San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook shared
ISIS’ ideology, wanted to see the establishment
of an Islamic caliphate and was fixated with
Israel, Farook’s father told an Italian newspaper
during an interview in which he also offered his
own unusual ideas about Israel.
“My son said that he shared [ISIS leader Abu
Bakr] Al Baghdadi’s ideology and supported the
creation of the Islamic State,” said Farook's
dad, also named Syed Farook, who lives in
Corona, Calif., with another son who is a Navy
veteran. “He was also obsessed with Israel.”
“I told him he had to stay calm and be patient
because in two years Israel will not exist
anymore,” the elder Farook told La Stampa in an
article published Sunday. The foreign language
daily’s report was translated in part by The
Times of Israel .
“Geopolitics is changing: Russia, China and
America don’t want Jews there anymore. They
are going to bring the Jews back to Ukraine.
What is the point of fighting? We have already
done it and we lost. Israel is not to be fought
with weapons, but with politics. But he did not
listen to me, he was obsessed,” the father said
in the interview, according to The Times of
Israel.
The younger Farook and his wife, Tashfeen
Malik, slaughtered 14 people at a Christmas
party on Dec. 2. Farook and Malik were killed
during a shootout with police later that day.
The elder Farook’s ex-wife and the mother of
his children, Rafia, said in court papers filed
during divorce proceedings in 2006 that her
then-husband had a history of substance abuse.
“My husband is mentally ill and is on medication
but is also an alcoholic and drinks with the
medicine,” she said, according to The New York
Times.
He disputed the allegations.
“[Farook’s] mother is very religious, as he was,
and they united against me,” the father said.
“Once we had a dispute over the historical figure
of Jesus. My son called me a godless person
and he decided that my marriage with my wife
had to end. They destroyed the family.”
ISIS’ ideology, wanted to see the establishment
of an Islamic caliphate and was fixated with
Israel, Farook’s father told an Italian newspaper
during an interview in which he also offered his
own unusual ideas about Israel.
“My son said that he shared [ISIS leader Abu
Bakr] Al Baghdadi’s ideology and supported the
creation of the Islamic State,” said Farook's
dad, also named Syed Farook, who lives in
Corona, Calif., with another son who is a Navy
veteran. “He was also obsessed with Israel.”
“I told him he had to stay calm and be patient
because in two years Israel will not exist
anymore,” the elder Farook told La Stampa in an
article published Sunday. The foreign language
daily’s report was translated in part by The
Times of Israel .
“Geopolitics is changing: Russia, China and
America don’t want Jews there anymore. They
are going to bring the Jews back to Ukraine.
What is the point of fighting? We have already
done it and we lost. Israel is not to be fought
with weapons, but with politics. But he did not
listen to me, he was obsessed,” the father said
in the interview, according to The Times of
Israel.
The younger Farook and his wife, Tashfeen
Malik, slaughtered 14 people at a Christmas
party on Dec. 2. Farook and Malik were killed
during a shootout with police later that day.
The elder Farook’s ex-wife and the mother of
his children, Rafia, said in court papers filed
during divorce proceedings in 2006 that her
then-husband had a history of substance abuse.
“My husband is mentally ill and is on medication
but is also an alcoholic and drinks with the
medicine,” she said, according to The New York
Times.
He disputed the allegations.
“[Farook’s] mother is very religious, as he was,
and they united against me,” the father said.
“Once we had a dispute over the historical figure
of Jesus. My son called me a godless person
and he decided that my marriage with my wife
had to end. They destroyed the family.”
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