FBI investigates spread of radical Islam in U.S.

AZ Central / Washington Post ^ | 10-03-03

[Brian S]

Oct. 3, 2003 12:30 PM

WASHINGTON - On Aug. 20, 2001, Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen, a man who would soon be named a minister of the Saudi government and put in charge of its two holy mosques, arrived in the United States to meet with some of this country's most influential fundamentalist Sunni Muslim leaders.

His journey here was to include meetings and contacts with officials of several Saudi-sponsored charities that have since been accused of links to terrorist groups, including the Illinois-based Global Relief Foundation, which U.S. authorities shut down last year.

He met with the creators of Islamic Web sites that U.S. authorities contend promote the views of radical Saudi clerics tied to Osama bin Laden. And among the imams on his travel schedule was a leader of a small religious center tucked into a nondescript suburban Virginia office building, the same site used for a time by the spiritual leader of a group of area men indicted in June as suspected jihadists.

On the night of Sept. 10, 2001, Hussayen stayed at a suburban hotel that also housed three of the Saudi hijackers who would slam an aircraft into the Pentagon the next day, though there is no evidence that he had contact with them.

Hussayen, who was unavailable for comment, is accused of no wrongdoing. The purpose of his meetings remains, in fact, a mystery.

But his travels form a road map to some of the religious and charitable groups in America dedicated to the spread of Wahhabism, the rigid and puritanical strain of Islam dominant in Saudi Arabia. In recent months, authorities have begun to focus on the role of radical Wahhabi clerics and organizations, including some that Hussayen came to see here, in exhorting followers to violence.

Backed by money from Saudi Arabia, Wahhabis have built or taken over hundreds of mosques in North America and opened branches of Saudi universities here for the training of imams as part of the effort to spread their beliefs, which are intolerant of Christianity, Judaism and even other strains of Islam.

[Bobby777]

he just came over to buy some Krispy Kreme donuts and Jolt Cola ... yeah, that's the ticket ... and he's the mayor of Springfield ... yeah ...

[rickmichaels]

Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen...arrived in the United States...

So it wasn't just my imagination. The air really DID stink today.

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[Mears]

They're here and they're staying unless we rewrite the Constitution.

[CholeraJoe]

On the night of Sept. 10, 2001, Hussayen stayed at a suburban hotel that also housed three of the Saudi hijackers who would slam an aircraft into the Pentagon the next day, though there is no evidence a presumption that he had contact with them.

Better

[dagnabbit]

George Bush and the GOP congress have admitted about 200,000 permaent, legal, green-card-granted, muslim immigrants since 9-11.

[cavtrooper21]

Looks like I need to get busy and do some more reloading...

[joyful1]

We're in deep trouble.

Keep your Bibles handy. We're going to need it deeply.

[dagnabbit]

Better to load and reload your congressman's mailbox and fax machine. Ask why he and his pals haven't brought this massive influx of Islam to a halt.

Do we have to become another France (AKA the Northern Province of Algeria) before folks realize what's going on?

[Savage Beast]

"Radical Islam" is a redundancy.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Nuke them from space. It's the only way to be sure.

[tubavil]

This article is an excellent reference.

From Idaho to the terror nation of Saud.

islam-muslims-terror-terrorists-saudi arabia-arabs-IANA

This should be on every FR muslim-terror bump list.

[tubavil]

This article is an excellent reference.

From Idaho to the terror nation of Saud.

islam-muslims-terror-terrorists-saudi arabia-arabs-IANA

This should be on every FR muslim-terror bump list.

[adx]

Do we have to become another France (AKA the Northern Province of Algeria) before folks realize what's going on?

Hmm, such choices. The Islamic States of America, or Atzlan. Guess us gringo infidels are just SOL, eh?

[CodeMonkey]

This is one of the few times that I'm willing to break with most libertarians and say, "damn the consequences, we have to break radical Islam with any means at our disposal." There is no room for Wahabism in the US. None. It is one of the few religions whose taint on our culture of freedom is so odious that it should be put to the sword.

[eno_]

Most libertarians, myself included, would agree that Wahabism is like Naziism is like Communism and that last I checked it is still fraudulent to lie about one's affiliation with anti-American organizations on your immigration and naturalization forms.

Throw these jerks out and there is no need to build a police state here. We are defending our freedom, and spoiling that to continue to permit Wahabis to live here is not any libertarian's idea of the right way to do this.

[Destro]

Until it was modified this year, for example, IANA's Islamway.com Web site offered Arabic-language videos with graphic scenes of jihadist combat. "Martyrs of Bosnia" contains footage of al-Qaida members, and suspected al-Qaeda members are featured in a second such film called "Operation Badr."

Freeper told you so: Indictment Made in 9/11 Hijack Case ``Martyrs of Bosnia'' AP via Yahoo! News ^ | Thursday November 1 2:32 PM ET | LARRY NEUMEISTER Posted on 11/01/2001 by Pericles

[tubavil]

The wayback machine is full of their crap going back to 1998.

Their web page sponsor? The terrorist Global Relief Foundation.

[Travis McGee]

I'm sure it's all just an innocent coincidence.