Adam Gadahn, a propagandist for Al Qaeda, and a U.S. citizen.

Executive director of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern Califronia, Shakeel Syed, spoke about the arrest saying, “It’s good for us, good for the country,” “Any person who is engaged in any unlawful and illegal activity needs to be held accountable.”

Syed also mentioned that people with the lack of knowledge regarding the religion, were easily manipulated, then are led to develop their own personal logic and ideology.

Syed said, “He has demonstrated to have mastered that twisted logic.”  “It even further strengthens us to continue the work we are doing, which is to share objective information on our faith and our community with all people,” Syed said about the work of the council and the capture of Gadahn.

Adam Gadahn, a Riverside County native, appeared in videos defending Al Qaeda, and their pursuits such as the 9/11 attacks.

The head of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles said, “We welcome the arrest,”  “This is one step closer to defeating Al Qaeda and defeating the mentality of death and despair, which is alien to Islam.”

 Marayati, spoke about Adam Gadahn, saying that he had obviously ended up being influenced by the wrong Muslims, and had began to make political statements for Al Qaeda. Marayati said,  “I don’t think that what he has been saying has any merit in Islam,” he added. “It is a political ploy.”

Adam Gadahn was barred in 1997, from the Islamic Society of Orange County mosque, where he prayed as a teenager, when he hit a organization leader, reported Muzammil Siddiqi, a religious director for the organization.

Siddiqi spoke saying, “We called Garden Grove police and we did not allow him to come back,”  “This is very unfortunate that he came here and did not learn anything good.”

According to court documents, Gadahn only served two days jail, and Siddiqi said he did not know how he ended up with Al Qaeda, but mentioned the damage that they have made to Islam, Muslims and to the United States.
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