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<http://www.livinglakecountry.com/blogs/communityblogs/96410104.html> Here a mosque, there a mosque... By Amy L. Geiger-Hemmer <mailto:[email protected]> July 21, 2010 "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." - Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council on America-Islamic Relations) In a 2008, a survey was begun by the Washington-based Center for Security Policy. Named the "Mapping Sharia in America Project," the investigation was designed to infiltrate mosques and Islamic Centers throughout the United States in an effort to bring to attention those that posed a threat to the national security of the country. Agents- consisting of former FBI, CIA, and U.S. military counterintelligence and counterterrorism personnel - discovered that out of the initial 100 (mosques and Islamic centers) mapped, 75 were preaching sermons calling for insurrection and jihad. Such places also had Saudi-trained Imams. In addition, anti-Western literature, videos and textbooks were available for purchase. This study was not sponsored by the United States government. Instead, it was a major undertaking by a group of concerned former law enforcement types wishing to bring to our attention what they felt is a major threat. One of the agents had this to say regarding the project: "The first thing I learned was that the political ideology of winning over the West and the world for an Islamic Caliphate is NOT specific to some extremist group of Muslims. This is mainstream Islam and Shari'a. Historical, traditional and authoritative Islamic law mandates every Muslim to work to that end through personal development (or internalized Jihad), and outreach (or dawa), and external Jihad or war. It is certainly true that not all Muslims are faithful to their full calling, but any Shari'a faithful Muslim, meaning any Muslim who accepts Islamic law as authoritative (even if he himself does not live up to its standards) strives for or at least dreams of the day when his country and the world will live under the mandates of Islamic law. Given the almost universal respect Muslims give to Shari'a (even if they fail to live up to its standards), it should be apparent we have a real problem in this country. What makes matters worse, is that one of the most radical and virulently violent sects of Islam, the Salafists or more derogatorily referred to as Wahhabi'ists (named after the sect's founder as if to suggest his approach was an innovation and that he was not appropriately submissive to Allah, Mohammed and the traditions which developed subsequently), principally situated in Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf States, are financing and providing the leadership for the vast majority of the mosques and Islamic day schools in the US." U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) made the following remarks on the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: "Wahhabism is known throughout the Muslim world for its puritanical and severe approach to the teachings of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. It preaches violence against non-believers or infidels and serves as the religious basis for Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda. Experts agree that Saudi Arabia is the epicenter of Wahhabist belief and its extremist teachings. Unfortunately, there is mounting evidence that Saudi sponsored groups are trying to hijack mainstream Islam here in the United States - in mosques, in schools, and even in prisons and the military - and replace it with Wahhabism." Schumer went on to state: "... the most disturbing news is that Wahhabism - backed by truckloads of Saudi oil money - is now making inroads here in the United States. Saudi Arabia boasts of directly supporting over 18 mosques and schools across the country, including Islamic Centers in Washington and New York. Experts who we heard from at the previous hearing suggest the real number is much higher, reaching into the hundreds, as intermediary organizations like the Saudi-sponsored World Assembly of Muslim Youth, provide financial support to American mosques and schools. In exchange, they demand that these mosques and schools toe the Wahhabi line. Saudi textbooks that preach violence against infidels can be found in some American Muslim schools. The Council on American Islamic Relations - perhaps the most famous of these groups - reportedly received financial support from Saudi-funded organizations to build its $3.5 million headquarters here in Washington. This may explain why in April 2001, the Council released a survey saying that 69% of Muslims in America say it is "absolutely fundamental" or "very important" to have Wahhabi teachings at their mosques." As the years have passed, the strong words and warnings from Senator Schumer have fallen on deaf ears. The current President and Administration have opted to once again return to the pre-9/11 days and minimize or ignore the reality of terrorist threats within our own borders. This includes the building of mosques and Islamic Centers across America. Of course not all Muslims in America are radical Islamic terrorists. Many mosques in our country began with benign intentions. However, once a mosque or Islamic Center is established, a pattern is set into place. The mosque or Islamic Center becomes a target for nefarious elements. From "The Boston mosque's Saudi connection" by Jeff Jacoby (2007): "Muslim immigrants to the United States came with a good heart...Kabbani(Muhammad Hisham Kabbani - Sufi sheik and leader of the Islamic Supreme Council in 1999) told the Middle East Quarterly... and they wanted a place to pray. They collected money and they built mosques in their community. Slowly, certain Middle Eastern groups seized these mosques, promoting political and ideological agendas rooted in their home countries' problems...Slowly, such groups took over many mosques either directly or by unseen pressure on the moderate board members, and now an antagonistic mentality controls them. The extremists - not ordinary believers - changed the use of American mosques into centers of intolerant political dogma." With those chilling words in mind, a reader - who wishes to remain anonymous, but would like to be identified as an "ActForAmerica" member (their website is: http://www.actforamerica.org) - sent me information regarding a mosque which is scheduled to be built shortly in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Given the times we live in, and the dangers of terrorism, the construction of a single mosque should serve as a red flag to at least arouse some curiosity and questions. Mosques, of course, are associated with the religion of Islam. Islamic radicals ARE the terrorists who want to murder those who do not adhere to their religious principles. And, as previously stated, many mosques have <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978888/posts> indeed been discovered to be promoting jihad and anti-American views. Yet, the building of this mosque in Brookfield seems to have somehow snuck in under the radar screen - ignored by the local media as no big deal. Why? Contrast this story to the outrage over a mosque proposal in Sheboygan County. The mosque in that area met with strong opposition and was the subject of several news articles. Click on: http://www.sheboyganpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20107150412 to view one such story on the subject. Over the course of debate, there were many other columns pertaining to this written in Sheboygan. People in Sheboygan were concerned - and rightly so. One line from an earlier article sums up the views of many citizens: "Recent public forums have drawn hundreds of people, with some concerned that a mosque will attract Islamic fundamentalists with connections to terrorist <http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100513/SHE0101/5130508/Mosque-debat e-Town-of-Wilson-preparing-for-expected-large-turnout> organizations." Yet very little has been written in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel about the soon-to-be-constructed mosque in Brookfield. The paper did have a small blurb in the "Religion Briefing" section of the paper on May 7, 2010. This was under the heading <http://www.jsonline.com/features/religion/93172244.html> "Islamic Society to build Waukesha County Mosque." The story is as follows: The Islamic Society of Milwaukee hopes to break ground as early as September on a new mosque in Brookfield. The proposed building at 16730 W. Pheasant Dr. would accommodate Muslims from Milwaukee's western suburbs and relieve crowding at the Islamic Society on W. Layton Ave., where attendance has grown significantly in recent years, said Mushir Hassan, a Brookfield physician and member of the committee working on the project. The Islamic Society plans to raise about $700,000 to $1 million for the project, he said. The society has been working to build a mosque in Waukesha County for more than a decade, according to Hasan. He estimated that 100 Muslim families live within a 5 mile radius of the 1.7 acre property the society purchased last year. "It's within biking distance of my house and within walking distance from my office," said Hassan. "Trying to get to ISM from Waukesha County, especially for Friday prayers, can be very difficult." (In addition, the ActForAmerica member who sent me the information on this particular mosque included these two links: : http://ismwest.org/ and this: http://ismwest.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/task-force-update-february-2010.p df. Both of the links connect to the Milwaukee Islamic Society.) Why so little media attention to the proposed Brookfield mosque? And when one reads through this story, it is rather upbeat and positive. No questions asked. Questions that any journalist worth his or her salary could have posed. With a little digging, it was easy to discover The Milwaukee Islamic Society is the initiator of the Brookfield mosque and the Islamic Society actually owns the property on which this particular mosque is to be built. One of the key figures in the Milwaukee Islamic Society is Zulfiquar Ali Shah - who came here from Florida. Shah is also the Religious Director of the Milwaukee Islamic Society. Previously, Shah had been the Southeast Asia Director for the Kind Hearts charity. The Kind Hearts <http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/1680> charity was shut down for funneling millions of dollars to the terrorist organization, Hamas. In addition, Shah is also the ex-president of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) - the Universal Heritage Foundation's parent organization. According to counterterrrorism experts, the ICNA has close ties to the notorious terror organization, the Muslim <http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/135.pdf> Brotherhood - the ideological forebearer of all radical Islamic movements - including Hamas and al Qaeda. One would think that the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel might actually do some real investigative reporting on a mosque being build in Waukesha County. After all, many mosques have been found to be breeding grounds for radical extremists - preaching a deadly, anti-American message. Aside from mosques and Islamic Centers being used by to promote radical jihadist views, a <http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/2003_h/031014-walle r.htm> report presented to the Senate sub-committee on terrorism on October 14, 2003, found that Muslim chaplains in the military and United States prison systems use their roles to further extremist radical views. Are we our own worst enemy when it comes to policing and allowing mosques to pop up without question? In our quest to offend no one, are we putting ourselves at risk? Our own government seems to ignore the potential danger, simply because of political correctness and the laws and regulations which prohibit "profiling" Arabs or Muslims even when one is looking for Islamic Jihadists. We have people in this country protesting where wind turbines will be constructed because they may kill a few birds and make some noise! Yet, when a mosque is built, a small blurb in the paper almost begs people not to notice. (Nothing to see here! Move along! Islam is a wonderful religion of peace!) We wouldn't want to give people more information which may motivate them to ask questions or protest the construction of such building! We have all witnessed too many violent acts carried out in the name of Allah, which have taken root behind the walls of mosques. "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, of the People of the Book, until they pay with Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." - The Qur'an, Sura 9:29 Radical factions within Islam demand the killing of infidels. Infidels who do not follow the same Muslim teachings and beliefs of its radical followers. We are witnessing two wars right now in which we are fighting terrorists. The terrorists know how to use our own "rules of engagement" against U.S. soldiers on the battlefield, just as the same people promoting terrorism know how to use the laws and legal system in our own country to protect their radical extremism in mosques and Islamic centers. "Soon shall we cast terror into the hearts of unbelievers." - Qur'an, 3:151 What other religion demands it's followers murder those who do not adhere to the same beliefs? Do priests in Catholic churches tell parishioners to go out and shoot those who refuse to kneel during a mass or don't follow the teachings of Catholicism? Do Reverends of the Lutheran faith try to stir up followers to do the same? Or do the elders of the Jehovah's Witnesses tell their people to strap bombs on themselves to blow themselves up in by people who won't accept a copy of "The Watchtower" when they travel from neighborhood to neighborhood? Do the Mormon leaders send out their young people on missions, equipped with AK-47's or bombs if people refuse to listen to their message? No. And yes, as stated before, there ARE many Muslims who are not radicals or extremists. Many who do not want to kill anyone. Many who would never kill anyone. Yet, even the peaceful Muslims and Imam's in the United States rarely speak out against what the violent sects of Islam are up to. They seldom express outrage or anger when Muslim terrorists achieve their goals and kill innocent people in the name of Allah. According to a Pew Research Poll, almost 25% of Muslims in America between the ages of 18 - 29 believe that suicide bombings can be justified. An FBI counterterrorism had this to say about the majority of Imam's who promote jihad in their mosques: "Those who actively support extremist causes say America is evil and deserves what it gets, and celebrate the death of soldiers, know they may come to our attention, so they don't do it as openly now. Before 9/11, there was much more of that because all of it was considered by the Justice Department guidelines to be purely protected speech. We do not have incitement laws in America, but once an Imam facilitates someone else taking action, he has crossed the line into material support and becomes our business." Within the past ten years, 40 episodes of extremists and terrorists with connections to mosques in the United States have been discovered. Most recently, some of the 9/11 terrorists received aid and counsel from the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Washington, D.C. The FBI has even established outreach programs to try to help the Muslim community call out would-be terrorists in their community. FBI agents, however, admit that few Muslims are very receptive. They state that many Muslims are in denial that many Muslims ARE terrorists and they are a very tight culture - preferring to settle their own problems in their own way. Note how the media is quick to interview Catholic priests when one of their flock murders an abortion doctor. The priest - and other Catholics - speak out vehemently AGAINST the murderer - condemning their actions. Yet, when the terrorist known as Nidal Malik Hasan murdered people at Fort Hood, did ANY Imams speak out against his actions? Condemn what Hasan did? (Reprehensibly, an <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/11/09/2009-11-09_fort_hood_gu nman_nidal_hassan_is_a_hero_iman_who_preached_to_911_hijackers_in_su.html> Imam, who used to preach in the United States, but now resides in Yemen, went on the Internet to praise Hasan's killing spree.) Have any peace-loving Muslims or Imam's within our borders ever been vocal and/or critical of those killing in the name of Islam? And right now we have a President and Administration that refuse to admit that terrorism exists. That terrorists are evil. They don't even say the words "radical Islam." That's a no-no. Might offend some Muslim that wishes to kill Americans! The "war on terror" has become the "overseas contingency operation." We are told over and over - the Obama mantra - that Islam is a religion of peace. Sure, parts of it are. But some of it IS NOT. Radical Muslims have already established strongholds in France and the United Kingdom, wreaking violence and havoc within those countries. Via the building of mosques. Mosques which recruit and stir up radicals in the name of their religion. Several European countries are finally starting to fight back - passing legislation aimed at abolishing certain aspects of Sharia law and Islamic culture. When will the United States wise up and realize that we have an enemy - an enemy that uses mosques and Islamic Culture Centers like a Trojan Horse. Under the guise of a place of religion and worship, followers are instead listening to a radical and hate-filled agenda within the walls of these sacred buildings. The UK and France have had their fill of mosques and the terrorism they promote. They've taken steps that the United States is reluctant to take - that is, the European Union security analyzes every mosque, examines the training of the Imams, and - most importantly - looks into where their funds are coming from. They follow the money. The mosques and Imams are closely monitored. Imagine if our Homeland Security did the same. Imagine if our news media filmed Imams in action - spouting jihad. We Americans MUST take the necessary steps to weed out the extremist radicals within our own borders from the benign people of the Muslim faith. Representative <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2007/09/21/2007-09-21_rudy_giulian i_backs_pete_king_in_mosque_.html> Pete King (R-NY), the top Republican on the House Home Security Committee, said in 2007 "We have too many mosques in this country that don't cooperate with law enforcement. There are too many who are sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully." And right now, a mosque is planned for Ground Zero in New York City. Two blocks from the World Trade Center site, where 2,751 innocent people were murdered by Muslim terrorists. This is a real "in your face" slap at Americans. Imam Feisal Adbul Rauf, the founder of ASMA (American Society for Muslim Advancement) is the key figure leading the mosque and future Islamic Culture Center. In regards to establishing a mosque and Islamic culture center on the 9/11 site, Rauf said: "It was almost obvious that something like this had to arise from the ashes of 9/11. In some way, this has the hand of the divine written over it. It's almost as if God wanted to be involved." This is the same Imam Rauf who, in Sydney, Australia in 2004 stated that "the United States and the West must acknowledge the harm they've done to Muslims before terrorism can end." Rauf also said that the West must understand the terrorists' point of view - and he blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians. Also in 2004, the Times reported that Rauf said he believes Islamic terrorists do not come from another moral universe - that they arise from oppressive societies that he feels Washington had a hand in creating. (Interestingly enough, very <http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/5000-free-people-stand-for-freedom-agains t-the-911-mega-mosque-at-ground-zero.html> little has been reported on the huge protests taking place in New York City at the site of this mosque.) Some profound comments and reactions were mentioned in the article on Imam Rauf and the mosque at the 9/11 site: 1) "Muslims are doing this only to see if they can get away with it. It's the way Islam spreads in every country these days, like a cancer - through incremental totalitarianism. In this case, they'll quietly open the mosque, then, as they get away with it, they'll ramp up their outrages until someone finally points it out. At that time, their lawyers, backed by the ACLU and various liberal organizations, will pounce." 2) "This is not different than allowing the Nazis to establish their headquarters and propaganda office in NYC in 1938. How come people could tell right from wrong then and not now?" 3) "Who wants to bet this place becomes a "tourist attraction" for Muslims? This mosque will become one of Islam's holiest shrines as it sits upon the site of their greatest modern military victory." 4) "Good idea. Maybe terrorists will be less likely to bomb this area if there's a mosque there." 5) "Building a mosque at Ground Zero is like building a memorial to Hitler at Auschwitz." 6) "You can build a mosque at Ground Zero when we can build a synagogue in Mecca." In closing, we must not sit quietly by and allow every Islamic organization to do whatever they please within our own borders. We are at war. And those we are fighting embrace a radical, extremist agenda which is being allowed to grow from within. Our national security is at risk - not just from illegal intruders that stream across our borders every day, but from those who take advantage of America's laws and rights - and know how to use such to achieve their goals. When their goal becomes the killing of infidels - supported by the teachings of their faith - we must pay attention. We cannot continue to look the other way and pretend such things are not going on - because they are. 9/11 occurred because we, as a nation, had our heads buried in the sand. We did not take the threats of terrorism seriously. We had a president who, for eight long years, treated terrorism as a criminal matter. After 9/11, President Bush stepped forward as a true leader and said "no more." He went after the terrorists and the countries that provided them with safe havens. His leadership resulted in no more terror attacks within our country for the remainder of his terms in office. Unfortunately, we now have a president who has reverted backwards, forgetting history, ignoring the past. And we have seen several terror attacks occur within our own borders, with several more being thwarted only due to the ineptitude of the terrorists themselves. We have a president who is choosing to ignore the threats of terrorism and is half-heartedly fighting a war against them. And sadly, we have a president who is more sympathetic to the enemy and less supportive of our own troops. We must remember the past. We must remember the type of enemy we are fighting. And we must be very careful in allowing mosques and Islamic Cultural Centers to be erected within the United States without thoroughly examining their intent and what is going on within their walls. Check out and monitor their Imams. Listen to their messages. Watch what is transpiring. And check out where their money is coming from. If necessary, shut them down! 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