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Why is there an Islamic Village in the foothills near Fresno?
KFSN TV 30 Fresno, CA ^ | 11-07-01 | Kevin Quinn

Posted on 11/08/2001 8:14:41 AM PST by Clovis_Skeptic

.Why is there an Islamic Village in the foothills near Fresno? There's an airstrip and neighbors complain of gunfire. Kevin Quinn takes you inside Baladullah, California.

Sorry, no transcript as of now. Video only. Worth the effort to view.

The video provides a look at this compound in the foothills above Fresno, CA. Pre 9-11, a Fresn County Sheriffs deputy was killed by a member of this peaceful Islamic community. The suspect (in the beginning trial phase still) broke into a empty nearby foothill home, when deputies arrived this guy was lying in the hallway floor with a rifle, and killed one deputy. This video is the first investigative reporting we have had on this Islamic community. The trail leads to FUQRA, a known terrorist group operating all over the world, and have several communities such as this one all over the USA.

Here is an excerpt from an article of the Sacramento Bee...

California links of terrorists probed:
Federal and state investigators try to unearth 'sleeper' agents.
By Sam Stanton and Andy Furillo
Bee Staff Writers

(Published Sept. 30, 2001)

The compound Beyond seeking out ties to bin Laden-linked terrorist networks, officials are keeping tabs on another Islamic group near Fresno because of the recent killing of a sheriff's deputy in an area home, apparently stemming from a botched burglary.(this was no burglary according to all accounts)

There is no evidence that the Fresno group has been involved in any terrorist activities, officials say.

The group, according to a federal source, is part of Fuqra, an organization whose name means "poverty" in Arabic and which has had compounds in several U.S. areas.

Some Fuqra members in other areas have been implicated in past years in domestic terrorist attacks, and the State Department has labeled the group, known formally as Jamaat ul-Fuqra, as "an Islamic sect that seeks to purify Islam through violence."

The group south of Fresno operates an 1,800-acre compound called the International Quranic Open University, which sits on the former site of the drug addiction recovery cult Synanon.

The compound, a series of mobile homes shaded by trees, also serves as a U-Haul rentals location. A resident there last week refused to talk to a reporter, referring inquiries to a Visalia attorney who did not respond to a message seeking information.

Authorities have been studying the compound since the Aug. 21 slaying of Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy Erik Telen. Officials charged 20-year-old Ramadan Abdur-Rauf Abdullah with murder in the killing, apparently stemming from a botched burglary at a rural home.

James Oppliger, Fresno County's chief deputy district attorney, said the suspect claimed he had been living at the compound seeking psychiatric treatment from the Quranic university.

Oppliger said he since has begun studying the group and its possible connections to other organizations.

(Zavia Books) is the bookstore for this Islamic compound. It is called Koranic Open University. Note the books being sold. One of them is prefaced by ( Sheik Mubarik Ali Shah Jilani [Gilani]) a known terrorist. The trail leads from Baladullah (actually Miramonte, CA) to Pakistan, where Sheik Gilani lives. He is the head of Fuqra.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: alfuqra; baladullah; fresno; fuqra; gilani; jamaatalfuqra; jihadinamerica; jilani; redcross; trainingcamps; university
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also, Baladullah is operating a charter school, several actually all over California, and have received over $1 million of taxpayer money to operate, and are due to get well over $5 million next year....just thought you would like to know......
1 posted on 11/08/2001 8:14:41 AM PST by Clovis_Skeptic
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To: ladyinred; JustAmy; chadsworth
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2 posted on 11/08/2001 8:16:03 AM PST by Clovis_Skeptic
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To: Sabertooth; dennisw; Spirit Of Truth; Lent; harpseal; Manny Festo; onyx
Anything here? Any other threads of stories in the archives?
3 posted on 11/08/2001 8:20:11 AM PST by Travis McGee
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
I was just up in Visalia a few weeks ago. It's a pretty area.
4 posted on 11/08/2001 8:20:57 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
Hey, Islam is peaceful and does not seek to subjugate others...this is all propaganda. Foreign Muslims would never send money to Muslims in the USA to establish a foothold. There is no compulsion in Islam, remember?
5 posted on 11/08/2001 8:21:33 AM PST by GuillermoX
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
Maybe it is a practice target for training air crews.
6 posted on 11/08/2001 8:22:08 AM PST by wjcsux
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
We (the US) can be pretty stupid when we want to be.
7 posted on 11/08/2001 8:22:12 AM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: John Robinson
hmmm.
8 posted on 11/08/2001 8:22:53 AM PST by Ms. AntiFeminazi
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To: phasma proeliator
PING
9 posted on 11/08/2001 8:24:23 AM PST by jdogbearhunter
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To: Travis McGee; Clovis_Skeptic
There is a reference to 'alleged' shooting in Fresno Bee. See Muslims ask for a fair look
11 posted on 11/08/2001 8:26:30 AM PST by bwteim
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
.Why is there an Islamic Village in the foothills near Fresno?

I have a better question. Why is the Navy using Vieques Island for bombinng practice when theres Baladullah?

12 posted on 11/08/2001 8:28:31 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: Clovis_Skeptic; Cinnamon Girl
The group south of Fresno operates an 1,800-acre compound called the International Quranic Open University, which sits on the former site of the drug addiction recovery cult Synanon.

Synanon was spooky enough, and now this? Ugh, I'm too close in Visalia.

13 posted on 11/08/2001 8:36:13 AM PST by dighton
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
Sounds like a job for a BLU-82.
(Or 2 or 3)
14 posted on 11/08/2001 8:36:38 AM PST by StriperSniper
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
And I am sure that our state government would never permit any of that money to be used for religious education.
15 posted on 11/08/2001 8:38:47 AM PST by CaliforniaDreamer
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To: pgkdan
Pass that along to NAS Lemoore, which is minutes away by F/A-18.
16 posted on 11/08/2001 8:41:28 AM PST by dighton
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To: Republic of Texas; Angus_Day
>We (the US) can be pretty stupid when we want to be.

Well, it's difficult to use the word "we" to describe the US.

Remember, there's Red Nation America and Blue Nation America. Blue Nation is -- for all practical purposes -- an occupying force, a contemporary variation of the Vichy regime, which imposes its policies on Red Nation America.

Red Nation America is not suicidal. Red Nation America is not stupid. Red Nation America would never allow terrorist camps to be set up within its borders.

But Blue Nation America ALLOWS this kind of stuff because Blue Nation America is, in a very real way, AT WAR with Red Nation America. And it's a war in which Red Nation America CAN NOT FIGHT BACK because WE -- Red Nation America -- have great passion and love for America and we know that if we fight Blue Nation America, then it would amount to a civil war. (Blue Nation America doesn't care about such an issue because Blue Nation America hates America and all the values Red Nation loves.) So, the kind of horrible status quo just continues. Blue Nation America -- like cancer -- continues to dissolve away the body of America over-all. Red Nation America does what it can to live honorable and peacefully. But sooner or later SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE.

Mark W.

17 posted on 11/08/2001 8:41:30 AM PST by MarkWar
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
Ammazing. I'm not a "fan" of Ruby Ridge/Waco BUT: the US officials surrounded Weaver and shot his wife because he sold 1/4'' short shotgun ---- here a Sheriff is murdered and these people are still given free range!!!! They (US) also had no trouble shooting Cooper --- here the known terrorist-tied Muslims get a free pass. This is absolutely ridiculous, "no-knock warrants" are OK for the rest of us poor saps, these people can apparently do anything. Did someone say we were in a WAR? Right.
18 posted on 11/08/2001 8:42:41 AM PST by narnia4
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
Remeber that old "Twilight Zone" episode about this ordinary-looking American small town, everything seems normal, except that there is this mysterious yellow line on the outskirts that nobody can ever cross? At the end of the story, it turns out that this town is in the middle of the Soviet Union and is used for spy training purposes.

If something like this is what this compound is for, then I'm OK with that. But I doubt it.

19 posted on 11/08/2001 8:44:09 AM PST by Stefan Stackhouse
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To: mlo
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20 posted on 11/08/2001 8:44:56 AM PST by Fred25
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