Followup on Small Town Jihad
Charles Johnson
Wed Apr 20, 2005 at 9:26 am PDT • Views: 218
I’m not sure why, but some LGF readers expressed skepticism about Laura Mansfield’s account of Islamic radicalism in a small town mosque: Jihad Comes to Small Town, USA. It seemed obvious to me that Manfield had held back some details of her story out of concern for her safety.
Rand Simberg’s commenters also seemed unwilling to believe the story, so Rand emailed Ms Manfield and received the following reply:
I did not provide details as to the location of the mosque or the date of the visit simply for safety reasons. They do not have my full name. However if I provide the date and the name/location of the mosque I might as well walk back in, hand the imam a copy of the article, and wait for the backlash.
I do not have the weight of a governmental agency behind me; I have had to redact certain information for security purposes.
Let me also add that the sessions were audiotaped - not broadcast quality but certainly understandable.
Frank says: