Rakan Ben Williams
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Rakan Ben Williams is a name used by various Islamist propaganda outlets to identify a supposed Westerner who converted to Islam and became an al-Qaeda linked terrorist. For example, on March 10, 2006 a warning was issued through the Global Islamic Media Front stating that Rakan Ben Williams was about to commit an act of terrorism in the US.[1][2]
Despite attention in the right-wing blogosphere, "Williams's" fancied exploits, such as a pre-announced assassination of Silvio Berlusconi, received little attention in the traditional Western news media.[3] Rachel Maddow later linked the "Williams" character to "Rakan the Lone Warrior," a popular Middle Easter comic book hero: "So to recap, today‘s al-Qaeda news, a probably fake American al-Qaeda convert named after a comic book character raised by a saber-toothed tiger wants President Obama to not be like LeVar Burton, ..."[4]
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- ^ Reuven Paz (2005-11). "Rakan ben Williams: The Next Generation of Jihadi Terrorists in Europe". 3. Project for the Research of Islamist Movements. http://www.e-prism.org/images/PRISM_no_8_vol_3_-_Rakan_ben_Williams.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-22. "The message was not written just for Western eyes, but for Muslim supporters of global Jihad as well. Rakan Ben Wilyamz is not only the “new secret weapon” of global Jihad, but also a model of “super-hero” for Islamic youth."
- ^ http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD111206 MEMRI Bulletin re: March 10 threat
- ^ http://michellemalkin.com/2006/03/12/who-is-rakan-ben-williams/
- ^ Rachel Maddow Show transcript September 16, 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
