Posted on 06/13/2006 4:51:14 AM PDT by Buffettfan
US Marines Build Shrine To Islam
By Paul Sperry
FrontPageMagazine.com
June 13, 2006 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22845
We are at war with militant Islam, but you wouldn't know it from the Pentagon, which is busy erecting a shrine to Islam just five short years after Islamic terrorists destroyed a good chunk of its own building and killed more than 100 of its occupants. Worse, it's consulting on the project with a Wahhabi-educated cleric posing as a moderate.
Last week, military brass -- along with representatives from the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations -- dedicated the first Muslim prayer center for the Marines as a symbol of the military's "religious tolerance" and "respect" for the faith the enemy uses to attack us. Already, plans are in the works to build by 2009 a bigger mosque at the Marine base in Quantico so Muslim service members can have a "proper place" to worship, and one that "honors their religious heritage," officials say, not realizing that the mosque can also be used by the enemy to build a Fifth Column inside the Marines.
The idea for the center came from Navy Lt. Abuhena Mohammed Saifulislam, a young, smooth-talking Muslim chaplain, who wanted a permanent place of worship -- and "education" -- for the growing number of soldiers who are interested in -- and converting to -- Islam.
Quantico has only 24 Muslims on base, so the mosque -- the first of its kind in the 230-year history of the Corps -- will also serve to introduce and draw other Marines to the faith. Large posters explaining how "Muslims love and respect Jesus" (but only as a minor prophet and not the son of God, which they view as blasphemous to Allah) line the inside of the white building. This is one way imam Saifulislam -- known on base simply as "Saif" -- bridges the faiths to reach out to Christian soldiers. Blacks are particularly susceptible to his pitch.
Apparently, whatever Saifulislam wants, he gets -- even at the terrorist prison camp at Gitmo, where he was first assigned after 9-11. There, he recommended that al-Qaida detainees be served halal meals -- including traditional dates and lamb -- prepared according to Islamic dietary law. The Gitmo menu now boasts 113 Muslim-appropriate meals for the benefit of finicky terrorist tummies.
That's not all. Thanks to Saifulislam's advice, our enemy now wakes to the sound of Muslim chaplains calling them to prayer instead of barking dogs or guards, who are now trained in Muslim sensitivity. Also thanks to Saifulislam, detainees can brush up on jihad by reading paperback Pentagon-issued copies of the Quran. They can even finger prayer beads and wear makeshift turbans and skull caps.
While at Gitmo, the Navy imam privately counseled al-Qaida prisoners in their native tongues of Urdu and Arabic. "I must give hope for them to cope," Saifulislam said. How thoughtful of him.
It turns out Saifulislam also ministered to Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, a fellow Muslim charged with desertion, just before he went AWOL again last year. Hassoun deserted his post in Iraq where he served as an Arabic translator. After he was captured, and after he met with the Quantico imam, he deserted again.
Saifulislam is clean-cut with a Colgate smile. The Pentagon gives him great latitude because he claims to be moderate.
However, Saifulislam studied Islam at a hardline Wahhabi school in Virginia that was raided by federal authorities after 9-11. And one of his mentors is Taha Jaber Al-Alwani, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Sami al-Arian terror case. Federal court records allege he gave at least $50,000 in jihad money "to support suicide bombings" in Israel.
Saifulislam, born in Bangladesh, insists he is only a Sunni Muslim and does not adhere to the faith's more orthodox and militant Wahhabi sect practiced by Osama bin Laden and his ilk. Still, his pro-jihad academic background should raise flags at the Pentagon.
Instead, it's giving him a permanent taxpayer-supported platform from which to convert grunts to Islam. With the Quantico mosque, the Pentagon is facilitating the study of the holy texts the enemy uses, heretically or not, as their manual of war. This is tantamount to the Marines setting up a Mein Kampf reading room during WWII.
The timing of the dedication ceremony is ironic by half. As the deputy secretary of defense and Marine commandant respectfully removed their shoes to enter the mosque and intoned pleasant PC platitudes about being one big happy "family" with Muslims, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced the arrest of 17 Muslim men who had allegedly plotted to explode fertilizer-based bombs at important sites in Canada. Their plans also called for attacking parliament and even beheading the prime minister. Almost half of them had attended the same mosque in Toronto.
Several military officers chose to sit out the Quantico ceremony than hear deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England mouth "salaams" to the Muslims in attendance. They think the mosque is misplaced, and don't trust its imam.
"I have great concern about this young Muslim chaplain," said Lt. Comm. Gary P. Stewart, also a Navy chaplain. "I don't trust him."
The Pentagon's over-the-top gesture is only the latest sign that political correctness is running amok inside the military. Chief chaplains for the Navy, Army and Air Force routinely meet with top leaders from the Islamic Society of North America for PC powwows, even though ISNA is a Saudi-backed group with ties to terrorists. No matter, the Pentagon distributes ISNA literature on Islam and Muslims to help increase troops' "sensitivity" toward Islam.
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Your argument could be altered slightly and used by Muslims against Christianity without missing a beat (and I'm sure it is). What you're suggesting is of course WWIII and would result in the deaths of untold hundreds of millions of people.
Personally, I would prefer to avoid that scenario. Another way to win the WOT is to export the best virtues of our society overseas. Winning in Iraq is key to this concept and Bush knows it. Reagan lead us through the Cold War without firing a shot. Why can't Bush do the same for the WOT?
If someone believes that we are at war with all of Islam, then they're either actively engaged in that war (i.e., killing Muslims), or they are a deserter, usually from cowardice. Desertion in wartime is treason. That's the logical conclusion of that particular belief system. They convict themselves with their own words.
OMG. You're insane.
With all the bozos here prattling on about how the only option we have is to either kill every Muslim, or forcibly convert them to something else (usually Christianity), you're saying that I'M crazy?
I swear to God, I feel like these idiots should get a room overlooking the Wannsee.
There is no requirement the Marines must build Muslims a Mosque. It is a choice - and a dumb one.
Thanks for the explanation; I thought you were actually advocating killing all the Muslims.
You're implying that President Bush is against liberty? There are limits to freedom... muslims don't have the freedom to behead in this country, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded theatre, you can't travel more than 70 mph on the highway, you can't jaywalk across the street, you can't slander your neighbor, you can't hurt your neighbor... do you really need more examples?
I think your quote above was likely taken out of context to be put in the worst possible light.
You are ignorant of history. Read the Declaration of Independence again. It spells the reasons for the break in our societal contract. We did everything we could to be good little subjects...
LOL!
Ass-U-Me anything you like.
How about the freedom to parody a politician's web site?
Or, like Bush, do you believe this is too much freedom?
I think your quote above was likely taken out of context to be put in the worst possible light.
I didn't have to do anything to change the context. He's already put it into all the context he needed.
But, then with a little effort searching on Google, you could've found this out for yourself.
But, then with a little effort searching on Google, you could've found this out for yourself.
Whatever. Context: Gov Bush (at the time) was talking about a cyber squatter who appropriated his name and graphics from his website and then libeled him when he was told to desist.
Strangely, I can find no full text of a quote beyond these words and nearly all of those sites that castigate him for them are leftist...
Nuclear f'n weapons!!! Sand makes real good glass. Kill a few million of em and the rest may get the message to leave us the f alone and go back to their little hiddie holes and pray. Bow down and pray a lot. They are used to that anyway. Just tell em that if they so much as blow up one more innocent person in the name of Allah, we will blow up 1 million more of theirs in the name of the one true GOD. Hows that?
Jeez, I'm starting to sound like Ann Coulter. Yea, I AM aren't I? Good.
You recall incorrectly.
Is that your desired end state?
No, my desired end-state is that we all sit around together singing Kumbaya.
What is your desired end-state?
Wrong.
Bush could've sued the parody site's owner for cybersquating or copyright infringement or libel. But that's not what he did.
Instead, Bush filed a complaint with the FEC claiming that the site's owner violated campaign laws by failing to register as a PAC and that the site's fair market value puts it over the $1,000 threshold that defines a PAC under election law.
When the FEC (rightly) told Bush to go pound sand, Bush called press conference and uttered his infamous words of praise for the 1st Amendment ("There ought to be limits to freedom").
But, Bush never pursued anything beyond the cease and desist letter from his lawyer, the FEC complaint and this press conference.
In fact, after this action took place, Bush registered hundreds of domains, then tried to hijack the parody site's domain claiming that he'd registered it in the summer of 1998. Internic records show that the site's owner had the domain two months before Bush started registering these new domains, such as bushbites.com and bushsux.org.
Strangely, I can find no full text of a quote beyond these words and nearly all of those sites that castigate him for them are leftist...
"Last week, military brass -- along with representatives from the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations -- dedicated the first Muslim prayer center for the Marines as a symbol of the military's "religious tolerance" and "respect" for the faith the enemy uses to attack us. "
When are the Afghans going to show the same sentiments?
Or the Iraqis or Saudis, or any other of these groups.
There's a reason why people like you never get access to nuclear weapons in this country.
The PAC amount was $250 according to the article I read. I'll have to try your link at home... firewall at work doesn't like it.
Thanks.
There are two thresholds for PACs. If the expenditures/value exceeds $250, then they must file reports with the FEC. If the expenditures/value exceeds $1,000, then they must register as a PAC and file periodic reports.
On that site, you'll find not only the C&D letter, but also the FEC complaint. Pay particular attention to what is alleged by Bush in the FEC complaint.
FRegards,
Appreciate the ping, Davey.
Lunacy. Political correctness and inclusivity gone berserk and swirling down the crapper.
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