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Family of ‘Jihad Jamie’ speak out, call for her son’s return

Huffman, Texas, resident Mike Holcomb was embarrassed and shocked that people now call his younger sister “Jihad Jamie”, MyFox Houston reported Monday.

”I don’t know what’s going through her mind,” said Holcomb in an exclusive interview with FOX 26 News.

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, converted to Islam in 2009 before moving from Colorado to Ireland to marry an Algerian that she met online. “Any man that came along in my sister’s life, she kind of followed like a lost puppy,” said Holcomb.

Her family says she became obsessed with radical Muslim websites and started talking strange. Paulin-Ramirez was one of seven people arrested last week in Ireland over an alleged Al Qaeda influenced plot to murder a Swedish artist because his cartoon poked fun at Muslims.

“Pity for her, I know she’s just easily influenced. I’m disgusted at the same time because I’ve been angry at her for the way she treated my mother for the last six months,” said Holcomb.

Irish police released Paulin-Ramirez without charges, but her family does not know where she and her six-year-old son Christian are.

“Please just send him home, you know you’re around bad people, your son does not need to be around that,” said Holcomb.

According to her mother, Paulin-Ramirez changed Christian’s name to Walid when she enrolled him in a radical Muslim school in Ireland. Christine Mott recalls a disturbing comment her grandson made.

“You need to convert to Islam right now because Christians are going to burn in hellfire. This is what she got herself involved with,” said Mott.

Mott claims her daughter was influenced online by Colleen Larose, nicknamed “Jihad Jane,” who was linked to the same terror plot. Also, Najibullah Zazi, who pleaded guilty in February to trying to bomb a section of the New York subway system.

“My main concern is getting my nephew back home, she’s made her bed, she has to lie in it,” said Holcomb.

Irish authorities say charges could still be filed against Paulin-Ramirez.

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