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2015-12-05 Home Front: WoT
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Tashfeen Malik linked to Red Mosque in Pak-land
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 The woman who took part in the ISIS-inspired San Bernardino massacre is linked to her native country's most notorious radical mosque, American officials believe.
Sources have told Daily Mail Online that US officials handed over information to their Pakistani counterparts about links between Tashfeen Malik and the Red Mosque in Islamabad.
| The Red Mosque. Of course she was. Why on earth would she be linked to a "moderate" mosque... |
The mosque is infamous for its links to violence and authorities in Pakistan are now considering taking action against its preacher, Maulana Abdul Aziz, after the disclosures by US officials.
It is unclear currently how law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the US have connected Malik to the mosque.
| Perhaps because they did the leg-work they should have done in the beginning? |
Radical preacher Maulana (a title given to Islamic scholars) Abdul Aziz runs the Red Mosque in Islamabad, which US officials say is linked to Tashfeen Malik, wife of Syed Farook.
The Red Mosque - Lal Masjid - is at the center of Islamabad has become known for its close association with Islamic fundamentalism. A year ago its chief cleric openly spoke of his support for ISIS.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Wednesday, a US intelligence official told Daily Mail Online that his agency was investigating Sayeed Farook's ties to known terror groups abroad, saying: 'The United States will leave no stone unturned.
'This is what we do. If he has ever communicated with ISIS, al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, or any other known Islamic threat group, we'll find out.'
American officials have now held crisis talks with one of Pakistan's most senior figures Shahbaz Sharif, brother of prime minister Nawaz Sharif, at the country's High Commission in London, sources revealed. Sources with knowledge of the meeting told Daily Mail Online that the US had handed over 'some proofs' of links to the Red Mosque.
Pakistani authorities were described as 'seriously thinking' of how to take action against Aziz, the chief cleric of the mosque.
Malik was born in Pakistan and lived there until the age of two then raised in Saudi Arabia, where she lived in Riyadh where her father, Gulzar Ahmed Malik is thought still to live. Saudi sources told ABC News that she had traveled back and forward between the two countries.
She returned to Pakistan in 2010 to study pharmacy at the Bahauddin Zakariyah University in Multan. The city, in the south of the Punjab, is believed to be where her family originally came from. Public records show that she was a high-achieving student. There are conflicting accounts of her educational achievements. She completed a three-year master's degree in pharmacy.
She was also listed as being in the fourth year of a D Pharm degree in 2014, although she may not have completed it.
| Some serious basic chemistry coursework required for a Pharm D. In case you're wondering if she would be comfortable mixing up pipe bombs in the Cali love shack... |
Intelligence agencies will be examining her time in the Punjab, the country's most populous province, where there has been a growing Pakistani Taliban threat. But the link to the Red Mosque may prompt the most rapid action by Pakistani authorities.
| Don't count on it. When 9/11 hit and we went after Afghanistan, George Bush and Colin Powell had the stones to tell Pervez Musharraf that either he'd cooperate or they'd deal with the immediate next president of Pakistan. I sure don't see Champ and Jahwn Kerry doing that to Nawaz... |
Aziz shares an ethnic background with Malik, coming from the Pakistani Punjab. He was born in Rojhan, around 200 miles from where she studied. It is so far unclear if she and the notorious cleric share a tribal background too.
Malik came to the US last year on a K-1 - fiance's - visa and received a green card after marrying Farook. The two are believed to have met online and married abroad, possibly in Saudi Arabia. Farook's lawyer has denied that he had traveled to Pakistan.
| All that may be a cover story: the "match" was arranged by ISIS to get her into the country and work with Farook on the terrorist raid. |
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