Mulsim convert dies in Somalia....

There's been a lot of Somalians who have gone back to fight for jihad....here's a convert...

A sixth Minnesota man is feared dead in Somalia after joining an Islamic extremist group there. But Troy Kastigar stood out from his fellow recruits, because the Minneapolis man was not Somali.

Kastigar, 28, was a Muslim convert who apparently had no personal ties to the lawless east African country.

Troy Kastigar’s family received reports of his death within the past week, according to friends of the family. The circumstances of his reported death aren’t clear, and the information could not be confirmed by the FBI.

Kastigar’s involvement in Somalia is a puzzle in itself. He told his mother that he was going to Kenya when he left the Twin Cities last November.

At some point, Kastigar converted to Islam and went by the Muslim name “Abdirahman.”

Somali-American community members say they occasionally saw Kastigar at the mosque, and more frequently at community basketball games or at the Brian Coyle community center in Minneapolis.

Mukhtar Osman, a former student at the University of Minnesota, says he met Kastigar last fall across the street from the U’s Carlson School of Management.
Troy Kastigar was a Muslim convert who apparently had no personal ties to Somalia.

Kastigar was wearing a traditional Pakistani tunic, a tattoo on his neck, and a strange beard. He was in a car with three Somali young men whom Osman knew. Osman says it was the first and only time he saw the man who introduced himself as Abdirahman.

Before that afternoon, Osman says he would occasionally see the other men meeting in classrooms at the Carlson School.

“I would just say hi, and I don’t know what they were talking about.”

Now, Osman has a clue. Just a few days after shaking Kastigar’s hand, all four men left for Somalia.

Family members of Troy Kastigar have e-mailed close friends about his death this week. His mother and brother did not respond to requests for interviews, and family friends would not comment out of respect for the Kastigar’s wishes.