Obama DHS official visits Oklahoma City Mosque attended by Oklahoma beheader, delivers personal message from Pres. Obama thanking mosque members for community service after 2013 tornado

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10/5/14, "Obama Official Praises Mosque Of Oklahoma Beheader Alton Nolen," Daily Caller, Chuck Ross, 10:48pm

"An Obama administration official traveled to Oklahoma City Saturday to offer words of praise to congregants at the mosque attended by Alton Nolen, the recent Muslim convert who beheaded a co-worker last month.

David Myers, the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, spoke at the Greater Islamic Society of Oklahoma City’s Eid al-Adha celebration, according to KFOR.

“Your service is a powerful example of the shared roots of the Abrahamic faiths and how our communities can come together in  

shared peace with dignity 

and a sense of justice,” 

said Myers, reading from

a letter penned by President Obama.

At the DHS center, which falls under the control of FEMA, Myers' job is to "build, sustain and improve effective partnerships between DHS and faith-based and voluntary organizations.”

According to KFOR, in the letter Obama thanked the congregation for their community service in the aftermath of a devastating tornado that wrecked havoc in Moore last year.

Myers’ special trip was seemingly meant to counteract negative attention the mosque has received following Nolen’s gruesome murder of coworker Colleen Hufford.

Nolen, 30, murdered and beheaded Hufford on Sept. 25 at Vaughan Foods in Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City. Nolen, who goes by the name Jah-Keem Yisrael, attended the Greater Islamic Society of Oklahoma City, though the mosque’s imam and other congregants have distanced themselves from him.

Nolen had been suspended from his job at Vaughan Foods shortly before the attacks after he reportedly stated his support for the stoning of women and said that he disliked white people. Nolen, who is black, was suspended after those comments were reported to supervisors.

After the suspension, Nolen allegedly retrieved a knife from his home and went back to the plant seeking revenge. According to an affidavit, Nolen attacked Hufford from behind, stabbing her repeatedly before beheading her.

Nolen then began attacking another co-worker before an armed supervisor shot and wounded him. Both Nolen and his second victim survived.

Nolen was charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.

(RELATED: Oklahoma Beheader Alton Nolen Celebrated Terrorists On Facebook)

Federal and local authorities have avoided tying Nolen’s attacks to his Muslim faith, asserting that the acts are a case of workplace violence. Nolen was reportedly enthralled by online videos depicting beheadings such as the ones recently carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against American and British citizens.

According to KFOR, the mosque’s imam Imad Enchassi claims that numerous voice mail threats have been made against the place of worship and its congregants in recent weeks. Enchassi has reported the threats to the FBI and police were present at Saturday’s Eid celebration, KFOR reported."

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Below is the KFOR report referenced above as of 2AM Monday, 10/6. Substantial details appear to have been removed from an earlier version of the story. The story was written on 10/4 and "Updated at 06:41pm, October 4, 2014." It doesn't say what the update was. There are no corrections listed at the end of the article. The Daily Caller attributes several facts to KFOR that aren't present in the current version of the story such as the White House official's name and that he was from the Dept. of Homeland Security. KFOR apparently also removed the fact that police were present during the ceremony at the mosque (last sentence in Daily Caller article above). Perhaps these references were all removed in the "update."
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10/4/14, "Oklahoma Muslims receive special praise from White House officials," kfor.com, Oklahoma City, Andrew Donley

"Oklahoma Muslims marked the end of the yearly pilgrimage to mecca with communal prayer and celebration called Eid Ul-Adha on Saturday.

Leaders of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City say it’s been a tough month for Muslims here in Oklahoma after being associated with the beheading at Vaughan foods in Moore.

Leaders of the faith here in the state say vicious messages are being left for Oklahoma Muslims, telling them to get out of Oklahoma and threatening to behead them all because the man behind the beheading claimed to be Muslim."...

[Ed. note: The author is uninformed. The beheader did quite a bit more than "claim" to be Muslim: "Senior leaders of a prominent Oklahoma City mosque said several people remember seeing the suspect in the Vaughan Foods attack and beheading at their house of worship."...]

(continuing): "But the Muslim community received the highest form of praise from the White House for their hard work in helping rebuild the Moore community after a destructive tornado tore through the city in 2013.

Today, an official from Washington D.C. flew in to Oklahoma to present a special thank you to the Muslim congregation.

He read a message from President Barrack Obama, extending warm greetings from the American people during the Muslim holiday.

“Your service is a powerful example of the powerful roots of the Abrahamic faiths and how our communities can come together with shared peace 

with dignity

 and a sense of justice,” 

President Barack Obama said."

The Imam, the leader of the prayer service, stated during his sermon that the Muslim faith has been called a “cancer that needs to be cut off from the American society.”

Now, with the recent praise, Oklahoma Muslims have been reassured that they are a part of the American society." via Pamela Geller

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10/1/14, "Oklahoma beheading suspect transferred to jail; victim's friend remembers she was 'loved and liked by everyone'," NY Daily News, Nina Golgowski

"In his first court appearance, Nolen requested a Muslim to be named as his court-appointed lawyer....

"Nolen is described as an Islamic convert who had a Facebook page under the name Jah’Keem Yisrael. The page has a picture of armed jihadis as the cover picture and numerous shots of other Islamist fighters."...Facebook photo

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"On a Facebook page that appears to be his, references to Islam began in April 2013, and he called himself Jah’Keem Yisrael. The page is filled with criticism of American culture, and dire warnings for those who do not follow that religion."...

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"Jah’Keem Yisrael," from his Facebook page. Alton Nolen is his birth name.


 9/29/14, "FIRST PICTURE: The smiling grandmother beheaded by Muslim convert in the Oklahoma food factory where they both worked," UK Daily Mail

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9/26/14, "‘SHARIA LAW IS COMING!!!!’ Oklahoma Beheader Celebrated Terrorists, Disparaged Non-Muslims On Facebook," Daily Caller, Patrick Howley

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"“READING PROPHET MUHAMMADS NIGHT JOURNEY! PBUH AMEEN,” he wrote on August 7." from his Facebook, via Daily Caller

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9/27/14, "Oklahoma beheading: Muslim religious leaders say Moore suspect visited local mosque," newsok.com, Carla Hinton

"Senior leaders of a prominent Oklahoma City mosque said several people remember seeing the suspect in the Vaughan Foods attack and beheading at their house of worship and described him as being “quiet,” “low-key” and “odd.”"
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"Saad Mohammad, the Islamic society’s director of news and information, said law enforcement representatives contacted his mosque during their investigation Friday.
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Mohammad said he remembers yelling at Nolen when the man placed his Quran on the floor with his prayer rug during a visit to the mosque. Mohammad said Muslims are prohibited from placing the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on the floor.

Mohammad said he and other people who recall seeing Nolen at the mosque remember him as being “quiet” and “low-key.”"...




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