Alleged `jihadist' known as friendly store owner

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Sounds like a case of breathing while Muslim



from the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer:



Alleged `jihadist' known as friendly store owner
By MIKE BAKER and ALLEN G. BREED - Associated Press Writers


RALEIGH, N.C. -- When someone in the Raleigh area needed a sheep or goat slaughtered according to Islamic law, Daniel Boyd was the man to see.

"You find everything from halal meat and snacks to soft back prints of the Holy Quran in both English and Arabic," read a notice on the Web for Boyd's Blackstone Market in nearby Garner. There was even a place to worship in the back.

Bosnian native Jasmin Smajic said he was drawn to the store by the halal goods. Instead he found a friend.

"He would always ask people, his friends, if he can do a service for you," says Smajic, 23, a student at North Carolina State University. "He would basically ask people if they needed any kind of help with anything ... whether that be advice, whether you're struggling with money, need your faucet fixed - whatever it is. He was always very helpful."

So, like many hereabouts, Smajic was shocked this week when federal officials accused Boyd of wanting to go abroad and slaughter in the name of Islam.

A federal indictment unsealed this week says Boyd, 39, is a radicalized Muslim convert who went by the nickname Saifullah - "Sword of God" - and was putting together a team of extremists to wage "violent jihad" overseas. He was arrested Monday along with two of his sons - Zakariya, 20, and Dylan, 22 - and four other men. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/1626736.html

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1. "The indictment charges that Boyd and his sons traveled to Israel

in July 2007 to meet with two of the other defendants but returned home "having failed in their attempt at violent jihad."

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2. I am obsessed with this 'story' today

Thanks for this article, the 'official story' does NOT add up..
Please see video or read article at www.cnn.com/crime , of Mrs. Boyd's interview. It is at the very LEAST a horrible abuse of power, waste of resources & further erosion of OUR Constitutional RIGHTS. It turns my stomache, how this Woman was treated.