Sharia: The Threat to America

[NosceHostem]

The Center for Security Policy recently released a report entitled Sharia: The Threat to America. The report can be found here with corresponding website here.

The following are the contributors as listed on page 2 of the report:

Team Leaders:
Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin—US Army (Ret.), former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
Lieutenant General Harry Edward Soyster—US Army (Ret.), former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

Associates:
Christine Brim—Chief Operating Officer, Center for Security Policy
Ambassador Henry Cooper—former Chief Negotiator, Defense and Space Talks, former Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Stephen C. Coughlin, Esq. —Major (Res.) USA, former Senior Consultant, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael Del Rosso—Senior Fellow, Claremont Institute and Center for Security Policy
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.—former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (Acting), President, Center for Security Policy
John Guandolo—former Special Agent, Counter-Terrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brian Kennedy—President, Claremont Institute
Clare M. Lopez—Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy
Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons—US Navy (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Andrew C. McCarthy—former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney (Southern District of New York); Senior Fellow, National Review Institute; Contributing Editor, National Review
Patrick Poole—Consultant to the military and law enforcement on antiterrorism issues
Joseph E. Schmitz—former Inspector General, Department of Defense
Tom Trento—Executive Director, Florida Security Council
J. Michael Waller—Annenberg Professor of International Communication, Institute of World Politics, and Vice President for Information Operations, Center for Security Policy
Diana West—author and columnist
R. James Woolsey—former Director of Central Intelligence
David Yerushalmi, Esq.—General Counsel to the Center for Security Policy

[T-Rock]

There's a thread on it here...
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ad.php?t=30408

...and a similar one here: http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ad.php?t=30516

IMO, one of the biggest problems of creeping Sharia is Zakat. It is a colossal problem due to the fact numerous companies are scrambling all over themselves to get onboard with Sharia-Compliance. IMO, Sharia-Compliant finance is enigmatic because of the lack of transparency surrounding Zakat payments. Most if not all Sharia-Compliant firms facilitate Zakat payments for their clients and there are ample scenarios in which Zakat payments have made their way to those fighting for Allah.

"...According to IRS Special Agent Colleen Anderson, a wealthy Egyptian named Mahmoud el-Fiki contacted al Haramain with the intention of making a donation "as Zakat [charity] in order to participate in your noble support to our Muslim brothers..."
http://www.investigativeproject.org/...rity-convicted

"...On November 24, 2008, after seven days of deliberation and six weeks of testimony, a jury convicted HLF and five of its leaders on charges of providing material support to Hamas..."
"...HLF and these five defendants provided approximately $12.4 million in support to Hamas and its goal of creating an Islamic Palestinian state by eliminating the State of Israel through violent jihad..."
http://www.nefafoundation.org/index.cfm?pageID=64

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...65&postcount=8

Examples:
http://www.hsbc.co.id/1/2/amanah_en_...kat-calculator
http://www.universityislamicfinancial.com/
http://www.thomasmore.org/downloads/...otiontoDis.pdf

Why do these companies get on board with financing the very zealots my Heroes are fighting

It doesn't make any sense

The Dark Side of Zakat

Muslim "Charity" in Context

by Raymond Ibrahim
August 15, 2009


“…In fact, financially supporting jihadis is a recognized form of jihad — jihad al-mal; even the vast majority of militant verses in the Koran (e.g., 9:20, 9:41, 49:15, 61:10-11) prioritize the need to fund the jihad over merely fighting in it, as fighting with one's wealth often precedes fighting with one's self. Well-known Islamists — from international jihadi Osama bin Laden to authoritative cleric Sheikh Qaradawi — are well aware of this and regularly exhort Muslims to fund the jihad via zakat…”

“…More revealing of the peculiarly Islamic nature of zakat is the fact that Muslims are actually forbidden from bestowing this "charity" onto non-Muslims (e.g., the vast majority of American infidels). "Charitable" Muslim organizations operating on American soil are therefore no mere equivalents to, say, the Salvation Army, a Christian charity organization whose "ministry extends to all, regardless of ages, sex, color, or creed." In Islam, creed is a major criterion for receiving "charity" — not to mention for receiving social equality…”
http://www.meforum.org/2438/zakat-mu...ity-in-context

[Richard]

FWIW - every non-resident who visits Bethlehem provides 'material support' to Hamas.

And so it goes...

Richard

[T-Rock]

FWIW - every non-resident who visits Bethlehem provides 'material support' to Hamas.

No kidding…

Under laws established by the late Yasser Arafat when the Palestinian Authority took control of Bethlehem in 1995, only a Greek Orthodox or Catholic Christian can be mayor of Bethlehem, so Hamas could not field its own candidate. No problem! Hamas simply installed a “Christian” ally, Walid Victor Batarseh, 70, an atheist and Marxist from the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Batarseh replaces Hanna Nasser, a moderate Christian who supported peaceful coexistence with Israel. By contrast, Batarseh is suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. His attorney is a member of Hamas and his organization, the PFLP, was behind the assassination of Israeli Cabinet Minister Rehavam Ze’evi, who was gunned down in Jerusalem in 2002. “This was legitimate retaliation for Israeli state terror,” said Batarseh.

In short, Hamas controls Bethlehem.

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/Default...w=item&idx=498

It seems similar to the times when the Seljuk’s slaughtered over 3000 Christian pilgrims prior to the first crusade…

http://books.google.com/books?id=fHk...page&q&f=false

[Richard]

I was going to visit Bethlehem when I was in Jerusalem last week but changed my mind when I found I would have to pay a 'fee' to the Palestinian Authority to enter there. This didn't stop literally bus loads of visitors (mostly Western Christians) I saw lining up to go into there, though.

Now - is an American visiting Bethlehem who is giving $$ support to a terrorist organization by paying that fee in violation of the current anti-terrorist legislation?

And so it goes...

Richard's $.02

[NosceHostem]

Originally Posted by T-Rock

There's a thread on it here...
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ad.php?t=30408

...and a similar one here: http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ad.php?t=30516

Sorry about that. I did a couple different searches but couldn't find anything on the report. I'll have to work on my search-fu.

Despite how hopelessly lost our senior political and national security "leadership" has been on the central security questions of the post-9/11 age (ie. who is our enemy, what do they believe, what are their political goals and corresponding tactics and strategies), it is heartening to see a group of authoritative experts produce a work like this challenging the conventional idiocy. Maybe there is hope for us yet.

[Saoirse]

Originally Posted by Richard

I was going to visit Bethlehem when I was in Jerusalem last week but changed my mind when I found I would have to pay a 'fee' to the Palestinian Authority to enter there. This didn't stop literally bus loads of visitors (mostly Western Christians) I saw lining up to go into there, though.

Now - is an American visiting Bethlehem who is giving $$ support to a terrorist organization by paying that fee in violation of the current anti-terrorist legislation?

And so it goes...

Richard's $.02

That is a good question. I doubt most western Christians even know what that fee is for. And I doubt seriously that they are even told when they pay the fee. If they knew, would they get off the bus and say "no, nope, not gonna pay it. I'll wait right here for you all to come back!".

[T-Rock]

Sorry about that.

No apologies necessary for me, I’m just a guest in somebody else’s house

Now - is an American visiting Bethlehem who is giving $$ support to a terrorist organization by paying that fee in violation of the current anti-terrorist legislation?

I wouldn’t feel right about going…

I would say yes for those who know what‘s going on in the area, like say the International Solidarity Movement, and no for those who don’t.

(1) Unlawful conduct.— Whoever knowingly provides material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspires to do so…
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18...9---B000-.html

Two RN’s I work with will be going to Jerusalem soon and I advised them not to visit Bethlehem for this very reason… Hamas controls Bethlehem...

What are your thoughts Sir

[Richard]

What are your thoughts...

It's a free (more or less) world - I'll go when the current landlords move out.

Richard's $.02

[NosceHostem]

Page 20 of the report:

Recent research indicates that in many mosques across the country the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution is being encouraged in the printed material offered on-site or in the textbooks used in children’s classes, if not directly from the Friday pulpit.

In addition, the 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial in Dallas, Texas provided evidence that the majority of Islamic organizations in America are affiliates of or associated with the Muslim Brotherhood in some way and many of them are raising funds for jihad. The convictions in that case make clear that such behavior is not protected by the First Amendment. And yet, American elites still deal with shariah as just a religious system, when in fact it is as totalitarian a political program as ever were those of communism, fascism, national socialism, or Japanese imperialism.