This government report concerning the Muslims of America-connected group Jamaat ul-Fuqra is from 2005, but critics point out that the compounds are still thriving, even though several members have been arrested over the past couple of decades. The map on the right shows known Jamaat ul-Fuqra terrorist acts in the United States during the 1980s and 90s. Despite this wide variety of crimes extending back many years, the government, media and "neighbors" are downplaying the danger of this group continuing to operate on U.S. shores.
The central focus of the report is a detailed study of cases investigated and prosecuted in Colorado that involve members of a terrorist group known as Jamaat Ul Fuqra. (Fuqra). A substantial component of these cases is a worker’s compensation scheme that involved not only fraudulent insurance claims but also identification fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion....
A state-level perspective is provided through an analysis of criminal cases brought in Colorado against members of a known terrorist group, Jamaat Ul Fuqra. (Fuqra). Investigation in these cases began at the state level in the 1990s, when local police in Colorado found evidence of criminal activity by members of Fuqra, including documentation of a worker’s compensation scheme involving fraudulent insurance claims, identification fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion....
For example, terrorist suspects Ahmad Ajaj and Ramzi Yousef collected materials such as photographs, identification cards, bank records, and education records to create the false identities, which they later used to travel to the United States. Other WCCs [White Collar Crimes], such as identity theft, insurance fraud, and credit card fraud, have been used to fund terrorist activities....
Another source of terrorist funding, which is discussed less often in the literature, is intellectual property (IP) crime.... The illegal sale of counterfeited goods and illegal use of IP to commit other crimes, such as stock manipulation, have been used to support terrorist activities....
In the mid-1990’s the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, successfully prosecuted members of a fundamentalist Islamic sect known as Jamaat Ul Fuqra (Fuqra). In addition to being accused of acts of domestic terrorism, Fuqra members were charged with various WCCs, including committing insurance fraud in a worker’s compensation scheme that spanned a period of more than seven years....
The Fuqra group was first organized in Pakistan by Sheikh Mubarik Ali Jilani Hasmi (Jilani), who also established a United States Fuqra organization in 1980. The followers of Jilani reportedly believe that their leader can perform miracles and exhibit unquestioning respect and obedience. Most, though not all, of the members of Fuqra are African-American, U.S. citizens who have adopted extremist beliefs and live in communal environments, or “Jamaats.” It is believed that over thirty-five (35) Jamaats have existed in the U.S. since 1980, in addition to more than a dozen “covert training compounds” in Colorado, Texas, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, Oregon, Washington, Maryland, Alabama, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Tennessee (see Map of Selected Fuqra Activities)....
Over the past few decades, it is believed that the U.S. Fuqra has been preparing for and engaging in a holy war (Jihad) against individuals and groups they perceive to be their enemy. These enemies include Israel, the Nation of Islam, Hindus, Ansar Muslims, East Indians, Jews, the Jewish Defense League, Hare Krishnas, Buddists, and the U.S. government. Since the formation of Fuqra in the U.S., it is suspected that Fuqra members and associates have been involved in at least thirteen murders and sixteen bombings. (See Appendix B for a partial listing.)
The first investigation of Fuqra was initiated by the FBI in 1983, in response to a killing and double firebombing in Detroit, Michigan, directed at the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam....
Members of the Fuqra group have raised money by taking advantage of a variety of social services programs, including worker’s compensation, public health care, welfare, and food stamps programs. Other crimes committed by Fuqra members include the creation and use of false identification cards, birth certificates, and other forged documents...
I've put "MOSQUE" and "GROUND ZERO" in all caps, because that is what it is. According to its would-be founders, the site was chosen because it is close to GROUND ZERO - "where a piece of the wreckage fell" - and their previous remarks clearly demonstrate their intention to build a MOSQUE.
In the first place, the most visible representative of this project is an IMAM, a MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADER, who published a book in 2004, the Malaysian title of which translates as: A Call to Prayer from the World Trade Center Rubble: Islamic Dawa in the Heart of America Post-9/11. The fact that Feisal Abdul-Rauf is an imam, along with the title of his book, alone should serve as enough proof that this project is considered a MOSQUE, but there is more evidence, including a listing by the Cordoba Initiative on IslamicFinder emphasizing the "Islamic center" as a place that "can accomodate 1,000 people to pray in Jamat at one time." (The Arabic word "jamat" means "group" or "community," used in reference to Islam.)
Secondly, the delineation of the MOSQUE'S location from Ground Zero is a completely disingenuous attempt to speak out of both sides of the mouth in the wake of the fervent controversy caused by this thoughtless proposal. Indeed, as also indicated by his book title and as Rauf himself has explicitly stated, the site was chosen precisely because it is located at or near Ground Zero, as reported in December 2009 by the mosque-favoring New York Times:
The location was precisely a key selling point for the group of Muslims who bought the building in July. A presence so close to the World Trade Center, "where a piece of the wreckage fell," said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the cleric leading the project...
Nevertheless, if this project is NOT a mosque, then there is no question of the "freedom of religion" argument for giving it a green light. Hence, all the shrieking about the owners' Constitutional "rights" would be moot. But, as we all know fully well, it IS primarily a mosque, which will occupy the top levels of the proposed project, basically overlooking the site of destruction, evidently serving as some - including other Muslims - have called a "flag of conquest."
A place of 'good will?'
Naturally, Rauf asserts that the building of his mosque at Ground Zero will be for the purpose of creating "good will," yet we can see from the reaction and subsequent actions of its proponents that is has done anything but. The obnoxious and arrogant response from his wife, Daisy Khan, for example, demonstrates what appears to be absolute contempt for the opinions and feelings of the some 60-70% of Americans who find this project needlessly offensive. As union representative Andrew Sullivan remarked, while some of the 9/11 victims' families sat weeping and clutching photographs of their lost loved ones, Khan's clan members were laughing and celebrating their "victory" at the community board hearing.
Fortunately, as we can see from yet another brilliant video of his, world-renowned social commentator Pat Condell understands all these facts, which the Associated Press and others have now disgracefully begun to cover up in their attempts to pander to Islamist sensibilities. Remember this fact when you are considering this global brouhaha: These Islamic organizations represent a mere one to two percent of the American populace; yet, even at this tiny level they have the ability to throw the entire country into disarray. Contrary to the calumnious and libelous pro-mosque commentaries, it is because of THIS sort of insensitive, arrogant and megalomaniacal behavior that so many are beginning to resent Islam's incursions into the United States, not because of some mindless bigotry and "Islamophobia." Indeed, the very smearing of Islam's critics with this epithet, "Islamophobia," is a ploy to shut up anyone who recognizes the brutality of Islamic law and doctrine, and this very tactic makes critics dislike and distrust Islamist intentions even more. In other words, Islam's brutal legacy and ongoing bullying are the very reasons for "Islamophobia," nothing more or less.
UPDATE: From the Investor's Business Daily article, "Mosque's Saudi Patron" - surprise, surprise!
Islamofascism: New dots are emerging from the probe into who's behind the Ground Zero mosque, and the radical Muslim Brotherhood is coming into view.
Naturally, the Saudi patron is billionaire and Forbe's 19th richest person in the world, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns 7% of FOXNews. I wonder what he thinks about this story...
From waiter to millionaire mogul in record speed...
In July 2009, Sharif El-Gamal and his brother Sammy bought the Burlington Coat Factory for $4.8 million in cash, prompting PI Bill Warner to ask:
How can Sammy and Sharif El-Gamal buy million dollar properties for cash in Manhattan but can’t pay back a few thousand dollars on apartment deposits to clients that were supposed to be in escrow ? Sammy and Sharif El-Gamal of SOHO Properties have been throwing around $$$ Millions of dollars in cash buying apartments for themselves and expensive Manhattan Commercial buildings. ...where did the $4.8 million in cash come from to buy 45 Park Place?
Concerning the Egyptian-born Elzanaty, FOXNews relates:
But el-Gamal's biggest boost came from Egyptian-born Hisham Elzanaty.
We tried to ask Elzanaty some questions, but he said he didn't have the time.
Mortgage documents confirm Elzanaty is the guarantor on the $39 million loan el-Gamal's company assumed in buying the building.
It seems el-Gamal's money man couldn't get away from us fast enough either. He darted out of a nearly $2 million Roslyn Heights home and made a bee-line to his car, again refusing to answer our questions. We asked him how he knows Sharif el-Gamal.
But we've been able to find out a bit about Elzanaty without his help. He is the owner of several medical companies run out of a building in the Bronx. East Tremont medical center is a clinic. In the reception area, there is a picture of Elzanaty proudly posing with his staff.
But as state records show, Hisham Elzanaty was ordered to repay more than $331,000. An audit showed that one of his companies was overpaid by Medicaid.
We tried again to talk to Elzanaty, but once again he took off without answering any of our questions.
Much the way his associate, mosque developer Sharif el-Gamal, did.
El-Gamal remains stubbornly silent. And we've now learned he's also involved in developing another Islamic center in Harlem....
Where is all the money for these buildings and the Ground Zero mosque coming from? Is there a Muslim Brotherhood connection here, as there allegedly is with the imam of this proposed project, Feisal Rauf, although Rauf denies his involvement with the Ikhwan (Brotherhood)? The organization 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America asks the same question:
Why be concerned about the Muslim Brotherhood? According to a document purportedly seized by the FBI, the MB has as one of its tenets the destruction of the West's "miserable house" from within:
...The Ikhwan [Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging" its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions....
A former FBI special agent told law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel that a network of Islamic organizations are working to incrementally implement Islamic law in the United States.
Every major Muslim organization is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, the former FBI agent said, which he said was formed to overthrow America and establish Islamic law.
"They're having great success of implementing Shariah law, I could give you a thousand examples," Guandolo said.
He said small concessions like installing foot baths, and colleges forced to have separate swimming times for Islamic men and women so not to offend Muslims, are other parts of the strategy.
But Guandolo said that federal leadership is reluctant to act against these Islamic organizations due to political correctness and the threats of lawsuits.
He said that Muslim groups will demand concessions on matters by saying, "You have to do this; you have to do this or I will be offended."...
HOT OFF THE PRESSES! A just uploaded video of an excellent new interview with renowned physicist Dr. Michio Kaku about a new book chronicling UFO sightings by mainstream officials and credible witnesses worldwide. Here's what Dr. Kaku says about the 5% of "spooky" and unexplainable UFO sightings:
"We're talking about generals, we're talking about airforce pilots, we're talking about governors of states, that claim, 'Hey, this is beyond our understanding of the laws of physics.'"
My own thoughts include, what if "they" aren't (all) from another planet? Even today we have people living at fairly advanced levels, technology-wise, while others remain in the Brazilian rainforest in the Stone Age, seemingly oblivious to our existence. Perhaps they've been here for a very long time, and we ourselves are almost oblivious to their existence?
Hmmm. I once created an uproar at a gathering of Tibetan Buddhist monks, when one of their young American acolytes asked me if I was a Buddhist. "No," I replied, "I'm a Buddha." All hell broke loose at that point, and a woman angrily shouted: "I don't believe you. No woman can be a Buddha." My response: "That is why I have taken this form, to dispel your prejudices." :)
"Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said...there is no gender bias in Buddhism and nothing prevents a woman from becoming his successor."
The Dalai Lama also stated that any possible female successor needs to be a hottie! Who can blame him?
But I wonder if he'd be cool with an ugly man? If so, would the double standard not reek of...sexism?
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul district on Friday, there is no gender bias in Buddhism and nothing prevents a woman from becoming his successor.
"So the purpose of the incarnation is to serve people about dharma (faith). If the circumstances are such, female form is more useful, then why not," said Dalai Lama.
He also added that that the female Dalai Lama should be attractive.
"And I also mentioned in case Dalai Lama's incarnation one female comes then must be very attractive female. So the very reason, you see more influence to others, an ugly female then may not much effective," added Dalai Lama....
Interesting slant on this controversial story by Jeffrey Goldberg, who reports that, at a memorial service for beheaded Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, "Ground Zero mosque" imam Feisal Abdul Rauf declared: "I am a Jew." Goldberg notes that "any Muslim imam who stands before a Jewish congregation and says, 'I am a Jew,' is placing his life in danger." Naturally, Rauf would have to fear fellow members of his own "religion of peace,"™ whom Goldberg is suggesting would kill him for saying such a thing.
(But let's build more barracks for the soldiers of Allah: "The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers." --Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan)
Some might point out that the Koran is significantly based on the Bible and that Islamic/sharia law is basically Mosaic law, especially as found in Deuteronomy, so of course Rauf is a Jew. As Rauf himself says, "At the core of Shariah law are God's commandments, revealed in the Old Testament and revised in the New Testament and the Quran."
The relationship between Islam and Judaism is a special and close one. The two religions share similar values, and Islam incorporates Jewish history as a part of its own. Muslims regard the Children of Israel as a central religious concept in Islam. Moses is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an more than any other prophet. Jews in turn see Muslims as prefect [sic] monotheists and as adherents of the Seven Laws of Noah. Thus according to Judaism, Muslims are seen as righteous people of God. The historical interaction of Judaism and Islam started in the 7th century AD with the origin and spread of Islam in the Arabian peninsula.
Because Islam has its foundation in Judaism and share a common origin in the Middle East through Abraham, both are considered Abrahamic religions. There are many shared aspects between Judaism and Islam; Islam is similar to Judaism in its fundamental religious outlook, structure, jurisprudence and practice...
The right-wing campaign against the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" includes vicious personal attacks on the Muslim cleric who leads the Cordoba Initiative, the organization behind the plan. I know Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, and I know him to be a moderate, forward-leaning Muslim -- yes, it is true he has said things with which I disagree, but I have never expected him to function as a member of the Zionist Organization of America.
In 2003, Imam Rauf was invited to speak at a memorial service for Daniel Pearl, the journalist murdered by Islamist terrorists in Pakistan. The service was held at B'nai Jeshurun, a prominent synagogue in Manhattan, and in the audience was Judea Pearl, Daniel Pearl's father. In his remarks, Rauf identified absolutely with Pearl, and identified himself absolutely with the ethical tradition of Judaism. "I am a Jew," he said.
There are those who would argue that these represent mere words, chosen carefully to appease a potentially suspicious audience. I would argue something different: That any Muslim imam who stands before a Jewish congregation and says, "I am a Jew," is placing his life in danger. Remember, Islamists hate the people they consider apostates even more than they hate Christians and Jews. In other words, the man many commentators on the right assert is a terrorist-sympathizer placed himself in mortal peril in order to identify himself with Christians and Jews, and specifically with the most famous Jewish victim of Islamism....
"The Prophet said: Judgment Day will not come until you fight the Jews and kill them. The Jews will hide behind stones and trees, and the stones and tree will call: Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him except for the Gharqad tree, which is the tree of the Jews. I have heard that they are planting many of these trees now."
For America to score even higher on the "Islamic" or "Shariah Compliance" scale, America would need to do two things: invite the voices of all religions to join the dialogue in shaping the nation's practical life, and allow religious communities more leeway to judge among themselves according to their own laws.
Yep, that's right: According to Rauf, we Americans need to become more Islamic and to allow "religions" (i.e., ISLAM) to shape our politics and to govern themselves (i.e., ISLAM) by their own laws (i.e., SHARIA).
Sorry, but this American has NO interest in her country becoming more Islamic or sharia-compliant.
According to Diana West, "hidden material" from Rauf's website on the Shariah Index Project defined its "goal" as to "define, interpret and implement the concept of the Islamic state in modern times." West also says:
Since 2006, Rauf has coordinated a series of international meetings with Shariah experts ranging from Muslim Brotherhood associates to Iran's Mohammad Javad Larijani, "who," as Brim reports, "has justified torture of Iranian dissidents as legal punishments under Shariah law."
That's not all Larijani, who heads Iran's Human Rights Council (for real), has justified. He has also justified Shariah-sanctioned stoning. As Anne Bayefsky recently reported, Rauf's picture with Larijani (and former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Sada Cumber) disappeared from the Cordoba Initiative Web site, too.
So much to hide - but the Shariah is out of the bag.
And here's an interesting little tidbit from MSNBC:
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf...worked with...former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on a task force five years ago for the Council on Foreign Relations [CFR].
FYI, I'll be appearing on Len Osanic's Black Op Radio show tomorrow, from 9:00-10:30 PM EST/6:00-7:30 PM PST. We will be discussing the religion part of the first "Zeitgeist," vis-a-vis my "ZEITGEIST Sourcebook."
Sorry about the last minute notification, but we just made this arrangement because of pressing current events. For all the night owls and folks in other parts of the world, I will be appearing on Dark Matters Radio with Don Ecker tonight, August 17-18th, from 1:00-3:00 AM EST/10:00-12:00 PM PST.
Don and I will be discussing my work in comparative religion and mythology, as well as religious pathology and current events that are affecting us all.
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This government report concerning the Muslims of America-connected group Jamaat ul-Fuqra is from 2005, but critics point out that the compounds are still thriving, even though several members have been arrested over the past couple of decades. The map on the right shows known Jamaat ul-Fuqra terrorist acts in the United States during the 1980s and 90s. Despite this wide variety of crimes extending back many years, the government, media and "neighbors" are downplaying the danger of this group continuing to operate on U.S. shores.
Hmmm. I once created an uproar at a gathering of Tibetan Buddhist monks, when one of their young American acolytes asked me if I was a Buddhist. "No," I replied, "I'm a Buddha." All hell broke loose at that point, and a woman angrily shouted: "I don't believe you. No woman can be a Buddha." My response: "That is why I have taken this form, to dispel your prejudices." :)
