Colleen LaRose is a first, a Pennsylvania woman convicted of trying to foster a Jihad, or Muslim Holy War hence her nickname “Jihad Jane”. Specifically, her charges are attempting to transport suspected terrorists into America and trying to convince other women to marry them and do the same. Her boyfriend Kurt Gorman admitted that while LaRose would disappear on occasion, he knew nothing of her radical activities. Currently, her charges include conspiring to aid terrorists, conspiring to kill someone overseas (a Swedish cartoonist she felt offended Muslims), lying to the FBI and stealing her ex-boyfriend's passport. She has pled not guilty and her trial is set for May 3rd. When speaking about the case, Rep. Charles Dent, R.-Pa said, “homegrown radicalism is a real threat.”
Do you agree with Dent and feel more proponents of a violent Jihad will begin to emerge in America or is this just a crazy, one-off case?
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