Imagine reporting your own son to authorities as a potential terrorist. Imagine reporting your son to U.S. authorities when so many in your religion believe U.S. authorities are at war with your religion.
That is what Dr. Umaru Mutallab is said to have done, and been in the process of doing more of when his son, the Nigerian terrorist Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, allegedly attempted to blow up a plane. This must have been very hard for him.
According to The Independent, Abdulmutallab’s father, Umaru, is the former economics minister of Nigeria. He retired earlier this month as the chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria but is still on the boards of several of Nigeria’s biggest firms, including Jaiz International, a holding company for the Islamic Bank. The 70-year-old, who was also educated in London, holds the Commander of the Order of the Niger as well as the Italian Order of Merit.
What was Umaru’s motivation for reporting his son? Was it simply the best way to protect his son or was there a larger desire for peace? Is this man a potential leader in the Muslim world? Are there others like him that want peace?
My hope may be premature, but I would like to know more. Who is this man that attempted to stop his son from becoming a terrorist?
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It IS a good sign that the father turned in the son for what he might do, but it is obvious to me, that it is more important to be vigilant on our end.
1st – Flag terror sympathizers for extra additional scrutiny no matter the source of the information.
2nd – Actual terrorists don’t get to fly, period….
3rd- No passport no boarding pass- That seems like a no brainer, but this guy was actually allowed to board a plane bound for
the US without a passport, now that is scary…Our State Dept is doing what with terror info received ???
4th- Leave the old ladies alone, focus on Muslims no matter the age…The problem is —Not all Muslims are terrorist, BUT it seems that ALL terrorists are Muslim…That is the dilemma for them.
We need to stop the PC madness and take the logical counter steps before one of these guys gets lucky with me on the plane. Then Robert would have no one to comment on his posts..
Unfortunately, with Umaru’s attitudes, he may well be next on the Al Queda hit list and not long for this world….
I am so glad my 70 yr old grand mother was taken out of line for extra scrutny. Her carry-on inspected to make sure her shampoo and other liquids were limited to 3 ozs and in the required plastic bag.
Then they let the Nigerian terrorist, Abdulmutallab, on board without a passport, no real scrutny and his liquid explosives were not even in an approved plastic bag…Go figure…
Now that’s an LOL….
You’re joking, right Robert? You think that because one Muslim man of principle, does the right thing for once, it will spread and other parents will turn in their Jihadi children ? That’s optimistic but unrealistic. I agree with Jim Duncan, Umaru is dead-man walking…
I can hope that one man of principle means that there are others of principle. There are others of principle. I know Moslems of principle. Unfortunately, those with the principles are too often not in power, and when they are, they are scared to stand up because our politically correct western societies refuse to state that we are at war with Islamic facism. We can’t defend those that would stand for peace if we refuse to acknowledge that there is a distinction between Moslems that are at peace and Moslems that desire war.
We are at war with Islamic facism.
We are at peace with Moslems that desire to leave us in peace.
Happy New Year Robert…!!! Glad to see you have awoken from your recent slumber and begun answering the many great comments this week.. some of the ones on “Jimmah” Carter are priceless…
Good luck trying to tell them apart. The ones that hate US and want to kill US, look and sound like the ones that say they don’t even though the one’s that say they don’t probably do..(.There is a huge percentage of sympathizers on top of the 10% Islamic Fascists…)
In other words, the one’s with values and principles are rare indeed, and if they voice opposition to the fanatics, they won’t have a future, bright or otherwise…..
Is it Muslims or Moslems? You’ve used both…I want to be correct here…
I think you can substitute “terrorist” for either…They are either active or passive but all on the same page…