
New Orleans Attacker Reportedly Left Quran Open to Violent Passage: Every American Needs to Know What We’re Up Against
In the wake of the New Orleans terror attack that claimed the lives of 14 innocent people and injured dozens more, it’s worth remembering two things: First, what the alleged terrorist was thinking before he launched the attack, and second, what the world’s most diabolical Islamic terrorist organizations have lying in wait for the United States, according to one intelligence analyst.
What we know about Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the terrorist in the New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street, is this: The 42-year-old reportedly flew the Islamic State group flag from the back of his rented pickup truck and pledged allegiance to the terrorist group, according to The New York Times.
For their part, most in the media are downplaying any religious aspect in the attack. The Times quoted his brother, 24-year-old Abdur Jabbar, saying that the two were raised Christian but his bother converted to Islam — which he insisted had nothing to do with this.
“As far as I know he was a Muslim for most of his life,” he said. “What he did does not represent Islam. This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.”
Of course, this is to insinuate that radicalization and religion are two different things. With almost any other religion, nobody would bother making the distinction; consider the fact the establishment media scarcely batted an eye when traditional Catholics were targeted by the FBI as potential extremists. Instead, this time, everyone seems to be focused on the unstable life of the alleged terrorist.
And, lo and behold, it turns out that this part doesn’t exactly hold water. According to the New York Post, Shamsud-Din Jabbar had “a bomb-making workbench in his ramshackle Texas trailer home — where a Quran was left open on a page about ‘slaying’ in the name of Allah, exclusive photos obtained by The Post show.”
“Jabbar’s north Houston home was filled with chemical residue and chemical bottles, while an inventory of items seized by the FBI — left behind by investigators who raided his house on Wednesday — included a long list of compounds used in bomb-making,” the Thursday report read.
“His Quran was propped atop a bookshelf, a centerpiece in his living room, and open to a passage reading, ‘They fight in Allah’s cause, and slay and are slain; a promise binding …’”
The passage mentioned is Surah 9:111: “Allah has indeed purchased from the believers their lives and wealth in exchange for Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah and kill or are killed. This is a true promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran. And whose promise is truer than Allah’s? So rejoice in the exchange you have made with Him. That is ‘truly’ the ultimate triumph,” a full English translation of the passage from Quran.com read.