Islamic bigotry: Malik Faisal Akram & 'Lady Qaeda' Siddiqui

Submitted by Mira (United States), Jan 17, 2022 at 02:05

Malik Faisal Akram was a British Muslim bigot[1][2][3][4][5] of Pakistani decent, (44 at his death), believed to have flown from Britain to the U.S.[6][7][8] approximately five weeks before his attack,[9] posing as a homeless man and abused kindness by appearing as if asking for charity,[10] at a Jewish reform temple in Colleyville, TX, on Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, holding hostage 4 people.
He used profanities, 'ranted about Islam.'[11][12][13] He demanded the release of 'Lady Al Qaeda' - Pakistani "scientist" Islamic terrorist Aafiya Siddiqui, who plotted to carry out mass murder via chemical attacks in NY, among other crimes. The racist Muslim demanded that any juror at her trial take a DNA rest to test if he or she is Jewish.[14]
Jihadi groups want the U.S. to free Aafia Siddiqui.[15] U.S. News & World Report reported that, ISIS also offered Kayle Mueller in exchange as well. A group was asked by a local pastor to act as a "go-between with Siddiqui's family after the Islamic State group demanded a prisoner exchange."[16]
After hours of standoff, Akram was eliminated by SWAT team.
As is typical in recent years, (specifically with racists, bigots who don't fit one certain profile) his family tried that "he had mental issues"[7] card.

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Islamic anti-Semitism: Jihadi Pakistanis "branch"[edit]

Matthew DeSarno was ripped[17] on social media with his most weird "statement" wish washing antisemitism by the Islamic bigot, anti-Semite[1][3][4][5][2] specifically targeting Jews.[18]
'Lady Al Qaeda' Siddiqui has a history of vicious antisemitism.[19]
* 'Lady Al Qaeda' Siddiqui peddled Mohamed Al-Amir Atta father of 911 ringleader's invented twisted theory about Islamist-butchery on 911. And as mentioned, she demanded DNA testing for jurors of her trial, to "know" who is Jewish.[14]
* After 'Lady Al Qaeda' Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistan for her part in plotting al-Qaeda terrorist attacks in the US, UK and Pakistan, shooting at US Army troops as they detained her, she said the case against her was a Jewish conspiracy.[18]

* 'Lady Al Qaeda' Siddiqui dismissed her legal defense team because she said the lawyers were Jewish.[18]

* After the trial, 'Lady Al Qaeda' Siddiqui herself wrote a letter to then-President Barack Obama, according to Deborah Scroggins in her 2012 book, "Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui" Some twisted 'theory' about Jews.[19]

*Biden reacted to the hostage taking event:[8]

"This was an act of terror," Biden said, adding that he doesn't know why Congregation Beth Israel was targeted, or "why he insisted on the release of someone who's been a prisoner for over 10 years" and used "antisemitic and anti-Israeli" language.

*Worth mentioning, at the Islamist massacre at 2008 Mumbai Attack by Pakistani Jihadists:[20]‎

According to radio transmissions picked up by Indian intelligence, the attackers "would be told by their handlers in Pakistan that the lives of Jews were worth 50 times those of non-Jews." Injuries reported on some of the bodies indicate they may have been tortured.

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Futher investigation

In the UK, the British police arrested 2 in investigation into the Texas standoff.[21]

Islamic lobbies

The attack came after mainstream Muslim groups in the US held a "Free Dr. Aafia Advocacy Day" in Washington D.C., where they met with congressional offices and lobbied for 'Lady Al Qaeda' Siddiqui's release.[22] Especially, the Islamist lobby: CAIR.[23][24]

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References

[1.0 1.1] Call the hostage-taking at Colleyville synagogue what it is: evil terrorism, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial Board, Jan 15, 2022.

... The innocent Colleyville congregants have nothing to do with the case of Aafia Siddiqui, whom the hostage-taker reportedly mentioned. Congregation Beth Israel seems to have been targeted simply because its members are Jewish. Nothing can justify that.
It's especially twisted to target a religious congregation as it worships in a sacred space. So many houses of faith do so much to help others without regard for whatever political or foreign policy issues are driving us apart.
Jewish people have had to live with general scapegoating for centuries, and synagogues constantly have to deal with specific threats. ...

[2.0 2.1] J Choi, Texas Republican: FBI probe into synagogue hostage taker spreads..., TheHill, Jan 16, 2022.

Appearing on CNN's "State of The Union" on Sunday, McCaul told host Jake Tapper that the incident "this is a disturbing case that demonstrates that antisemitism is unfortunately alive and well."

[3.0 3.1] Liz Truss@trussliz Tweeted (Jan 16, 2022):

My thoughts are with the Jewish community and all those affected by the appalling act in Texas. We condemn this act of terrorism and anti-semitism. We stand with US in defending the rights and freedoms of our citizens against those who spread hate.

[4.0 4.1 ]K Rahman, Biden Vows To 'Stand Against' Anti-Semitism After Colleyville Hostage Standoff, Newsweek, Jan 16, 2022

[5.0 5.1] WJC President: The attack on Texas synagogue is an attack on all of us, INN, Jan 16, 2022.
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder expresses solidarity with Colleyville, Texas Jewish community.

"Once again, on Shabbat, a day of prayer and solemn contemplation, a synagogue is the target of a vicious attack during which its rabbi and congregants are being held hostage by an antisemite intent on harming all that is decent in our troubled world," Lauder said in a statement.

[6] Dan Frosch, Texas Hostage Taker Identified as British Citizen, MSN, Jan 16, 2022
Mr. Akram is believed to have flown from Britain to the U.S. in recent days.

[7.0 7.1] Texas synagogue siege: British hostage taker named as Malik Faisal Akram - as family say they are 'devastated', Sky News, Jan 16, 2022.

The 44-year-old was not living in the United States but had recently travelled there before carrying out the attack on the synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday, Sky News understands

News understands.

[8.0 8.1] FBI identifies 44-year-old man as suspected hostage-taker at Colleyville synagogue, Dallas News, Jan 16, 2022.

Malik Faisal Akram is the sole suspect in the incident and there is no indication any other people were involved, authorities say....
"This was an act of terror," Biden said, adding that he doesn't know why Congregation Beth Israel was targeted, or "why he insisted on the release of someone who's been a prisoner for over 10 years" and used "antisemitic and anti-Israeli" language.

[9] Alaa Elassar, Michelle Watson and Alanne Orjoux,FBI identifies hostage-taker at Texas synagogue, CNN, Jan 16, 2022

[10] Jessika Harkay, James Hartley and Domingo Ramirez Jr., Texas officials say all hostages safe, out of Colleyville synagogue; hostage-taker dead, Star-Telegram, Jan 16, 2022.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights organization with more than 400.000 members, said in a statement, "It's no accident that a synagogue was chosen for this attack."
"By all available information this was a well-planned scenario designed to gain entrance .. by posing as a homeless man," Simon Wiesenthal Center CEO and founder Rabbi Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of global social action, wrote in the statement. "The terrorist and those who planned this attack counted on the kindness of a rabbi to gain entry ..."

[11] Jessika Harkay, James Hartley, and Domingo Ramirez Jr., Texas officials say all hostages safe, out of Colleyville synagogue; hostage-taker dead, Star-Telegram, January 16, 2022.
The man, who used profanities, repeatedly mentioned his sister, Islam and that he thought he was going to die...

[12] Haraprasad Das, Man Takes Rabbi, Others Hostage at Texas Synagogue | SWAT Team Responds, Pragativadi, Jan 16, 2022.

At least three others remained with the hostage-taker—who burst into the synagogue outside Dallas early Saturday, ranting about Islam and calling for Aafia Siddiqui's release—all while being recorded on a Facebook livestream.

[13] Hostages Freed, Suspect Dead in Synagogue Siege, Daily Beast, Jan 16, 2022.

'PRAYERS ANSWERED'
Corbin Bolies, Justin Rohrlich, Rachel Williams, Blake Montgomery
Updated Jan. 16, 2022
The release of the hostages ended a standoff that began when a man burst into Congregation Beth Israel on Saturday morning, ranting about Islam and calling for the release of a convicted terrorist from federal prison—all while being recorded on a Facebook livestream..

recorded on a Facebook livestream...

[14.0 14.1] 'Lady Al Qaeda' the woman Texas synagogue hostage-taker wants freed: She planned chemical attacks on Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge and demanded juror at her trial be DNA tested to see if they were Jewish. By Daniel Bates and Alyssa Guzman and Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com, 21:49 15 Jan 2022, updated 02:54 16 Jan 2022.

The hostage suspect wants Aafia Siddiqui, a known terrorist who is incarcerated at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, freed
Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistan in 2008 by forces who found her with cyanide and plans to attack the Brooklyn Bridge and Empire State Building ... Siddiqui, who was a biology major at MIT, said in 1993 she wanted to do 'something to help our Muslim brothers and sisters' even if it was illegal
The unknown assailant took the hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville during religious services around 11.30am. ...
The man who stormed a Texas synagogue on the Sabbath and is holding hostages has demanded the release of 'Lady Al Qaeda,' who is serving 86 years in a federal prison less than 30 miles from the hostage standoff. ....
During her trial, Aafia demanded that every jury member get DNA tested to see if they were Jewish.

[15] Shane Harris, Lady al Qaeda: The World's Most Wanted Woman, Foreign Policy, Aug 26, 2014.
The Taliban wanted to trade Bergdahl for her. The Islamic State offered to swap Foley. Why does every jihadi group want the U.S. to free Aafia Siddiqui?

[16] Seth J. Frantzman, The long jihadist-extremist quest to free Aafia Siddiqui - analysis, JPost, Jan 16, 2022
[17] Emma Colton, 'Corrupt' FBI should be 'eliminated' for statement on Texas synagogue hostage taker: Critics, Fox News, Jan 16, 2022.

Critics are slamming the FBI as 'solely focused on destroying the domestic enemies of the Democratic Party'...
The FBI was ripped on social media for the statement that the hostage taker had no direct demands related to the Jewish community, including calling for the FBI to be "defunded and eliminated."

[18.0 18.1 18.2]Lahav Harkov, Yes, the Colleyville synagogue attack was 'specifically' targeting Jews - analysis, JPost, Jan 16, 2022.
What more must it take for a crime to be viewed as "specifically related to the Jewish community?"

The gunman said Siddiqui was his "sister" – though apparently in ideology and not in the literal sense – and that they would meet in "Jannah," meaning paradise, after he dies.
Siddiqui, nicknamed "Lady al-Qaeda," was born in Pakistan and traveled to the US on a student visa in 1990. She received her PhD in neuroscience from Brandeis University, founded by the Jewish community in 1948 and named after the first Jewish justice in the US Supreme Court.
After Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistan for her part in plotting al-Qaeda terrorist attacks in the US, UK and Pakistan, shooting at US Army troops as they detained her, she said the case against her was a Jewish conspiracy. ...

conspiracy. ...

[19.0 19.1] Rob Eshman, Woman invoked by hostage taker is Brandeis graduate with history of vicious antisemitism, The Forward, Jan 15, 2022

[20] Dean T. Olson, "TACTICAL COUNTERTERRORISM: The Law Enforcement Manual of Terrorism Prevention," Charles C. Thomas, 2012, p. 212

[21] British police arrest 2 in investigation into Texas standoff, Foxcarolina, Jan 16, 2022

[22] Jessica Chasmar l, Mainstream US Muslim groups have called for Aafia Siddiqui's release, Fox News, Jan 16, 2022.

Hostage taker at Texas synagogue allegedly called for Siddiqui's release.
Just last month, CAIR's Dallas-Fort-Worth chapter held an event called "In Pursuit of Freedom" at the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas, calling for Siddiqui's release, claiming she had been "kidnapped, ripped apart from her children, shot at, renditioned to the U.S., and is currently serving an 86-year prison sentence for a crime she did not commit."
On Nov. 18, the CAIR chapter held an online fundraiser for Siddiqui's defense team. ...

[23] Activists, Muslim groups called for release of 'Lady Al-Qaeda' before terrorist took hostages at Texas synagogue, PM, Jan 16, 2022.
Siddiqui's allies include mainstream Muslim groups like CAIR.

[24] Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC Tweeted (Jan 15, 2022):

CAIR has hosted many rallies to free Aafia Siddiqui aka Lady Al-Qaeda, whose supposed brother is holding a synagogue hostage in Colleyville, TX

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