The Muslim Brotherhood has an agent in the Ohio assembly

Benjamin Baird reminds everybody that the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Trump administration's identified as a terrorist organization, has agents in USA politics, with one disturbing example being a Democrat representative of Columbus, Ohio:

In a highly anticipated move, the Trump administration designated factions of the global Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations last month, an executive action with profound implications extending beyond the Middle East to America’s heartland. Astonishingly, a Somali-American legislator from Ohio, State Rep. Munira Abdullahi, D-Columbus, continues to serve as a national leader for the Muslim American Society (MAS), a registered nonprofit that federal prosecutors have identified as the “overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.”

Abdullahi’s involvement with MAS dates back to at least 2012, when she served as a youth director in Columbus and later as a national program director. The organization’s youth programs have been marred by scandals nationwide, including an incident in Philadelphia where children were taught songs about beheading Israeli Jews, and a fundraiser selling merchandise glorifying Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists. Upon her election to public office in 2022, Abdullahi appeared to distance herself from MAS, updating her LinkedIn profile to indicate she no longer worked for the group.

However, her ties persisted and deepened. Now heading MAS-Columbus and part of the organization’s national leadership, she leverages her elected status to host events featuring ultra-conservative preachers and pro-Hamas activists. Though MAS officially claims independence from the broader Sunni Islamist movement, a 2004 Chicago Tribune investigation exposed how its early leaders decided to conceal their Muslim Brotherhood affiliations while aiming to “convert Americans to Islam and elect like-minded Muslims to political office.”

Campaign finance records underscore this connection: in 2022, Abdullahi received a $1,000 contribution from an MAS colleague and later donated $2,400 from her campaign to MAS-Columbus.

I'd written about this Abdullahi myself in the past 4 years, and it's clear she doesn't belong in politics anywhere. It remains to be seen if the Trump administration will take any action against her and other such interlopers who don't belong in the USA or any other civilized country.

Conservative theater manager in Ohio, in addition to problems with leftists, also has problems with anti-Israel "right-wingers"

In Columbus, Ohio, there's one of the very few theaters dedicated to conservative stage plays, and the manager was persecuted by leftists over his positions. Now that's bad enough, but regrettably, there's also "conservatives" who took anti-Israeli positions and attacked him over it too:

While the hostility from the Left was expected, Cooperman now faces a new challenge as conservatives fracture over key political issues.

Cooperman says his pro-Israel stance has led some conservative and libertarian figures to distance themselves from the organization. A prominent podcaster declined an interview for that reason. A local classical academy backed away from a potential partnership. Cooperman now finds himself defending his principles on two fronts, both from friends and foes.

In 2026, Stage Right celebrated its tenth annual Conservative Theatre Festival. He hopes to encourage conservatives not only to criticize the state of the arts, but to engage in them.

There are conservative artists across the country who remain silent, fearing professional or personal fallout. Cooperman understands the fear, but insists that meaningful change requires courage. There will be consequences, but he insists that standing for something true and good is worth the cost.

I definitely hope he can continue his company for another several decades, if anything. But this also makes 2 things clear. On the one hand, there's leftists out there who refuse to recognize the legitimacy of theater plays with conservative themes. On the other hand, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have definitely had a very bad influence in their own way on a certain segment of alleged "conservatives". What's occurred here is very sad, though a case can be made that any organizations who're going to take an anti-Israel position don't make good partners in business at all, unless perhaps they're willing to renounce said positions. I hope the theater company is working on running the special play that was built around October 7, 2023, and they probably are. If more Israeli theater outfits would invest in this one over in the USA, that could be beneficial too.

Update: here's also more about how awful Carlson and Owens have become.

Gigantic fraud scandal by Somalis across the USA

Over the past week, a huge scandal erupted where it was discovered that Somali Muslims committed financial fraud primarily in Minnesota, and many other individual states as well:

Citizen journalists and civic activists are spotlighting potential Somali fraud of taxpayer funding not just in Minnesota but in multiple states across the country.

Videos from Ohio, Maine, Pennsylvania, Washington State, and others, suggest that clannish Somalis across the country have replicated the alleged taxpayer fraud exposed in Minnesota’s childcare centers by citizen journalist Nick Shirley.

Unshockingly, various MSM "journalists" are spinning this as nothing more than Republicans seeking an opportunity to attack leftists over something. Well it goes without saying this is very serious, and makes clear it's time for these Somali Muslims to return to the country they came from, and not fleece the USA again. And of course, that's just the beginning of what bad things they've done in the USA, since there have been those who committed jihad too, and that's another something that cannot be put up with.

Jewish Republican in Ohio was run off road by another anti-Israel criminal

Ohio representative Max Miller was endangered by a creep who held a PLO flag:

A House Republican said on Thursday that he was “run off the road” in Ohio by a “deranged” man who displayed a Palestinian flag before leaving the scene.

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who is Jewish, spoke about his brush with “blatant antisemitic violence” in a post on X.

“The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control. Today I was run off the road in Rocky River, and the life of me and my family was threatened by a person who proceeded to show a Palestinian flag before taking off,” Miller said.

Miller noted that he filed a police report with the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as the local police department.

“We know who this person is and he will face justice,” Miller said. “As a Marine, a proud Jewish American and a staunch defender of Israel, I will not hide in the face of this blatant antisemitic violence.”

According to Fox News, the Rocky River Police Department confirmed the incident had been reported and said an investigation had been opened.

Read the rest. It's tragic that Donald Trump now has to deal with this kind of disaster left over from the Biden administration now sweeping the country, to the point where even Congress members are in danger. Miller's family, thankfully, was unharmed in any of this. But now there's another monster out there who must be captured by authorities and exiled from the USA eternally.

Do Republicans recognize the dangers of Islamist infiltration?

Joe Kaufman discovered a Muslim activist he knew trying to infiltrate the GOP in Florida:

In February, I attended a local Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) meeting. I had been rushing over from another event, so I came in towards the tail end. Being a candidate for US Congress, I was given the opportunity to say a few words in front of the group. In the midst of my speech, I observed someone in the small crowd who seemed familiar to me. Following the meeting, after speaking with a couple of people, I headed outside. I soon was approached by the gentleman I had noticed. He said my name. I immediately knew who it was – Corey Shearer.

Corey Shearer is the Florida Outreach Lead for Emgage, an Islamist group that disguises its extremist agenda as political advocacy. The group’s former South Florida Director Syed Ammar Ahmed, once joked that he “should have threatened to blow up” a school he had participated in a debate at. The group’s founder and former Chairman Khurrum Wahid is a South Florida lawyer who represents high-profile convicted terrorists and, reportedly, was placed on a federal terrorist watch list, himself, in 2011.

Emgage has infiltrated the Democratic Party in a very big way, but so far, the group has had little to no interaction with Republicans. Seeing Shearer at the RLC meeting is a major concern.

I asked Shearer what he was doing there. He told me that he had come with a couple of “black Republicans” and was hoping to bring people together. I asked him if he was a Republican. He answered me nervously, “No, but I have been thinking about it.” It was a lie.

Prior to coming to Emgage, Shearer was a local leader in the Democratic Party. He has happily posed for photos with Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Charlie Crist. He repeatedly refers to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as “Governor DeathSantis,” and just this past October, he labeled both President Donald Trump and Governor DeSantis “jerks,” “racists” and “xenophobes.” He retweets Nancy Pelosi, and in November, he wrote, “I come from a PROUD Democratic family.”

During our brief conversation, Shearer told me that he was upset about the cancellation of a conference that was to take place in January, organized by the South Florida Muslim Federation, a radical Muslim umbrella organization, of which Emgage is a member. I had led the effort to shut down the conference, as, following the October 7 brutal massacre perpetrated by Hamas on 1200 Israeli civilians, a number of the event’s advertised speakers championed Hamas.

Kaufman notes there've been other examples of Islamofascists trying to infiltrate the GOP. And it begs the query, do Republicans recognize the seriousness of what's going on, and know to do everything they can to keep out the Religion of Peace? Let's not forget one past example from the time of George W. Bush, that being Grover Norquist, who doubtless caused substantial damage 2 decades ago.

It should also be noted that in Ohio, an allegedly Republican-led state, they have Muslims serving in prominent government roles, and Akron recently had one who's now elected mayor, and not all that different from Scotland's Humza Yousaf:

Akron, Ohio’s first Pakistani Muslim mayor is convinced that America is racist.

Despite winning a challenging mayoral election by 97% in which he was the only candidate on the ballot after the Republican candidate was disqualified, Shammas Malik has never stopped talking about how racism is everywhere in the country and the city that elected him.

“He’s going to be the face of equity and diversity,” a Malik ally claimed.

And the face of diversity believes that everything about Akron, including its Innerbelt defunct highway system, is racist. “The choice to build the Innerbelt is a great example of systemic racism,” he claimed. “Projects like the Innerbelt explain our sickening racial wealth gap,” he contended elsewhere. And “one great example” of Akron’s racism, he lectured, was the Innerbelt which “was designed to help suburban commuters get to downtown Akron quicker.”

Malik’s solution to most problems, from highways to law enforcement, is to blame racism.

But what's really chilling:

As a student, Shammas Malik had been a member of the terrorist-linked Muslim Student Association before graduating to intern at the terrorist-linked Muslim Public Affairs Council. Multiple MSA leaders and officials have gone on to fight for Al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist groups. MPAC’s leaders have defended Hamas as well as other Islamic terrorist groups.

After working as a government and policy intern for MPAC, Malik moved on to the leftist Center for American Progress and then as an intern in the Pentagon’s legal office working on federal litigation involving national security and military commissions trials for Al Qaeda terrorists.

Now that is disturbing. And now, this man is mayor of a notable city in the USA, and worst, in an ostensibly Republican-led state. Will the GOP do anything to oppose people like this? Who knows, with the way they're going?

Muslims work on hijacking USA elections

As the next USA election draws near later this year, Front Page's editors warn Muslims in the USA are laying the groundswork for hijacking the elections, beginning at state assemblies. Maybe what should be particularly disturbing to ponder are those working in allegedly Republican-run states:

In Ohio, Rep. Munira Abdullahi, newly elected, promoted claims that Israel is “the biggest child-killer in the world”.

In Texas, Rep. Salman Bhojani, the first Muslim elected to the State House, accused Israel of engaging in the “mass killing of Palestinian civilians” during its fight against Hamas and claimed that the Oct 7 Hamas massacres “did not occur in a vacuum”

[...] In Georgia, Rep. Ruwa Romman, a former communications director for CAIR, and the first Muslim ‘Palestinian’ in the George State House, described the Oct 7 attacks as an “escalation” caused by “settler violence and terror aimed at Palestinian business owners”

Rep. Romman argued that a resolution condemning the Hamas atrocities was creating “division” and claimed that Israel’s campaign was “not self defense” “not about hostages” and “not about Hamas”, but about “causing as much damage as possible.”

In the Georgia State Senate, Sen. Sheikh Rahman and Sen. Nabilah Islam, two newly elected members, abstained from a resolution condemning the Hamas atrocities. Sen. Islam had accused Israel of bombing “innocent Palestinians”.

Now it's bad enough these kind of people are active in Democrat-run states. But that they're marketing their influence in Republican-run states decidedly gives valid cause for concern that GOP employees aren't proving themselves in keeping these creeps at bay. As a result, conservatives can have a valid argument to make that their representatives are failing them in more ways than one.

Emgage CEO Wa’el Alzayat responded to the Hamas attacks of Oct 7 by promoting a claim blaming “Jewish supremacists”. He later wrote that “white supremacists” allegedly “waving Israeli flags were blocking the entrance to my daughter’s Islamic school today.”

Emgage has various state branches in New York, Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Florida. Emgage Florida urged Muslims to use their votes to affect American policy toward Israel and Emgage PAC in Texas endorsed two dozen candidates in the state alone.

Funding for Emgage has come through, among others, the Pillars Fund. The Pillars Fund is a “national nonprofit” that “amplifies the leadership, narratives, and talents of Muslims” and has a board of directors that includes a chief of staff for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Pillars Fund’s institutional funders include George Soros’ Open Society Network.

No surprise Soros' businesses could be involved either, and that's another chilling problem.

Also of note, Tim Graham points out how the MSM's been softening news about Hamas supporters in Michigan:

Republicans could be pleased to see the left-wing media underlining how Joe Biden was embarrassed in Michigan by a rebellious campaign to vote “uncommitted” in the Michigan primary, protesting Biden’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas terrorists. But one can’t be pleased with how these activists are classified.

You can tell a media outlet is on the left by the way it's resistant to describing leftist allies – even their radicals in their base – with an ideological label. Sometimes, you’ll know someone is a raving socialist when they are called “liberal” or “progressive,” like Bernie Sanders. But these pro-Hamas activists are never presented as “far left,” “hard left,” or “radical left.”

Instead, the verbiage is incredibly vague. Take CNN host Abby Phillip on February 26: “There's a very public, very high-profile campaign to get Michigan Democrats to go ahead and vote uncommitted at that primary to send a message to President Biden.”

Jillian Frankel at NBCNews.com reported a story on February 6 with “Michigan activists” in the headline and a quote from “Listen to Michigan campaign manager Layla Elabed, a Palestinian American activist who is the sister of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.” Tlaib voted “present” all by herself in refusing to condemn Hamas for brutally raping Israeli women. Who needs to single this family out as extremists?

This too makes for a very horrific situation. And on a semi-related note, Stephen Baskerville makes a valid point that RINOs, establishment or otherwise, also have to shoulder blame for how the USA has, in its own way, turned communist in recent times. When conservatives fail to make serious efforts to prevent these activists from getting into positions of power, it can't be shocking that such a PR disaster could be the result.

Ohio elects Muslim woman with extremist connections to state legislature

Benjamin Baird informs us of the sad news that another Muslim's been elected to political office in Ohio, and possibly to Congress:

As the first Somali Muslim woman elected to the Ohio state legislature, Munira Abdullahi is expected to bring “diversity” and “new perspectives” to the Ohio House of Representatives, according to her supporters. What they don’t tell you is that the 26-year-old belongs to a radical Sunni Islamist organization that uses youth indoctrination, charity, and social work to grow its political power and spread theocratic, often illiberal views.

Based on her background and career trajectory, Abdullahi could feasibly become the next Ilhan Omar — Minnesota’s far-left congresswoman known for expressing radical, antisemitic opinions and consorting with various Islamist groups. Indeed, the Ohio legislator shares striking similarities with Omar, the first Somali Muslim elected to her state’s legislature in 2016 and the first Muslim woman elected to Congress.

But what's really chilling about her associations is whom she's worked for when it comes to activists:

Omar, who will soon be a third-term congresswoman, works closely with American Islamist organizations and is known to advance legislation on their behalf. For her part, Abdullahi doesn’t just associate with extremist groups — she is a card-carrying member of the Muslim American Society, a notoriously extreme Islamist group that the United Arab Emirates designated as a terrorist organization in 2014.

In fact, MAS is the “overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America,” according to federal prosecutors, or the U.S. branch of a global, pan-Islamic organization known for its violent history in the Middle East. Since 2012, Abdullahi has worked part-time as a youth director at MAS-Columbus, and she was promoted in March to the role of program manager at the national office.

One must wonder how many extremist Muslims live in Ohio now, along with their sympathisers, and how badly it'll affect a state that's said to be Republican-led. This is seriously bad news.

Ohio Republican files impeachment motion against Biden

There's thankfully a Republican who's doing paperwork now for at least trying to impeach the most disastrous "president" the US has ever had (via American Lookout):

House Republicans, led by Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, have filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden, citing the border crisis, chaotic and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, and attempted to break constitutional law on extending the eviction ban.

Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Brian Babin, R-Texas, and Randy Weber, R-Texas, signed on to the three-pronged complaint — even if the Democrat-controlled House under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are sure to ignore it, Gibbs told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

And despite Democrats holding only a slim majorities in the House and the Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris can cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate.

"Obviously, it's not going to go anywhere with Speaker Pelosi," Gibbs told the Examiner, adding, but "it shows that there are some Republicans that think that this president needs to be impeached, he needs to be removed from office one way or another.

"At some point, they're going to be held accountable for their actions, and this is kind of putting them on notice."

Gibbs recognized the lack of interest among Democrats in holding Biden accountable, but the three articles of impeachment are intended to serve notice to the White House of its missteps under Biden.

That the Democrats are unlikely to support impeachment just shows how far they've fallen, to the depths of dictatorship, a tragedy that was bound to happen someday, due to all the complacency and inability to prevent the US education system from falling victim to communism.

Shooter in Dayton, Ohio was a leftist

There were 2 horrible shootings and murders in the USA this past week. One was a white supremacist in El Paso, Texas, the other was a socialist in Dayton, Ohio, and Breitbart discovered evidence he was a leftist:

Twitter suspended an account Sunday evening allegedly linked to the gunman who killed nine and wounded dozens outside a Dayton, Ohio, bar early Sunday morning, after several reports identified the account and noted its left-wing political orientation.

The user, “@iamthespookster,” identified as a “leftist,” according to the Twitter profile. The suspended account tweeted in support of socialism, against the election of President Donald Trump, and in favor of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for president in 2020.

There's screenshots available at the link.

The Ohio shooting came just hours after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 20 and wounding 26. That shooter was reportedly a white supremacist whose motives for the shooting were specifically racist.

Though a manifesto reportedly linked to the El Paso shooter claimed he was not influenced by Trump, the mainstream media and the Democrat presidential field spent Saturday evening and Sunday blaming Trump for inspiring the violence.

Well they should, again, be utterly ashamed of themselves for exploiting tragedies to further their political agendas. Yet they won't take a good look at their own desensitized-to-violence conduct and ideologies and ask whether that's played any part in these horrors. My condolences to the victims of these latest horrors, and I hope the survivors recover.

Ohio hospital wisely parts ways with antisemitic doctor

A hospital in Ohio got rid of an Islamist who made anti-semitic and anti-American comments on social media:

An Ohio hospital confirmed Monday that it no longer employs a doctor who made anti-Semitic comments and promised to give Jewish patients the wrong medication.

The Cleveland Clinic said in its statement that it became aware of the social media posts by Lara Kollab, 27, who worked at the clinic from July to September 2018, and that her beliefs conflicted with those of the clinic. The hospital did not state, however, whether Kollab had been let go as a direct result of her tweets.

Kollab had a history of making violently anti-Semitic comments on social media. An online compilation of Kollab’s tweets showed she often referred to Jews as “dogs,” invoked Allah to kill them, and denigrated both Israel and the U.S.

[...] Kollab since deleted her tweets, but Canary Mission, a website devoted to exposing those who openly support antisemitism or terrorist organizations, compiled, translated and took screenshots of some of them. They show calls for violence against the Jews, claims that the Holocaust is exaggerated, and open support for terrorists.

There's more at the link, and her medical license is supposed to last until 2021. It should be cancelled even earlier, as anybody that repulsive has no business working in medicine.

White Ohio moonbat assaulted black Trump supporter, and MSM doesn't care

Just think what would've been the reaction if this were a case of a Black Lives Matter activist experiencing the same. The LA Times (via Hot Air) says:

A 20-year-old Ohio man pleaded not guilty to battery Thursday after he allegedly sucker punched a Trump supporter at an anti-illegal immigration rally in Laguna Beach on Sunday, officials said.

Richard Losey was charged with one misdemeanor count of battery, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.

Laguna Beach police arrested Losey on suspicion of battery with a hate crime enhancement, but prosecutors determined “there is not enough evidence” to charge him with the enhancement.

“Political motivation is not an area covered under hate crimes in the penal code,” Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff for the district attorney, said in a statement.

Police said R.C. Maxwell was “peacefully” speaking with a group of people at Main Beach Park when the counter-protester punched him.

Maxwell, a black Trump supporter, told The Times he went to speak with counter-protesters “trying to find commonalities” and was explaining his views when he was attacked. He said he was also pepper-sprayed and choked.

The confrontation was captured on video that was posted to social media.

All those leftarded creeps who did that, some of whom may have masked themselves, should be put on a prison farm. And all press sources who refused to condemn the incident should not have any money put into their pockets.

Somali Islamist attacks with car and knife at Ohio state university

A Somali who was a permanent legal resident of the US attacked at least 10 people at Ohio's state university before being gunned down. NBC news (via iOwntheWorld) reports:

An Ohio State University student plowed a car into a campus crowd, then jumped out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police Monday morning, officials said.

Nine people were taken to hospitals after the ambush, and one was in critical condition. The incident was initially reported as an "active shooter" situation, but the suspect did not shoot anyone.

A police officer was on the scene within a minute and killed the assailant. "He engaged the suspect and eliminated the threat," OSU Police Chief Craig Stone said.

Law enforcement officials told NBC News the suspect's name is Abdul Artan, an 18-year-old student at the university. He was a Somali refugee who left his homeland with his family in 2007, lived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014 as a legal permanent resident of the United States, officials said.

The motive was unknown, but officials said the attack was clearly deliberate and may have been planned in advance.

Oh, they know it was "lone wolf" jihadism that motivated the monster, who should now rot in hell for what he did. As always, their refusal to acknowledge the possibilities is galling.

Terror attack on Arab Christian-owned restaurant in Ohio

Jihad occurred in Ohio, and it's possible that the assailant was attacking the restaurant because the owner came from Israel:

A man wielding a machete on Thursday stormed a restaurant owned by an Israeli in Columbus, Ohio, CNN reported.

The man attacked several people before he was killed by police, authorities said.

The suspect was the only one killed. Nobody inside the Nazareth restaurant and deli said they knew him, according to police.

The owner of the restaurant was identified as Hany Baransi, an Arab Christian originally from Haifa.

Sources told NBC News on Friday that investigators are looking into whether the attacker carried out his attack the eatery in the mistaken belief that the owner was Jewish.

Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner told CNN after the attack that the suspect "immediately began swinging a machete at customers and employees inside. There was no rhyme or reason as to who he was going after as soon as he walked in, according to some of the witnesses."

The attacker, identified to NBC News by law enforcement sources as Mohamed Barry, had asked a worker at the Nazareth Restaurant and Deli where the owner was from, investigators said.

Four people were in the attack injured and transported to the hospital, according to CNN. One victim who was in critical condition underwent surgery and is now "stable," Weiner said

While it's likely the jihadist targeted the owner and patrons because he thought they were Jewish, it's also possible he'd done it because he viewed them as pro-Israel. The FBI is investigating this incident as a lone wolf terrorist attack (Hat tip: Pajamas Media):

CBS News has identified the suspect as Mohamed Barry, however neither 10TV nor Columbus Police have confirmed the suspect’s name. CBS News also reports Barry has a Somali background and may have traveled to Dubai in 2012.

Law enforcement tells them the incident appears to be the type of “lone wolf terrorist attacks they’re trying to stop.”

The FBI is assisting in the investigation.

The scumbag was probably a Salafist too.

Update: here's more on Breitbart.

Muslim in Ohio murdered father in church

A tragedy occurred in Ohio, perpetrated by a local jihadist (Hat tip: Atlas Shrugs):

ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Witnesses say the 25-year-old man accused of walking into an Ohio church and fatally shooting his father after an Easter service Sunday was yelling about God and Allah after the killing.

Police say Reshad Riddle walked into the Hiawatha Church of God in Christ in Ashtabula and killed his father, 52-year-old Richard Riddle, with a single shot from a handgun Sunday afternoon.

Associate Pastor Sean Adams told The (Ashtabula) Star Beacon newspaper that worshippers started screaming, ducking down and calling 911 on cellphones after the shooting.

""It was terrifying," Adams told the newspaper. "The children were screaming and people were dialing 911. We were afraid to breathe."

Adams said Reshad Riddle then continued into the church, still holding the gun, and yelled that the killing was "the will of Allah. This is the will of God."

Reshad Riddle was quickly subdued by officers, who arrived just moments after the shooting. They say he has been mostly cooperative.

The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland reported that another church pastor said congregants were leaving when they heard a gunshot.

"People pushed me into a back office and said, 'Somebody's here with a gun,'" said the Rev. David Howard Jr. "The guy was outside hollering and acting crazy."

County Coroner Pamela Lancaster said Richard Riddle's wound was "immediately fatal."

Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell said the younger Riddle offered no motive for the shooting.

"Witnesses at the scene said the shooter entered church and made some references to Allah, but we are not sure if that was a motive or if there was a family problem," Stell said. "There is no indication that the father and son had a bad relationship. Everyone thinks this was very surprising."

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court records show he was arrested and charged with two counts of felonious assault, kidnapping, abduction and tampering with evidence in 2006.

Records show that in 2007, Reshad Riddle was charged with felonious assault, and in 2009 he was charged with possession of drugs, tampering with evidence and possession of cocaine.

According to police reports, one of the felonious assault charges stemmed from an incident when Reshad Riddle allegedly attempted to cut his girlfriend's throat. Capt. Joseph Cellitti said the young woman's neck had been cut with a knife and she suffered bruising on her side and chest.

Church parishioners said Reshad Riddle was a member of the church as a child, but did not attend services regularly as an adult.

"No one would have thought twice about him being here with his family on Easter," Adams said. "His family (has) been members here for years and years."

Many MSM outlets, including Fox, buried the most serious parts of this case, and while the AP did mention this, they still act as though it's unimportant.

A fight to fly the American flag in Ohio that wins support from abroad too

Here's an interesting story on The Blaze for 4th of July week about a veteran in Ohio who had to fight for the right to fly an American flag on his property:

We first brought you the story of Army veteran Fred Quigley last Monday, when he was fighting his Ohio homeowners association (HOA) for the right to erect a flagpole outside his house and fly an American flag on it. The HOA said Quigley didn’t get proper permission. Quigley said state and federal law says HOAs can’t regulate American flag-flying. And now, it appears the HOA has relented.

WEWS-TV reports that the Summit County homeowners association, which oversees Quigley’s home at the Villas at Taramina in Macedonia, OH, has given up its fight to force Quigley to take down his pole. The disagreement between the two had sparked lively debate, with the local American Legion post even staging a flag-raising protest in support of Quigley.

WEWS says Quigley’s attorney, Gerry Patronite, was informed via a hand-delivered letter Thursday evening that Quigley would be allowed to keep the pole.

And he even got support from abroad:

Quigley told ABC he’s heard from supporters in London, India, and beyond.

“I’ve gotten calls from Macedonia,” he said. “I don’t mean from Macedonia, Ohio. I mean from Macedonia.”

Incredible! What this can tell is that there certainly are people in Europe who support the kind of beliefs in freedom that Americans fight for, and would like to have them as well. Let me also offer my support from Israel too.

I hope he has a good 4th of July week now, and while this post is being written a bit late, let me wish a happy 4th of July week to everybody!

Florida bar dismisses greivance suit against John Stemberger

It was first reported 6 days ago, but is still very important to write about: the Florida bar association has dismissed the greivance complaint the Muslim lawyer Omar Tarazi filed against John Stemberger, Rifqa Bary's lawyer:

On Thursday, May 19, 2011, The Florida Bar signed filed a voluntary and complete dismissal of the grievance complaint brought against Rifqa Bary's attorney, John Stemberger, who is a leading conservative Christian advocate based in Orlando, Florida. In the proposed final Report of the Referee, the judge found no ethical violations and wrote "I recommend the matter be dismissed." The Final Report of the Judge/Referee is subject to approval by the Florida Supreme Court.

Rifqa Bary was the teenage Muslim-to-Christian covert who made international news in 2009 after fleeing her parents and the radical Islamic community in Columbus, Ohio when threatened with an honor / apostate killing for her conversion. Stemberger represented Bary in the Orlando dependency case before the jurisdiction of the case was transferred to Ohio. Rifqa's legal team won her case on August 10, 2010 when they secured her dependency status away from her parents and eventually obtained her immigration standing as a permanent U.S. legal resident with a track to become a citizen in about four years.

The formal filing by The Florida Bar was a "Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice" which permanently dismisses the entire Complaint and all three of its alleged charges against Stemberger.

Stemberger himself had something to say about how bar associations in the USA are sacrificing themselves to PC-ness:

"Integrated Bar Associations around the country are slowly losing their identities as merely professional associations created to educate and regulate lawyers. Instead, many are becoming increasingly ideological and political. Additionally, many institutions of society, including bar associations, are bending over backwards to accommodate members of Islam as a new protected class. Instead of championing constitutional free speech rights, bar organizations are opting for enforcing political correctness."

This is another reason why the Republicans have got to renew the bill they tried out a few years ago to protect against frivolous lawsuits. And this is a very serious case that bar associations around the country are going out of their way to sell out American values for the sake of backwards beliefs. It's another something that needs to be tackled in debate.

Let's wish a happy 18th to Rifqa Bary

So now, Rifqa Bary, Sri Lankan apostate from Islam, has turned 18. We must wish her well and that she be safe in her future life.

With that, let's also turn to a related subject that's quite disturbing, involving her supposedly loving and caring father: The Jawa Report revealed that Mohammed Bary apparently threatened a counselor of Rifqa's into not testifying on her behalf via a court-appointed counselor of his (!), as reported in court filings, some of which may remain sealed. And the prosecutor in the case, Ron O'Brien, refused to file charges because "it will negatively impact the Muslim community". Seems that what we have here is someone unsuitable for his job, because he acts according to cultural sensitivity.

Mr. O'Brien has backed off his initial stance following an outburst - at least it seems that way - but we've still got to keep our eyes open. You can contact his office here, or at the following address:

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien
373 South High St. 14th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 462-3555
prosecutor@franklincountyohio.gov

The father - and come to think of it, the mother and brother too - cannot be allowed to evade justice again.

Update: see also this troubling topic from Atlas Shrugs.

And yet another score for Rifqa Bary

And this is surely the most important of all, because it involves residential status (Hat tip: The Jawa Report):

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A juvenile court judge in Columbus, Ohio, has granted a runaway Christian convert's request to declare reunion with her Muslim parents impossible, paving the way for the girl to fight deportation.

Magistrate Mary Goodrich said Thursday that reconciliation between Rifqa Bary and her parents isn't possible before she turns 18 on Tuesday. Goodrich also said it's not in the girl's best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka.

This will pave her way to seeking citizenship, and an easier time getting medical exams.

Others on the subject include Phyllis Chesler, Bruno's North Star Blog, Former Muslims United, Atlas Shrugs, Jihad Watch, What's Wrong With the World, Real Courage.

Rifqa Bary's parents wanted her to have chemotherapy

Interesting revelation about Rifqa Bary's health problems: her parents wanted her to go for chemotherapy treatment, probably with strings attached (they would pay as a potential trick to either comply or be branded an ingrate?). Fortunately, the judge has rejected the parents' demands:

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A state juvenile court judge on Tuesday rejected the request of a Christian convert's Muslim parents to order their daughter to continue chemotherapy for uterine cancer.

The request from the parents of Rifqa Bary does not meet the legal requirement of a medical emergency needing immediate treatment, Franklin County Juvenile Court Magistrate Mary Goodrich said during a hearing.

Goodrich made the ruling at the beginning of what's expected to be the final court appearances by Bary, who remains in foster care in state custody until she turns 18 next week.

Bary wants Goodrich to determine that reconciliation with her parents is impossible. The stakes are higher than a family reunion. If the judge agrees with Rifqa Bary, an undocumented immigrant from Sri Lanka, the girl could also receive a special status allowing her to stay in the country.

There weren't any serious signs of disease, and if she did do any chemotherapy treatment, it made her feel weak.

Now we have to hope that not only does Rifqa reach her 18th birthday, but that the judge will also grant her special residential status.

Joe the Plumber becomes Joe the Politician

Although, as the Bulletin notes, it may be better not to call him the latter yet. But now, Joe Wurzelbacher has been elected to the Lucas County Republican committee in Ohio. Congratulations!