Where did Zoobia Shahnaz get her understanding of Islam? Is her mosque being investigated? Why not?
“Long Island Woman Sentenced to 13 Years’ Imprisonment for Providing Material Support to ISIS,” Justice Department, March 13, 2020:
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Zoobia Shahnaz was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically more than $150,000 to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Shahnaz pleaded guilty in November 2018….
As set forth in court filings and facts presented at the sentencing hearing, between March 2017 and July 2017, Shahnaz defrauded numerous financial institutions to obtain money for ISIS, including a loan for approximately $22,500. Shahnaz also fraudulently obtained more than a dozen credit cards and used them to purchase approximately $62,000 in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies online. Shahnaz then made multiple wire transfers totaling more than $150,000 to individuals and entities in Pakistan, China and Turkey that were fronts for ISIS.
Shahnaz accessed ISIS violent jihad-related websites and message boards, and social media and messaging pages of known ISIS recruiters, facilitators and financiers. She also performed numerous internet searches for information that would facilitate her entry into Syria. Court-authorized search warrants executed at Shahnaz’s residence on Long Island resulted in the seizure of terrorist and jihad-related propaganda, including a photograph of a suicide belt of explosives and a night vision scope.
On July 31, 2017, Shahnaz was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, while attempting to board a flight with a layover in Istanbul, Turkey – a common point of entry for individuals travelling from western countries to join ISIS in Syria….
mortimer says
Zoobia Shahnaz is a modern-looking youth, but don’t judge a book by its cover. Her mind is stuck in the 7th century.
She’s an example of the impossibility of differentiating a jihadist from a ‘moderate’ Muslim.
gravenimage says
*Spot on*, Mortimer.
eduardo odraude says
Yes, no hijab, hair uncovered. But I guess ISIS tells the infiltrator jihadists to dress as if they are infidels.
ian hatch says
cccut off her right hand = theislammmic punishment for stealing.
gravenimage says
It’s fine if it’s Muslims stealing from Infidels. Islam does not condemn this.
toomanyhobbies says
their whole CULT is stuck 1400 years ago and are proud of their stupidity….
paul bain says
This is the trouble in the Majority of cases as they never have good Documents.Its always amazed me how do they pass these people through immigration.
Otter says
Islam is a virus. It can infect anybody.
It can overcome the rational and logical defenses of any believer. Education, race, gender, economic status are no defense.
gravenimage says
Besides this, Islam rejects decency and reason.
eduardo odraude says
Yes. Decency and goodness are generally defined in the Islamic world as whatever Muhammad did (no matter how monstrous), and whatever the Qur’an and canonical hadiths say (no matter how tyrannical and bloodthirsty). Muhammad’s sock puppet, Allah, is presented as so removed from the human race and so transcendent that Allah’s definitions of goodness (when convenient to Muhammad) can be the very opposite of human goodness, can utterly outrage a healthy human sense of decency and morality and ethics, and yet we are supposed to turn ourselves upside down and become monsters for Allah and call that the right way (Sharia, Islamic law) to live.
gravenimage says
So true, Eduardo. There is no morality in Islam.
eduardo odraude says
As for reason, gravenimage, as you say, independent reason with respect to religion and philosophy has been rejected in much of the Islamic world for a thousand years. It is not for a Muslim to question the authority or truth of the core texts but to accept the authoritative interpretations by one or more of the four madhhabs or schools of Islamic jurisprudence, which agree on about 80% of their rulings, and all support a totalitarian or authoritarian perspective. They do not differ, for example, on whether apostates should be killed, but on such details as how many times the apostate must be asked to return to Islam before being killed. To those who say Islam will grow out of this and reform, I would point out that Muhammad himself said, according to the most canonical hadith collection, Bukhari, “If someone changes his Islamic religion, then kill him.” The religion is not going to “grow out of” or “reform” something the founder made holy. The Christian Reformation didn’t reform anything Jesus said. It returned to the original text of Christianity. When Muslims return to their core texts, unfortunately, you won’t get “turn the other cheek,” and “love your enemies,” but you’ll get ISIS.
gravenimage says
+1
James Lincoln says
Rightly true, Otter.
Unbelievers can immunize themselves by learning the truth about islam from websites like Jihad Watch – if they just care to look and seek to understand…
Goofy says
She is simply a devout Muslim who follows Allah’s commands. How dare they subject her to infidel injustice when Shari’a Law should reign supreme?
Now she has got time for reflections, but really she should be given 24/7 lectures on Islam to make her realize that she has been scammed into a religion which at best will make her a sex slave recruited in hell and provided in paradise for some dude who blew himself up together with innumerable infidels. She should really have higher ambitions than that.
elee says
Only 13 nominal years, how any weeks is that in calendar time? Will she be able to spawn martyrs when she gets out? Will she be quarantined while shes inside or will she spread her poison there? And a huge emphatic echo of RSs questions above: has it occurred to anyone to investigate, say nothing of prosecute, the imams and mosques and purported charities that put her up to this and reaped the rewards of it
David Longfellow says
She has a great future running for office as a Democrat. She has all their most desirable qualities.
gravenimage says
New York: Muslima stole over $150,000 to support the Islamic State, tried to join
……………….
Just being a good Muslim…
James Lincoln says
Let’s see, Shahnaz:
Defrauded numerous financial institutions including a loan.
Fraudulently obtained more than a dozen credit cards.
All for a grand total of $150,000.
On top of the 13 years in prison, she needs to repay all of the financial institutions the full $150,000 plus interest and penalties. Plus back taxes and penalties to the IRS for not reporting this income.
Make her pay – I’m serious…
Niemoller says
To combat the unfairness of privileged beauties statistically getting more lenient sentences in our justice system, the monsteress (assuming she did the deed) should be shot by firing squad at the first sunrise after found guilty.
AP says
As soon as she get out of prison send her to Syria, and take away her citizenship. She is a traitor. Going easy on people like her will get more people killed.
OLD GUY says
This women should be treated the same as any male who committed treason. She should get the death sentence or life in prison. I hope she is not allowed to spread her ideology throughout the prison she is sent to.
jca reid says
Traitor to the USA! got to be shot. If not a US citizen, then shoot her as a spy!
Wilfred says
Infact all those muslims who are over enthusiastic about joining ISIS should be be allowed to go & not allowed to return back to their home countries. It will be such a nice scenario to see the snakes go to the death pit on their own.
Niemoller says
Where did her image go? It was posted here originally, now replaced by a generic ISIS image. Why is her image virtually cleansed from the Internet? This seems to be the case with many Islamist terrorists, protected by the mainstream media so Islam’s public reputation isn’t tarnished by the truth. Is this Islamist privilege even on JW?