FAISAL SHAHZAD: OK. My statement should take about five minutes to ten minutes, and I hope that the judge and the Court will listen to me before they sentence me.
In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful, this is but one life. If I am given a thousand lives, I will sacrifice them all for the sake of Allah fighting this cause, defending our lands, making the word of Allah supreme over any religion or system.
We Muslims don't abide by human-made laws, because they are always corrupt. And I had a firsthand experience when on the second day of my arrest I asked for the Miranda. And the FBI denied it to me for two weeks, effecting harm to my kids and family, and I was forced to sign those Mirandas.
The sentence by the judge will not mean anything to me, for how can I be judged when the Court does not understand the suffering of my people. They don't understand my side of the story, where the Muslim life of is no value. Therefore, the only true judgment will be on the day of resurrection when Allah will judge between me and you as to who is fighting for the just cause. So decree whatever you desire to decree, for you can only decree regarding the life of this world.
The crusading U.S. and NATO forces who have occupied the Muslim lands under the pretext of democracy and freedom for the last nine years and are saying with their mouths that they are fighting terrorism, I say to them, we don't accept your democracy nor your freedom, because we already have Sharia law and freedom. Furthermore, brace yourselves, because the war with Muslims has just begun. Consider me only a first droplet of the flood that will follow me. And only this time it's not imperial Japan or Germany, Vietnam or Russian communism. This time it's the war against people who believe in the book of Allah and follow the commandments, so this is a war against Allah.
So let's see how you can defeat your Creator, which you can never do. Therefore, the defeat of U.S. is imminent and will happen in the near future, inshallah, which will only give rise to much awaited Muslim caliphate, which is the only true world order. Soon the bailout money which is holding your fragile economy will run out and soon you will not be able to afford the war costs.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: Do you want to comment in any way in connection with sentence?
FAISAL SHAHZAD: This is all coming towards the common -- towards the sentence, to how I support myself in the whole, what's my motivation for this whole.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: All right. You became a naturalized American citizen some years ago, isn't that right?
FAISAL SHAHZAD: Yes.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: Not very long ago.
FAISAL SHAHZAD: Yes.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: When was that?
FAISAL SHAHZAD: I think it was April last year.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: Last year. Didn't you swear allegiance to this country when you became an American citizen?
FAISAL SHAHZAD: I did swear, but I did not mean it.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: I see. You took a false oath?
FAISAL SHAHZAD: Yes.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: Very well. Is there anything else you want to tell me?
FAISAL SHAHZAD: Sure.
I am ashamed that I belong to a slave country like Pakistan, who has accepted the slavery of the West from the day it was born. Bush had made already clear when he started the war on us, on Muslims, he said, You are either with us or against us. And so it's very clear for us Muslims, either we are with the mujahideen or we are with crusading losing Christians. There is no in between. Blessed the immigrants and the leader Sheikh Usama Bin Laden, who will be known as no less than Saladin of the 21 century crusade and blessed be those who give him asylum.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: How much do know about Saladin as you called him.
FAISAL SHAHZAD: What do I know about him?
TJUDGE CEDARBAUM: Yes.
FAISAL SHAHZAD: He was the one who fought the first crusade from the western European countries.
TJUDGE CEDARBAUM: He didn't want to kill people.
FAISAL SHAHZAD: He wanted to liberate --
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: He was a very moderate man.
FAISAL SHAHZAD: He liberated Muslim lands from the Jewish crusade, Christian crusade. And that's what we Muslims are trying do, because you're occupying Iraq and Afghanistan, under the pretext of democracy and freedom. We don't want that. We already have Sharia law, law given by Allah. We don't need human-made laws.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: All right. Thank you. Does your lawyer want to add anything?
FAISAL SHAHZAD: I just want to finish off. I just have like one, two minutes more.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: Very well.
FAISAL SHAHZAD: If you don't mind.
JUDGE CEDARBAUM: I will listen to what you want to tell me in connection with sentence.
FAISAL SHAHZAD: Sure.
This is towards the end. So, the past nine years the war with Muslims has achieved nothing for the U.S., except for it has waken up the Muslims for Islam. We are only Muslims trying to defend our people, honor, and land. But if you call us terrorists for doing that, then we are proud terrorists, and we will keep on terrorizing until you leave our land and people at peace. But if you don't, then I remind you that we have watches and we have time. We will defeat you with time. And before I end my statement, I want to give you the last message, which is the message of truth. So that when you meet Allah on the day of resurrection you will not be able to say nobody gave you the message. The message is there is only one God, the lord of the universe, Mohammed, who is the last messenger and prophet, the Holy Koran is the last revelation to mankind, which obligates by its gospel to embrace Islam and become Muslims and save yourselves from the total pain of the last day.
