Four Inland Empire men who converted to Islam and later arrested for allegedly conspiring to perform terrorist acts has a local Imam worried
The news of four Inland Empire men who converted to Islam and later arrested for allegedly conspiring to perform terrorist acts has a local Imam worried it is giving a bad name to Islam and Muslims as a whole.
“When you live in this country and call yourself a citizen of this country, then according to the Islamic teachings you should be loyal to the country and not destroy that country,” said Imam Shamshad Nasir, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino.
“Loyalty is part of my faith, so I do not understand what kind of Muslim they are calling themselves – I don’t think this is Islam.”
Federal officials arrested on Friday four men on suspicion of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Three men were arrested in the Inland Empire, the fourth was taken into custody by federal officials overseas.
According to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI, the four men were conspiring to kidnap or injure persons, kill officers and employees of the United States, use a weapon of mass destruction outside of the United States, bomb places of public, among other alleged acts.
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