[ April 19, 2024 ]
More extraordinary than the footage of the Muslim opening fire on a Philadelphia cop in the cause of Islam is the absurd denial of the Islamic motive.
The Philly jihadi said over and over again: “I follow Allah. I pledge my allegiance to the Islamic State and that’s why I did what I did.”
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We are now learning the Philly jihadi traveled to Saudi Arabia in late 2011 and to Egypt in 2012. The several months he spent in Egypt were during the reign of the notorious terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group.
Homicide Capt. James Clark said the Muslim shooter, Edward Archer, repeatedly professed his allegiance to the Islamic State in his confession. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Archer told investigators he believed police enforced laws counter to the Quran.
His mother said her son is a devout Muslim who has practiced the faith for some time.
But the Mayor of Philadelphia insists this has nothing to do with Islam, the world-renowned Islamic scholar that he is (/sarc tag off).
Who is paying this Mayor? Who funded his campaign? What do they have on this sniveling lapdog?
The terrorist group CAIR, who provides cover for jihad murderers, has declared that Mr. Archer, an Islamic convert who investigators believe had traveled to Saudi Arabia and Egypt in recent years, was not a practicing Muslim. Archer was wearing Islamic attire when he attempted to execute a uniformed officer in cold blood. “At this hour, it does not appear that he was an observant or mosque-going Muslim,” CAIR’s House Kapo Jacob Bender told Reuters on Friday. “I’ve called numerous imams and mosques to try to see if the name rings a bell with anyone. So far it hasn’t,” he said. Bender neglected to mention that the mosques behind jihadi terror attacks lie to cover their involvement. The Islamic Community Center mosque in Phoenix, Arizona lied about the Garland, Texas jihadis. The Dar al Uloom al Islamiyyah mosque lied about the San Bernardino jihadi. The Islamic Society of Boston mosque lied about the Boston Muslim bombers. The Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City mosque lied about jihadi who beheaded co-worker, Colleen Hufford.
The White House had “no comment” on yet another Islamic attack on the homeland.
In what instance, other than Islam, is the declared motive of the criminal ever denied or questioned? If Archer had said he was an admirer of Hitler, would anyone dispute it? How about KKK? Would that have been challenged? Only Islam — that is sharia in America.
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“Suspect in Philadelphia Police Shooting Had Visited Egypt and Saudi Arabia,” Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2015
Authorities try to determine if man has terrorist connections and whether his overseas travel is significant to investigation
The man arrested for allegedly shooting a Philadelphia police officer three times in a late-night ambush traveled to Saudi Arabia in late 2011 and to Egypt in 2012, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Investigators are still trying to determine if the 30-year-old man, Edward Archer, had any connections to foreign terror suspects and whether his overseas travel is of any significance to the investigation of the shooting, the person said.
The Philadelphia Police Department is leading the investigation, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The person familiar with the situation said Mr. Archer traveled to Saudi Arabia for a couple of weeks in October-November of 2011. The following year, he spent several months in Egypt. It wasn’t immediately clear why he traveled to those countries.
Police officials on Friday said Mr. Archer told detectives he was inspired by the Islamic State extremist group. Police Commissioner Richard Ross, however, had said that day that he didn’t know if the suspect had any connection to the group or acted alone.
A Philadelphia Police Department photo of shooting suspect Edward Archer ENLARGE
A Philadelphia Police Department photo of shooting suspect Edward Archer Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, prosecutors said Mr. Archer was charged with attempted murder. He is being held without bail, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said. A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 25, according to online court records.
In addition to the attempted murder count, Mr. Archer also faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated assault on a police officer and several gun-related offenses.
Mr. Archer, 30 years old, allegedly opened fire on Officer Jesse Hartnett’s cruiser at a West Philadelphia intersection late Thursday, firing about 11 shots and hitting the officer in his left arm three times. Mr. Hartnett returned fire and hit Mr. Archer in the buttocks, police said. The officer, 33, underwent surgery. On Saturday, Mr. Hartnett remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition, police said.
Mr. Archer has a criminal history including a forgery conviction. He previously had pleaded guilty in Philadelphia to carrying an unlicensed gun and to simple assault, court records show.
Court records show Mr. Archer is represented by the Defenders Association of Philadelphia, which provides legal services to indigent criminal defendants. No one from the association could be reached on Saturday.
But Doug Dolfman, a lawyer who briefly represented Mr. Archer in spring 2013, described his former client as “a strange character, very impulsive.”
“He was a very high-pressure kind of client for the four weeks I had him,” Mr. Dolfman said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “He was in your face when you met him. I remember him distinctly. He needed this done now—how fast can you get this done?” Mr. Dolfman said.
Mr. Archer had said he had visited Egypt in 2012, but he didn’t say why he went there or how long he stayed, Mr. Dolfman said.
When Mr. Archer came back from Egypt, he was arrested in New York, the lawyer said, because there was a warrant for his arrest stemming from the assault case. Mr. Dolfman said Mr. Archer spent several months jailed in New York and was then extradited to Philadelphia, at which point he hired Mr. Dolfman as his lawyer.
Mr. Archer spoke of his Muslim faith, according to Mr. Dolfman, who said he stopped representing Mr. Archer after helping to reduce his bail. Mr. Archer’s mother told Mr. Dolfman that her son had worked as a security guard and attended a nearby university, the lawyer said.
Related ReadingMr. Archer’s mother, Valerie Holliday, told the Philadelphia Inquirer her son suffered head injuries years ago in a moped accident and while playing football. She said he had been “hearing voices in his head” and thought police were targeting him, the Inquirer reported. The newspaper said she asked him to seek medical help.
Ms. Holliday couldn’t be reached for comment.
Police arrested Mr. Archer shortly after the shooting and recovered a 9mm pistol they believe was used in the incident. The gun was reported stolen in 2013 from the home of a police officer, Commissioner Ross said. He said he didn’t know how Mr. Archer obtained the gun.
Officials with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were working with Philadelphia police to execute search warrants at residences in Southwest Philadelphia and Upper Darby, Pa., a police official said.
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15 Comments
8 years ago
Authorities are in denial. Not from yesterday. Now they will claim that this fellow, Mohammedan, does not represent Islam at all (he just CLAIM that!) and, you see, he must have been crazy, of course, to claim that, sick with the PTSD or something, so as usual mantra: “this has nothing to do with Islam,” etc.
8 years ago
Yes but if this is sickness then 0bama will be reluctant to taske their guns away!
8 years ago
The insane lengths that progressive dhimmi will go to in defence of their islamic masters is treasonous. It is long past time for the individuals anywhere such garbage accumulates, to form vigilante groups for self defence and societies protection. The muezzin from the white mosque is calling for islamic conquest of America,
8 years ago
As usual, there isn’t a another muslim or mosque that will acknowledge knowing the guy. Cair and taqiyya, inseparable islamic legal partners.
8 years ago
Archer’s trip to Saudi Arabia in 2011 was for an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. There was also recently a public school in London
where the head master was taking the school children on yearly school trips to Mecca. What in the world is going on..
8 years ago
It is surprising this ridiculous mayor did not pass off the trip to Egypt as a mere vacation to see the pyramids. Five will get you ten he is politically indebted to CAIR. That or they have nude photos of him.
8 years ago
When will people get it into their thick heads.
Islam has nothing to do with Islam. Have none of us been listening to a word that Barack Hussein and cronies have said?
8 years ago
There is absolutely no evidence that he is a Muslim . Just because he is a Muslim there your Islamophobes go again jumping to conclusions.
8 years ago
You know apparently this photo of the shooter has been lightened / touched up so you can’t see his prayer mark “zebiba” or whatever on his forehead.
8 years ago
so this guy has no money and no education, and somehow gets a lot of money to go somewhere oversees to muslim countries where he can’t speak the language, and comes back to murder a cop? does any of this sound normal to any of you? when’s the last time that someone you know did this? do you think the intrepid minds of DHS, DOJ, and FBI might be bright enough to look into who coerced, funded, and directed this guys actions? or would be racist and muslimphobic?
8 years ago
the Philly Mayor wants a Sharia Compliant City…what’s next??..Convert or (D)IE???
8 years ago
What was that again about this attack having nothing to do with Islam?
8 years ago
I’d like to know his Moslem name…. Funny, the “news” article doesn’t say….
