A MOA video released in 2010 showed a map of states where it had “Islamic villages” at that time. Ohio was listed.
A Fuqra member from Ohio named William Cain killed Dr. Mozaffar Ahmad, a leader of the Ahmadiyya sect, on August 3, 1983 in Canton, Michigan. He then died while carrying out a firebombing of the Ahmadiyya Center in Detroit, as did Fuqra member Calvin Jones.[1]
MOA texts refer to Akron, OH as being the location of one of its earliest communities. At least one cell existed in Ohio as of 2001.[2]
A member of MOA named Muhammad Khalid from Akron was abducted and murdered. His body was found months later. MOA claims he was killed by the Zionist conspiracy.[3]
[1] Al-Fuqra: Holy Warriors of Terrorism.” (1993). Anti-Defamation League: http://archive.adl.org/extremism/moa/al-fuqra.pdf
[2] “Memorandum: Fuqra.” (2001). Colorado Department of Corrections.
[3] Target Islam: Exposing the Malicious Conspiracy of the Zionists Against the World of Islam and Prominent Muslim Leaders. (1994). Quranic Open University and Pakistan Foundation for Strategic Studies.
