(WND)—An Islamic Center in Minnesota has written to a judge handling the case of a man convicted of child rape seeking leniency for him over “this situation,” when he “abducted the 12-year-old girl from her backyard, bashed her over the head, and transported her in his car, where he raped her before she was able to escape.”
It is the Post-Millennial that described the advocacy by the Al-Ihsan Islamic Center of St. Paul, Minn., on behalf of Qulinle Dirie, who is “member” of that community.
The 42-year-old Dirie was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury of first-degree sexual conduct, which was the minimum sentence guidelines allowed, the report said.
After his conviction, the Islamic Center contacted the judge, Michael Burns, asking for leniency.
“The situation [Dirie] is currently facing comes as a deep shock to all of us,” the letter states. “It does not reflect the man we know – a man whose actions have consistently reflected family and community.
“We respectfully ask that this letter be considered as a sincere reflection of who Qalinle Dirie truly is.”
The Islamists in the center said he was “an active volunteer in our mosque.” He was there regularly for prayers, Ramadan and community events.
He helped “elders find rides home” and even helped clean up.
Further, it counseled that Dirie was born in Somalia and lived in refugee camps in Kenya.
With that, the center said he has faced “the challenge of starting over in a new culture.”
The center said, “His service has never been about recognition — just a quiet commitment to supporting the spaces that hold our community together.”
Explained the report, “For the Islamic center, that’s a good enough reason to support a child rapist. ”
Accompanying the center’s letter was a letter where the convict’s family explained that Dirie “is a deeply good man whose presence enriches the lives of those around him.”
Alpha News reported, “According to criminal charges, the victim had contact information for a ‘Mohamed Muuse’ in her phone. When asked about that person, the victim said ‘Mohamed Muuse’ was the man who assaulted her. Using that cellphone contact, a sting operation was set up by the victim’s family several weeks after the assault. Dirie arrived at the victim’s home and was taken into police custody.”
Prosecutors said for the court record that he continues to deny that he committed the assault.
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Whoopie Goldberg would find this article to be missing an important piece of information that makes all the difference in the world. When this “good man” abducted the 12 year old, bashed her over the head, and raped her, was it just a “regular rape” that’s no big deal, or was it a “rape rape”?
The morality of Islam is like holding a Bible up to a mirror. The reverse image is what Muslims actually believe is good, true, and right.
How did Building learn to write? No one, individually, can be contacted to explain that under U.S. laws, rape is a crime, forcible rape is immoral, that kidnapping is illegal and immoral as well.
The article states that the perp denies involvement. That is not true; he denies that the Constitution applies to his superior Islamic culture, and that under sharia lying to infidels – taqiyya – as well as pedophilia is not only permissible but honorable.
Building implies that “starting over” in a new culture is partly to blame. Q: Is there a point in Islam at which “starting over” ends and accountability begins? Building: please provide documentation as to Dirie’s seemingly interminable assimilation progress in his “new” culture.
Under U.S. law, Building is an accessory and instigator and should be charged – at least with conspiracy!