Zuhdi Jasser on Siraj Wahhaj: ‘He Is the Tip of The Iceberg of a Conveyor Belt of Radicalization’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT HEGSETH Welcome ░░░░░░░░ Alarming new details about ░░░░░░░░ Jihadi suspect in New ░░░░░░░░ accused of training abused ░░░░░░░░ to commit school shootings ░░░░░░░░ documents now revealing he ░░░░░░░░ the son of a ░░░░░░░░ Brooklyn Imam with ties ░░░░░░░░ the 1993 World Trade ░░░░░░░░ attack Here to react ░░░░░░░░ and president of the ░░░░░░░░ Islamic Forum for Democracy ░░░░░░░░ the author of A ░░░░░░░░ For the Soul of ░░░░░░░░ Dr Zuhdi Jasser Thanks ░░░░░░░░ being here this morning ░░░░░░░░ details of what happened ░░░░░░░░ that compound incredibly disturbing ░░░░░░░░ far as the treatment ░░░░░░░░ kids and what they ░░░░░░░░ training to potentially do ░░░░░░░░ we have these ties ░░░░░░░░ to this very controversial ░░░░░░░░ in Brooklyn tied to ░░░░░░░░ Islam What do you ░░░░░░░░ of it all JASSER ░░░░░░░░ have to tell you ░░░░░░░░ my book as you ░░░░░░░░ I wrote in 2013 ░░░░░░░░ an Imam this no ░░░░░░░░ fish sort of a ░░░░░░░░ we never heard of ░░░░░░░░ we hear often in ░░░░░░░░ terror incidents and findings ░░░░░░░░ is a leading Imam ░░░░░░░░ the Islamic establishment in ░░░░░░░░ He was the Vice ░░░░░░░░ of Islamic Center of ░░░░░░░░ America He has been ░░░░░░░░ fundraiser for hundreds of ░░░░░░░░ The Council of American ░░░░░░░░ Relations he has been ░░░░░░░░ their board So now ░░░░░░░░ certainly has led authorities ░░░░░░░░ find his son His ░░░░░░░░ was the ringleader He ░░░░░░░░ two daughters there Grand ░░░░░░░░ And he on Facebook ░░░░░░░░ social media had been ░░░░░░░░ he lost his kids ░░░░░░░░ yesterday Pete when he ░░░░░░░░ giving supposedly spontaneous press ░░░░░░░░ he basically again dug ░░░░░░░░ heels in and said ░░░░░░░░ had been looking for ░░░░░░░░ They were strung out ░░░░░░░░ you know what Pete ░░░░░░░░ were strung out on ░░░░░░░░ Islamism He may not ░░░░░░░░ been a militant but ░░░░░░░░ has been for decades ░░░░░░░░ gateway drug for radicalization ░░░░░░░░ is the tip of ░░░░░░░░ iceberg almost like an ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ my kids got on ░░░░░░░░ and other drugs Well ░░░░░░░░ may not have been ░░░░░░░░ but at the end ░░░░░░░░ the day he was ░░░░░░░░ mentor for many radicals ░░░░░░░░ has been and I ░░░░░░░░ been screaming it for ░░░░░░░░ even on your show ░░░░░░░░ seven years ago I ░░░░░░░░ about him when he ░░░░░░░░ going to speak at ░░░░░░░░ DNC And yet now ░░░░░░░░ is putting his hands ░░░░░░░░ saying he doesn t ░░░░░░░░ how his kids got ░░░░░░░░ Pete Doctor this could ░░░░░░░░ gone really the wrong ░░░░░░░░ At some level this ░░░░░░░░ is saying I don ░░░░░░░░ know where my sons ░░░░░░░░ daughters are That may ░░░░░░░░ may not be true ░░░░░░░░ does still hold responsibility ░░░░░░░░ the fact that if ░░░░░░░░ are radicals who did ░░░░░░░░ to do violence they ░░░░░░░░ that somewhere Absolutely He ░░░░░░░░ a character witness in ░░░░░░░░ for the blind sheikh ░░░░░░░░ committed the world trade ░░░░░░░░ bombing in 93 Gave ░░░░░░░░ first prayer to the ░░░░░░░░ who sponsored him a ░░░░░░░░ doing 23 years for ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of thousands of ░░░░░░░░ from qaddafi to try ░░░░░░░░ kill the kings of ░░░░░░░░ Arabia I can give ░░░░░░░░ an example in 1995 ░░░░░░░░ saw him personally hold ░░░░░░░░ quart ran quran Is ░░░░░░░░ a separationist and he ░░░░░░░░ not be Al Qaeda ░░░░░░░░ may not be ISIS ░░░░░░░░ is the tip of ░░░░░░░░ iceberg of a conveyor ░░░░░░░░ of radicalization Pete this ░░░░░░░░ a defining moment for ░░░░░░░░ We need new leadership ░░░░░░░░ need reform We need ░░░░░░░░ own up to the ░░░░░░░░ drug that are leading ░░░░░░░░ like this guy and ░░░░░░░░ today the Islamic organizations ░░░░░░░░ saying don t offend ░░░░░░░░ family It s a ░░░░░░░░ time for him Be ░░░░░░░░ You know what How ░░░░░░░░ would he be compassionate ░░░░░░░░ our kids being radicalized ░░░░░░░░ imams like this guy ░░░░░░░░ Wow Dr Zuhdi jasser ░░░░░░░░ inanxiety It s a ░░░░░░░░ reminder even in the ░░░░░░░░ of Brooklyn guys are ░░░░░░░░ there still in mosques ░░░░░░░░ this kind of hate ░░░░░░░░ thank you for your ░░░░░░░░ We appreciate it.