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Aurora Theater Shooter James Holmes Reportedly Converts To Islam In Prison
March 21, 2013
Aurora Theater Shooter James Holmes Reportedly Converts to Islam in Prison
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On March 21, 2013 @ 2:27 pm In The Point
This is far from proven, but if Holmes did indeed covert to Islam, he wouldn't be the first prisoner to go Mohammedan behind bars. This story does come from a prison source to the National Enquirer, which can be unpredictably right and wrong. So take it with some salt.
The man who shot up an Aurora, Colo., movie theater during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" last summer has reportedly converted to Islam and prays up to five times a day.
A prison source say the beard James Holmes sported in court last months represents his new-found faith. The source said Mr. Holmes has turned Muslim as a way of justifying his horrific crimes on July 20 which left 12 people dead and 58 people wounded, the Daily Mail reports.
"He has brainwashed himself into believing he was on his own personal jihad and that his victims were infidels," the source told the National Enquirer.
Mr. Holmes now prays five times a day, sticks to a strict Muslim diet and spends hours each day studying the Koran, the source told the Enquirer.
But most Muslim inmates are not happy with the convict's new religion.
Well yes. There are enough Muslims engaging in mass killings. Having a non-Muslim mass killer convert is like shipping coals to Newcastle or murderers to Islam.
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