Someone must have stepped on his blue suede shoes: the Department of Justice reported last Friday that in Central Islip, New York, a young Muslim named Elvis Redzepagic was sentenced to 200 months in prison, that is, sixteen years and eight months, for aiding the Islamic State (ISIS). What no one is asking about this particular Elvis comeback, however, is how it is that a young man in Commack, New York, where Elvis lives, could have gotten the idea that a terrific way to live out his Islamic faith would be to aid Islamic State jihadis. After all, we’re constantly told that all Muslims in the United States are as moderate as the day is long, and that it’s racist and “Islamophobic” to think otherwise. So what happened to young Elvis?
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Someone must have stepped on his blue suede shoes: the Department of Justice reported last Friday that in Central Islip, New York, a young Muslim named Elvis Redzepagic was sentenced to 200 months in prison, that is, sixteen years and eight months, for aiding the Islamic State (ISIS). What no one is asking about this particular Elvis comeback, however, is how it is that a young man in Commack, New York, where Elvis lives, could have gotten the idea that a terrific way to live out his Islamic faith would be to aid Islamic State jihadis. After all, we’re constantly told that all Muslims in the United States are as moderate as the day is long, and that it’s racist and “Islamophobic” to think otherwise. So what happened to young Elvis?
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