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Did Colorado Mosques Influence Boulder Supermarket Shooter’s Jihad?

Last year, the Colorado suburb of Arvada passed a resolution to continue resettling refugees. The municipality had already gotten a small taste of Islamic terror when one of its residents pled guilty to supporting ISIS six years ago. Shannon Conley, an American convert to Islam, was busted after she began attending services at the Faith Bible Chapel of Arvada while wearing a Burka. Worshipers noticed her taking notes and making sketches, and contacted the FBI. Conley told the FBI, “if they think I’m a terrorist, I’ll give them something to think I am.” Authorities found videos of Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki and other Jihadist material. “Even though I supported a Jihad, it was never to hurt anyone,” she claimed in court. Al-Awlaki, who attended Colorado State, headed its Muslim Students Association, and preached at the Denver Islamic Society, casts a long shadow over Colorado even after his death. But Arvada really hit the big leagues of Islamic violence when a member of a large Syr