A Bay Area 22-year-old was apprehended at San Francisco International Airport, allegedly on his way to join al Qaeda affiliate al Nusra because, among other reasons, he was upset that the Supreme Court passed marriage equality in the U.S.
Adam Shafi purchased tickets from SFO to Istanbul after considering joining ISIS last year, an organization he ultimately felt was too brutal and killed too many Muslims.
Apparently al Qaeda is the “lite” option when choosing which extremist group to commit your life to these days. It should be noted that al Nursa executes adulterers and regime soldiers, lest anyone think they’re anything resembling moderate.
“Adam was discouraged with the politics and direction of the United States, citing the recent Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage, and wanted to be in a country of people of similar mindset and religion as himself,” the criminal complaint against him reads.
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Shafi’s parents first alerted authorities to their son’s activities and potential recruitment. When Adam snuck off on a family trip to Egypt last summer, his father contacted the U.S. embassy that he might be attempting to reach Syria.
Though he eventually showed up again, claiming to have been sightseeing, suspicions remained.
Shafi and his friends were following the extremist imams online, and a phone tap by the feds revealed that he was praising al Nursa as the only group following proper Islamic law.
Once at the airport on his way to Istanbul, a fellow passenger reported seeing him suspiciously shaking and mumbling.
Feds took him aside for an interview where Adam said he was going to help Syrian refugees in Turkey.
“Adam claimed some people helped by building a house, while others picked up a gun,” an agent wrote in the complaint.
Adam was arrested and denied bail because he is believed to be too much of a flight risk.
h/t Daily Beast
Vincenzo Giuseppe Saulino
Oh good…something else to blame the gays for.
Kathukid
Well, now he’ll get a first hand look at gay marriage, prison-style.
Raúl Hernández
Isn’t that Treason? A Federal Crime?
Marshall R. Krug
more and more, i’m starting to believe in profiling.
Paul Loera
Lol that fool had mental problems or just stupid. His parents even told on his ass. But since he is from.here is that like federal crome or something
Nancy Moonlight-Rotkowitz
This is society’s fault. Creating an us and them scenario is the first step in genocide.
Patrick Laney
Would have been easier to just come out…
rand503
I’m surprised to see these idiots falling for the notion that ISIS or any place there is some sort of islamic paradise. I suppose they really do think that once they are there, they will get a gun and have lots of fun killing infidels, the women will swoon over their bravery and are required to have sex with him, and everyone is just like him.
Of course when they get there, they realize that they can’t play on their iPhones anymore because there is no reception and you only get electricity a few hours a day. Water is scarce, so not only does his hair get greasy, he can’t apply that stylish mousse anymore. All the really fun things about being an American kid are gone, and they take their religion seriously. I mean seriously! They will kill you if you don’t have a beard, or violate any other law. Or even if they suspect you of violating a law.
It would only be a few months before he would be crying to come home, but by then it’s too late.
Luis H. Lopez
Can we shove a grenade up his ass and I will volunteer to pull the pin!!
Giancarlo85
He will later come out of the closet.
Stache
I imagine he would find himself missing a head sooner then later when they find out he’s not exactly straight. What a way to run from yourself though. Serious self loathing there.
Stache
Good thing they caught her first though. Talk about protecting you from yourself. Al Qaeda would see through that in a heartbeat.
CWM85
All he had to do is move out of the country if he has such a problem with gay marriage. That goes for anyone else. If you have a problem, move! Glad they caught his dumbass, hopefully he gets lots of jail time and become more comfortable with his gay side.
Tony Chaplinski
I suspect he might have deeper problems that he has to come to terms with
Juan Torred
The world has gone STUPID by the second.
jrh311
Freak
Justin del Rosario
Another excuse just for getting caught
kaboobie
They should have let him go over there. Chances are he’ll just get killed (or raped) anyway
Scribe38
Just want to thank his parents for doing the right thing. It couldn’t have been easy turning in their son.
Captain Obvious
This is called propaganda. Go ahead and be pawns if you want.
rand503
@Captain Obvious: Huh? The pawns are the people seduced into thinking that ISIS or Al-Queda is some sort of paradise.
psionicomniverse
This is propaganda, again out of all things, they can only find material like this to post of middle eastern men, while littering the front page of positive images of shirtless white/latino men.
HankBenson
What Americans (and to a more degree, Europeans) do NOT get about Islam and Muslims, is that they are NEVER going to integrate into our Western civilized values (including respecting people who are different from you). They are NEVER going to forcefully denounce all these heinous acts that are done in the name of their religion. Why? Because it IS their religion, even though most do not want to face it. Koran DOES instruct “the believers” to wage Jihad [read terrorism] and kill the infidels [read non-Muslims]!
Republican AND Democratic Presidents, and the Media are ALL guilty of having fed us this delusion that Islam is peaceful, and by doing so, swept this problem under the rug. Read the Koran and Wake-UP People! Close Mosques that preach hatred (at the top of their list are LGBT). Close the borders to people who have been poorly-vetted. I am a progressive gay american, but I do not trust Obama on this.
Stache
@psionicomniverse: You’re being an idiot. This is about Al Qaeda and terrorism. Seems you’re the one with the problem since it’s not just about Middle Eastern guys.
mikelphx
He looks like one drink and he is on his knees. Just saying……
The biggest homophobes are usually gay.
Ogre Magi
That little shit gets to live in the San Francisco area and I don’t
life sucks!
Captain Obvious
@rand503: There are pawns on both sides of the fence, you can’t play the game without pawns. This is also propaganda used to drive all the little pawns into a paranoid frenzy.
psionicomniverse
@HankBenson: When have Europeans been accepting of people different than them? By Destroying their culture? Erasing their religion? Converting to Christianity? Salvery? Genocide? Please, you can’t be that delusional. And Religion is a scapegoat excuse, there’s been more acts of evil done in the name of race, nationalism, sexuality, economy and so on. Religion is a just a easy excuse that the American media will use to demonize people that hold values that isn’t like how they want them to be.
psionicomniverse
@Stache: If it was really about terrorism then America should have another civil war and completely destroy itself, since the biggest acts of terrorism are from America.
1EqualityUSA
Latent: (Please refer to the photo above)
(of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed.
“discovering his latent tendency for homosexuality” dormant, untapped, unused, undiscovered, hidden, concealed, underlying, invisible, unseen, undeveloped, unrealized, unfulfilled, potential
“his latent inclination towards same gender” hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.
GayEGO
His photo expression explains his mental condition -?