Chapter 10
The American Muslim
In the face of sure outcry, we now must ask the question: ‘What
about Muslims living with us here in America’? Of course, not many
Muslims here have inclinations to commit terrorist acts. Undoubtedly
the majority of Muslims living in America are nominal citizens living
without the essential political dimensions of orthodox Islam, and are
certainly (or hopefully) not bent on terrorist actions. Many are
content to continue to raise their families and prosper with the rest
of us and do not want violence, being people with a better moral code
than the militants and their view (right or wrong) of what Muhammad
expects today. They try to follow a path dictated by personal
conscience as exemplified by Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian lawyer and
human-rights fighter who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Ebadi
insists that no one, least of all the mullahs, has the right to tell
others how to live and practice their faith. "There are no priests and
no church in Islam," she repeats. "As Muslims we are alone responsible
for our deeds and shall face Divine Judgment as individuals. Because we
are not robots no one could programme us with his version of religion.
… All human beings are of equal worth simply by existing". That kind of
statement, of course, is in direct opposition to the basic principles
and articles of Islam, which hold that humanity is divided according to
the strict hierarchy of worth outlined in ‘The Psychology of Jihad’
chapter. Additionally, Ebadi is a woman, and as such is regarded by
Iran’s Khatami and other mullahs as, at best, half of a human being.
There are many moderates like Ebadi who say they are Muslims, but
in fact the Qur’an condemns them all as Muslim-wanna-bes, hypocrites,
and pretenders who do not obey the commands of their god and his
messenger. The Qur’an commands Muslims to kill infidels if they wish to
join the faithful in Paradise: 47:4-6, "When ye encounter the infidels,
strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter among them,
. . . And whoso fight for the cause of God . . . he will bring them
into the Paradise". The fundamental, orthodox, true Muslims will
continue to teach and pressure nominal Muslims like Ebadi towards
obeying Muhammad’s commands to establish the rule of Islam, if
necessary through the use of violence. Nominal Muslims in America and
elsewhere only need to awaken to the actual call of the Qur’an, Hadith,
and Sira, to perhaps transform their faith and begin to use violence
for Islam’s sake. It appears more and more that they are awakening, as
evidenced by the fact that their violence is increasing along with the
number of Muslims involved in violent activities. Shiite Muslims in
Iraq are currently coming under violent pressure to join foreign and
Sunni jihadiats against the elected government and the Americans.
The hope that a everlastingly peaceful form of Islam might take
permanent root in any country is wishful thinking. The gravitational
pull of the Qur’an towards fundamentalism is like the force from a
‘black-hole’ and will eventually swallow-up every effort to reform her.
Remember the Qur’an is ‘perfect’ and cannot be re-interpreted,
re-written, nor reformed. As far as the Qur’an is concerned,
literalists are Muslims and all Muslims are literalists. Even minor
deviation from the Qur’an would in fact invalidate the entire faith. As
such, any local or regional successes at ignoring Islamic fundamentals
are destined to be temporary.
Although the vast majority of Muslims in America are not
terrorists, and many even abhor the actions of their Muslim brethren
around the world …still, since Islam teaches world domination these
moderate Muslims rarely raise their voices in protest to their own
brethren. If the Israelis bomb Hezbollah camps in Lebanon or Hamas
camps in Syria, Muslims in New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles will
organize a mass demonstration. But getting Muslims to condemn the
terrorist actions of a brother … say of those in Sudan, Egypt, Algeria,
Afghanistan, Iraq, and more recently in Turkey… is like pulling teeth.
While the Muslims worldwide continually condemn Israel, few Muslims
have ever raised their voices in protest over Palestinian homicide
bombers or Saddam Hussein's genocidal war upon the Kurds. None ask why
Bin Laden failed to help the Kurds (reports now indicate that he was
working with Saddam Hussein to kill them).
There are very few Muslims in the Syracuse, NY area compared to
many cities in the country, only about 5000. Yet since 9/11 several
negative incidents have occurred including an arson case at a Jewish
Synagogue involving two Muslim men, raids centering on Muslim-owned
stores selling counterfeit DVDs, and a high profile case involving an
Iraqi doctor accused of illegally funneling funds to Iraq thru his
charity. The latter two in particular resulted in claims of profiling
and bigotry from the Muslim populace. Rather than working to foster an
atmosphere of trust, this tiny Muslim community acts in such a way as
to only cause further mistrust. Then there is an organization called
the Syracuse Peace Council. These left-wing activists attempt to cover
their anti-American agenda by claiming to be advocates for world peace.
However they have rightfully earned the nickname "The Syracuse Hate
Council" by witnesses of their demonstrations against the American
government several times this year. This angry organization of social
malcontents calling for radical Socialist change within America happens
to draw support from the likes of Magda Bayoumi of the Islamic Society
of CNY. Ms. Bayoumi is not a strong supporter of the war on terror, but
since she is against the destruction of terrorists, then is it
unreasonable to expect her to be nice enough to persuade her fellow
Muslims to stop trying to kill us instead of trying to bring down our
government? Just recently Magda Bayoumi penned a letter to the editor
of the Syracuse Post Standard to complain about what she perceived as
discriminatory and bigoted reporting concerning a Post Standard
article. The article discussed an investigation on whether Islamic
Society of CNY may be illegally channeling funds to Iraq for other than
the claimed Bam Iranian earthquake relief, possibly to support
terrorism. This defensive attitude, crying foul and pretending to be a
victim over every perceived injustice and slight, does not help the
Muslim cause in America today. As we face new terror alerts American
citizens continue to wonder whether Muslims in America are with us or
against us. After reading this book one must accept the fact that
within their very secretive society radical elements exist that wish to
cause America great harm. It's not Christians or Jews who are releasing
audiotapes weekly calling for Jihad; it's the radical followers of
Islam. The American Muslim community could choose to be a great asset
in this fight, as surely they would be able to easily identify the
radicals living amongst them. But alas, to the degree that they have
assimilated the Qur’an is the degree to which they will continue to
support Jihad against infidels.
Although virtually all terrorists working to destroy Americans are
in their own minds devout Muslims, it needs to be re-emphasized that
hopefully not many Muslims in America are terrorists. Most of them are
undoubtedly good people, but the seeds of terrorism are planted deep
within the theology of Islam. This theology, when free to grow and
blossom, shows itself in the actions normal Muslims take when they feel
that Islam is challenged. Mob attacks in Pakistan, and the attacks by
Muslim mobs in Nigeria and Indonesia, are examples of Islamic violence
and mob mentality from ‘peaceful’ moderate Muslims. And as was
demonstrated in "Not Without My Daughter", who knows when a peaceful,
liberal or moderate Muslim will be persuaded, enticed, or incited to
turn to fundamentalism and embrace the violence of Islam?
Stephen Schwartz stated in his June 2003 testimony to the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security:
"Shia and other non-Wahhabi Muslim community leaders estimate that 80
percent of American mosques out of a total ranging between an official
estimate of 1,200 and an unofficial figure of 4-6,000 are under Wahhabi
control ... Wahhabi control over mosques means control of property,
buildings, appointment of imams, training of imams, content of
preaching including faxing of Friday sermons from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
and of literature distributed in mosques and mosque bookstores, notices
on bulletin boards, and organizational and charitable solicitation ...
The main organizations that have carried out this campaign are the
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which originated in the Muslim
Students' Association of the U.S. and Canada (MSA), and the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)."[31]
Representative Peter T. King said publicly while promoting his
book "Vale of Tears" that he estimates 80-85% of the Muslim leadership
in America supports "Islamic fundamentalism". Indeed, there have been
increasing instances where Wahhabi Muslims have successfully penetrated
key U.S. institutions, such as the military and our prison system. As
recent media reports have noted, the two groups that accredit and
recommend Muslim chaplains to the military have long been suspected of
links to terrorist organizations by the federal government (The
Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences and an organization
under the umbrella of the American Muslim Foundation). Recently, one of
the key architects of the U.S. military’s chaplain program, Abdurahman
Alamoudi, was arrested and charged with an illegal relationship with
Libya, long a state sponsor of terror. Federal investigators also have
detained Captain James Yee (a Muslim clergymen), once stationed at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who is being investigated for potential ties
to al Qaeda. A ‘moderate’ Muslim employed by the FBI even refused to
take part in a surveillance of a suspected Al-Qaeda operative because
he said, "Muslims do not spy on Muslims".
The Graduate School and ‘The Islamic Society of North America’,
another group with ties to Islamic extremists, also refer Muslim
clerics to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The New York State prison system
promoted a Muslim cleric to a position that allowed him to supervise
the hiring and firing of all prison chaplains. He was later removed
from his job when officials discovered he was an al Qaeda sympathizer
who incited prisoners against America. Jose Padilla, a terrorist
accused of trying to build a "dirty bomb" to unleash in the United
States, was exposed to radical Islam in the U.S. prison system. Richard
Reid, the so-called "shoe bomber", was converted to fundamentalist
Islam while serving time in a British prison.
A Senate subcommittee has been formed and an inquiry is underway
to analyze and scrutinize (for terror-related activities) the
procedures used by the military and prison system to recruit Muslims
clerics. The senators are looking into whether the instances of Wahhabi
infiltration at key U.S. institutions may be part of a larger pattern.
In response, many pundits have been quick to accuse investigators of
Muslim bias. These same Muslim organizations and their supporters (the
‘convenient masses’) are falsely charging "bigotry".
Muslim groups in America such as the Muslim Public Affairs
Council, CAIR and the AMC let it be known in the 2004 election that
they intend to vote as a bloc for any Democrat in order to defeat
President Bush. They fawned over Dennis Kucinich because he was the
only Democrat to call for the immediate abandonment of Iraq by U.S.
troops. This attitude speaks volumes concerning the Muslim population
in America and its laissez-faire attitude towards terrorism. Instead of
stepping up to the plate and doing more to help us protect the country
that has welcomed them with open arms, they whine about being profiled.
Said Omar Ahmed, chairman of the Board of CAIR in a speech to
California Muslims; "Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other
faith, but to become dominant. The Qur'an should be the highest
authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth"
[32]
Militant Islamists continue plotting and carrying out acts of
terror with renewed vigor despite Western military successes in
Afghanistan and Iraq. This is because militant Islam is an ideology,
not an individual, and remains largely unchallenged. Now ideologies do
not fall out of the sky contaminating men by accident, rather they are
pushed and taught by its devoted followers. The chief place where Islam
is taught is in mosques. The method of instruction is by self anointed
indoctrination experts through 'sermons' sourced from authentic Islamic
script contained in the Qur'an, the Sira and the Hadith. These
motivation experts are adept at crowd psychology and emotional
manipulation. If we want to avoid new domestic terror attacks, radical
mosques all need to be monitored. Imams and clerics espousing anything
close to treason and terror against -any- nation or individual will
need to be identified and expelled. It is sheer folly that even after
all that has happened, and all we know about the history and theology
of Islam, mosques remain safe havens due to a overabundance of
political correctness enforced by the suicidal left along with groups
like the ACLU. All the while radical mosques remain the center of
radical Islamic indoctrination, serve as the center for terrorist
recruitment, a hub for paramilitary and explosives training, and of
course collection points for terrorist financing.
Years ago in New York City, the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force
began monitoring some men attending the Brooklyn Farooq Mosque. Agents
watched in 1989 as men converged on the mosque in the early morning,
loaded up their cars, and traveled to Calverton, Long Island, pausing
only for prayer breaks. Once there, they would spend hours shooting
handguns and AK-47s at targets on a range. These men included Mahmud
Abouhalima, Mohammed Salameh and Nidal Ayyad, an Egyptian and two
Palestinians who went on to bomb the World Trade Center three years
later. Another participant of this cell was Egyptian Sayyid Nosair, who
would later murder Rabbi Meir Kahane at a New York City hotel.
Fortunately, Nosair was captured after attempting to murder a federal
police officer and a 70-year-old man, but he would later help plan the
WTC attack from his jail cell. An excerpt from Nosair's notebook,
written three years before his jihad cell carried out the first WTC
attack, demonstrates the imperative to monitor mosques:
Before announcing the establishing of the state of Abraham in our holy
land[,] to break and to destroy the morale of the enemies of Allah. And
this is by means of destroying the structure of their civilized
pillars. Such as the touristic infrastructure which they are proud of,
and their high world buildings which they are proud of, and their
statues which they endear, and the buildings in which gather their
leaders. And without any announcement of our responsibility as Muslims
for what had been done. And therefore, the enemies of God will be busy
in rebuilding their infrastructure and rebuilding their morale. And
they will not care much about what goes on around them more than [they]
care about rebuilding their morale; and therefore, the chance will be
available for the Muslims to repossess their sacred lands from the
enemies of God, the traitors and hypocrites who will be at this moment
in a very psychological weakness from what they see around them. And
this is because the forces on which they were depending were crushed
into pieces and are in a tragic collapse.
Another player in the Farooq jihad gang included an American named
Clement Hampton-El (a.k.a. "Doctor Rasheed"), who, like Mahmud
Abouhalima, was a veteran of the Afghanistan jihad. Clement would later
conspire with other mosque associates - Egyptians, Sudanese, and a
Palestinian - in a failed plot to bomb the United Nations complex, the
Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, and the FBI's Manhattan headquarters.
No one at the time monitored sermons delivered on Fridays or their
mosque planning meetings, but they themselves saved some reports to
their chosen imam, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind cleric and
leader of Egypt's deadly Islamic Group, 'Gamaat al Islamia'. Sheikh
Omar would later relocate to the United States in mid-1990 and take up
preaching in Farooq and other mosques in New York and New Jersey. These
sermons by the Blind Sheikh and other radical imams were sometimes
recorded and distributed for recruitment and fundraising purposes.
Typical of such motivational sermons was the one Sheikh Omar gave just
a few weeks prior to the first WTC bombing, where after explaining to
his followers that "God has obliged us to perform jihad", he elaborated
that "[if] those who have the right [to jihad] are terrorists, then we
are terrorists. And we welcome being terrorists. And we do not deny
this charge to ourselves. The Qur'an makes it among the means to
perform jihad for the sake of Allah, which is to terrorize the enemies
of God and our enemies too. ... Then we must be terrorists, and we must
terrorize the enemies of Islam, and frighten them, and disturb them,
and shake the earth under their feet".
We simply cannot afford to continue ignoring such clear and
present potentially lethal threats to our infrastructure and citizenry.
Experts tell us that 80-90% of even US mosques are at varying stages of
radicalization, but even monitoring a hundred mosques to identify and
expel a single radical imam inciting jihad would likely save US lives
and be well worth the effort. Expelling a handful of radical clerics
would also force the rest to at least tone-down overt public
incitement. By such proactive actions we could prevent 100's to 1000's
of otherwise nominal US Muslims from becoming Jihadists. Removing the
Jihadist imperative from a young man is much more difficult than
preventing the brainwashing process in the first place.
Despite an ever-growing body of evidence, many individuals,
groups, and nations continue to function as a propaganda machine
deceiving much of the American public, academia, and even our
government. The stakes are becoming too great to continue our naďve and
gullible habits. A tolerant, welcoming nation has given Islam the
benefit of the doubt, but too many have already proven unworthy of that
hope and confidence. Many of those spewing the incorrect or incomplete
propaganda are aware they are not telling the whole truth about
Muhammad and Islam, knowing the purpose of the misinformation is to
weaken our resolve and keep us from instigating effective
counter-measures. Despite the continuing rivers of blood flowing all
over the world, they want to calm our fears that Islam is not a violent
religion and that Muhammad was not a terrorist, proclaiming he was a
lover of peace. But history (recent and distant) speaks for itself, and
it would be unwise for any to welcome the kind of peace that Muhammad
and his modern day followers seek. Those that defend Islam, or try to
portray it in only a positive light, are deliberately or ignorantly
misleading us and causing us to be inadequately prepared for their next
deadly strike. Even the Muslim terrorists who flew the planes into the
NY towers would undoubtedly have declared that Islam was a religion of
peace, and Muhammad was a benevolent, merciful leader. Someone saying
something is true does not make it true, and that cause is not helped
if a million or even a billion repeat the lie. Truth is truth, to the
end of reckoning!
After Pearl Harbor and the tragic internment of
Japanese-Americans, those same persecuted people sent their Sons in
large numbers to join the fight in Europe against Hitler. Those
volunteers were amongst the fiercest, bravest, and most loyal patriots
to join the conflict, and none today question their (or their parents)
loyalties. Through such contributions and actions they proved that the
suspicion and paranoia was unjustly heaped upon the Japanese Americans.
The jury is still out on whether the religious convictions and
political leanings of the many large American Muslim communities
justify the hope and brotherhood they have been offered in contrast.
When we see the vast majority of American Muslim communities
sacrificing for this country in like manner, then we should welcome
those communities in full faith and welcome Islam into the great
melting pot that is our nation. Think of what these individuals could
accomplish in terms of penetrating and to bring down terrorist groups
and all their supporters. I hereby render the invitation and challenge
to American Muslims to become full partners in this war. An effective
on-site intelligence section and a division or two of properly
equipped, fierce, devoted, patriotic Muslim American men with social
and language skills from the region would quickly penetrate and make
short work of the kind of terrorists we are currently facing in Iraq
and Afghanistan. But alas, I fear that is a dream based on pure
fantasy. Please American Muslims, prove me wrong!
MSNBC Oct 23, 2003 — On Wednesday, NBC News reported on a man who
helped the Pentagon develop the Islamic chaplains program for the U.S.
armed forces, a man who was later stopped with hundreds of thousands of
dollars in his possession — and some serious questions about his
background. Now there is more, and if federal prosecutors are right,
this is a man who moved from the shadowy world of terrorism to the
centers of power in Washington and back again. Federal Prosecutors have
indicted the founder of the Islamic chaplain program on charges he
illegally dealt with Libya and laundered money. But there are even more
serious allegations about him in some new documents. Abdurahman
Alamoudi, a consultant to the Pentagon on the chaplain program for more
than a decade, is now accused of helping Osama bin Laden and Hamas.
Court documents filed late Wednesday night claim Alamoudi has provided
"financial support to Hamas" and "financial support to fronts for
al-Qaeda."
One of the groups allegedly tied to Alamoudi is a charity that gave a
Virginia post office as its address. Alamoudi was the charity’s vice
president. Who founded it? Abdullah bin Laden, Osama bin Laden’s
nephew. Also ringing alarms: Alamoudi’s Palm Pilot, which the
government claims included the names and numbers of six designated
global terrorists. Terrorism expert and NBC News analyst Steve Emerson
said, "The public face of Mr. Alamoudi was 180 degrees different from
the private face. And the private face clearly showed that he was
involved or directed fund-raising for Hamas, fund-raising for other
terrorist groups." The government also alleges Alamoudi had a Swiss
bank account and $2.2 million in unreported income, on which he failed
to pay taxes. …in an audiotape of a conversation obtained by NBC News,
Alamoudi seems to embrace violence and suggests al-Qaida should choose
better targets: (Translated) "I prefer to hit a Zionist target in
America or Europe or elsewhere." Alamoudi’s lawyer said her client
doesn’t remember saying such a thing and questioned the tape’s
authenticity.
Over the years, Alamoudi has been a familiar face in Washington. Among
other activities; the Pentagon chose him to help select Muslim
chaplains. He met with President Clinton. He made six trips to Muslim
nations as a goodwill ambassador for the State Department and even met
with presidential candidate George W. Bush. Last year, FBI Director
Robert Mueller even spoke to an organization founded by Alamoudi, over
the objections of some agents. "Alamoudi himself was able not only to
insinuate himself, but he put other people in place", according to
Steve Emerson. These new allegations are contained in court documents
arguing that Alamoudi should be held without bond until he goes on
trial. There are already at least three investigations of the chaplain
program Alamoudi helped develop that are under way. Some individual
Muslim chaplains also are under scrutiny…
Reuters - Jun 25, 2004 SEATTLE - A National Guard soldier captured on
videotape telling undercover agents posing as Muslim extremists how to
cripple U.S. battle tanks declined to enter a plea at his arraignment
on treason charges on Friday, the Army said. Specialist Ryan Anderson,
a 26-year-old Muslim convert and gun rights advocate who was arrested
last February as his unit prepared to ship out to Iraq, faces a
court-martial beginning Aug. 16 at Ft. Lewis near Tacoma, Washington,
where his unit is based. Anderson's charges -- attempting to give
intelligence and other aid to two men he thought were al Qaeda
operatives -- carry a maximum penalty of death, though Army officials
said earlier this week they will not seek a death sentence in the case.
Several accused al Qaeda abettors have been released in recent months
for lack of evidence, including Brandon Mayfield, an Oregon lawyer and
Muslim convert jailed for two weeks in May while officials tried to tie
him to train bombings in Madrid, on March 11,which killed 191 people.
Muslim Army chaplain Capt. James Yee, also based at Ft. Lewis, was
accused of spying, mutiny, sedition, and aiding the enemy at
Guantanamo, Cuba, but the Army dropped those charges in May.
Prev -> [#] Next -> [#] Home -> [#]
Are you receiving payments on a private loan? Would you rather have cash now? If you're receiving payments on any type of real estate note, promissory note or private loan, we can help!
Get cash now!
DBA specialist get people cash for real estate notes of all kinds.
Work with buyers waiting to make an offer on selected notes. If you'd like to cash out or you'd like to assist your client in a cash out, DBA is here to help.
To receive Cash, click the "Sell Your Note" -> link <-.