My latest in PJ Media:
Rhode Island’s WPRI reported Wednesday that “a federal judge is seeking alternative proposals to imprisonment for a Warwick man convicted in a terror plot to behead a conservative blogger.” The question that follows is inevitable: if Nicholas Rovinski, 29, a convert to Islam who plotted to murder Pamela Geller for the crime of drawing Muhammad, had plotted instead to kill some prominent Leftist such as Linda Sarsour, would there be even the remotest possibility that he could get released early? In today’s overheated, hyper-woke environment, the answer is unfortunately quite clear.
Back in 2015, after Islamic jihadis massacred the cartoonists of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris for drawing cartoons of Muhammad, Pamela Geller and I resolved to put on a Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in the United States, to show that at least some people would not bow to violent intimidation, and would not bow to those who would take away the freedom of speech at the point of a gun. We held our event on May 3, 2015 in Garland, Texas, northeast of Dallas.
The urgency of standing up against violent threats and bullying was vividly illustrated by the fact that two Muslims from Phoenix drove eight hours to Garland to commit a jihad massacre at our event. And the violence wasn’t over even then. The Islamic State (ISIS) put out a death fatwa against Geller, and three Boston-area Muslims, Rovinski, another convert named Daoud (David) Wright, and Wright’s uncle Usaamah Rahim, began plotting to kill her.
The plot never came off. Rahim got impatient and attacked a Boston police officer instead, and was killed. The plot was uncovered; Wright, the mastermind of the beheading scheme, got 28 years in prison for the plot. Rovinski pleaded guilty to two terrorism conspiracy charges and got fifteen years; as he has cooperated with authorities, he was set to be released in 2028.
But he could be back on the streets within weeks. His lawyers say he has cerebral palsy, hypertension, and depression, and that all these conditions make him more vulnerable to coronavirus. They want him to be granted a “compassionate release.”
There is much more. Read the rest here.
Dude says
Damn, we’re stupid.
J Morgan says
They want him to be granted a “compassionate release.” This is what the Democrats want. Gavin Newsom of California will be releasing 8,000 prisoners before the end of July. Crime is escalating and they want to defund the police and disarm the people. Meanwhile, politicians live in posh gated mansions with full security.
revereridesagain says
In case we are ever tempted to forget that the Left hates us.
JOE says
federal judges need to be off the bench when they make ignorant decisions like this.they aren’t serving the public but their political bias hands down.
tgusa says
Rioters, criminals, foreign and domestic spies etc. The greatest threat to the Republic are lawmakers/lawyers/prosecutors/judges and their courts. I say their courts because those courts are not representative of the law abiding public. I’m not surprised that people are beginning to disrespect the law. Who wouldn’t when the law is a joke a farce? The lawmakers lawyers and judges are tone deaf. You really have to wonder what their end game is.
Muslims rioting marxists and other nefarious characters around the nation don’t give a damn about those groups/people they want them all annihilated. This is the definition of whistling past the graveyard. They refer to each other as the honorable this or that but if they were honorable they could do us all a favor and just go ahead and commit seppuku. Among them I see very few that are honorable today.
underbed cat says
The courts need an education or security briefing or a refresher update on exactly what motivates jihadi’s, sharia laws of slander, what is taught in the mosques by experts in the field and not the local imam who the cannot explain the Islamic shooter’ motive to the public since it is against sharia law and not CAIR or the local imam neither could let the facts be known. Nor would the current FBI who may have been seduced by “outreach”. In all cases the devil is in the facts and the details. The court officials who were around or selected by previous administrations would most likely be somewhat clueless, unless they examined the doctrine.
Eli says
Though Rovinsky may appear to be in depression and have issues, those may be reasons to be even more cautious of his unpredictable nature. We thank God for the boldness of Robert Spencer and Pam Geller, and appreciate all the efforts in spreading the knowledge of Islam. Our nation has departed from Biblical standards and a gullty conscience. My family and I were stalked and threatened by a non muslim group, which went to court for several years, but it revealed, how corrupt the local, legal system is. They had planned a scheme together, that was thwarted with God’s help. The forces of good and evil are more evident then ever in all walks of life. The Marxist BLM combined with the radical Muslims are a deadly duo, but the Bible says not to fear. Be strong and of good courage.
David Curtis says
We get same in UK, so called superior extremely well educated civil servants who think the voters really want them to give our taxes to china , India organisations, they are wealthy countries. Do not let this Nutjob out!
Huh!?! says
So what is he going to do if he gets out? Help others decapitate Pam by explaining how to avoid the mistakes he and his co-conspirators made? The new and improved plan coming soon to a no go zone near you. Pam will have to increase her security.
Side note: It may not be good for Uncle Sam if biden becomes President. There is another candidate that would at least be a stumbling block for the enemies of Uncle Sam.
curious says
“a federal judge is seeking alternative proposals to imprisonment”
Has anyone proposed decapitating the jihadi? The punishment should fit the crime. Do unto others as they would do unto you.
gravenimage says
Federal Judge May Release Muslim Who Pleaded Guilty in Plot to Behead Pamela Geller
………………….
Why–so he can *finish the job*?
This isn’t like allowing some non-violent white-collar criminal to serve out his sentence at home to avoid prison crowding during the Coronavirus crisis.
J Morgan says
Right, so he can try to finish the job?! They are letting out more than white collar criminals. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/28/coronavirus-illinois-frees-4k-inmates-including-murderers-sex-offenders/
gravenimage says
Grimly true, J Morgan.
Some of these thugs are demanding that California’s notorious San Quentin prison be emptied.
Rob R (Brit stuck in Britainistan) says
I know this is mildly off-topic but Pamela’s site has some absolutely awful people in the comments section of her articles. I judge that her website has gone way downhill over the last couple of years I’m afraid.
There’s this one idiot called “AR154u Deplorable [something something blah blah]” and he posts the most baffling “meme” images, which have weird and horrible racial overtones. I think in some of his pictures, he is attempting to portray the Democratic party as racist but he just ends up looking like a racist himself, as his images are totally unclear and like I said, just baffling. And another one called felix1999 who does similar things but isn’t quite as stupid or bad as the other one. Some of these people have “boasted” of blocking me after I attempted to point out their stupidity and that their comments were counter-productive.
Mr. Spencer I don’t know if you read these comments but I would ask you to advise her to clean up that part of her site. I know that on your website, you want to keep things clean and civilised…
What is the point of going to an anti-Islam site if you scroll down and see just as much casual homophobia and racism as you would on an Islamic hate-preacher’s twitter feed or some other place like that?
gravenimage says
Thanks for this head’s up, Rob R–disturbing.
Don Ameche says
Gravenimage,
Felix1999 is very pro Pamela . I have seen his/her posts. They aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. They aren’t mine. But my reading of his(her) comments is that he strongly supports her. I think we have to be careful of ” concern Trolls” trying to influence ( and or censor) others for whatever reasons.
Pam is a VERY intelligent, savvy, driven and committed person. She sees and knows a lot. Any one “concerned” or “offended” can easily contact her. I also remain skeptical of those who use ‘ racist’ and ‘homophobia’ and try to police others.
There’s something odd to me in Rob R’s request.
gravenimage says
It’s a fine line, Don. You want robust freedom of speech and differing points of view, yet want to avoid having trolls take over the comments section, or appear to speak for the blog. I do read Pamela Geller’s fine site, but am not familiar enough with this poster to estimate his contributions.
Rob R (Brit stuck in Britainistan) says
Don Ameche, the “odd” thing that you must have smelled in my post is a thing called sanity.
You couldn’t simply answer my question at the end of my post. So I’ll repeat, what’s the point of having an anti-Islam site if your commenters appear to be just as frothing-mouthed and insane as a ranting Muslim cleric? If you’re going to call Islam uncivilised, it doesnt really help to have a bunch of crazies down below your post does it?
What would we lose if Felix1999 was wiped from the internet? Absolutely nothing. You may as well go and stand up for a traffic cone’s freedom of speech for gawd’s sake.
Don Ameche says
Gravenimage,
Correct, Fine line. One of Felix’s recent posts, on the St Louis couple who defended their home…. had a video from FOX on the case and a photo taken of the broken gate. This is the kind of comment I am familiar with . Information that supports Pam’s specific articles.
I would also direct your attention to the Comment to me from Rob S right below yours…”What would we lose if Felix1999 was wiped from the internet?”
Confirming my suspicions about censorship. ” WIPED from the internet”….. ? Indeed.
I think we all know who is trying to shutdown and de-platform.
Anyway, Best DA.
gravenimage says
Rob, unless someone is threatening violence, I don’t believe that anyone should be “wiped from the internet”. I think erring on the side of freedom of speech is always best.
As I said, I know next to nothing about Felix1999 in particular. But recall that all too many would love to see anyone critical of Islam wiped off the internet as well.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Don.
I dug around, and found some of Felix1999’s posts. There *is* some odd racial stuff there. Pamela Geller can decide whether she wants this on her site or not.
But did I see anything that should get him “wiped from the internet”? Good lord, no.
tgusa says
For the most part I am clean and civilized but I can do dirty and uncivilized if that is the way they want to do it. Jihad Watch has never censored my posts. Over the years there may have been a few that I would not have blamed them for censoring. I noticed a long time ago that there are lots of trolls on conservative websites and the best troll is one who mimics what they think is conservative thought.
Smart leftist trolls are a rarity. Most leftist trolls are easy to spot, even the good ones let slip what they really are if you keep an eye on their posts. We watch leftist websites, we know leftists and the leftist thought process but they don’t know us so they make mistakes based on what they have heard what they think we are.
There are also many good people out there who post stuff that is worded in a way that can be misinterpreted. But none of us are perfect so generally I let those things go. Leftist trolls will eventually out themselves for what they are.
I don’t believe in censorship of any kind mainly because I want to know what my friends are thinking as well as my adversaries.
tgusa says
However,
Any post from a not so good confirmed leftist troll must be deleted as they add nothing to the conversation and only seek to annoy. Ruination is their only goal and the only goal they could pretend to aspire to. You can usually spot the not so good leftist troll because they post over and over, on and on, saying nothing, contributing nothing.
curious says
Thanks Rob R, I have also found that the few sites that recognize the inherent threat of Islam can unfortunately suffer from what I call allophobia (fear of others, e.g. racism, sexism, and xenophobia) and autophobia (fear of the self, e.g. homophobia and other ‘enemies within’).
Only a small % of people take the time to read thoroughly about a topic before declaring an opinion about it. Instead, many or most suffer from either too much fear of everything, or too little fear of anything. Most people rely on heuristics, e.g. association, to decide what ‘side’ to join. Littering a site about Islam with off topic fear and loathing of random constituencies has the effect of alienating those constituencies, and dividing the west, thus preventing alliance and increasing western vulnerability to Islam.
Rob R (Brit stuck in Britainistan) says
Allophobia. Heuristics…
Okay, yes, I see. Thanks for the precise and concise analysis of what I said.
See, I didnt go to university so that’s why I can’t put it as well as you did. (and also hence the “stuck” in Britainistan part…)
Rob R (Brit stuck in Britainistan) says
Oh wait, I see you made up allophobia but it sure sounds like a real term. I’m more preoccupied with Allahphobia, obviously.. and there’s nothing irrational or unfounded about it.
I asked one of these horrible goons, “why do you go on about homosexuality when we’re here to talk about Islam?” He could never answer a single question i had to answer… and kept replying to me endlessly with the same lame comment, he’s finally shut up now, obviously had absolutely nothing better to do and no-one else to talk to.
gravenimage says
Rob, “allophobia” means a fear of those who are different from oneself, purely because they are different.
I like “Allahphobia”, though–sounds like something any rational person would suffer from.
And I think you put things very well, Rob.
FYI says
@Rob R
Never ever worry about the fact that you didn’t go to University.
Many freethinkers today don’t venture anywhere near such overrated institutions especially nowadays when the colleges are all Leftist and PC.
You are not missing much!
You should see yourself as a Freethinker and you do not need a Masters or a Doctorate for that.Not at all!
I have always preferred to study on my own although I did attend a few colleges.
Honestly?I have learned more from living in the real world and studying things myself at my own pace in my own time:it is a lifelong learning process.
Pick a subject you like,read books on it,watch videos on it and you can educate yourself:you don’t need a piece of paper for that do you?Teach yourself.
You express yourself better than many an Academic.
islamic ‘scholars’ of course are a joke.
Allaphobia is pretty good.
James Lincoln says
Rob R,
As I’ve said before, unless you’re studying STEM, business, finance, etc., a university education in “liberal arts” is a waste of time and money in today’s university environment.
It’s actually a net negative due to the Leftist “indoctrination” – you go to college today and get “stupid”.
And this is from someone with a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, and Medical degree.
For your listening pleasure, one of my favorite “Roads” Scholar is Lee Roy Parnell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ98WTELAX4
Kepha says
Put all the violent, difficult prisoners with pre-existing conditions together in tightly packed prisons and see how many die of the coronavirus. That would be better than killing off people’s aged parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts.
But, if this guy is released, may he either be converted to Christ; or, should he try to assassinate Geller again, may she or her bodyguard be prepared and deliver him the Islamic “marytyrdom” (aka one-way ticket to Hell) he so deeply craves before he can do anything harmful.
Bovski says
If you can’t do the time don’t commit the crime.
Jean says
Wpri is a Rhode Island tv station, not a Boston one. I’m not surpised Warwick has become infested with islamists, the mayor for over a decade Scott Avedesian, a RINO with mafia ties colluded with democrats, and turned a once stable, clean town into a cesspool
gravenimage says
You are right, Jean.
gravenimage says
This is now fixed. Thanks.