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Gee, which band will garner the majority of the hate for this one?
Sabbath? Maiden? Slayer?
California Metal Fan Crosses To Even Darker Side, Revealed As al-Qaida Terror Advocate
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 at 10:48:00
WorldNetDaily (www.wnd.com) has issued the following exclusive:
The former California heavy metal music fan turned al-Qaida leader had his Islamic conversion testimonial featured on the official website of the University of Southern California's Muslim Students Association for 11 years before he was revealed as a terror advocate last week.
Yahiye Adam Gadahn's story of "Becoming Muslim" was removed from the USC website shortly after he appeared in an al-Qaida video a week ago. But a cached version is still available through the Internet archiving system called the Wayback Machine.
The MSA pages on the USC site attempt to portray Islam as a misunderstood religion of peace.
Gadahn disappeared from California seven years ago. But based on a voice analysis of al-Qaida tapes, the FBI concluded he was the unmasked, bearded and turban-wearing spokesman on the July 7 tape.
On the video, he denounced U.S. soldiers in Iraq and claimed they had murdered and raped Iraqi civilians.
"Who are the real terrorists?" he asked.
He also seemed to advocate the killing of Marines back in his old home state.
"It's hard to imagine that any compassionate person could see pictures and not want to go on a shooting spree at the Marines' housing facilities at Camp Pendleton," he said.
The video was broadcast by the Arabic-language, state-financed television network al-Jazeera.
Gadahn is wanted in connection with possible terrorist threats against the U.S., according to the FBI.
"Although the FBI has no information indicating this individual is connected to any specific terrorist activities, the FBI would like to locate and question this person," a statement on the agency's website says.
According to his testimonial for USC's MSA, penned back in 1995, Gadahn was raised on a California goat farm and homeschooled by non-Muslim parents, though his father was a halal butcher who supplied a local Islamic market with meat.
Gadahn describes being turned off to Christianity during his contact with other homeschooled children.
"Setting aside the blind dogmatism and charismatic wackiness, it was quite a shock to me when I realized that these people, in their prayers, were actually praying TO JESUS," he wrote. He said he could not accept that Jesus was God -- a part of what Christians believe is the Trinity.
Gadahn describes his obsession with "demonic heavy metal music.
"My entire life was focused on expanding my music collection," he wrote. "I eschewed personal cleanliness and let my room reach an unbelievable state of disarray. My relationship with my parents became strained, although only intermittently so. I am sorry even as I write this."
Gadahn says he was fascinated by prophecy teachings on Christian radio particularly those that focused their attention on the "Islamic threat." He began studying Islam online.
"As I began reading English translations of the Quran, I became more and more convinced of the truth and authenticity of Allah's teachings contained in those 114 chapters," he wrote. "Having been around Muslims in my formative years, I knew that they were not bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorists that the news media and the televangelists paint them to be."
He said in November 1995, he went to the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Gove and told the librarian he wanted to become a Muslim.
At the society, Gadahn was tutored by Muzammil H. Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Society of North America.
Gadahn allegedly traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan to train at al-Qaida camps following his conversion while attending the Islamic Society of Orange County. Siddiqi is head of the mosque there.
As WND reported, Congress called for a review of the financial records of the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, as part of a post-9-11 investigation into alleged ties between tax-exempt Muslim organizations and terrorist groups.
Most of the videotape released last week starring Gadahn focuses on the London bombings and revealed that two of the suicide bombers received explosives training at al-Qaida camps. It includes footage of men mixing explosives and carrying out demolitions.
The video also contained recent clips of Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed by U.S. troops in Iraq last month.
Last year, Gadahn appeared in another al-Qaida video that seemed to be a command to sleeper agents to attack nuclear power plants inside the U.S.
He was also linked to another 20055 video that warned of attacks on Los Angeles.
Gee, which band will garner the majority of the hate for this one?
Sabbath? Maiden? Slayer?
California Metal Fan Crosses To Even Darker Side, Revealed As al-Qaida Terror Advocate
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 at 10:48:00
WorldNetDaily (www.wnd.com) has issued the following exclusive:
The former California heavy metal music fan turned al-Qaida leader had his Islamic conversion testimonial featured on the official website of the University of Southern California's Muslim Students Association for 11 years before he was revealed as a terror advocate last week.
Yahiye Adam Gadahn's story of "Becoming Muslim" was removed from the USC website shortly after he appeared in an al-Qaida video a week ago. But a cached version is still available through the Internet archiving system called the Wayback Machine.
The MSA pages on the USC site attempt to portray Islam as a misunderstood religion of peace.
Gadahn disappeared from California seven years ago. But based on a voice analysis of al-Qaida tapes, the FBI concluded he was the unmasked, bearded and turban-wearing spokesman on the July 7 tape.
On the video, he denounced U.S. soldiers in Iraq and claimed they had murdered and raped Iraqi civilians.
"Who are the real terrorists?" he asked.
He also seemed to advocate the killing of Marines back in his old home state.
"It's hard to imagine that any compassionate person could see pictures and not want to go on a shooting spree at the Marines' housing facilities at Camp Pendleton," he said.
The video was broadcast by the Arabic-language, state-financed television network al-Jazeera.
Gadahn is wanted in connection with possible terrorist threats against the U.S., according to the FBI.
"Although the FBI has no information indicating this individual is connected to any specific terrorist activities, the FBI would like to locate and question this person," a statement on the agency's website says.
According to his testimonial for USC's MSA, penned back in 1995, Gadahn was raised on a California goat farm and homeschooled by non-Muslim parents, though his father was a halal butcher who supplied a local Islamic market with meat.
Gadahn describes being turned off to Christianity during his contact with other homeschooled children.
"Setting aside the blind dogmatism and charismatic wackiness, it was quite a shock to me when I realized that these people, in their prayers, were actually praying TO JESUS," he wrote. He said he could not accept that Jesus was God -- a part of what Christians believe is the Trinity.
Gadahn describes his obsession with "demonic heavy metal music.
"My entire life was focused on expanding my music collection," he wrote. "I eschewed personal cleanliness and let my room reach an unbelievable state of disarray. My relationship with my parents became strained, although only intermittently so. I am sorry even as I write this."
Gadahn says he was fascinated by prophecy teachings on Christian radio particularly those that focused their attention on the "Islamic threat." He began studying Islam online.
"As I began reading English translations of the Quran, I became more and more convinced of the truth and authenticity of Allah's teachings contained in those 114 chapters," he wrote. "Having been around Muslims in my formative years, I knew that they were not bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorists that the news media and the televangelists paint them to be."
He said in November 1995, he went to the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Gove and told the librarian he wanted to become a Muslim.
At the society, Gadahn was tutored by Muzammil H. Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Society of North America.
Gadahn allegedly traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan to train at al-Qaida camps following his conversion while attending the Islamic Society of Orange County. Siddiqi is head of the mosque there.
As WND reported, Congress called for a review of the financial records of the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, as part of a post-9-11 investigation into alleged ties between tax-exempt Muslim organizations and terrorist groups.
Most of the videotape released last week starring Gadahn focuses on the London bombings and revealed that two of the suicide bombers received explosives training at al-Qaida camps. It includes footage of men mixing explosives and carrying out demolitions.
The video also contained recent clips of Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed by U.S. troops in Iraq last month.
Last year, Gadahn appeared in another al-Qaida video that seemed to be a command to sleeper agents to attack nuclear power plants inside the U.S.
He was also linked to another 20055 video that warned of attacks on Los Angeles.
