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New video footage discovered by this author now proves that Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the perpetrator of the horrific New Year’s ISIS-inspired attack on Bourbon Street, was associated with Masjid Bilal, a mosque located near Jabbar’s Houston residence that has a troubling history of extremism itself. This revelation comes as investigators continue to probe Jabbar’s radicalization and the institutions that may have influenced him.
The footage, recorded during a July 2022 service, shows a very visable Jabbar kneeling in prayer, eyes closed, head bowed, wearing a gray thobe (robe) and a black kufi (hat). He is seen in the midst of the congregation, less than ten feet from the mosque’s head imam Eiad Soudan, who was kneeling in front of the congregation and smiling for the camera.
The video places Jabbar at Masjid Bilal less than two years before he is said to have proclaimed allegiance to ISIS. This new evidence solidifies the connection between Jabbar and Masjid Bilal, despite earlier attempts by the mosque to obscure their association.
The Attack and its Aftermath
On January 1, 2025, an ISIS-inspired attack turned the New Year’s celebration on the iconic Bourbon Street in New Orleans into a war zone, leaving 14 innocents dead and 35 others injured. The suspect, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a Texas resident, drove a rented Ford F-150 truck into a crowd of revelers, mowing down pedestrians in what the FBI classified as an “act of terrorism.”
The sequence of events leading to the attack have been well documented. On December 31st, Jabbar rented a truck in Houston and drove to Louisiana. Along the way, he posted disturbing videos on social media in which he declared allegiance to ISIS and expressed a desire to harm his family. In one chilling message, he said, “I don’t want you to think I spared you willingly.” Investigators believe this was motivated by his concern that media coverage of an assault on his family might detract from his narrative of a “war between the believers and the disbelievers.”
After crashing to a stop, Jabbar exited the truck and opened fire, injuring two police officers before being fatally shot himself. Surveillance footage revealed that he had earlier placed two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) hidden in coolers along Bourbon Street. A third IED was discovered inside the truck, along with an ISIS flag. Additional bomb-making materials were later found at his home in Houston.
In the wake of the attack, investigators have been probing Jabbar’s motivations for unleashing such horrific violence. Though it has been speculated that he may have worked alone, authorities are also examining his recent travels to Egypt, Canada and Tampa, Florida, in search of connections to his radicalization. As well, Jabbar’s ties to Masjid Bilal have drawn a significant amount of scrutiny from both media and law enforcement.
The Role of Masjid Bilal
In May 2021, Masjid Bilal participated in an anti-Israel march and protest, where attendees chanted “From the river to the sea” and displayed anti-Semitic signs. Slogans included “Israel isn’t real,” “Exist is to resist,” and “Zionist Media Lies.” One sign equated the Jewish Star of David with a Nazi swastika, accompanied by the words “Spot the difference. There is none!”
The head imam of Masjid Bilal, Eiad Soudan, has made inflammatory statements (exposed by MEMRI TV). At a November 2023 youth gathering, Soudan attempted to justify Hitler’s genocide against Jews. He questioned why Jews were “killed, destroyed [and] persecuted” in Europe. He said that Jews “like to take control of the economy” and that is why “the other countries don’t want them back.” He added that Hitler’s hatred of Jews stemmed from “the economy thing” and claimed that nations today support Jews solely to keep them isolated in the Middle East.
In August 2024, during a Friday khutbah (sermon) at Masjid Bilal (exposed by MEMRI TV), Imam Mohammed ElFarooqui repeated a notoriously anti-Semitic narrative in the Quran where Jews were turned into “monkeys,” “pigs” and “rats” as punishment from “Allah” for their wrongdoing. He claimed that Jews have – “everywhere on the face of this earth” – “created havoc.” He called on “Allah” to “liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque” in Jerusalem from “the Zionists, the aggressor and enemies.”
Extremism within ISGH
Masjid Bilal operates as a subsidiary of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH), an umbrella organization for over 20 Islamic centers in the Houston area. Both Masjid Bilal and ISGH have partnered with terror-linked Islamist groups, including the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Relief (IR), and the Muslim American Society (MAS).
A 2005 study conducted by the human rights advocacy group Freedom House revealed that ISGH has propagated materials targeting Jews and Christians and encouraging jihad or holy war. One text, Islamic Guidelines to Reform the Individual and Society, found at ISGH facilities, lists actions that “nullify one’s Islam,” including “supporting Jews, Christians, and communists against Muslims” and “support for democracy” – heresy that can be grounds for a death sentence, according to Sharia law.
In December 2008, ISGH imam Zoubir Bouchikhi of Houston’s Abu Bakr Siddiqui mosque was arrested and later deported in 2011 for immigration violations. Bouchikhi is quoted about non-Muslims (exposed by MEMRI TV), referring to them as “the worst of Allah’s creations, even lower than animals.”
Is Masjid Bilal hiding something?
Multiple media outlets have attached Jabbar to Masjid Bilal, most probably assuming the short distance from his home meant he had membership there. Newsweek referred to the center as “Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Local Mosque.” However, until now, no direct evidence, such as photos or videos of Jabbar praying at Masjid Bilal, has been reported or circulated. The New York Post questioned whether he had ever been there.
Complicating the investigation, Masjid Bilal discouraged its congregation from speaking with authorities or the press. The mosque enlisted CAIR, an organization with several ties to terror, to manage its public response. In an official statement, the mosque instructed, “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond. If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH.” Telling congregants to refuse to cooperate with the FBI’s investigation implies that the mosque has something to hide.
With the newly surfaced video footage, now the mystery of Jabbar’s ties to Masjid Bilal has been resolved.
The Need for Vigilance
The revelations about Jabbar’s ties to Masjid Bilal and the mosque’s broader connections to extremist ideologies highlight the importance of closely monitoring centers that propagate radical views. Instances such as this underscore the need for vigilance against those who exploit religious spaces to incite hatred and violence.
As investigators continue to piece together the full scope of Jabbar’s radicalization, it is essential to hold accountable not only the individuals but also the institutions that enable such dangerous ideologies to take root. The tragedy on Bourbon Street serves as a sobering reminder of the devastating consequences of ignoring the extremism located in our own backyards.
Beila Rabinowitz, Director of Militant Islam Monitor, contributed to this report.
Well he is not in Paradise with 1000 Virgins now just a Flaming Lake of Fire and Brimstone
And smoking turds.
Of course there is the connection between radical sermons and radicalized Islamists.
See for example Arab “palestine” where most are tacist (93% antisemitic – per ADL 2014 poll) and most are for genocidal fascist Hamas regime (June-2024, cited in FDD).
Islamopithecines are sub-human.
Interesting to note:
Ami Horowitz once interviewed 28 Somali punks. All 28 punks said, on camera, that they’d willingly perform islamic terrorism if needed. (But at the moment, they’re busy enjoying the comforts of our labor, so maybe later.)
Another “Not terrorism!” moment was when that little sissy Ahmed Muhamed brought a fake bomb to an Irving, TX school, purely to provoke & serve as a dry-run.
(His “science project” wasn’t one. It was demonstrated to take less than 5 minutes to make.)
His reward wasn’t deportation (as that’s only reserved for law-abiding Christian families like the Romeikes); his reward was a celebrated tour of the White House & congratulatory tweets from Hillary & Zuckerberg.
Ahmed’s ingrate family pulled a deliberate “dry-run” stunt, like the “six flying imams” did in 2006 & expected a payday (just like the six imams got from US Airways).
At least Ahmed’s baseless lawsuit fell flat.
What an “intelligent” looking collection of smelly slobs in that mosque. Too many exposed dirty feet. I don’t care how many times they wash.
The idiot FBI DEI hire assured us it wasn’t islamic terrorism.
That’s when I knew it absolutely was.
Sometimes these idiots try to pin jihadist attempts on patriots. When Pakistani-born Faisel tried to blow up Times Square, Bloomberg said it was someone upset with Obamacare.
Bloomberg isn’t on Obamacare himself, but took the opportunity to slander the right for sharing his opinion of it.
(Only Jussie Smollet tried a more retarded slander. Hence, only Oprah & Queer Latifah believe it.)
The hypocrisy here is stunning. If a member of a say a “White Supremacy” group committed an similar act of mass murder every single person who frequented their meeting house would have been arrested immediately and detained and questioned as accomplices and accessories. Muslims…… Meh
It figures that the murderous jihadist who That horrific jihad vehicle terror murder and maiming Islamic attack in the city of New Orleans on New Years night was a devout mosque member. This is a reminder that there is much talk about rooting out the ideology of Islamic terrorism. What is not mentioned is that the foundation of this type of terrorism is the theology of Islam’s “holy book” the Quran. For the Quran instructs in the use of violence and killing for the advancement of Islam. As found in, for example, 2:191. 5:33. 9:5, 111.123. 47:4. Therefore Islam is a false ,dangerous and deadly religion.
As for Shamsad Din Jabbar,, it’s best to keep it in mind that after he died in a shootout with the police after he committed those mass murders in the city of New Orleans had a very blatant “reality check.” For in his deluded Islamic viewpoint, which he obtained from the Qur’ an, instead of finding himself in some type of paradise, to his shock and horror he found himself trapped and suffering terribly in the fires of hell, which is described in the Bible, Luke 16:19-24. Matthew 13:41-42. For the Bible informs its reader that a murder “will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:21 [N.K.J.V.] Furthermore, Revelation 21:8 also confirms this.
That Muslim Din Jabbar, became literally as it’s termed “dangerous to self and others” because he believed in the falsehood of the promises of the Qur an and likewise his blind unquestioned faith. In the false religion which is Islam.
With this new information about that murderous jihadist Shamsad Din Jabbar, it may truly be said that Islam is a “Death cult” That is valid and true statement. That death inflicting Muslim terrorist who killed many people in the city of New Orleans in New Year’s night is but one of many examples of that terrible truth.
The reason why this is so is because Islam “holy book,’ the Qur ‘an has instructions for the violence of killing and being killed while fighting in the jihad for the advancement of Islam as found in the Qur’ an ,for example, Surah 2:191. 4:89. 9:5, 123. 47:4. This is most terrible.
Furthermore, many a times members of different jihad terror/ murder entities., Each of the own jihad terror group have gathered together and chanted about Westerners and themselves ,over and over again, “They love life , we love death.”
It should be k known that the Muslims terrorist , Shamsad Din Jabbar using a who viciously murdered fourteen people and severely injured more than two dozen people in a vehicle jihad attack in the city of New Orleans at a New year’s event that engaging in a not a kind of “ warped Islam “ was actual Qur’an based Islam.
For the Qur ‘an instructs in Surah 9:123 “ O you who believe ! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you..” Din Jabbar in that vehicular Islamic attack was maliciously showing those people who aren’t Muslims “disbelievers” in the city very much harshness.
Likewise, gives instructions in Surah 47:4 Whenever you encounter the disbelievers strike off their heads until you make a great slaughter among them…” Din Jabbar, using a truck in a jihadist Islamic terrorist attack was able to inflect a greater “slaughter a among them than a \sword can.
In spite of all the facts of reality , some people still make the false claim that “Islam is peaceful , non-violent religion.” That claim both bogus and 100% balderdash.
I hope that now Trump is in the WH and the justice department is under his control, there will be a significant audit of this terror promoting mosque and its imams.