Is the Wisconsin 'dirty bomb' suspect a Muslim?

Question

Just curious as to why his identity is such a secret int he mainstream media. The only explanation I can think of, since this tactic has been used so many times in the past (Seattle shootings, etc.), is that he's a Muslim and the FBI is afraid of anti-Muslim backlash.

Answer 1

Have you read this book and what are your view or answers to the list below from this book?

The Truth About Muhammad
by Robert Spencer

Meet the real Muhammad:


Muhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"

The heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity

Islamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations

The "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law

The strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today

The real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan

How the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage

The first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord

How Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule

"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today

The momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard

Muhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world

"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids

"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies

How Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter

Muhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians

Muhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"

"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior

"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously

Islamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law

How Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam

The massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon

"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia

Muhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world

"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed

Six steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism

Answer 2

I doubt that he is a Muslim. If he were a Muslim with a radical inclination, he would not have issued that threat. He rather would have planned such an event, and one would only know when, or if he was caught. But if he is like most Muslims and not of a fanatical and murderous bent, then he would know better than to do such a thing, given the current unfriendly and downright hostile climate toward Muslims.

The man who issued that threat was a fool who now regrets the trouble in which he finds himself.

One would think that by 20 years of age, that chap would be intelligent enough to know that the government takes such things very seriously? He should have known that if, or rather when, he was caught, he would find himself residing in prison for some time. The stupidity of some people both astounds and frightens me.

Answer 3

Your question shows how this world has deteriorated because of the prpaganda and war on terror. Is it possible to ask the question in other way.. Is the Wisconsin 'dirty bomb' suspect a Jew (a hindi, a japanese, achinese) would not seem a silly Q. but when it was about muslims, there are people who replied to you. Thanks God, they mostly said no. Please understand that there are few bad muslims and many good ones (like in any other religion or nation, of course) that is all. On the other hand, I do beleive that if he was a muslim, it would be announced to every creature in the universe so that people hate them more and more. Peace to you and to Wisconsin from a muslim.

Answer 4

I think he's just some lame white American kid who works in a grocery store. The article I read didn't mention race or religion, but I bet he's just some numbskull who's gonna learn the hard way that pranks like these aren't funny!!!!!

Answer 5

I understand he is only 20 years old..

Answer 6

Nope, just a dumb kid.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_on_re_us/football_threat_18

Answer 7

I don't think he is a Muslim.... I do know he is a idiot.....

Answer 8

we'll soon enough find out