“Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, then I have declared war against him.”
This is a verse taken from a Hadith, or an Islamic teaching, that 24-year-old radicalized Islamist Muhammed Youssef Abdulazeez (pictured) texted his close friend before shooting and killing 4 Marines and one Navy officer in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Here is the full text of the Hadith:
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For jihadists and ultraconservative Salafist Sunni Muslims, the Hadith “is usually understood within the context of al-wala wa-l-bara (or) love for Islam and hatred for its enemies,” said David Cook, an associate professor who specializes in Islam in the department of religion at Rice University in Texas.
According to Abdulazeez’s friends, he had purchased three guns on armslist.com after returning from Jordan, including an AK-74, an AR-15, and a Saiga 12. They said he also owned a 9mm and a .22 caliber hand guns.-Reuters
Is there any question in anyone’s mind that this attack was not an act of domestic terrorism carried out by a radical Islamist?
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