And the story just broke that the murderer is, in fact, a Muslim from Afghanistan, named Muhammad Syed, 51. In an act of sectarian violence, Syed murdered 4 fellow Muslims whom he believed were Shiite Muslims (Syed is Sunni Muslim) allegedly in a rage after his daughter married a Shiite Muslim. But the brother of one of the victims said their family was Sunni, not Shiite, and he did not believe the hypothesis.
Daily Mail Syed (photo below) emigrated from Afghanistan ‘in the last few years’, police said on Tuesday, and was twice charged with domestic violence – but charges were dropped.
The victims include Mohammad Zahir Ahmadi, 62; Aftab Hussein, 41; Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27; and Naeem Hussain, 25. Each of the men were immigrants to the United States – two from Afghanistan, two from Pakistan: all were fatally shot within a five-mile radius of each other.
Court records show Syed was arrested in May 2018 and charged with ‘battery (household member)’. He pleaded not guilty, and prosecutors dropped the charges in August of that year. Four months later, on December 23, 2018, Syed was charged with aggravated battery. The case was dismissed in April 2019.
All of the victims had immigrated to the United States from South Asia, and were fatally shot within a five-mile radius of each other over the past nine months.
Albuquerque police on Tuesday said Syed was identified through his car, thanks to tip offs from the community.
‘Detectives detained Syed and searched his home and the vehicle. ‘They discovered evidence that further tied Syed to the murders, showing the offender knew the victims to some extend and an interpersonal conflict may have led to the shootings.’
Police say the gun used in those two shootings was found in Syed’s home.
The motives are still being explored,’ said Deputy Commander Kyle Hartsock. The different denominations of Islam splintered off and have opposing beliefs on who should have succeeded Muhammad. Both branches of the religion still follow the same holy book and worship the same god.
Tahir Gauba the director for public affairs for the Islamic Center of New Mexico, said ‘The entire Muslim community had been paralyzed by fear, especially since last Friday’s murder of Naeem Hussain. ‘People weren’t going outside. They weren’t shopping. The were fearful of being shot.’
Ahmad Assed, president of the city’s largest mosque, said that fear in his community was even more intense than after the September 11 attacks, when anti-Muslim sentiment was heightened. To experience something as atrocious and as horrific as what we’ve experienced the past few weeks is just mind-boggling,’ Assed said, adding people were afraid to go near windows. ‘It feels like we’re in a parallel universe.’
Below is the CAIR press conference from earlier where many Muslims spoke but no one named the suspect or the fact that he was a Muslim. They did speak about Shiites and Sunnis, but if you are unfamiliar with Islam, you would not know what they were talking about.
#Livestream now: DC: Sunni, Shia Community Leaders to Hold Joint Press Conference at CAIR Capitol Hill HQ to Respond to New Mexico Shootings Arresthttps://t.co/7sxamAZoEn
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) August 9, 2022
Smooth Lee says
All of a sudden how quiet CAIR is.
Had it been a white person, CAIR would be furiously screaming about it being indisputable proof of a racist, Islamophobic America, and we’d be hearing all the usual Leftist/Progressive voices ad nauseam(ly) condemning a pathologically hateful America and its evil white racist supremacists.
But, the killer turns out to be a Muslim. Don’t point that out, though, and don’t dare bring up the numerous -almost countless it seems- instances over the past 10-15 yrs of assaults, vandalism and killings involving Muslims always instantly blamed on non-Muslims that turned out to be false, or the perpetrators were Muslims, or CAIR will be “furiously screaming about it being indisputable proof of a racist, Islamophobic America.”
Rebekkah Barnard says
I guess Joe Biden tweeted about these poor Muslims being killed – but then deleted the tweet once it went against their narrative that it was a mean old white nationalist that did it when the guy turned out to be another Muslim.
I made a meme about it too and posted it on VK – Russian Facebook.
BareNakedIslam says
I just posted his tweet here:https://barenakedislam.com/2022/08/10/unfrickenbelievable-cair-spokesjihadist-zainab-chaudry-talks-for-nearly-five-minutes-about-the-suspect-arrested-in-the-new-mexico-shooting-deaths-of-four-muslims-and-never-once-mentions-the-fact-th/
Twiz says
Had this happened in New York, instead of New Mexico, Syed would already been released without bond, to continue his Shia housecleaning.
BareNakedIslam says
Only if he had killed non-Muslims.
Karen says
Just a couple of thoughts on this matter…serial killers generally target people of the same ethnic background. Yes, there will be exceptions to that statement but the facts seem to support it. I’m waiting for some Muslim to say that they arrested this man to cover up for some white guy🙄 While speaking of Afghanistan, have you noticed how all of the media has dropped everything on the supposed killing of al Zawahiri??? I think that was some insane attempt to make the blithering idiot look tough and/or is doing something.
BareNakedIslam says
They don’t need that story now, they’ve got Trump in every headline today.
Classy Infidel says
Throughout the years, Zawahiri was reported to have died four times. That casts enough doubt in my mind to question if they really killed Zawahiri or was it a subterfuge to look good.
BareNakedIslam says
My thoughts exactly.
andrewblackadder says
No words from CAIR or apologize for claiming,though not directly, that a white supremacist shot these guys, though being a white guy I must say I have never met a white supremacist… weird that huh?>
countryadam578 says
It is wonderful that muslims can have at each other so normal people are not being accused of killing muzzy slime. Should not be any murder charges if only muzzies kill muzzies.
Donovan Nuera says
Not one word by Biden or the media or Blinken or our UN Ambassadress or BLM on the genocide on black Nigerian Christians by jihadis affiliated with AQ…
BareNakedIslam says
I remember Trump condemning the Christian massacres in Nigeria.
Paul says
And Biden immediately extended his condolences right away insinuating that the killings were done by a White Supremacist.
Sickening.
BareNakedIslam says
Yes, their initial statements had one thing in common – the murders were the result of racism and/or religious hated.
underzog says
That is why responsible people — that obviously excludes the Biden gang — don’t reach conclusions until more evidence is given. I suspected it was AMISH terrorism, but I didn’t want to be premature about saying it. Vladimort — he who eill not be named.
Jack Rider says
What a relief that a white man did not do it! They’re always getting blamed for terrorism. It’s an awful stereotype that casts suspicion over the entire white community. Some 200+ years of slavery has had an oppressive impact upon white people. Whites are considered perpetual oppressors. Years of Jim Crow have burdened white people with a blameworthiness from which they cannot escape. Now thanks to bizarre immigration policies and practices we have these modern civilized Muslims in our communities freeing white people from society’s prejudicial stereotypes as they murder their daughters and co-religionists. Hey why aren’t the Dem politicians calling for gun control again? It’s because one of their darlings did the shooting, that’s why!
BareNakedIslam says
Exactly.
canuckguynbgmailcom says
I actually figured that a white guy probably did it because it would have been too good to be true that another muslim did it. I was very happy to be so wrong on this one. Congrats for hitting the nail on the head, BNI.
livingengine says
You have met Jaylani Hussein, and Dawud Walid, but now we have a new contender for biggest ass at CAIR – William White.
White runs CAIR in Houston where he was getting every body worked up about the threat in Albuquerque coming a thousand miles to Houston.
And, the threat was Islamophobia that has been festering for 20 years, now resulting in people getting shot.
BareNakedIslam says
Ah hah! A convert to Islam, the worst kind.
Linda Rivera says
Just as we all expected.
Muslims are infamous for scrawling graffiti on their mosques and/or breaking a window or two and then CRYING VICTIM claiming non Muslims did it.
And murdering another Muslim/Muslims and CRYING VICTIM to the media that non Muslims did it.
Steve S says
LOL. Not too many people who regularly visit and comment on this forum are surprised by this latest development in the case. It is actually rather rare that violent attacks are perpetrated against Muslims by white supremacists, or other non Muslim people, at least in the West. Most of the time, attacks that specifically target Muslims are usually other Muslims, and the motive is either personal, such as a vendetta or an honor killing, political, such as a dispute over political ideas, or religious such as a religious sectarian violence, or a dispute over something like the Hadith and Sunnah or other aspect of religious practice or doctrine.
Muslim fanatics often hate each other with almost as much fervor as they hate non Muslims (the Kuffar).
Leonard Gearhardt says
Yes you called it again, Bonnie!
BareNakedIslam says
Just a gut feeling.
VMS says
More than a feeling! You have radar-like perception when it comes to Muzzies.
So this is the tale of Muhammad the white supremacist. I didn’t know that white supremacists followed the Sunni flavor of Islam. May the Sunnis start a killing spree with the Shites and vice versa, so we can find out once ad for all which brand of Islam is better as we sit on the sidelines with a bucket of popcorn.
underzog says
In all seriousness, I got bragging rights on this, also. I broke the news to Bonnie and gave her the news link.