us younger muslims were born here and know plenty of english, plus our home language! don't be so quick to judge a whole race, especially on the internet when that race can read!

[BrwnQ]

is funny how people are quick to say "THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY" didnt u know that this country only belongs to native american...if ur not a native american then u dont have the rights to tell anyone to go back to their country...i was born in this country im a muslim girl n guess what u n me are the same just becouse ur christian doesnt give u the rights to claim this country as ur own country...saying oh these immigrants should go back well if we go back then u should go back to where ever u came from becouse clearly this aint ur country as well...so before u spread hate comments know what ur saying cuz to me if ur not native american u dont belong to this country...back to the topic i honestly dont support all these killing n terrorist activities going on around the world..ISLAM means PEACE n the way i learned the religion all these dont say in the quran...killing innocent people blowing up ur self none of this says in the quran so dont jump to the conclusion n say ohh islam means killing ur self...BECOUSE ITS NOT...n every religion has its good n bad people..just keep that in mind not all muslims r evils...if thats what u think i could say the same thing n say all christians are devils....

[iola09]

I never said Christians were worse than Muslims but every one has to realize that every religon has its good and bad people I live in Minnesota too I may not be a Somali but I am a Muslim I attend Hamline University and pursuing a double major in political science and engineering with a minor in film I am a citizen of this country. So for the ones who say go back to your own country where the heck will I go this is my country. I am not a terrorist and just because I am a Muslim woman does not mean I am oppressed either. I speak up for myself when I think some one is being disrespectful towards me. I am educated. I am a citizen. I am an American Muslim. So now what you still think I am a terrorist? Don't blame the religion blame the bad examples of people who claim to be part of the religion. One more thing the Aids rate in Saudi Arabia is way low compared to America think about that.

[scydka]

First of all, Hitler wasn't Christian. Although I'm sure you think Judaism is just a religion too.

If you're saying that Christianity is worse than Islam, you're so dangerously brainwashed and out of touch with reality that I have nothing to say to you.

I am FROM Minneapolis. I have to deal with these people who are rude and disrespectful to "infidels" and treat everyone as if they were dirty and of less worth. These people who wash their feet in the school sink and reek of camel meat and the taxi drivers that refuse to cater to blind people with guide dogs or someone with a bottle of wine.

People who accept our government money but have no willingness to adapt to American life and view Americans with the utmost contempt, despite our government saving them from their third-world, filthy, AIDS infested hellhole.

We need to start calling a spade a spade here. Stop worrying about political correctness.

[SomaliMuslim]

idon't know at ur religion is but, u r representing ur own religion and culture very badly! wat would u know about islam, and muslims except wat u here?and if u hav a problem w/ us people, then get the F out of minneapolis, nobody want ur b.i.t.c.h ass, ok?

[50richard]

If I had my way, I would deport every one of these 7th century throwbacks. The so called "prophet" himself made it ok for his followers to lie to and deceive their enemies (infidels and non-believers) so long as it furthered the cause of Islam. I do not trust them...I do not trust them... I never will trust them. Every time I see them walking around in their traditional pajamas and head dress, I see a potential sleeper Jihadi who wants to cut my head off, blow up a pizza parlor or shopping mall. Send these vermin back where they came from. I know we wont make them leave and so it is too late for that. But I will continue to cling to my own guns and my own religion, load hollow points and be ready for anything that comes because our elected leaders are asleep at the switch.

[iola09]

If you say Islam is not a religion then how about we say Christianity is not a religion. there are terrorist out there who are Christians too. How about the Oklahoma Bomber he was a christian and what about the pro-lifers who go around blowing up abortion clinics? The Sons of Freedom, a sect of Doukhobor anarchists, have protested nude, blown up power pylons, railroad bridges, and set fire to homes, often targeting their own property. The Klu Klux Klan they based everything they did off of religion. A group called Concerned Christians unsuccessfully planned to to attack holy sites in Jerusalem at the end of 1999, believing that their deaths would "lead them to heaven" or what about Hitler? so if Islam doesnt qualify as a religion then Christianity doesn't either.

[department64]

I have lived where this type of people are. They are dangerous but noone in the Immigration Department seems to understand this. When people only live to kill one another, how can you expect them to change just because they bought a new house in another country? This is not the religion this Country was born on; not the same principals of life and living. What makes you think they are going to change? THEY ARE NOT.

[ahiitman]

The problem is idiots at cnn, cbs, abc, nbc, msnbc, that are sooooo proooogressive they would rather be killed than loose their meal ticket from the democrats.
They should be watching the muslums not just the FBI.

[ahiitman]

Wow you mean the Political Ideology called Islam is using the USA as home base to fund Terrorists! wow thats really news lol. Islam is not a religion.

[iola09]

People are so ignorant not every Muslim is from another country. I mean America is the country now where you have more Americans converting to Islam than ever before. If its such a violent religion then how come wen aren't seeing it more an more 1 out of 5 people is a Muslim so were is all of the violence? I'm sick of people blaming the religion but blame the ones who don't practice the religion right. You have the good people and bad people in every religion. So why just focus on one? why always mention that the criminal who committed a crime is Muslim why not just mention their name. When a christian does wrong you don't here christian terrorist or Jewish terrorist. One more thing not every Muslim is an immigrant to this country. You have many Muslim converts here who were born here they are Americans just as American as you and I. So how dare you say to deport one group of people you would think that some Americans would learn from Americas' past mistakes.

[SomaliMuslim]

THANK U SOOOO MUCH! THAT IS EXACTLY WAT I'M SAYING!!!

[James haaker]

What would happen if any Muslim blows themselves up anywhere in the USA killng kids men and women? There would be no Mosques left standing! Oh but Obama the Good Muslim would blame in on Rush! There was a reason Obama flubbed the Oath on TV and then in private the next day he refused put his hand on the bible! Where are the real men in the country who don't believe in PC BS? Time for more than a Tea party let a real revolution begin and take our country back from these Obama ACORN type thugs!

[SomaliMuslim]

y do u care if OBAMA is muslim? let him b! who said christians had to rule the country?! and he refused to put his hand on the bible becuz its a dirty, no good, piece of SH, book of lies and evil ,made up stories!

[James haaker]

My take throw out all Muslims in this country including your own Quaran loving US House rep Ellisen (Peeeelosi allowed him to swear in on the Quoran in 2007 after he changed his name ) and Uncle Barrack Hussien Obama AKA Barry Soetoro a non citizen of the USA but a registered muslim citizen in Indonesia born in Kenya as A Muslim!!!!
I say close all Mosques in the USA, does anyone trust these people PERIOD! Not on your life. They want kill people in the USA and abroad send them home anyway you can including if they resist a pine box! This may be America but we know have a illegal alien Muslim citizen running the USA! Join the 3.5 million who have pettioned the government to prove Obama is ever en aplied to have an American Passport or is a citizen, we want a real birth certificate and all his school records, because he was registered as a Foreign student in Ociodental and at Havard! as of 2002 he was using a Indonesian passport to go to Pakistan, at that time Americans where banned to travel there. Look Odingo, Obama Obamas cousin in kenyan look at his bio and look at the video of Obama campaigning for him in 2006 on Muslim law and turning Kenya into a Muslim country! Utube CNN world feed and some CBS world feed all have video if they haven't been confiscated! Ondiga lost and burned down the villages killing 1000-1500 people . Read Odingas of the same tribe as Obama BIO, trained in Russian Schooled in E Germany in the late 70.s and was in jail for doing a COUP on Kenya in 1982!

[SomaliMuslim]

If ur so worried about Obama wait 20 years when i'm president of this coountry, A 100% MUSLIM AMERICAN CITIZEN OF THE U.S.A! u won't hav nything against ME xcept my religion, if ur SERIOUSLY RACIST!!!! I was born an raisd here!an the farthest i've evr been out of the usa is toronto, canada! i also go to the mosque EVRY FREKIN DAY!!!!!!!!!

[johnvol4416]

It is insane that this country allows Muslims to enter.Islam is a religion of hatred and violence.Soon we will see American citizens murdered by suicide bombers.Seriously,does anyone doubt that the immigration of Muslims into this country will not lead to acts of terror?

[SomaliMuslim]

wat the f do u know bout islam, and how many muslims do u know, personnaly? huh?!and i'm guessing ur a christian, look how much hatred u hav in u! wat r u talkin bout islam being a relgion of hatred and violence?! ur the one hatin on a whole HUGE group of people!

[mswolfestock]

Let them all migrate back to their homeland and become suicide bombers.................better yet, charter a plane for them all and make them one big airborne suicide bomb, targeting something of no value in their homeland.
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With 70,000 of them in Minnesota this would be a much-needed boost for the airline industry. But that being said, why in the BLEEP were all of these people let into the country in the first place?

And why stop at the Somalis in Minnesota - all Muslims from the Middle East should be sent home - I don't want any of them in this country, MY country. They'll just cut their wive's heads off when they want a divorce. If they want to become terrorists and committ "honor killings" they need to stay in their own stupid, nasty countries. Let them blow each other up - that's better than birth control.

[SomaliMuslim]

we were let into this country cuz we're peoplejust like u claim to be! if u were a human being u wouldn't be so heartless!

[indeptex]

Let them all migrate back to their homeland and become suicide bombers.................better yet, charter a plane for them all and make them one big airborne suicide bomb, targeting something of no value in their homeland.

NEXT

[SomaliMuslim]

f that we can just put u and all ur racist christian frends on it instead!

[rf35]

All the more reason to outlaw Islam in America. The religion of death is the biggest threat to American citizens since we won our independence.

[SomaliMuslim]

xcuse me?! religion of death my ass!

[bdon8383]

Omar Jamal is not a trustworthy source. He totally plays the media and below is one of many examples.

Just look at how he goes from "we have nothing, no clear evidence connecting those kids to the mosque" to "someone at the mosque was getting into the minds of these kids" in just two months! He is not a credible person.

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Star Tribune: Somalis' holy trip ends at airport (November 30, 2008)
http://www.startribune.com/35292979.html

Rather, he said, he believes that the rumors about the mosque are an attempt by some in the community to tarnish its image. It's not unlike the division and infighting that has been going on in Somalia for decades, he said.

Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, said that on Monday, his organization will write a letter to the FBI asking for more information about why the men were not allowed to board their flight.

Jamal acknowledged that many rumors are circulating, but he said: "We have nothing, no clear evidence connecting those kids to the mosque. That is why I am concerned."

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Newsweek: Recruited For Jihad? (January 24, 2009)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/181408

The disappearances have focused unwanted attention on Abubakar and sown tensions within the community. To date, no one has produced evidence that recruiting was underway at any mosque in the city. But several of the young men who left their homes attended prayers and youth programs at Abubakar, and some family members and community organizers believe there's a connection. The most outspoken of them is Omar Jamal, who runs the Somali Justice Advocacy Center. "Someone at the mosque was getting into the minds of these kids," he says.

[stevador39]

The refugee business is robbing the taxpayers of this nation to hand out privileges to foreigners. What kind of a government puts its own children on the streets and hands out money to foreigners. It is time to export refugees, illegal aliens and the charities and religions that support them.

[GODSnLIBERALS]

What a bunch of hooey. We need to cut the budget on this agency.
Posted by hetup-2009 at 6:00 PM : Mar 3, 2009
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****** we need to take money out of AID for gaza and give it to HSA and investigate you