Wahhabi: Zukorlić is Jewish, American spy

The trial of a group of 15 Sandzak Wahhabis facing terrorism charges continued in Belgrade today. The Special Organized Crime Court heard one of the accused, Fuad Hodzic, reject all counts of the indictment against him, calling it a "joke". Wahhabi: Zukorlic is Jewish, American spy "We were not preparing any terrorist acts, nor the murder of Mufti Muamer Zukorilic. It's a joke that we were planning to attack the Novi Pazar police station, we have families and children, what would we achieve with this, police would kill us and our children," he told a panel of judges. Hodzic also denied that he and others accused of plotting terror attacks were planning to strike at U.S. embassy in Belgrade, and Serbia's National Theater, also in the capital. "I swear on Allah, there are guys here, who, if you set them free now, wouldn't know how to find their way home, much less that to the embassy," he said. Hodzic, just like the others from the group who previously rejected the indictment, accused Zukorlic of being a "Jewish and American spy" who "disrespects Islam." "Zukorlic has a shooting range where he trains his people, and he even sends them to U.S. base of Bondstill to Kosovo. The mufti does not set foot in the mosque, he does not pray, he hides behind Islam," the accused Wahhabi alleged, and added that Islam was not equal to politics and support to local Sandzak leaders, Sulejman Ugljanin or Rasim Ljajic. He also accused Labor Minister Rasim Ljajic of "helping Zukorlic the most." A part of the indictment accuses Hodzic that he, in March 2007, told his arresting officer: "You are my enemy, and, God willing, it won't be like this for long. I do not recognize this state and its laws, but only Allah, the only one. I am now Bin Laden to you, your mortal enemy. I am a slave to Allah, while you are enslaved by service and money. This will be the second Srebrenica, gun to the head, bullet to the forehead, God willing. When our time comes, there will be no, 'stop, or we'll shoot'; we will shoot right away." Now Hodzic told the judges that the police officer was behaving "offensively" while arresting him, and that he was not allowed to pray. "I told the policeman that this is perhaps what he had learned in Srebrenica, gun to the head, bullet to the forehead, and that he can go ahead and kill me. Then he said, 'what does your wife do while you're here in the forest,' and, Allah, I got goose pimples at this, I am sensitive when it comes to my family. I told him, I am Bin Laden, and you are a rabbit, so don't pretend to be a lion in that uniform. Allah, his colleagues laughed. I told him, you humiliated me and my religion, and, God willing, Allah will humiliate you," Hodzic said. Hodzic also said that if he had uttered the words as stated in the indictment, "the policemen would surely have beaten me so badly that I would remember it for the rest of my life," but then added that the arresting officer was "too scared to search him." When Judge Maja Kovacevic Tomic asked why the policeman was scared, the Wahhabi answered, "because, Allah, he was wrong, and because angels told him he was wrong." As for the reasons they were found and arrested along with a huge cache of weapons and explosives on Mt. Nanija, some 30 kilometers from Novi Pazar, in March last year, Hodzic said this was so to organize defense "in case Zukorlic's men attacked them." "The mufti is working according to the advice he gets from the American embassy, but he too will, God willing, be given what is good for him by Allah. This mufti too will break his neck, God willing, you will see. He spurs turmoil and chaos in order to stay in power," he said. When the presiding judge, Milan Ranic, asked Hodzic to clarify his remark about "breaking the neck", and to explain his relations with non-Muslims, Hodzic said that "after death, people will go back to life, when Allah will judge them." "Allah can also judge while one is still alive, a man can get sick, or something, and also, other things can happen to him. You know how it is, when you live in mixed neighborhood, don't touch me, I won't touch you," Hodzic answered. Then he went on to say that "until recently", Serbia was "the most democratic country when it came to accepting Islam," and even praised police officers for being "always polite, having never searched him," but instead advising him to "drive slow." As for the food and money confiscated during the arrest, Hodzic claims they were meant for the poor. The Wahhabi started his statement in court today with a prayer. The trial continues in Belgrade tomorrow. Three of the 15 accused Wahhabis during the trial (FoNet)

Wahhabi: Zukorlić is Jewish, American spy

"We were not preparing any terrorist acts, nor the murder of Mufti Muamer Zukorilić. It's a joke that we were planning to attack the Novi Pazar police station, we have families and children, what would we achieve with this, police would kill us and our children," he told a panel of judges.

Hodžić also denied that he and others accused of plotting terror attacks were planning to strike at U.S. embassy in Belgrade, and Serbia's National Theater, also in the capital.

"I swear on Allah, there are guys here, who, if you set them free now, wouldn't know how to find their way home, much less that to the embassy," he said.

Hodžić, just like the others from the group who previously rejected the indictment, accused Zukorlić of being a "Jewish and American spy" who "disrespects Islam."

"Zukorlić has a shooting range where he trains his people, and he even sends them to U.S. base of Bondstill to Kosovo. The mufti does not set foot in the mosque, he does not pray, he hides behind Islam," the accused Wahhabi alleged, and added that Islam was not equal to politics and support to local Sandžak leaders, Sulejman Ugljanin or Rasim Ljajić.

He also accused Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić of "helping Zukorlić the most."

A part of the indictment accuses Hodžić that he, in March 2007, told his arresting officer: "You are my enemy, and, God willing, it won't be like this for long. I do not recognize this state and its laws, but only Allah, the only one. I am now Bin Laden to you, your mortal enemy. I am a slave to Allah, while you are enslaved by service and money. This will be the second Srebrenica, gun to the head, bullet to the forehead, God willing. When our time comes, there will be no, 'stop, or we'll shoot'; we will shoot right away."

Now Hodžić told the judges that the police officer was behaving "offensively" while arresting him, and that he was not allowed to pray.

"I told the policeman that this is perhaps what he had learned in Srebrenica, gun to the head, bullet to the forehead, and that he can go ahead and kill me. Then he said, 'what does your wife do while you're here in the forest,' and, Allah, I got goose pimples at this, I am sensitive when it comes to my family. I told him, I am Bin Laden, and you are a rabbit, so don't pretend to be a lion in that uniform. Allah, his colleagues laughed. I told him, you humiliated me and my religion, and, God willing, Allah will humiliate you," Hodžić said.

Hodžić also said that if he had uttered the words as stated in the indictment, "the policemen would surely have beaten me so badly that I would remember it for the rest of my life," but then added that the arresting officer was "too scared to search him."

When Judge Maja Kovačević Tomić asked why the policeman was scared, the Wahhabi answered, "because, Allah, he was wrong, and because angels told him he was wrong."

As for the reasons they were found and arrested along with a huge cache of weapons and explosives on Mt. Nanija, some 30 kilometers from Novi Pazar, in March last year, Hodžić said this was so to organize defense "in case Zukorlić's men attacked them."

"The mufti is working according to the advice he gets from the American embassy, but he too will, God willing, be given what is good for him by Allah. This mufti too will break his neck, God willing, you will see. He spurs turmoil and chaos in order to stay in power," he said.

When the presiding judge, Milan Ranić, asked Hodžić to clarify his remark about "breaking the neck", and to explain his relations with non-Muslims, Hodžić said that "after death, people will go back to life, when Allah will judge them."

"Allah can also judge while one is still alive, a man can get sick, or something, and also, other things can happen to him. You know how it is, when you live in mixed neighborhood, don't touch me, I won't touch you," Hodžić answered.

Then he went on to say that "until recently", Serbia was "the most democratic country when it came to accepting Islam," and even praised police officers for being "always polite, having never searched him," but instead advising him to "drive slow."

As for the food and money confiscated during the arrest, Hodžić claims they were meant for the poor.

The Wahhabi started his statement in court today with a prayer.

The trial continues in Belgrade tomorrow.