As the country mourns the massacre in Orlando, the police have identified the murderer as Omar Mateen, 29, from Port St. Lucie in Florida. He was born to Afghan parents who came to this country in the 1980s. He is responsible for the largest massacre of people in U.S. history after killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub called Pulse in Orlando. Mateen reportedly called 911 shortly before the shooting and swore allegiance to the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Mateen shows the twisted religious training of ISIS supporters, who believe that God supports their burning 19 girls alive when they refuse to be sex slaves or, in this case, massacring innocent people at a nightclub. They are told that God celebrates such atrocities as fulfillment of Islamic values.
At least 50 people were killed and 53 others were injured in the shooting.
Mateen’s father, Mir Seddique, told NBC News his son became angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami several months ago. So Mateen sees two men kissing and months later massacres dozens? I must confess to be a tad skeptical that there was no other influence. Mir Seddique is quoted as saying “This has nothing to do with religion.” However, his allegiance to ISIS and deep anger with homosexuals undermine that view. Indeed, he appears to be a follower of a radical Islamic cleric and ex-con.
The family is clearly traumatized and issued a statement that “We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident. We weren’t aware of any action he is taking. We are in shock like the whole country.” However, the Washington Post reports that the father is an outspoken supporter of the Afghan Taliban.
ABC News reported that Mateen was divorced in 2011 and was accused of a history of spousal abuse. His wife told the Washington Post that she met him online eight years ago and that was “was not a stable person.” She said that small things like not doing the laundry would result in beatings. Mateen had two firearms licenses, a security officer license and a statewide firearms license. He had worked for the security firm G4S since 2007.
His history would suggest another disturbed and violent individual drawn to ISIS, which offers religious legitimation for such anger and savagery. In 2013, Sheikh Farrokh Sekaleshfar spoke at the Husseini Islamic Center in the Orlando suburb of Sanford, Florida, and called for death to homosexuals. He is shown in the video below as saying “Death is the sentence. We know there’s nothing to be embarrassed about this, death is the sentence.”
The parents of the Muslim terrorist in Orlando came here from Afghanistan.
His father preached in favor of the Taliban.
I know!
Let’s have some more immigrants from Afghanistan!
More DARVO by Po.
Blah blah.
So in light of yet another Muslim terror attack on US soil, I ask again: Why are we importing people from countries bent on our destruction?
We shouldn’t reward the tactic of terrorism nor reward the real enemy – THEOCRACY – the polar opposite of religious freedom.
This is a tactic of a weak “theocratic” group against the world’s most powerful superpower. This tactic is designed to essentially scare and intimidate us to destroy our own values and own Bill of Rights (which outlaws theocracy). Theocracy is totally un-American and contrary to our Bill of Rights. Unfortunately our national security agencies (and the fear industry created after 9/11) have fully exploited this tragedy for their own selfish interests.
Theocratic mindsets try to IMPOSE their own religious interpretation onto other people. Weak theocratic terrorists use violence and fear to intimidate other people. American theocrats, even non-violent theocrats, essentially give legitimacy to these violent theocrats.
If the Press/Media are interested at all, there were two great documentaries released a few years ago about this co-called “War on a Tactic” that every American should watch:
1) “No End In Sight” – starring former Bush Administration officials and other national security experts
explaining how and why Isis was created in the first place.
2) “Why We Fight” – starring John McCain and other national security experts on the lessons of Dwight D.
Eisenhower and the history of the Middle East.
If we destroy our own Bill of Rights, Geneva Conventions and American values our of fear – these weak groups, using the tactic of terrorism, will have defeated the world’s greatest superpower.
Po’s schtick is typical DARVO: Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.
Look, when Muslims can go one month without killing masses of people, maybe I’ll listen to you.
Until then, you’re just another troll.
Exactly, Club, the interview of the police chief this morning was telling, 3 questions he was unable to address:
1- Were they cameras in the club?
2- Did the suspect really pledge to ISIs on the 9/11 call?
3- Could some of the victims have been felled by cops’ shooting?
The apologists for Muslim terrorism here are despicable, but not unexpected.
And Democrats, but I repeat myself.
Po….it appeared that you had already offered those assurances with your 1.6 billion Muslims v. 30,000 ISIS
comment.
Thanks for a. qualifying that earlier comment, and b. changing the subject.
Cops in fire fight with dark club rooms. What is the collateral death from cops shooting? Ballistic test of slugs in victims is needed.
Po…..re your 12:05AM comment.
Your earlier remark about the Orlando shooter possibly being motivated by the NYPD was actually not facetious.
It was designed to ridicule and discredit any influence/ motivation that that ISIS had.
You asked if “..Islam is what 1.6 Billion people say it is, or is it what ISIS, born 2 years ago with a force of 30,000 at best, says it is”.
Most people are aware that ISIS is not the beginning, or the total scope, of Islamic terrorism.
It isn’t “1.6 billion Muslims”, then just this ISIS problem that popped up a couple of years ago.
Evidently, by trying to ( facetiously or not) continue to understate to size and history of Islamic terrorism, you forgot about Al Qaeda, Boko Harem, Al Shabaab, AQAP, etc.
The first bombing of the WTC was 1993, and they were taken down by the planes in 2001.
If your unfamiliar with these events, or the other terrorist groups I mentioned above, there is plenty of reading material out there; you can get up to speed about things that happened more than 2 years ago.
Maybe you include Al Qaeda et al in your 1.6 Billion Muslims v. Isis definitions of Islam.
Since they aren’t ISIS,you evidently lump them in the other 1.6 billion.
There is in fact a variety of attitudes of of Muslims and the legitimacy of terrorist attacks invoking Islam.
Despite your attempted assurances that this is some 1.6 billion Muslims v. Isis, I’m skepital.
Unlike you, I don’t pretend to know the number of Muslims who oppose or support terrorism; to the extent that polling has been done, and to the extent that polling is accurate, it may only be tens or hundreds of millions.
It’s a safe bet that it’s more than the 30,000 (v.1.6 billion) that you, facetiously or not, imply.
Another myth exploded…How come the good guy with a gun, an actual police officer, inside the club was unable to stop this murderer?
Thank god it was a cop with training, otherwise if it had been someone else with a gun the death toll would have been much higher.
Guns are the problem, not religion, and we need to better regulation or this nation will be swimming in the blood of its dead.
This guy is different from the Christian fanatics who orchestrate the murder of abortion providers how…?
Turley, you’re turning out to be a real POS for fomenting reactionary hatred towards Muslims.
Just got done reviewing latest Fatwa postings from Islamic Clerics. Gay pride is a target.
Do not go to Mass. Go online for your religious cup of tea. If you go to Mass do not put any money in the plate when they pass it. If you are a Cat O Lic reconsider what you are licking. If you are a Jew think about ditching the beanie. If you are a Bhuddist think about Lard Bhudda and don’t eat Crisco. If you are a Muslim then move to Syria. America needs to destroy all religions. People of Faith have no brains. Devine intervention was when Andy Devine was on TV.
From his ex wife
“In those moments of emotional instability, he would express his anger towards [a] certain culture, homosexuality, because in Islamic culture, it is not really tolerated, homosexuality. And I know at the time he was trying to get his life straight and follow his faith,” Sitora Yusufiy, 27, told ABC News
Interesting!
The religious link is getting more and more tenuous!
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/12/drag-queen-orlando-gunman-omar-mateen-was-my-friend.html?via=twitter_page
JT writes that ABC reports that the shooter “was accused of a history of spousal abuse.” With regard to domestic violence, questions 8 and 9 on the federal background check deal with harassment, threats and spousal abuse. SInce the shooter was accused, I assume the incidents were reported.
Why is it that being questioned by the FBI for making terrorist threats or voicing support for terrorists does not cause a flag in the background check system?
ootie
1, June 12, 2016 at 4:58 pm
To help rid us of this problem, we must keep Muslims from immigrating, and we must stop the political correctness about Mohammad (he was vile). And we need to say so repeatedly to shame young American Muslims who we must live with into rejecting Islam.
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Tootie, the whole”being American” thing is lost on you. The same minds willing to kill for the constitution are so willing to upend it to take away other people’s rights.
I can bet you, Tootie, that your roots do not track back as deeply as some American Muslims’.
Meanwhile, the Quran is as clear on homosexuality as the bible is…that is…mute!
It is disturbing that any person who knows history could not call Wounded Knee a massacre, unless they think that babes and women are legitimate combatants. Such folks prove themselves to be equal to ISIS and the latest mass murderer. The Indians were on their OWN land and had committed NO crimes, NO violation of any treaty. On the other hand the US had violated ALL of the treaty provisions, in addition to starving most of the Indians. I fully support revoking ALL of the Medals of Honor that were awarded to the mass murderers of the US Army in this massacre. Any veteran should also support this since I sure as hell did not join the military to perpetuate such a horrible tradition.
Tom, it was obvious, to me at least, that I was being facetious.
Meanwhile the case was made:
Is Islam what 1.6 Billion people say it is or what ISis, born 2 years ago, with a force of at best 30,000 say it is?
And yes, according to that logic, Christianity is abortion doctor murder…
And yes, according to that logic, the NYPD is defined by its crooked cops.
Isaac
I counter your whole argument with 2 words: Muhamad Ali.
The fact is that Teed Cruz spoke at the church of the so called pastor who calls for all gays to be executed. THAT qualifies him and Cruz as being of the SAME kind of religious extremists as ISIS. Then we have our Lt Gov of Texas saying that the gays were simply reaping what they sowed. As for the killers father, he needs to be deported BACK to Afghanistan since he thinks he is president of it.
Po attempts to distract with the LA arrest, but it turns out he’s a bisexual Bernie Sanders supporter.
Get this straight: Americans are the enemy of Islam.
Act accordingly.