November 09, 2007
To Readers From Rusty: Thank You
Hey everybody, just wanted to take a minute and thank you for all of your support.
Has Inshallahshaheed's threat against my family caused me alarm? Well, inasmuch as Samir Khan wished that I was "eradicated from the earth by a Mujaahid", and inasmuch as Samir has a pretty large following among self-styled mujahideens here in the U.S. then, yes, I was a bit alarmed.
Especially given that he also wished to terrorize my family, "O Allah kill Rusty Shackleford and terrorize his family."
So, a little more worried than usual. Not as worried as when the Taliban noticed who I was. Not as worried as I was when I received my first death threat. But yes, worried. Maybe worried is too dramatic a word. Angst? A tad nervous?
What I want to suggest is that I'm not doing much of anything different than usual. A few more precautions here and there, nothing more.
I appreciate all the letters of support and the generous donations many readers have sent via paypal. Thank you.
But please, I beg of you, stop asking me to post Samir's address. And please, pretty please, do not respond to Samir's threats against my life in kind. I appreciate the sentiment that many of you have volunteered to offer me protective assistance in the form of a good ass-kicking to Samir, but if any actual harm came to him we would just be making him a martyr for his lost cause.
Please do Samir no harm nor threaten him in any way with physical violence. He's just not worth the effort.
The best thing we can do is be vigilant in exposing Samir and his cadre of online jihadis for what they are. By exposing the evil ideology that is political Islam.
Again, thanks to each and every one of you for your support.
