Texas terror: Mother of jihadi says son had ‘a normal American upbringing’

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Except for that bit about jihad against the kuffar. And that made all the difference.

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“Texas Terrorist Attack: Mother of Gunman Says Son Had ‘A Normal American Upbringing,'” by Selena Hill, Latin Post, May 6, 2015:

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The mother of one of the men who was fatally shot by authorities as he was executing a terrorist attack in Texas over the weekend is speaking out.

The gunmen, who have been identified as Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, drove from Phoenix to Texas on Saturday to attack a drawing contest of the Prophet Mohammed. After they open fired outside of the provocative contest, they wounded a security guard before they were instantly shot and killed by police, reports CNN.

Sharon Soofi, 59, said that she was shocked to learn that her son, Nadir, was involved in a terror attack. According to her, Nadir was an all-American kid who grew up in privilege and caused little trouble. He was born in Texas to a Pakistani American engineer father and a Catholic nurse. He attended a prestigious private school in the Middle East before his parents separated, and he moved back to the U.S. with his mother. He then went on to study pre-med at a college in Utah and later opened several difference businesses.

Soofi was also the parent of a 9-year-old son, who lived with his ex-girlfriend.

“He was a good parent,” Sharon Soofi told The Los Angeles Times. “He loved spending time with his son. For him to do this sort of thing and leave him behind, you know, I still can’t figure it out. And never will, probably.”

“He was outgoing, he was intelligent, he did well in school; he just had a normal American upbringing,” she continued. “He lived in nice neighborhoods. … He really wasn’t denied anything. … He even told me himself that he had a very good life that was provided for him by his parents.”

Soofi’s father, Azam Soofi, added that his son “lived a real privileged life all his life. He was a very humble, soft-spoken person. Never said no to me.”

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Fromafar
Fromafar
8 years ago

But Marie Harf told us it was all about jobs and economic deprivation caused by the USA?

Pray Hard
Pray Hard
8 years ago

Yes, proving once again that lack of education and opportunity cause terrorism. Right, lib’eloi?

donemyhomework
donemyhomework
8 years ago
Reply to  Pray Hard

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Tatonka
Tatonka
8 years ago

Hmm.., a ” normal American upbringing”,usually don’t include a stint in a prestigious Mid east private school me thinks?,…but i could be wrong!.

Lia
Lia
8 years ago

Was his boy taught the qur’an? Did he visit a mosque? Which mosque? Who preaches there? Who pays the preacher?

LimeyAL
LimeyAL
8 years ago
Reply to  Lia

All the preachers in England probably the whole of the EU are on benefits so in other words we pay these scum to plot against us, meanwhile RED ED Milliband who could be UK’s next leader ( god help us ) says he’s going to make “Islamophobia” i.e. the truth… a criminal offence…. anyway I’m so glad these two attempted mass murderers are dead, WELL DONE SECURITY.

Lia
Lia
8 years ago
Reply to  LimeyAL

Dear LimeyAl, so sorry to hear that you’re paying for your own destruction May G-d keep you safe from Mr Miliband.

Candy Kay
Candy Kay
8 years ago

i have seen islam turn human beings into human vermin. it is the sick,twisted ideology. nothing more.

Larenzo1
Larenzo1
8 years ago

Normal American???? School in a Paki father and went to a school in the Middle East Yea right sure it was a normal school teaching Mo was a God when he was Godless.

Tenton
Tenton
8 years ago

It is a great loss when one loses a Child…for any reason. My guess, is that the prestigious private school in the Middle East featured a thorough “brain washing” in Islamic Teachings. If so, then this brain-washing seems to be forever and may suddenly appear at any time during the life of the student. The Holy Quran used by the majority of Muslims today is filled with “brain washing” towards sacrificing one’s self in the name of Islam. There is a strong movement among good Muslims around the world now to remove all of the “hate teachings” from the Holy Quran. (Read more at: http://www.icrcr (Tawfik Hamid). All other religions should make the very same effort..as most do have “hate teachings” in their sacred documents. I am so very sorry that you have lost your Son. There are many young people just like him who have fallen “prey” to this wide-spread and mind changing “wrong teaching”….Largely sponsored by religious dictatorships such as Saudi Arabia and Iran. Our government does nothing about this because large contracts are awarded “Western” business corporations by Saudi Arabia…who will allow not even a piece of western religious literature to enter their country. Tenton Nelson Horton http://www.tenton5.com

Lacouray Too
Lacouray Too
8 years ago
Reply to  Tenton

What is “holy” about this badly written, idiotic, self-serving, barbaric book?
The “good muslims around the world” are the ones who follow the exact not “wrong teachings” of the “holy quran”.

“All other religions should make the very same effort..as most do have “hate
teachings” in their sacred documents.”

That is a load of BS.
The HOLY BIBLE has NO “hate teachings”.
What you refer to as “hate teachings” is an exact, unexpurgated history of the Jewish people.
You’re lying and attempting to legitimize your murderous book.

Always On Watch
Always On Watch
8 years ago

So, not a fellow with a long criminal history and not a fellow brought up in poverty.

No wonder the media — right, left, and center — are so determined to blame Pamela and Robert for holding a drawing contest of Muhammad!

If the media don’t blame “hate speech” on the part of those of us upholding the First Amendment, the media will be forced to consider the possibility that there is some kind of problem with Islam itself.

Henry
Henry
8 years ago

blah blah blah, same excuse that is always used for trash.

amartya
amartya
8 years ago

wake up america! these pakis are doing “love jihad” on your girls. it is also in case of india. they are marrying your girls and converting to muslims and then produce more muslim kids and then marrying other girls(as u can keep 4 wives in Islam) to produce more kids. they dont use prevention. their molvis and imams say they will take over the world through their women wombs.

ServosT
ServosT
8 years ago
Reply to  amartya

Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to marry muslims.

Winnie Taylor
Winnie Taylor
8 years ago
Reply to  amartya

Mohammed the prophet is credited with inventing the condom some 1300 years ago from the lower intestine of a sheep or goat. ISIS have refined this, they don’t
bother to remove it from the sheep or goat..

Live Free
Live Free
8 years ago

Typical skank, thinks that giving birth equates to upbringing.

Up Huff
Up Huff
8 years ago

Of COURSE she’s going to say what she did. She’s Muslim and Muslims lie through their teeth when it suits their purposes. In this case, to try and explain her bringing him up. If she didn’t know what he was doing or becoming then she wasn’t paying attention. Besides, WOMEN in Muslim homes are not even considered for anything. NOT when there are males present. Read their writings, especially the Qu’ran, to see what is thought of women.

SolHachuel
SolHachuel
8 years ago
Reply to  Up Huff

The news story said she was a Catholic nurse, Up Huff. The father was Muslim.

Timshel54
Timshel54
8 years ago

Oh…and did he mention – He liked kittens too.

David Linebarger
David Linebarger
8 years ago

You know what Pamela Geller said the thing that makes radical Jihadists? Piety. And yet again this article illustrates just that. These people weren’t outcasts, poor, unprivileged as the media would have you believe. These people were devote and had a sense of piety toward an evil ideology by Mohammed, a murderer.

elcap231@bigpond.com
8 years ago

He was a good all American, then he read the Qur’an and thought this is for me, you get to kill anyone who opposes the Islamic view.

Beagle
Beagle
8 years ago

He had a normal American upbringing, sure. But he also had a normal Pakistani upbringing at their most elite private school. While it is certainly possible he became a jihadist anywhere as all it takes is intense study of Islam, I suspect his time in Pakistan was the major factor.

By the way, mainstream media, Pakistan is South Asia, not the Middle East.

Veracious_one
Veracious_one
8 years ago

“Texas Terrorist Attack: Mother of Gunman Says Son Had ‘A Normal American Upbringing,’” …..and then he started going to the mosque

JohnnyBowe
JohnnyBowe
8 years ago

Jus’ your regular ole’ American guy…… Okay mama, sure.

Cindy
Cindy
8 years ago

I Love you Pam for standing up to this Evil that’s trying very hard to destroy Christian believer’s. Robert And Geert what awesome Men along with the art contest winner and those brave souls that came to the event! I pray, may the “Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” keep a ‘Hedge-Row’ around these Warriors of Freedom! Peace.

hyena
hyena
8 years ago

Moslem traitor and collaborator will always lie to protect her satanic cult. He was just a devout muslim. Like Erdogan said there is no radical islam. There is either islam or no islam. This was an islamist. There are 1,3 billion people like him still alive.

mjazzguitar
mjazzguitar
8 years ago

I read that he was a party animal who got “religion”.

Roma Lynn Starling-Gerle
Roma Lynn Starling-Gerle
8 years ago

Every word out of the mouths of this administration is an excuse or lie.

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