Solejman the killer of Tolley Square Mall of Salt Lake City is he another Jihadist copycat?

Just have heard the Press Conference from the SLC Ploice regarding the killing of 5 people at Trolley Square, a popular Mall in SLC.  An off duty Ogden Police Officer celebrating Valentine's Day early with his wife in SLC took the killer out.  He was armed to the teeth with a 38 caliber pistol, either a 12 or 14 gauge shot gun, backpack and a bandolero belt full of bullets/magazines.

Not much info on this guy.  He does have a criminal record when a minor but per the police it was minor compared to this.  They will not give out info on his background and whether he finished High School.  His first name,Solejman, sounds Islamic to me and may be a English transliteration of Sulejman,Suleyman, Sulayman, Sulaymaniyah, Suleiman.  See this link for all the derivations of this name: From Wikipedia

• Suleiman bin Abd al-Malik (c. 674 - 717) (Arabic: ÓáíãÇä Èä ÚÈÏ Çáãáß) was an Umayyad caliph who ruled Damascus  from 715 until 717. His father was Abd al-Malik, and he was a younger brother of the previous caliph, al-Walid I.

From The Ottomans: Suleyman

Suleyman in his time was regarded as the most significant ruler in the world, by both Muslims and Europeans. His military empire expanded greatly both to the east and west, and he threatened to overrun the heart of Europe itself. In Constantinople, he embarked on vast cultural and architectural projects. Istanbul in the middle of the sixteenth century was architecturally the most energetic and innovative city in the world. While he was a brilliant military strategist and canny politician, he was also a cultivator of the arts. Suleyman's poetry is among the best poetry in Islam, and he sponsored an army of artists, religious thinkers, and philosophers that outshone the most educated courts of Europe.

 The Europeans called him "The Magnificent," but the Ottomans called him Kanuni, or "The Lawgiver." The Suleymanie Mosque, built for Suleyman, describes Suleyman in its inscription as Nashiru kawanin al-Sultaniyye , or "Propagator of the Sultanic Laws." The primacy of Suleyman as a law-giver is at the foundation of his place in Islamic history and world view. It is perhaps important to step back a moment and closely examine this title to fully understand Suleyman's place in history. 

 

Here is the Story with Link

The Salt Lake Tribune

Article Last Updated: 02/13/2007 12:43:56 PM MST

The 18-year-old man who shot and killed at least five people Monday night at Trolley Square has been identified as Solejman Talovic, a Bosnian refugee who lived in Salt Lake City.

Little additional information was released about Talovic.
    The Bosnian community, which numbers about 3,000 in Utah, planned a press conference later this afternoon.
    Talovic parked his car in the west parking lot and walked into the mall, encountering two people, whom he shot. Then he walked further into the mall and shot a woman, said Police Chief Chris Burbank.
    He then walked to a gift shop and shot five people. He shot several other people before he was gunned down by an off-duty Ogden police officer assisted by four Salt Lake City police officers, Burbank said.
    He had a backpack that carried numerous rounds of ammunition as well as a .38-caliber handgun, said the chief.
    Police have no motive in the killing 

 

 

Is this another Jihadist copy cat home grown in the USA. 

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2. Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 22, is charged with nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to cause bodily injury.
• From The Herald-Sun, with thanks to Charles Johnson:

  In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate.

  To whom it may concern:

  I am writing this letter to inform you of my reasons for premeditating and attempting to murder citizens and residents of the United States of America on Friday, March 3, 2006 in the city of Chapel Hill, North Carolina by running them over with my automobile and stabbing them with a knife if the opportunities are presented to me by Allah.

  I did intend to use a handgun to murder the citizens and residents of Chapel Hill, North Carolina but the process of receiving a permit for a handgun in this city is highly restricted and out of my reach at the present, most likely due to my foreign nationality.

  I am a servant of Allah. I am 22 years of age and I was born in Tehran, Iran. My father, mother and older sister immigrated to the United States in 1985 when I was two years of age and I've lived in the United States ever since.

  I attended elementary, middle and high school in North Carolina and I was accepted into the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I began my college career in August 2001 and graduated in December 2005 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy with Allah's help.

  I do not wish to pursue my career as a student any further because I have no desire to amass the impermanent and temporary fame and material wealth this world has to offer. However I made the decision to continue my studies and to graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill so that the world will know that Allah's servants are very intelligent.

  Due to the killing of believing men and women under the direction of the United States government, I have decided to take advantage of my presence on United States soil on Friday, March 3, 2006 to take the lives of as many Americans and American sympathizers as I can in order to punish the United States for their immoral actions around the world.

  In the Qur'an, Allah states that the believing men and women have permission to murder anyone responsible for the killing of other believing men and women. I know that the Qur'an is a legitimate and authoritative holy scripture since it is completely validated by modern science and also mathematically encoded with the number 19 beyond human ability. After extensive contemplation and reflection, I have made the decision to exercise the right of violent retaliation that Allah has given me to the fullest extent to which I am capable at present.

  I have chosen the particular location on the University campus as my target since I know there is a high likelihood that I will kill several people before being killed myself or jailed and sent to prison if Allah wills. Allah's commandments are never to be questioned and all of Allah's commandments must be obeyed. Those who violate Allah's commandments and purposefully follow human fabrication and falsehood as their religion will burn in fire for eternity in accordance with Allah's will.

  Sincerely yours,

  Mohammed Reza Taheri-Azar

3. John Allan Mohammed, the Washington Sniper 

Here is article from WaPo America's Muslims Aren't as Assimilated as You Think

I hope I am wrong but Solejman Talovic, a Bosnian refugee,may be a Copy Cat Home Grown Jihadist....

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