The founder of a radical Islamic website that praised figures like Osama bin Laden and Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for using the site to threaten against Jewish groups.
Yousef al-Khattab, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, who converted from Judaism, started the Revolution Muslim website in 2007.
Al-Khattab admitted posting articles encouraging readers to take unspecified action against Jewish leaders and publishing names and addresses of Jewish leaders and synagogues.
Prosecutors say numerous people who have been convicted of terrorism-related offenses were readers of Revolution Muslim.
Defense lawyers say it is conjecture to assume people were inspired to plot attacks by Revolution Muslim. They acknowledged that al-Khattab crossed a line by urging confrontation, but said he was trying to exercise his free-speech rights.
(Source: The Republic)
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It’s a shonda that his frum parents named him Yousef al-Khattab. What were they expecting?
nfgo3, he took on that name when he converted. his jewish name is probably Yosef
nfgo #1: His parents aren’t frum. He was born non-religious, became religious, became unreligous and finally became an Islamist. Real fruitcake.
His parents didn’t name him that…
to number one,
You missed it, he changed his name. He is a real jerk and hopefully he will get beaten up really well while in jail.
I thought he had moved to Morroco.
He must have come back. B’aavod reshaim rina.
nu, just like neturai karta.
Is he part of neturei karta
He looks better on the right pic than on the left. Why do they all wear the same glasses?
to #1
His birth name was Yosef Cohen, he was a BT who went off again and hooked up with Islam. Several members of his group that he co-founded in 2007 are serving jail time for terrorism. He’s a nutbag, and unfortunately not the only Jew to go down that path
#1’s post was clearly made in jest. I’m amazed at the number of humorless readers who thought he was being serious.
In Israel it is reported that Reb Yousef al-Khattab was raised as a Satmar Chossid.
#11 Yagel Libi – I was wondering if anyone was going to realize that. I think it’s funny how many ppl thought #1 was serious.
Yagel:
Yousef al-Khattab was born and raised as a chiloni secularist.
#13- Source?
These are a few of the sources I based my previous comment on:
http://www.kikarhashabat.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%95%D7%97%D7%93-%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A3-%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%97%D7%98%D7%90%D7%91.html
http://www.ch10.co.il/?p=11135&ModPagespeed=noscript
http://www.bholworld.com/Article.aspx?id=67491&cat=1
I dont beleive for a second those pictures are of the same person…analyze the beard fora second clearly letting it grow without shaving his beard now is jet black and grows in differently…now while its possible i just think the faces are off as well…i dont think these two pics are the same person bottomline
that’s what happens when you make satmar as your next stop
Maybe he is a Gilgul of Shabbethai Tzvi.
Thank you Chachom for stating the truth. The Zionist Jew-haters commenting on YWN refuse to differentiate between Satmar, NK, or chareidim. We all deserve the identical treatment cuz we all wear “those glasses”. Its a sin to be frum nowadays…
This man was born into a secular irreligious family and he later became religious (Jewish).