and I cannot remember if they were born in the US.
Early life
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John Allen Muhammad was born John Allen Williams in
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, to Ernest and Eva Williams. John and his family moved to
New Orleans when his mother was diagnosed with
breast cancer; she died when he was three years old.
[6] His father left the family soon afterward, leaving John to be raised mainly by his maternal grandfather and an aunt.
In 1987, at the age of 26, Williams joined the
Nation of Islam, and subsequently helped provide security for the "
Million Man March" in 1995. Nation of Islam leader
Louis Farrakhan has publicly distanced himself and his organization from the D.C. sniper attacks.
[7]
In 1999, Williams
kidnapped his children and took them to Antigua, apparently engaging in credit card and immigration document fraud. It was during this time that he became close with
Lee Boyd Malvo, a Jamaican child who later acted as his partner in the killings.
African Americans generally don't join radical Islamic movements; they change their name, join the NOI and are peaceful.
You're being intellectually disingenuous**. You say that as if they have
NO bodies in the streets. Who killed Malcolm? Why did Elijah Muhammad have to go from city-to-city before settling down? Who harmed MLK's mother (I know, I know but still)? 1973 Hanafi Muslim massacre? Beef between the 5%er's vs NOI?