Greetings from me it is whom you are asking about Abu Khaliyl Tony Salvatore Sylvester. Yes it is true that the woman from the NY Times (described as a b**tch by the FBI Agents) came to visit me in Mobile AL. And yes it is true that she used my name as a segway to the mention of a terrorist. However, she also clarified my views against terrorism, and hey, the FBI agents I knew had a good rapport with me. Now, I taught Umar very little, but called the people to following the pious predecessors of our religion, who are all against the concept of revolting against Muslim rulers. This last part, while she alluded to in her article, is part of the objectives of the group in question.
As for the who is funding this man? That is comical, let me explain how that all worked. I would get invited to come and teach in a city in a state or in Canada. I would rent a car and drive there. The would pay the cost of renting the car and the fuel expenses, and pay for the hotel they had me stay at. So I was not getting any pay or funds from the masjids that invited me to teach there. Sometimes, as I had a legally registered non-profit charity at that time, and people wanted to aid in my efforts, people would donate for the charity, or for me, always clarified which it was for. However this "funding" issue is the comical part, it appears, (not your fault happened to many I know) that the reading of what she wrote gave you the impression that I taught him to be a terrorist, and everyone who knows me and has actually learned from me knows that I warn against these rebels and terrorists. And in fact in the laws of Islam, the one who revolts against the Muslim ruler, the ruler has the right to put him to death. So when this man who was the famous leader of that terrorist group was alive the Islamic ruling on him was the death penalty.
Then someone wrote that all Salafis are trained in Saudi Arabia. Well I was not, although I was employed by Darussalam Riyadh, living there for two years working, and then from here in Mobile AL, from 1999 until 2008. I also edited the Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, (https://www.islam-guide.com/) and did extensive research on the Bible quotes (as many Muslims misuse many of them) and also, I essentially re-wrote the section on terrorism is not allowed in Islam. This book has been translated in most languages and is available for free to anyone who asks the publisher. I believe we completed that text about 1993. So just that alone has been printed millions of times and although I did not agree with the author using some of the editors he used, as I disagreed with their doctrines, I still aided him in correcting the material. So there you have it, I waited quite some time to reply to this, as I found it right away, but things have as you know changed as they do. We have now gone through the period where UBL's call bore the offspring of the Arab Fire, where all of the people in numerous Muslim countries destroyed their security and safety by revolting against the Muslim rulers of the lands. Sure there is a matter that continues today that the US is involved in, in which case we could say the "Muslim-niss" of the ruler is questionable. On the other hand, the belittlement of Qadhafi was popularly observed on international news, and until this day, the land is still in chaos. And sure, the hanging of Saddam was televised, and for some stupid reason there was a democratic election in his land, where the majority of the inhabitants have the same religion of those in Iran, yeah so Bush gave `Iraq to Iran, good play. However I know that all of this is not attacks against Islam, rather it is the long war, the objective being to have a deal on the petrol in this lands, and this was successful on behalf of the US. Now in is NK, RUS, CHINA and Iran against the US and its allies when it comes to fuel. And indeed, there can be no military without access to fuel, and now that the US is the largest producer of petrol, the mission has come to fruition. So even if the Chinese economy surpasses that of the US, as we commonly here is to be soon, the US has a better deal on the petrol in the majority of the places it exists. So that is mission accomplished. Now, as for that group in Somalia, I warned him personally that these people are tribal people, even if the claim they are fighting for the "j" word, the reality is they are just Muslims killing Muslims. And in case you did not know, that is why they killed him in the end, because he started to complain that they were killing Muslims. Lo and behold, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Information is not like observation, Moses did not smash the tablets when his Lord informed him of what his people were doing. He smashed the tablets when he saw what they were doing." And indeed, information is not like observation, so after he spent his time there with that group and got to be more popular, and then started to see what I had told him, and realize I told him the truth (contrary to your views of me) that is why they killed him. So word of advice, look up the history of Afghanistan and Somali, you will see that both nations were hardly ever in a state of peace, because the tribes there are constantly killing each other. And all of this is against our religion of Islam. |
