A member of the mosque where Oklahoma beheading suspect Alton Nolen worshiped says his fellow Muslims there preached violence, hatred and support for groups like Hamas.
"[What was] talked about was the choice offered to all non-Muslims at one point or another that you're going to have to either convert [or] live under Islamic rule … and live in submission to an Islamic State or caliphate," the member, who calls himself "Noor," said Tuesday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on
Newsmax TV.
"And the last choice that you have if you reject those two … is jihad."
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"Noor," who is using a pseudonym because he fears for his life, said that was just the beginning.
"[There was] an open support for Hamas and other groups that supported suicide bombings in Israel," he said.
"I was told by two mosque members that if Osama Bin Laden came to their door they would invite him in and would protect him from law enforcement because he's a Muslim brother and we have to protect him from the unbelievers."
Things got even more disturbing when "Noor" said he was invited with several other members to target practice with a cache of firearms.
"When we got up there and the targets were laid out … one of the converts said, 'Well, this target is going to be George W. Bush and this one is going to be Ariel Sharon,'" "Noor" said.
"I asked him about terrorist acts in Iraq like beheadings and suicide bombings and … he said, this is perfectly fine because this is a Muslim country and we have to do everything we can to get the crusaders out of Muslim land."
"Noor" is taking precautions to protect himself and his family.
"I'm not frightened for myself. I worry more about my family, but I believe that the truth is important and needs to get out there so I'm willing to do what I need to do," he said.
The most notorious member of the mosque emerged last month, when Nolen, 30, allegedly beheaded a former co-worker at a processing plant.
Nolen reportedly had ties to radical Islam, including a Facebook page with pictures of Osama bin Laden and phrases that praise Allah and forecast harm to the United States and Israel.
He has been charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty.
Despite Nolen's ties to radical elements, his alleged act has been classified as "workplace violence," not as terrorism.
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