Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, the man who drove a car into New Years Eve revelers on Bourbon Street after praising the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or ISIS, had been a member of a Houston mosque where an imam claimed that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler massacred Jews because they controlled the economy.
Jabbar’s terrorist attack claimed the lives of 14 people, and he died in a shootout with police during the attack. His attack injured more than 30 people.
Masjid Bilal in northern Houston, where Jabbar had been a member, sent a message to the community about the attack. The mosque urged the community, “It is crucial that we stay united at this time as we condemn these terrible acts.”
Yet the mosque faces more scrutiny in the attack’s aftermath. The Middle East Media Research Institute unearthed a video showing Imam Eiad Soudan discussing the Jews and Hitler on Nov….
