“Muslims Of America” Islamberg N.Y. Raided: Illegal Weapons Seized

Police have raided the headquarters of the Muslims of America (MOA), in Hancock, NY.  Abdullah was arrested on May 31st of this year when he tried to steal four boxes of ammunition.  Police questioned him and became suspicious.  They obtained a search warrant for a storage unit where they found a cache of illegal weapons including:

• 8 assault weapons
• 4 loaded handguns
• 1 loaded shotgun
• 2 rifles
• 64 high-capacity ammunition feeding devices
• flak jackets
• 1,000s of rounds of ammunition, including .50-caliber armor-piercing rounds

Additional searches at othe locations turned up more weapons and ammunition.

 A long-time associate of a U.S.-based Islamist terrorist organization, Muslims of America (MOA), has been arrested in Johnson City, NY. Authorities discovered that he had a large cache of weapons inside a storage locker. A source inside MOA says the weapons were intended for the group’s “Islamberg” headquarters in Hancock, NY.

The suspect, 64-year old Ramadan Abdullah, was previously arrested in 1977 when he and another man tried to rob a candy store in Brooklyn and someone was murdered in the process. When police searched his home, they found enough material to build 50 bombs. In the end, the charges against Abdullah were strangely reduced (see below).

New York State Police Major Jim Barnes would not say whether Abdullah was connected to terrorist groups or any organizations, but confirmed that police believe Abdullah had made trips overseas.

“There’s no indications there was a plan in place to commit an act of violence. However, it begs the question, what was he doing with all this and what were his intentions down the road?” said New York State Police Maj. Jim Barnes.

“It’s just a tremendous blessing to be able to take all these high power weapons and high power ammunition off the streets, and who knows what kind of large scale tragedy that this investigation may have prevented later down the road,” said Johnson City Police Chief Brent Dodge.

Abdullah is currently being held in the Broome County Jail without bail.

Abdullah is a longtime associate of the U.S.-based Islamist cult Muslims of America

(MOA), which has been described as a terrorist organization in documents from the FBI and other agencies. A 2003 file says MOA is linked to terrorists in Pakistan, including Al-Qaeda affiliates.

The group’s headquarters is a 70-acre compound in Hancock, NY called “Islamberg.” It is just a 50-minute drive from where Abdullah was arrested.

The group MOA has 21 other headquarters in the United States. Why aren’t they being closed?

H/T Clarion Project