It's interesting that Westernized jihadis use blogs as G-d intended blogs to be used (as opposed to Arabized jihadis, who generally use blogs as a kind of free hosting service where they post links to other sites, or to documents, but not much else). Islam is very much a communal religion, and blogs are very much about the blogger - thus this use of blogs strikes me as fundamentally un-Islamic. But enough of the opinions of Sheikh Aaron - let's get back to the woeful tale of Bro. Ismail Royer, as presented at the Umar Lee blog:

Brother Ismail Royer sent me a several page letter a few days informing me of his situation. I have been meaning to transcribe the letter but have no had the time.

The situation is very bad for Ismail and his family so I request that you make duah for him. He had been housed at the GTMO for American-Muslim political prisoners in Terre Haute, IN. At this institution there was a lot of bullying going on and much of this was being instigated by the “intelligence officer” who runs the prison ( I am sure he is some kind of dumb jock waiting to retire so he can join the Crusader/ wife-swapping army of Erick Prince).

Ismail confronted one of the bullies who had been harassing elderly Muslim prisoners and a fight ensued. The guy who started the fight, a buddy of the intelligence officer at Terre Haute, is back on the campus chillin. Ismail, meanwhile, has been shipped off to Greenville, IL while he waits to be shipped to the most high security prison in America Florence ADX.

When I heard this news I was floored. Can anyone in their right mind tell me that a man who has never committed a violent crime and has never been a harm to anyone deserves to be in a prison reserved for the most dangerous prisoners in America?

Mr. Royer, formerly associated with CAIR, is currently serving a 20 year sentence for his work on behalf of designated Terrorist group Lashkar e Taiba. Lashkar e Taiba is notable among other things for having killed 171 people in Mumbai in 2008, among many other atrocities.

Finally, here's Umar Lee with Congressman Keith Ellison, and here's Umar Lee behind the wheel of his cab.