Michelle Malkin » The Little Rock Jihadist gets a life sentence

The Little Rock Jihadist gets a life sentence

By Michelle Malkin • July 26, 2011 11:41 AM

You remember Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, don’t you?

In June 2009, he walked into an Arkansas Army recruiting center, murdered 24-year-old Private William Long and gravely wounded 18-year-old Private Quinton Ezeagwula. He had planned on killing many more in the name of Allah. While the White House and media decried the “climate of hate” fostered by Christians, they whitewashed Muhammad’s jihadi rage.

Muhammad received a life sentence without parole yesterday for the shooting spree after changing his plea.

Steve Emerson reports:

Jihadist Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad received a life prison sentence Monday afternoon after pleading guilty to shooting two soldiers, one fatally, outside a Little Rock, Ark. Army recruiting center in June 2009. Muhammad never disputed killing Army Pvt. William Long as part of “a jihadi attack on infidel forces.”

But his lawyers took the case to trial and tried to argue that Muhammad was suffering from a delusional disorder. He could have received the death penalty. But his trial was recessed Monday morning and Muhammad changed his plea to guilty.

Muhammad – formerly known as Carlos Bledsoe – converted from Baptist to Islam after enrolling at Tennessee State University in Nashville in the fall of 2003. He dropped out of school after three semesters and went to Yemen – ostensibly to teach English – in 2007.

Muhammad became radicalized there and was deported back to the United States against his wishes in January 2009.

In the days before he attacked Long and Army Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, Muhammad attempted to attack an Army recruiting center in Kentucky, which he found closed, and attempted to firebomb what he thought was a Nashville rabbi’s home.

More here.

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 26, a convert to Islam, had previously confessed to the 2009 crime, in which he drove to the recruiting office in Little Rock and fired numerous rounds, killing one Army soldier and wounding another. Police said he told them he did so to protest the U.S. military and “what they had done to Muslims in the past.”

…On Monday morning prosecutors received his written plea offer. Larry Jegley, prosecuting attorney for Arkansas’ 6th Judicial District, said his office relayed the offer to the families of the victims, Army Pvts. William Long, 23, and Quinton Ezeagwula, who decided they could tolerate a life sentence.

“They showed a heck of a lot more mercy to Abdulhakim Muhammad … than he did to their boys,” Jegley said.

Ezeagwula’s mom asks the right question:

Ezeagwula’s mother, Sonja, 46, said in a telephone interview that she was not wholly satisfied with the outcome. Her son, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, still has dozens of bullet fragments in his body, and suffers from serious physical and psychological pain. And she did not believe that Muhammad was remorseful.

“Who’s to say if he’s in prison he won’t recruit other people who think the way he thinks?” she said.

In Muhammad’s own words…”It’s a war out against Islam and Muslims and I’m on the side of the Muslims point blank … The U.S. has to pay for the rape, murder, bloodshed, blasphemy it has done and still doing to the Muslims and Islam. So consider this a small retaliation the best is to come Allah willing. This is not the first attack and won’t be the last.”

Waiting for cries of “Islamophobia” from the usual suspects in 3, 2, 1..

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#1

On July 26th, 2011 at 11:49 am, John Deaux said:

Convert that to a death sentence and save us a whole bunch of money over the years.
#2

On July 26th, 2011 at 11:49 am, letget said:

Nice to hear this news! I’m happy the jury got this one right against this rop type murderer.
L
#3

On July 26th, 2011 at 11:51 am, spaceycakes said:

…holding for longhorn’s post….
#4

On July 26th, 2011 at 11:53 am, spaceycakes said:

Muhammad attempted to attack an Army recruiting center in Kentucky, which he found closed, and attempted to firebomb what he thought was a Nashville rabbi’s home.

(emph. mine)

And we come to the crux of the matter.
#5

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:07 pm, walterc said:

Now, is anyone looking into that University where he was recruited into islam? I’m guessing he’s probably not the only kid recruited.

Like a cancer, they are metastasizing throughout our society. Unless it’s treated it will continue to spread.
#6

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:08 pm, Hiraghm said:

O’Really last night said that Fox might now be part of the MSM. He may be right.

This morning, Bill Hemmer had a guest on, and they kept talking about how the Oslo bomber was “anti-immigrant”. Even when his guest said that “Europe is far more racist than the U.S.”, Hemmer didn’t question the association of “immigrant” with “racist”.

So a WASP from America would be as hated and subject to execution by the Oslo Bomber as, say, a Moslem from Iran?

Somehow, I don’t think so.

They continue to whitewash the issues; invaders to a country who will not assimilate (illegal aliens here, Moslem immigrants there and here).
#7

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:09 pm, NotTheMama said:

“Who’s to say if he’s in prison he won’t recruit other people who think the way he thinks?” she said.

That is the scary part of leaving people like this alive to get into the penal system, although a death sentence would do the same thing because of appeals and such.
#8

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:10 pm, tre said:

Hopefully when other prisoners find out what he did……
#9

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:13 pm, Inkberrow said:

For some reason or another, the sentencing doesn’t even rate a place in the U.S. section of Google News (cops shoot at boy with B.B. gun does rate). We can expect the Major Hasan coverage to be only marginally better.

Nor should we expect appearances on the teevee news from a representative of the “non-partisan” Southern Poverty Law Center to discuss hate-crimes and those who influence men like the Arkansas shooter, Faisal Shahzad, etc.—which we certainly had concerning Scott Roeder, and now Breivik.
#10

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:15 pm, Truesoldier said:

Life in prison is too good for this POS. I say strap on a bag of weights to this guy and let him go search for Bin Laden’s body.
#11

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:16 pm, longhorn734 said:

Spaceycakes, I’ve posted once in maybe a year, with a prayer for the victims in Norway. Your fascination with me is borderline disturbing.
#12

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:17 pm, RTater said:

Hopefully when other prisoners find out what he did……

He’ll be right at home in prison:

Prisons are a popular place to make converts to the religion of murder.
#13

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:33 pm, John Deaux said:

Seriously, we’re talking about how bad the economy is and how much money the government spends, yet we still commit to feed, clothe, and guard this person for another 60 years or so? Execute him.
#14

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:42 pm, Hangfire said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:33 pm, John Deaux said:
Seriously, we’re talking about how bad the economy is and how much money the government spends, yet we still commit to feed, clothe, and guard this person for another 60 years or so? Execute him.

Yes, indeed. Execute him. Do not let him spread his hatred in prison.
#15

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:43 pm, conservativesRus said:

So why is it I get to feed, cloth and house this guy for as long as he breathes?

Life imprisonment is a really really stupid thing. Either rehab the guy or end it. Making his offense cost me is just dumb.
#16

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:50 pm, spaceycakes said:

Your fascination with me is borderline disturbing.

don’t you hate it when I’m right?
LOL
#17

On July 26th, 2011 at 12:58 pm, LawDog said:

Why are they cutting a deal with this POS. The prosecution had this case absolutely solid. I’ll never understand why they even entertain any ‘deals’ when they can pursue the death penalty. The Fort Hood case is a classic example of when you have a perpetrator “chocolate”…just persue the death penalty and be done with it. There’s no rehabilitation factor, no remorse, so why even consider it?
#18

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:03 pm, tonynoboloney said:

Like many of America’s problems, people feel frustration when they perceive nothing is being done to solve them. Illegal aliens at our borders, a growing Islamist threat in our midst, voter fraud in many of our elections, and a myriad of other grave national concerns seemingly being ignored by the authorities.

worse still, is the perceived reality that we, as citizens are being lied to, that these serious issues are whitewashed by a complicit media, and being swept under a rug by the “powers that be”.

We should not be surprised that under this system our courts and penal system is similarly tainted.

The inaction
#19

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:03 pm, Roland said:

It’s worse than you think. He’s a hero. He’s 26. He’ll be released in 20 years, at the most, after a noble career of converting violent inmates to Allah.

So he’ll be a 36-46 year old jihadist with an impressive resume released back into society after ‘paying his debt to society.’

That is our best case scenario.
#20

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:04 pm, letget said:

This is what this rop type murderer is thinking is ok with his warped religion!
These people are below human! They kill their own people, others who not believe as they do, and want the US and Israel completely off the face of the earth.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/26/afghan-boy-reportedly-forced-by-taliban-to-step-on-bomb/
L
#21

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:11 pm, NavyGal said:

How about solitary confinement with a rope, rickety chair and a hook in the ceiling? Let him decide what he wants for himself.
#22

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:14 pm, Cameron said:

Turn him over to whatever unit PFC Long was supposed to be part of once he had finished his Recruiter’s Assistant detail.
#23

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:18 pm, EROWMER said:

Roland @ 19, you are exactly right. He will come out of prison in less than 15 years an Imam, released to a possibly Islamisized America.
#24

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:47 pm, Roland said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:18 pm, EROWMER said:

We won’t be islamized by then, but we’ll be far more dhimmified than we or Europe already are. Islam will already be much more powerful than it is today, and Muslim voices will be calling for his release. As good dhimmi’s we will submit so we don’t make them mad.

Of course it is always possible that sometime before then we’ll discover we still have balls. However, I doubt that will happen without some kind of horrific global war with billions dead, and I do not expect that to happen in only 15 or 20 years.

More like 2050. And we lose. We’ll have waited much too long since, after all, Islam is so weak it’s not really a threat.

You can’t fix stupid.
#25

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:53 pm, orlandocajun said:

But his lawyers took the case to trial and tried to argue that Muhammad was suffering from a delusional disorder.

Uh yeah, we already know that. What does have to do with anything? Arkansas should have executed his sorry arse.
#26

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:59 pm, NotTheMama said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 1:47 pm, Roland said:

Why do you think it will take so long?

As soon as they approach even a moderate minority the gloves will come off because of the complacency of the general populace. They have no qualms about violence once that point is reached. That’s happened in many countries.
#27

On July 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm, cheapseat said:

Can’t wait for the day when America gets so POed that it decides to play cowboys and muslims.
#28

On July 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm, Roland said:

Why do you think it will take so long?

The leaders of the Muslim world know it’s too early to take us on directly. Heck, they know it’s too early now to even just take on Israel directly, although that could easily come within 15 years.

They are perfectly happy with wearing us down demographically and buying off our elites until we have no chance to win a direct conflict, just like they’ve been doing with Israel since 1973, and like they are doing with Europe.

Every so often we’ll see a small jump forward like with their seizing Kosovo (with our truly idiotic help), but most of the time they’ll just keep boiling the frog.
#29

On July 26th, 2011 at 2:54 pm, FirstSkirt said:

Islam is fast becoming the fastest growing “religion” in the world. An eye-opening book to read is “The Islamic Antichrist” by Joel Richardson.
#30

On July 26th, 2011 at 3:20 pm, NotTheMama said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm, Roland said:

They are perfectly happy with wearing us down demographically and buying off our elites until we have no chance to win a direct conflict, just like they’ve been doing with Israel since 1973, and like they are doing with Europe.

I think sooner because I don’t think it is a linear progression. When the likes of Bin Laden get aggressive it irrates the leaders because it makes the pot boil a little faster than they want, but it is still progress.
#31

On July 26th, 2011 at 3:21 pm, NotTheMama said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm, Roland said:

They are perfectly happy with wearing us down demographically and buying off our elites until we have no chance to win a direct conflict, just like they’ve been doing with Israel since 1973, and like they are doing with Europe.

I think sooner because I don’t think it is a linear progression. When the likes of Bin Laden get aggressive it irrates the leaders because it makes the pot boil a little faster than they want, but it is still progress.
#32

On July 26th, 2011 at 3:30 pm, Iowa Guy said:

Sure glad the TSA pats down 6 year-old children instead of these people. That would be profiling.
#33

On July 26th, 2011 at 3:40 pm, NotTheMama said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm, Roland said:

They are perfectly happy with wearing us down demographically and buying off our elites until we have no chance to win a direct conflict, just like they’ve been doing with Israel since 1973, and like they are doing with Europe.

I think it will be sooner because it is not a linear progression. (have to re-create ’cause first try failed to post) When the likes of Bin Laden gets aggressive it upsets the leaders because it make the pot boil faster, yet it is still progress.
#34

On July 26th, 2011 at 3:41 pm, NotTheMama said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm, Roland said:

They are perfectly happy with wearing us down demographically and buying off our elites until we have no chance to win a direct conflict, just like they’ve been doing with Israel since 1973, and like they are doing with Europe.

I think it will be sooner because it is not a linear progression. (have to re-create ’cause first try failed to post) When the likes of Bin Laden gets aggressive it upsets the leaders because it make the pot boil faster, yet it is still progress.
#35

On July 26th, 2011 at 4:17 pm, TooMuchTime said:

The Little Rock Jihadist gets a life sentence.

Too bad it wasn’t life in front of the firing squad.
#36

On July 26th, 2011 at 5:42 pm, Hannibal said:

He’ll be released in 20 years, at the most,…..

He will come out of prison in less than 15 years an Imam,….

Ms Malkin wrote:

Muhammad received a life sentence without parole.….

Come on guys, life without parole means he will not get out, ever.
#37

On July 26th, 2011 at 7:02 pm, letget said:

On July 26th, 2011 at 5:42 pm, Hannibal said:

You are correct to say he will not get out ever. The problem is he is getting all the same goodies as those in gitmo get or any other in our prisons. This will cost taxpayers millions if he lives. But, if he was to get the death penaty, the cost to taxpayers is mega-millions on appeal! We taxpayers get the shaft either way! bho and holder know this, that is why they want to rop type tried here in our court system. Have y’all seen the juries lately? Not all that wonderful, IMO! Brain dead seems to get it there?
L
#38

On July 26th, 2011 at 8:16 pm, kajun said:

He must have found out there are no homosexuals in the Muslim afterlife and he didn’t want to have his virgins, so he made a deal for a life sentence. What a coward.
#39

On July 26th, 2011 at 8:20 pm, RedDog said:

Muhammad became radicalized there and was deported back to the United States against his wishes in January 2009.

Why was he not jailed when he got back? Ask Comrade Holder.
#40

On July 26th, 2011 at 8:21 pm, RedDog said:

All of these jihadis should be getting the needle or a 180 grain. Nuts.
#41

On July 26th, 2011 at 8:32 pm, RedDog said:

GE moving X-ray business to China
The Immelt Way: WH Advisor on Jobs Moving GE X-Ray Business to China…

Jeff Immelt should be gibbeted from the White House main gate.
#42

On July 26th, 2011 at 8:32 pm, RedDog said:

I’m pissed tonight. Sorry.
#43

On July 26th, 2011 at 9:29 pm, Roland said:

Come on guys, life without parole means he will not get out, ever.

Yes, that is the way it is supposed to be. That you believe with such certainty that it will stay that way is sad.

The world is going to change for the worse a great deal over the next 20 years, and we are already ruled by fools and knaves eager to appease the ascendant Islamic beast.
#44

On July 26th, 2011 at 9:37 pm, zyzzyg said:

This guy is a knucklehead.

Doesn’t he know we supported Kuwait (Islamic/Arab) against Iraq?

Doesn’t he know we came to the aid of the Muslims of the former Yugoslavia?

The only antidote is knowledge, which this knucklehead lacks.
#45

On July 27th, 2011 at 10:19 am, spaceycakes said:

This guy is a knucklehead.

did you post the same thing about Jared Loughner? I don’t remember your post.
#46

On July 27th, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Rjulio said:

Just another ignorant monkey. If we don’t do anything about this trend, it will be like planet of the apes.
#47

On July 27th, 2011 at 2:47 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

Ahh…

Now this guy is the perfect terrorist.

He has black skin and a scowl on his face – if only he would have planted that bomb in Norway all the bigots on this site would be happy.

Thanks Malkin – for the much needed black guy to hate.
#48

On July 27th, 2011 at 6:11 pm, Roland said:

To Ilovemyracism: No one here gives a damn about the terrorist’s skin color. No one other than you, that is.

Thank you for once again demonstrating the rampant racism of the left.
#49

On July 28th, 2011 at 12:48 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

Ilovemycountry

Ahh…

Now this guy is the perfect terrorist.

I think most terror groups would disagree. Because thankfully, he wasn’t successful.

He has black skin and
a scowl on his face –

So does Herman Cain when he talks about Obama. Does that make him a terrorist?

PS—NONE of the 9-11 hijackers were Black. And this is the first successful terrorist attempt against Americans by someone who is Black that I can recall.

if only he would have planted that bomb in Norway all the bigots on this site would be happy.

I don’t see how you could possibly use the word bigot here unless you do not understand the meaning of the word.

No one on here is happy about bombs going off in Norway. But it could have been prevented if the citizens were able to arm themselves.

Same thing at Virginia Tech.

Thanks Malkin – for the much needed black guy to hate.

You’re right. It’s all about the skin colour. It has nothing to do with the fact that he murdered two young men in cold blood.

I bet you didn’t even read the article.
#50

On July 28th, 2011 at 2:13 pm, flameinhair said:

Ilovemycountry, #47 “Thanks Malkin-for the much needed black guy to hate.” Excuse you Ilovemycountry, (but I for one doubt it), Pvt. William Long was MURDERED AND HE WAS WHITE! SO PUSH OFF! WHY ISN’T THIS PIG DANCING WITH THE HANGMEN’S DAUGHTER?