Report: Nusra Front Brainwashing Christians to Pledge Allegiance

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Several Christian youth who hail from the northern coastal city of Tripoli have reportedly converted to Islam and pledged allegiance to the al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front similar to Elie al-Warraq, who was detained by the military intelligence.

Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday that al-Warraq, 22, who resides in Tripoli and hails from the northern district of Akkar, converted to extremist Islam and pledged allegiance to al-Nusra Front similar to other youth in the northern city.

The daily said that western intelligence is also pursuing a Christian Lebanese man who converted to Islam and arrived in Beirut a month ago.

“We are a patriotic family,” Tony al-Warraq, Elie's father, said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.

He stressed that the family supports the state and the army, expressing surprise at Elie's behavior and describing it as “abnormal.”

“We obtained information recently that a group tried to involve him in a security act.”

Tony expressed gratitude to the army intelligence for detaining Elie “before he got involved in any security act,” considering his son a “victim of ideas that some people planted in his mind.”

Elie, who is also known as Abou Ali, according to An Nahar newspaper confessed that he was involved in a scheme targeting several areas in Akkar and Tripoli.

He also testified to the military intelligence with hefty information that helped in foiling terrorist schemes.

Al-Warraq was detained along with Bassam Hussam al-Naboush and Syrian national Muhannad Ali Mohammed Abdul Qader, who were plotting to carry out terrorist operations against army posts and residential neighborhoods, the Army Command said in a communique issued on Thursday.

The army said that they were moving around the country with fake Syrian and Palestinian IDs.

As Safir newspaper reported that Elie's family is not certain if he converted to Islam or not as his relatives stressed that he repeatedly denied any ties with extremist groups.

However, Elie's close acquaintances expressed belief that he converted to Islam without registering that at state institutions, revealing that he recited the Quran on several occasions.

Elie has recently traveled to Turkey for a month on a sudden, leaving his training at the Internal Security Forces. He headed to Turkey again after a while and stayed their for two months.

Sources estimated in comments to As Safir that Elie moved from Turkey into Syria during that time.

Elie and al-Naboush have been under close surveillance by the security forces before they were arrested.

The charges against the three detainees involve “pledging allegiance to terrorist groups, taking part in combat in Syria, attacking the (Lebanese) army, and participating in the clashes between the Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh districts of Tripoli.”

Last weekend, two suicide bombers who hail from Tripoli's al-Mankoubeen targeted a packed cafe in Jabal Mohsen, killing nine and wounding 37 others.

H.K.

G.K.

Comments 16
Default-user-icon shareef_jaber aka mowaten (Guest) 16 January 2015, 09:03

and your hizb attracts and converts intellectuals, professors, and scientists ma heik?

Default-user-icon hassoun1987 (Guest) 16 January 2015, 09:33

Those iranian mercenaries.....

Default-user-icon Je Suis Flamethrower (Guest) 16 January 2015, 09:35

Je suis Flamethrower, Je suis alaouite, Je suis un terroriste

Missing humble 16 January 2015, 11:07

Can Christians be brainwashed? Of course. The evidence shows all the followers of the Caporal are completely brainwashed. A total disaster.

Thumb -phoenix1 16 January 2015, 14:02

Well said Humble, like that SOB who ordered the killing of Yves, an innocent man who did nothing wrong to deserve to be killed. Where did the sob go but hide in Hezbollah areas, protected by whom? We Christians have our rejects and they are quite a few around, so if they can be converted to do things against their conscience, let not only these criminals Al Nusra take them, but anyone who wants our trash. Also what Saturn said is absolute truth.

Default-user-icon indeed karim (Guest) 16 January 2015, 11:28

you make me laugh karim

Thumb saturn 16 January 2015, 12:12

So basically it's like this:

- if a Christian does not convert to Islam he is executed
- if a Christian converts to Islam he is sent to die
- if a Muslim converts to Christianity he is executed

whatever the way, you die!

Thumb -phoenix1 16 January 2015, 14:06

Saturn, bravo, you said it perfectly, nothing to add but to thank you for such a brilliant post.

Thumb ado.australia 16 January 2015, 16:54

Fanatic extremists always convert the disenfranchised, desperate, lost and mentally unstable... no matter how they were raised!

Thumb Mystic 16 January 2015, 12:17

A Mad hater from Texas USA. We got enough of them Southern, one more wont make any difference.

Thumb Mystic 16 January 2015, 12:18

Texas, you seem to ignore the fact, that your beloved ISF agents actually smuggled Al Nusra women across Lebanon & Syria.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 January 2015, 13:55

Using the same logic, Hizbis are agents of Israel.

Default-user-icon res (Guest) 16 January 2015, 14:15

christians are gullible and easily brainwashed, not like shi3as.

Missing Je_suis@libonase 16 January 2015, 15:12

Christians,muslims,jews,or what ever who cares what your personal beliefs are everyone should just get along with each other we are all created by the samething (unless you fell out of the sky ) RESPECT is a two way street you have give to get . Anyone who kills an innocent is a criminal in any culture or religion . Please everyone if you have nothing nice or positive to say just stay quiet until you do ( have a nice day )

Thumb ado.australia 16 January 2015, 17:00

Whether Muslim or Christian, any person willing to kill civilians and "infidels", that are innocent men, women, elderly or children... they are inhumane criminals that deserve and require only one type of punishment.

Thumb ado.australia 16 January 2015, 17:01

jews are exempt because of the holocaust