Non-Muslims Who Help Islamist Terrorists

No, the title is not a typo. While all Islamists are Muslims, not all those who help Islamist terrorists need be Muslim. A number of such cases have come to light over the years, in which non-Muslims aid and abet violence. Cases that come to mind include individuals of Christian, Jewish, and Hindu background:

• Yehuda Abraham: A New York jeweler of Jewish origins who pleaded guilty in 2004 to operating an illegal money-transferring business to provide terrorists with shoulder-fired missiles.

• Lynne Stewart: An extreme leftist lawyer of Christian background who was found guilty in 2005, of, among other things, "providing material support" to terrorists, specifically the blind Egyptian sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman.

• Tomer Grinberg: An Israeli of Jewish background who pleaded guilty in a U.S. court 2005 of exporting sensitive military equipment to Hizbullah.

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• Hemant Lakhani: An Indian of Hindu origins and resident of London who was found guilty in 2005 of trying to sell 200 shoulder-fired missiles to an East African terror cell.

• Tali Fahima: An Israeli of Jewish origins who pleaded guilty in 2005 to lesser charges; the real accusations was that she helped Zakaria Zubeidi, a Palestinian terrorist leader, by translating Hebrew for him, serving as a "human shield" for him, and other functions.

• Michael Curtis Reynolds: A leftist from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania of Christian origins convicted in 2007 of attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaeda and related charges.

Comments: (1) It's generally the far left that sympathizes with radical Islam to the point of joining in its violent actions. (2) Three of the six examples above involve individuals of Jewish origins. (March 28, 2009)

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